Valve killed Steam Link last month , selling the last of its inventory at a huge discount ; while the hardware is dead, the software continues to evolve. Today, Steam Link runs on TVs as well as Android mobile devices . It’s also available on Android TV boxes , and although its move to iOS was rejected by Apple , considering Valve has a working version for iOS, it doesn’t remain out of the realm of possibilities.
In a move towards making Steam Link accessible to more people, Valve’s Sam Lantinga today announced that Steam Link will be coming tothe Raspberry Pi 3 and the recently-released 3 B+ .
Those who wish to try it out can run this command:
curl -#Of http://media.steampowered.com/steamlink/rpi/steamlink_1.0.2_armhf.deb sudo dpkg -i steamlink_1.0.2_armhf.debOnce the script is done, it should be possible to launch Steam Link via the Games menu in the GUI or by running ‘ steamlink ’ in the terminal. It will then download the full app and create a desktop shortcut.
Steam’s in-home streaming tech is quite impressive to say the least, so bringing it to the Raspberry Pi when it previously required dedicated hardware is a great boost to convenience. It’s especially notable considering that this option is even cheaper than the Steam Link hardware, which originally launched at $49.99. That is, of course, unless you managed to snag it when it was sold for $10.48 including shipping.
At the moment the app is in beta and is targeted towards Raspbian Stretch on the Raspberry Pi 3 and 3 B+. If you encounter any issues while trying it out, here’s the dedicated forum to report and discuss those issues.