

The big advantage to streaming is that it essentially unlocks games that have been classed as “Unsupported” by Valve’s compatibility review programme: games that you simply wouldn’t be able to play in full, without swapping the entire OS to Windows 10. The newly-launched Tunic runs at a slick 60fps, and while Forza Horizon 5 is limited to 30fps, it actually looks decent with a dab of motion blur. Games aren’t quite as sharp as they’d be when running natively but I never had any problems reading small text.

And in fairness, when it works, Xbox Cloud Gaming on the Steam Deck works well. Happily, Microsoft’s senior program manager Ben Mathwig has already tweeted that the installation process will get much simpler in time.
