CloudDeck is a full Linux-powered gaming PC that lets you stream your existing PC game library to a phone, a TV, an old laptop, a handheld, or any other device that can't run these games on its own. It runs Bazzite and boots straight into Steam Gaming Mode, the same interface as the Steam Deck, so it feels more like a console than a traditional Windows PC. You sign in with your Steam account, install your own games, mod them if you want, and it runs pretty much anything the Steam Machine can run with similar performance. You can stream at up to 1440p60. Pricing is $19.99 a month, or $14.99 on a 6 month plan.
I built CloudDeck because the cloud gaming options out there didn't quite fit what I wanted. The big ones lock you to a fixed catalog and some of the games I want to play are missing. The few that hand you a real machine instead of a catalog are fairly expensive. I wanted something that sits in between.
Some caveats: latency depends on how far you are from our servers. We have five server locations across Europe and North America so for now we limit signups to those regions. Some games don't run on Linux or Proton, and some anti-cheat blocks VMs and cloud machines outright. So right now CloudDeck works best for single-player games and non-competitive multiplayer titles.
This is the first time I'm sharing on HN, feel free to ask me anything about the product, the infrastructure, or the economics!
Hi HN, I'm Sven, the founder of CloudDeck.
CloudDeck is a full Linux-powered gaming PC that lets you stream your existing PC game library to a phone, a TV, an old laptop, a handheld, or any other device that can't run these games on its own. It runs Bazzite and boots straight into Steam Gaming Mode, the same interface as the Steam Deck, so it feels more like a console than a traditional Windows PC. You sign in with your Steam account, install your own games, mod them if you want, and it runs pretty much anything the Steam Machine can run with similar performance. You can stream at up to 1440p60. Pricing is $19.99 a month, or $14.99 on a 6 month plan.
I built CloudDeck because the cloud gaming options out there didn't quite fit what I wanted. The big ones lock you to a fixed catalog and some of the games I want to play are missing. The few that hand you a real machine instead of a catalog are fairly expensive. I wanted something that sits in between.
Some caveats: latency depends on how far you are from our servers. We have five server locations across Europe and North America so for now we limit signups to those regions. Some games don't run on Linux or Proton, and some anti-cheat blocks VMs and cloud machines outright. So right now CloudDeck works best for single-player games and non-competitive multiplayer titles.
This is the first time I'm sharing on HN, feel free to ask me anything about the product, the infrastructure, or the economics!