Submitted 4 months ago by Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz to steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
https://github.com/ryanrudolfoba/SteamOS-Waydroid-Installer
Android games are normally going to be inferior to Steam games, but this is still a nice option for games that aren’t available on Steam or can’t be played due to anti-cheat reasons.
You can read more about Waydroid here. There are reasons to believe valve is working on adding official Waydroid support to Deck, but until then you can install it this way.
I would use this for the apps
This is actually pretty cool. I’m going to try it out, even if I have no idea of what to actually play with this!
I would play honor of kings on my deck
Do you happen to know if these are account based or APK based? As in, is this something I connect my google account to or am I going to need all my APK’s?
You can install Gapps to use the play store, or use other stores like Aurora or F-droid. You can also install apps directly from apk.
Aurora store doesn’t work for me on X86 platform. Neigher through Waydroid neither through Android Studio emulator. It just hangs after initial setup.
Neat thanks. Not too many but I like the idea of some games from android transferring over. I have a bunch but I hardly ever open any lol
Telorand@reddthat.com 4 months ago
Bazzite has it by default, for anyone who wasn’t aware. As for official Valve support, I feel like that’s just wishful thinking; I’m not going to get my hopes up until we see more official news about it.
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 4 months ago
x.com/SadlyItsBradley/status/1806471231656296815
Here’s the source on Valve maybe preparing to add it.
Telorand@reddthat.com 4 months ago
That’s interesting, for sure. Definitely something to keep an eye on. I stand by what I said, though!
UNY0N@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Another win for bazzite! I haven’t even used waydroid yet, but I’m happy to know it’s there.