TL;DR
- Rocknix has announced that its latest build now supports Steam.
- This effectively allows these Android devices to run games designed for Windows machines.
- The functionality is only available via unstable nightly builds and supports a handful of Qualcomm-based devices.
When Android gaming handhelds were first conceived, the idea of running fully-fledged Steam games on them seemed out of reach. However, both hardware and software development have accelerated significantly in recent years, making this a reality to some extent.
Thanks to the Rocknix team, the developers behind the eponymous “tinkerer’s distribution” of Linux for portable gaming devices, handheld owners can now install Steam and run the platform’s games on these devices (via RetroHandhelds).
