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14 votes
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Steam Digital Tabletop Fest (Oct 21-26) - Sales, virtual let’s plays, panels, talks and more streaming activities that explore the fusion between physical and digital games
5 votes -
Steam Play Proton 5.13-1 Linux compatibility layer up and ready for testing
10 votes -
Ya’ll playing that Hades? It went 1.0 recently and it’s, um, real good.
25 votes -
Steam Machines: Was it all in vain?
12 votes -
Burning Knight has gone open source
7 votes -
Steam Game Festival: Autumn Edition - Runs until October 13, with hundreds of demos, developer interviews, gameplay streams, Q&As and more
6 votes -
Baldur's Gate 3 - Community update #8: Character creation
4 votes -
The Binding of Isaac: Repentance - The "final final final" expansion to the game, larger than Rebirth was to the original
19 votes -
Supergiant's Hades has exited Early Access, currently 20% off
10 votes -
PiBoy DMG Raspberry Pi 4 Kit
3 votes -
The Steam Play Proton compatibility layer turns two years old
19 votes -
The storefront conundrum - Thoughts about where to sell a text-based indie game
4 votes -
EA Play page for Steam
9 votes -
Risk of Rain 2 version 1.0 has been released
16 votes -
Where Birds Go to Sleep | Teaser trailer
9 votes -
Steam Labs celebrates one year of experimentation - A look back at what they've learned, shipped, and shelved so far
6 votes -
The 2020 Steam Summer Sale is live and goes until July 9th
23 votes -
Playing full PC games on a Raspberry Pi 4
6 votes -
Steam Game Festival: Summer Edition - Exclusive limited-time demos available for many upcoming games, along with interviews and livestreams with devs
9 votes -
Dwarf Fortress Steam version - First look gameplay and dev commentary
20 votes -
Slay the Spire is coming to iOS this month, with an Android version in the works
14 votes -
Electronic Arts games listed on Steam
18 votes -
Steam Spring Cleaning event - Challenges to help dust off and dig into your Steam Library collection of games, runs until May 28
13 votes -
Steam Cloud Play (Beta) appears in partner documentation
8 votes -
Looking for hardware recommendations for Steam gaming on my TV
Latest update here. Thanks to everyone who helped me out! I have an Nvidia Shield hooked up to my TV, and it's great for Android games and emulation. I'm looking for similar hardware that will...
Latest update here. Thanks to everyone who helped me out!
I have an Nvidia Shield hooked up to my TV, and it's great for Android games and emulation. I'm looking for similar hardware that will allow me to play my Steam library on the TV.1 It doesn't have to be as small as the Shield TV, but I'm not interested in having a giant tower hooked up in my living room. Basically, I want what those old Steam Machines promised before fizzling out.
What I'm looking for:
- Pre-configured
- Able to support wireless controllers through Bluetooth
- Able to play smaller, less demanding games flawlessly
- Would be nice if it could play more demanding titles, but this is not a must
- Has decent cooling (I'm worried that boxes not designed for gaming will get way too hot)
- Price point: undetermined so far -- I'm willing to pay what I need to, but I want to see what's out there before committing to anything
- Would like to be able to set it up to basically be a seamless "console" if possible, where I can boot right into Steam (or easily get there with a controller) and not have to use a keyboard and mouse (I do have a Steam controller but I would rather use an 8BitDo SN30 Pro+ as my primary input method)
Searching around, here's what I've found so far:
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The System 76 Meerkat is a mini PC that looks great (and I'm partial to the company), but I don't know how it would perform with gaming. Also, I haven't decided if I want the (small) amounts of friction that come with gaming on Linux on my TV or not.
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Intel NUCs seems to be popular, and they have some gaming-focused models at higher price points.
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The MSI Trident 3 is explicitly gaming-focused and has a dedicated cooling system. Might be overkill for what I need though?
Here are my main questions:
- What other hardware options are out there that I don't know about?
- What hardware profile and price point should I be targeting for my needs? How little is too little, and how much is too much?
- Are there any pitfalls to this kind of setup that I'm not aware of?
I'm open to any and all suggestions, as this kind of stuff is all a bit over my head so it's hard for me to even know what I'm looking for. I haven't even decided that this is definitely something I'm going to do yet, since there's such a wide range in price and performance. Instead what I'm trying to do is figure out what my needs are and then which models (if any) would fit them best.
1: I do have a Steam Link and have tried the app, but the quality for me has been spotty enough that I would rather have native hardware playing them than trying to stream it from my laptop.
7 votes -
Steam has added a "Play Next" shelf to the Library, using machine-learning to try to suggest which games you own that you should try next
21 votes -
Crucible has released on Steam - A free-to-play team-based PvP action shooter, the first PC game from Amazon Games
9 votes -
G2A profited from illegally obtained game keys, will pay Factorio developer damages
17 votes -
Deep Rock Galactic updates their roadmap after the 1.0 release
6 votes -
Digital Dragons Indie Celebration - A Steam event from May 13-15 with dozens of demos, streams, and a collection of games hand-picked by the Digital Dragons jury
7 votes -
Steam: Square Enix Eidos Anthology (-95%/$39.24 USD)
14 votes -
Indie Megabooth - Going away (for now) Steam sale
8 votes -
Total War: Shogun 2 is free-to-keep on Steam this week
8 votes -
Latest Steam Beta hints at Steam Rewards, subscriptions and cloud gaming
19 votes -
Games from Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, XBOX Game Studios, Codemasters and Klei Entertainment will be removed from GeForce Now on April 24
7 votes -
Pinball FX3 Care Package: Nine free tables available through April 8
4 votes -
Risk of Rain 2 gets its fourth major content update, including Artifacts, a UI overhaul, a new stage and more
13 votes -
Mount and Blade II: Bannerlord [Early Access] is now available for purchase
11 votes -
Outer Wilds | Steam release date trailer (June 18)
5 votes -
Some free games are being released on Steam today
17 votes -
Steam Game Festival: Spring Edition - Almost fifty demos for new and upcoming indie games, available to play until March 23
8 votes -
CS:GO has set a new record of one million concurrent players, which makes it the third Steam game to do so
@steamdb: CS:GO has set a new record of ONE million concurrent players, which makes it the third @Steam game to do so. 🚀 Congratulations to the @CSGO team! https://t.co/bzLMfMOJvD
13 votes -
Cloudpunk - PC release date trailer (April 23, 2020)
6 votes -
Curse of the Dead Gods | Early Access launch trailer
4 votes -
Rimworld's first DLC content has been released - Royalty
15 votes -
Fear not the long road - After fourteen years of work, Black Mesa 1.0 will launch on March 5, 2020
22 votes -
Steam - 2019 year in review
8 votes -
Children of Morta - Shrine of Challenge free content update
4 votes -
Steam Lunar New Year 2020 Sale - The Year of the Rat (Now through Jan 27 at 10 AM PST)
7 votes