Great couch gaming over wired connection
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Both my PC and the Link are wired in to my router and I have ZERO noticeable latency.”
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Steam Link
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Mostly Positive · 75%Mostly Positive · 75%Unknown developer2015
The verdict
A small, cheap box that streams your PC to a TV and works well on a wired network. It's laggy on Wi-Fi or fast action games, often finicky, and discontinued.
Great for
Wired-network owners wanting couch gaming with a controller, slower-paced games, or a desktop-to-TV box
Main risk
Lag, disconnects and constant troubleshooting, especially on Wi-Fi or fast-paced games
What players love
Streams the full PC desktop to TV
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Just minimize Big Picture mode and you have access to your entire desktop”
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Wide controller and input device support
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“This thing supports just about any controller that you throw at it”
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Great value when on sale
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“hands down it is the best $50 I have spent in a while”
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Easy setup and small, cheap hardware
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“Very small, lightweight, and cheap”
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Durable and still supported by Valve
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews
“Even though this hardware has been discontinued, they are STILL sending out updates for it.”
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What players complain about
Unreliable, buggy, frequent restarts needed
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“It also works correctly approximately 5% of the time, but if you're looking for constant freezes and disconnects, boy is this the product for you”
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Input lag makes action games unplayable
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Even with a wired house network connection, this isn't responsive enough to play anything that requires it.”
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Many games and controllers don't work
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“SO MANY GAMES DON'T WORK ON IT. A good amount of the games I own that are controller compatible crash whenever I try to run them on steam link.”
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A long HDMI cable is better; no support
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Worthless, just plug an HDMI cable directly between your PC and HDTV for better results.”
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Poor Wi-Fi performance
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“Absolutely ununsable on 2.4ghz wifi.”
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Compression artifacts and resolution problems
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“the picture (1080P) has massive artifacting and compression of the picture”
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System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: UnknownController support
Steam doesn’t list requirements for this game.
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