Steam is planning a solution for people with slower internet. We will download games much faster

Pavel Djundik, the creator of the popular SteamDB service, noticed that the latest Steam beta update introduced a reference to the option to stream games over a local network into the platform’s code. What does it mean? Well, it seems that soon we will be able to download games on the local network, i.e. from our laptop directly to the Steam Deck console and vice versa.

It seems that soon we will be able to download games on the local network, i.e. from our laptop directly to the Steam Deck console and vice versa.

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The first mentions of this solution appeared in October last year. Interestingly, even then some Steam users managed to run this function, although it did not work stably. Another mention indicates that the solution may be introduced soon. It should be especially interesting for those players who have more than one device with Steam installed, and at the same time players with a slower internet connection.

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Downloading files from one device to another using a peer-to-peer system will be definitely faster than if you have an even average internet connection, so the solution seems quite sensible. From myself, I propose Valve to introduce one more facilitation for people with a weak network. It is a solution that uses Uplay, i.e. allowing you to start the game when it has not yet been fully downloaded.

Source: Steam DB