When playing them on a 7 inches screen, you will find that some of the text or the UI is a little too small. The other issue that is more problematic, is the fact that most PC games are made for larger monitors. There’s quite a few variants available on Amazon and other markets, but since they all pretty much look the same I assume they work equally well. I found that there’s a good enough solution if you have a Dual Shock 4: just buy this kind of adapter, which is basically a piece of plastic that clips itself on your DS4 and has a spring mechanism to keep your phone into place. Since touch controls suck, and you are very likely to already have a controller ( unless you are one of the 33%), you just need a controller attachment and you are good to go! It’s really cheap. You could go all DIY like cow_killer and make your own handheld Steam device with a Lattepanda board (or similar hardware) – actually a very decent option if you feel adventurous.Īnd the other option is… well, if you don’t really go out, you can actually use pretty much any phone or tablet to play your Steam games using the Steam Link app.

Only problem is that such devices are super expensive. You could grab an Aya Neo, or a GPD Win 2, 3 (our friend cow_killer tried that recently) or Max, and enjoy running recent Steam games with decent settings.If you want to play recent titles, I guess you could buy a Switch and buy back all your indie games catalog once more, emptying your wallet in the process, and making the Italian Brothers really happy (and rich) once more.You could buy something like an Odroid Go Advance (or even the Super one) if you want a Linux-based device that can mostly play emulated games as well as cross-platform engine games like ScummVM or GZDoom.

What to do if you have to wait much longer, while eager for some serious handheld gaming? You have a lot of options actually: The Steam Deck is going to be out in a few days for the ones that were quick to order.

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