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Searching for Stadia: How the Steam Deck has filled the void left by Stadia

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Google Stadia may not have been the most popular way to play games in the past few years, but for those it did service, it reignited a flame for gaming because it did so in a way that nothing else really could. After three years of making Stadia a core part of how I play games, its shutdown leaves a void, but one that the Steam Deck has been helping me to fill.

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Here’s how to play Stadia on your Steam Deck with fully working controls

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The Steam Deck can do an incredible amount, including allowing you to easily access Stadia games wherever you have an internet connection. This guide will take you through a relatively straightforward process that adds a Stadia shortcut to your Steam library, letting you jump in at a moment’s notice. You can even do it with Xbox Cloud Gaming and GeForce Now on the Steam Deck.

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Google Stadia works with the Steam Deck, but waiting on an update to use game pad [U]

Valve has officially released its PC gaming-focused portable handheld this week, and the flexible machine has garnered a fair bit of praise for its performance on local games. However, if you were hoping to play cloud games from Google Stadia and similar services on the Steam Deck, it seems you’re in for a rude surprise.

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