Interestingly, Steam also says users can share control of a mouse and keyboard, but I’d have to see how that works in practice before wanting to try it myself during a particularly tricky Cuphead boss battle.Īnd if you’re worried about latency - a fair worry - Valve says, “ You can tune streaming resolution and bitrate for the best experience on your setup with Advanced Settings. They accept, and you’re off to the races. Just select the option from the friend’s drop-down menu to automatically invite them into the game. We found the app pretty robust when we tried it out, so it’ll be fun to play the likes of Enter the Gungeon with Steam friends. Mobile users can join games via the Steam Link app, which lets you play desktop games on your tablet or phone.

To sweeten the pot, Remote Play Together is also available now on iOS and Android. Only the player hosting needs to actually own the game. Steam oversimplified it a bit by saying in its release video that the other users’ controller acts as their point of connection, but the long and short is that audio, video and voice chat is streamed to their PCs. With Remote Play Together, users can (as the name suggests) play any kind of multiplayer game with their friends.

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