Using the Steam Deck as a Controller for my Gaming PC
The Goal and Brief Overview I've seen that a couple of people online want to use the Steam Deck as a controller for their pc, kind of in the way that the Wii U gamepad controlled the Wii U console. Valve does suggest how to do this here , but without much detail. The best way I found to do this was actually not through the Steam Deck's native streaming system, but instead by downloading Steam Link through the Discover app. Doing this instead gives us some extra settings. Using the built-in streaming, you get full remote play, showing the computer screen on the Deck, playing audio out of the Deck, etc. Perfect for if you're out of the house, however, when I'm still sitting at my desk in front of my PC, I don't really need my game controller playing noises or showing my monitor screen, and Steam Link lets you disable that. Also, using Steam Link rather than the built-in streaming system would allow you to close and relaunch any game without stopping streaming, choos