I was recently trying to get some of the 4 player local games I have to work remotely… Some have native multiplayer but with limitations (castle crashers only lets two local and two remote players play) bople battle only allows one local player in remote multi player mode.

However for both the above I was able to get remote play together working which basically let me map the remote player to a controller and play the game in local mode.

This however only worked on these games, I THINK they are linux native… Games that didn’t work / provide no controller mapping for remote play together Streets of rage 4, TMNT Redders revenge did not work. These games show support for remote play together in the steam library but I suspect the limitation is on the steam deck?

Anyone else have experience with Remote Play Together on the steam deck? It is nice as the remote party doesn’t need a copy of the game and as noted gets around some of the multi player limits of some games.

Any suggestions? Alternatives? Tweaks?

  • @ag10n
    2•1 month ago

    Remote play together and steams controller management are two separate things.

    RPT creates a tunnel to make everyone appear in the same session.

    For controllers, especially in Linux check that you have the correct settings enabled eg. Enable PlayStation/nintendo support vs the default Xbox emulation.

    I’ve personally never had any issues with RPT and controller settings after checking the controller is setup properly in Steam.