

It takes a bit of work to convince Valve’s handheld to run these games, though, and the process is a bit intimidating. (Microsoft continually increases its Cloud Gaming offerings - as of this writing, almost 370 games have such support.) To clarify: you can’t actually install any Game Pass games on the Steam Deck, but you can install a browser that runs Cloud Gaming - which will allow you to stream most games from the Game Pass library. And that means you can trick it into playing (most) Game Pass games through a browser with Xbox Cloud Gaming. The SteamOS running on your Steam Deck is built on a Linux distro, which means it’s really just a handheld computer. Over at Microsoft, a Game Pass Ultimate subscription gets you access to not quite 500 games from the Xbox catalogue. Repeat the same steps to Terminate, Repair, and Reset the Microsoft Store app.With a Steam Deck in your hands, you’ll have access to your entire Steam library whenever and wherever you want. Note that using the Repair and Reset functions won’t delete your downloaded games.

Scroll down, and click on “Terminate” to completely close the app, then on “Repair”, and finally on “Reset.” Select the Xbox app and then click on “Advanced options.” Press on Search This List and type “xbox.” Press on the Windows Search Bar and type “Apps & features.” Repair and Reset the Xbox and Microsoft Store apps Overall, it seems that during tier 1 games releases (Forza Horizon 5 and Age of Empires 4, for example) the Microsoft servers get overloaded and the download speed decreases almost anywhere.īe aware that the Xbox App reports your speed back in MB/s while the Microsoft Store reports back in Mb/s. We don’t know if this behavior is caused by the software used by the two apps, or because they have access to different servers. In several cases, the users achieved a higher download speed when using the Microsoft Store. Open the Microsoft Store, find and resume the game download. Start the download inside the Xbox App, pause it, and close the app.
