{"id":6445,"date":"2023-02-19T17:51:40","date_gmt":"2023-02-19T17:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/19\/the-steam-deck-now-supports-game-transfers-from-pcs\/"},"modified":"2023-02-19T17:51:40","modified_gmt":"2023-02-19T17:51:40","slug":"the-steam-deck-now-supports-game-transfers-from-pcs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/19\/the-steam-deck-now-supports-game-transfers-from-pcs\/","title":{"rendered":"The Steam Deck now supports game transfers from PCs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">The Steam Deck now supports game transfers on your local network, allowing you to copy installed games from your PC to the Steam Deck without having to re-download them over the internet. This feature, which comes bundled with the <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/news\/app\/1675200\/view\/3673285123502439065\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steam Deck beta update released last week<\/a>, should help reduce the amount of internet data you use, especially if you find yourself frequently redownloading hefty games to your handheld.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">To gain access to the feature, you first have to enable Steam\u2019s beta on both the Steam Deck and the Steam client on your PC. From there, select the game you want to install on your Steam Deck, and Steam will automatically check to see if any PC on your network already has the game. If it finds one, Steam will begin the game transfer process. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"my-9 lg:mx-0\">\n<div class=\"duet--media--content-warning relative\" style=\"padding-top:29.770229770229772%\"><span style=\"box-sizing:border-box;display:block;overflow:hidden;width:initial;height:initial;background:none;opacity:1;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0\"><noscript><img alt=\"Here\u2019s how game transfers will look.\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 744px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/duet-cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/0x0:1001x298\/376x112\/filters:focal(501x149:502x150):format(webp)\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/24444624\/game_transfer_steam.png 376w, https:\/\/duet-cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/0x0:1001x298\/384x114\/filters:focal(501x149:502x150):format(webp)\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/24444624\/game_transfer_steam.png 384w, 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https:\/\/duet-cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/0x0:1001x298\/2048x610\/filters:focal(501x149:502x150):format(webp)\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/24444624\/game_transfer_steam.png 2048w, https:\/\/duet-cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/0x0:1001x298\/2400x714\/filters:focal(501x149:502x150):format(webp)\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/24444624\/game_transfer_steam.png 2400w\" src=\"https:\/\/duet-cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/0x0:1001x298\/2400x714\/filters:focal(501x149:502x150):format(webp)\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/24444624\/game_transfer_steam.png\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0;border:none;margin:auto;display:block;width:0;height:0;min-width:100%;max-width:100%;min-height:100%;max-height:100%;object-fit:cover\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/noscript><\/span><\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup inline text-gray-13 dark:text-gray-e9 [&amp;&gt;a:hover]:text-black [&amp;&gt;a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;&gt;a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&amp;&gt;a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&amp;&gt;a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 dark:[&amp;&gt;a]:shadow-underline-gray-63\"><em>Here\u2019s how game transfers will look.<\/em><\/figcaption><cite class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup inline not-italic text-gray-63 dark:text-gray-bd [&amp;&gt;a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&amp;&gt;a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;&gt;a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&amp;&gt;a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&amp;&gt;a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&amp;&gt;a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&amp;&gt;a]:shadow-underline-gray\">Image: Valve<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">It\u2019s worth noting that this feature applies to PCs on the same network as well, so you\u2019re free to transfer already-installed Steam games to your PC from any other PCs in your household. Steam goes into more detail about how it all works on <a href=\"https:\/\/help.steampowered.com\/en\/faqs\/view\/46BD-6BA8-B012-CE43\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">its support page<\/a>, and notes if the devices lose connection during the transfer process \u201cor no more content is available,\u201d Steam will download the rest of the game from its servers instead. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">You can also adjust settings that dictate which PCs your Steam Deck (or PC) can download from. While Steam sets it to \u201cOnly my own devices by default,\u201d which means you can only transfer games from the devices you\u2019re logged into Steam with, you can also set it to \u201cOnly my friends\u201d and \u201cAny user\u201d if you want to get games from a friend or family member\u2019s PC. Unfortunately, Steam doesn\u2019t support game transfers originating from the Steam Deck or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/10\/27\/23426994\/valve-steam-deck-big-picture-mode-ui-test-beta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PCs in Big Picture<\/a> mode just yet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">I don\u2019t have a Steam Deck (<em>yet<\/em>), but I certainly wish I had this feature when I downloaded <em>Elden Ring<\/em> from my partner\u2019s shared Steam library. Either way, I\u2019m happy it\u2019s here now, as it\u2019s nice to have something that helps me stay below my internet data cap for the month, even if it does make just a slight impact.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/2\/19\/23606215\/steam-deck-games-local-network-beta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Steam Deck now supports game transfers on your local network, allowing you to copy installed games from your PC to the Steam Deck without having to re-download them over the internet. This feature, which comes bundled with the Steam Deck beta update released last week, should help reduce the amount of internet data you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6445","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tech"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}