By the time you read this, Steam Link may already be dead. This week Valve announced they’d soon no longer have physical hardware units for their Steam Link system available for sale. This was true of both stock in the UK and in the USA, and final stock will likely leave the official Steam store soon. For those users that already have a Steam Link, there’s good news. For those that are just hearing about Steam Link now – you’re not alone! Also, there are alternatives for what’s basically the exact same service.
What is Steam Link?
Remote Play Anywhere makes use of a separate Steam Link app, which can be downloaded from the Google Play Store or Apple App Store. If you have a Raspberry Pi device, you’ll be pleased to know.
- The Steam Link is designed to be easy to setup, but the included Quick Start Guide is pretty uninformative - it’s basically just a diagram of two different hardware setups, with no real.
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Steam Link is Valve’s “Steam In-Home Streaming technology” as enabled by the Steam Link streaming box hardware for televisions. Steam Link works by doing “real-time encoding of H.264 video and sending it over a custom low-latency network protocol, then displaying it on the client.” This system also streams to Android devices via the Google Play app store.
Save the hardware (the box and Valve’s controller), every part of this streaming process is free. There are no subscription costs, and there’s no sign-up fee. At this time, Valve’s suggested that they’ll be supporting (i.e. updating) their Steam Link software – and the app for Android – for the foreseeable future.
What is the Steam Link streaming box hardware?
The Steam Link hardware is a little box that connects via HDMI to your television. This device does ONE thing, and it does it well. It mirrors your compatible computer’s Steam app and game launcher, doing so on the television to which it is connected. This device also works with accessories like the original Steam Controller to allow the user to control what’s on the screen from their couch, or whatever chair they’ve got in front of their TV.
This Steam Link device is still up for sale on Steam under the hardware button section, the same place it’s been since November of 2015. This device currently costs $50, but you might find it for … different prices… elsewhere.
What’s the best Steam Link alternative?
As luck would have it, the NVIDIA SHIELD Android TV device has a nearly-identical service in play. Users need only own an NVIDIA SHIELD Android TV device and a PC with an NVIDIA GeForce GPU inside. That’s at least GeForce GTX 650 or higher for desktop or GTX 700M or higher, and select (Kepler-based) GTX 600M GPUs for notebooks.
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Just like Steam Link, the user will be able to mirror games from their high-powered PC to their television, and control said content with a gaming controller. NVIDIA SHIELD’s service is called NVIDIA GameStream, and all the info you could possibly need can be found over at the NVIDIA GameStream page, including requirements and setup process.
You should take a peek at our NVIDIA SHIELD TV Review (Gen2, 2017) to see what this device is all about. Both the first and second-gen NVIDIA SHIELD Android TV devices have the same processor inside and each work just as well as the other – it’s the internal storage that’s the difference. Also you’ll probably want the newest version of the gaming controller and tv remote, while you’re at it.
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Find and convert your Steam Hex, steamID, steamID3, steamID64, customURL and community id
Welcome to Steam ID Finder! This is a tool which allows you to check any SteamID quickly and easily. Enter any of the allowed inputs and it will be converted to the other form. If you find Steam ID Finder useful, then you could check out our main PC games site. PCGamesN has all the latest PC gaming news and huge resources like guides to free games, best PC MMOs, Steam games, and a constantly updated guide to the best PC games to play right now! Our tool works well for players trying to find Rust, Ark and CSGO Steam IDs.
Enter a SteamID, SteamID3, SteamID64, custom URL or complete URL
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How to find Steam ID
There’s a complex way to find your SteamID. And an easy way. The complex way is run the Steam app on your PC and log in. Click your name at the top right of the screen and select view profile. The page it jumps to has a long string of numbers in that URL. That is your Steam ID. If you have already selected a custom URL, then the number will not be listed - use the URL instead. The easy way is to use this tool!
Steam Hex
Steam Link
How to find Steam Hex ID: If you want to get a Steam Hexadecimal code, then you simply need to input any regular Steam ID into our tool. Our Steam Hex finder will do the conversion for you.
Steam Link Code
Steam ID lookup
These are the lookup formats we support:
Steam Link Roku
SteamID STEAM_0:0:11101
SteamID3 [U:1:22202]
SteamID3 without brackets U:1:22202
SteamID64 76561197960287930
CustomURL gabelogannewell
Full URL http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197960287930
Full URL with customURL http://steamcommunity.com/id/gabelogannewell