Theres not enough free games on steam compared to android phones

[DragonPlus7]

steam need to port some over, i thought windows can use droid apks now

[Cathulhu]

That's like asking Walmart to port games.

Steam is a store.

Valve is the company running the store. Valve can not take a game they do not own, port it to PC and then sell it on their store.
That is the task of the publisher and developer.

So ask them to release games on Steam.

Although you won't find that many who'd want advertisement infested gacha games that are only free to play in theory and use predatory marketing to drain your wallets.

https://store.steampowered.com/genre/Free%20to%20Play/
And there are tons of free to play games.

[Tito Shivan]

PC and mobile markets are vastly different.
PC market doesn't need to appeal users through 'freemium' models as mobile market does.

And in any case it's up to the developer to port their games into another platform. Steam can't 'port' other studios property.

[Crazy Tiger]

Steam doesn't port, nor acquire games. Game devs/publishers are entirely in control of where they want to srll their games and whether they get ported.

That said, there is loads of free games on Steam.

[76561199502155650]

i would like it if steam itself ported to android devices and allowed certain already android based games to run on steam mobile, with steam link it feels possible, steam could start setting up there own streaming link servers for steam subscribers to play the game they want if owned, via a steam link connection that its managed on steams side.

this would let users pay for steam subscriptions but give them ultimately better preformance on steam deck gaming and android devices.

i think it would be a fair trade off to offer a monthly fee to steam users to upgrade accounts and get this service.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Messaggio originale di Unicorn - Rainbow Unit:

i would like it if steam itself ported to android devices and allowed certain already android based games to run on steam mobile, with steam link it feels possible, steam could start setting up there own streaming link servers for steam subscribers to play the game they want if owned, via a steam link connection that its managed on steams side.

this would let users pay for steam subscriptions but give them ultimately better preformance on steam deck gaming and android devices.

i think it would be a fair trade off to offer a monthly fee to steam users to upgrade accounts and get this service.

GeforceNOW can do this and that's who Valve partnered with to stream games.

https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/features/cloudgaming

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce-now/system-reqs/

[DragonPlus7]

thats why android is taking over, in the free games market share for casuals and android operating system seems better in multitasking than windows and also cloud gaming. Droid is advancing so quickly now.

[Crazy Tiger]

Messaggio originale di DragonPlus7:

thats why android is taking over, in the free games market share for casuals and android operating system seems better in multitasking than windows and also cloud gaming. Droid is advancing so quickly now.

Nah, it's a separate market and it can coexist with the PC and console markets without issue.

[DragonPlus7]

Messaggio originale di Crazy Tiger:

Messaggio originale di DragonPlus7:

thats why android is taking over, in the free games market share for casuals and android operating system seems better in multitasking than windows and also cloud gaming. Droid is advancing so quickly now.

Nah, it's a separate market and it can coexist with the PC and console markets without issue.

i thought windows can run android apks now natively? is it working. those EMUs are buggy

[Slav Mcgopnik]

Most games on android are shovelware asset flips, micro games meant to be played while you take a crap or during a work break, or freemium stuff that already exists on PC anyway.

Steam doesn’t need more low quality asset flips, and people aren’t going to play inferior mobile ports on their PC.

[Had Matter]

I don't see the problem, just use the android apps then.

It would be nice if developers provided an access code for their Android versions, would be a nice incentive since I would never pay for them.

[Had Matter]

Messaggio originale di Slav Mcgopnik:

Most games on android are shovelware asset flips, micro games meant to be played while you take a crap or during a work break, or freemium stuff that already exists on PC anyway.

Steam doesn’t need more low quality asset flips, and people aren’t going to play inferior mobile ports on their PC.

That's the thing, mobile market is heavilly overfed but there's a few puzzle games i knew from Steam that i got as giveaways from the Play Store that worked out well on both systems.

[Crazy Tiger]

Messaggio originale di DragonPlus7:

Messaggio originale di Crazy Tiger:

Nah, it's a separate market and it can coexist with the PC and console markets without issue.

i thought windows can run android apks now natively? is it working. those EMUs are buggy

Sure. And PC games can be streamed to mobiles. Still doesn't change that the markets can coexist without issue.

Microsoft working on making Android apps natively playable on Windows isn't suddenly going to destroy the PC market.

Messaggio originale di Had Matter:

I don't see the problem, just use the android apps then.

It would be nice if developers provided an access code for their Android versions, would be a nice incentive since I would never pay for them.

It can work like that, sorta. I have an iPad mainly for card and board games. Various ones I have also on Steam and for most of those access to the DLC works via in-game accounts. So only the basegame needs to be acquired on all platforms, DLC only on one.

Heck, Star Realms is a game where I have everything on iOS, but thanks to the in-game account I have access to everything on Steam (base game is free).

[DragonPlus7]

is those droid GPUs better than PC GPUs ??? thos mobiles do 9 wats but pc does 300watts its not fair

[Start_Running]

Messaggio originale di DragonPlus7:

is those droid GPUs better than PC GPUs ??? thos mobiles do 9 wats but pc does 300watts its not fair

Better? No... But on a tiny ass screen. You can't really tell the differences.

[76561199502155650]

thats pretty cool to see , i did not know steam partnered up with Gforce, for streaming steam, that is awesome i will have to try it out.

im glad steam is doing stuff like this. i enjoy using my steam link app via my computer to stream to my other devices, it can add a fun twist on already owned games playing on them touch screen tablets.

from what i heard is windows 11 can run android type apps, and even install the other mobile app stores.