GeForce Now: Native app for Steam Deck

Valve's gaming handheld Steam Deck continues to enjoy great popularity despite its age. Nvidia is now offering users of the handheld console with AMD hardware a native app for its own game streaming service GeForce Now.

Using the app, users can connect their Steam Deck to the GeForce Now service and, if the internet connection plays along, can also play games in resolutions and quality settings that would overtax a gaming handheld. According to Nvidia, in addition to ray tracing, the AI-supported upscaler Deep Learning Supersampling 4, high-contrast HDR10 and Nvidia Reflex are also on board for paying customers of the Ultimate version, which should reduce latency.

More games

At the same time, Nvidia is adding six new titles to its game library of over 2200 titles: Nice for Fishhing, Cash Cleaner Simulator, Tokyo Xtreme Raver, The Last Spell, Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon and Torque Drift 2.

Following the announcement of a version for Apple's VisionOS, the Steam Deck version is the next expansion stage.

GeForce Now is available in a free basic version, which is more of a demo version, but does not allow ray tracing effects, is limited to low 1080p resolution. It requires players to be prepared not only for the longest waiting times, but also for game sessions to be interrupted after an hour. Only Ultimate customers, who subscribe to the service for just under 110 euros per six-month period, can enjoy a virtual GeForce RTX 4080, 4K gaming and more than 60 frames per second. However, their monthly playing time is also limited to 100 hours.

Interested parties can download the Steam Deck version from the Nvidia website, and instructions are also available.

(csp)