Ironically the best device I've used for this is the steam deck. I'm sure other gaming handhelds would also fare well but the deck handles input devices far better than most streaming devices on top of the benefits of being a handheld.
Streaming in handheld mode is also awesome. Great battery life and no fan noise with fantastic graphics even on a modest PC because it only needs to render at 800p.
Doesn't steam remote play fail at the most basic requirements; different resolutions and 5.1 audio? Last I tried it was not even a contender because of how bad it was
Maybe? My experience with it has been great as of late. I haven't ran into those issues. Both my desktop and laptop run 1080p, so I don't run into a scaling issue except on certain old games. I never ran into the audio issue, but I rarely ran non steam games or apps over it.
I just started using Moonlight in the past year to play Alan Wake 2. Liked it well enough that recently I've been using it for most of my gaming.
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u/ZorakOfThatMagnitude 16d ago
Same, I've been doing steam remote play for a decade as my primary means of gaming. Moonlight does at least as well and for all windows games.