
Note: This tool is still in its early stages of development, and some emulators require different commands to others. You’ll need to create a separate parser for each emulator (PCSX2, Dolphin, Cemu, etc.) you want to get working through Steam, but the basic commands are similar for many of the biggest emulators. It should open straight to the “Parsers” page. Using this tool you can set up parsers, which are sets of instantaneous commands that we’ll use here to make your emulator games/ROMs appear in Steam, then run directly through Steam.įirst, install the latest version of Steam ROM Manager.

Also, this is nigh-on useless in Steam Link because it won’t detect your controller.įor this, you’ll need an excellent and relatively new tool called Steam Rom Manager (no longer available). This will open the emulator, but you still need to manually open individual ROMs/games. Article taken from first thing to know is that there’s more to this process than simply adding your emulator to Steam as a non-Steam game. Looks like this is Valve's first official release as a Flatpak package. You can grab the Steam Link for Linux from Flathub and you can see the reference files on GitHub. So you could host a game of your favourite co-op or multiplayer experience, let's say Stardew Valley, and someone only needs the Steam Link installed on whatever device they have available to join your game with a link you send over.

So why now? Well, Valve only just recently announced Remote Play Together - Invite Anyone, which uses the Steam Link to allow people without a Steam account to join a game hosted by someone else. Previously the app was only supported for Windows, iOS, Android, or a Raspberry Pi but that ends now with the official announcement today adding traditional Linux desktops to the mix.

The idea is that it allows you to stream content from Steam on one PC to another, or to a different device like an Android phone. Originally available as the Steam Link hardware that was discontinued in 2018, which Valve then replaced with the standalone application. Valve along with their partners at open source consulting firm Collabora have ported over the standalone Steam Link application to the traditional Linux desktop.
