Unofficial
SteamOS ARM Port¶
An unofficial community port for Snapdragon handhelds¶
Brings a SteamOS experience to ARM gaming handhelds, with full hardware support, power tuning, its own app store and features built for handhelds.
Unofficial community project
The unofficial SteamOS ARM Port is not affiliated with or endorsed by Valve. Steam and SteamOS are trademarks of Valve Corporation. Installing it replaces your device's bootloader, so read the install guide and back up your data first.
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Game Mode and Desktop
Game Mode, the Steam client and a KDE desktop, running natively on ARM.
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Updates Through Steam
Signed updates from Settings > System. No reflashing, and a failed update rolls back on its own.
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Loadout
Emulators, PC game stores and apps picked for your chip, with suggestions based on the games you have.
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Add Any Game
Windows games, console game files, Linux apps and Android apps go into your Steam library with their artwork.
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Epic, GOG and Amazon
An ARM64 build of Heroic installs your PC libraries, and they play from Steam with Proton.
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Sleep That Lasts
Real sleep on every supported chip, with quiet fan curves and Steam's own power and charge controls.
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Dual Screen
On the AYN Thor and AYANEO Pocket DS the bottom screen gets its own launcher, dashboard and themes.
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Android Apps
Install and run Android apps, Play Store included. Each one shows up in your library.
Supported Devices¶
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Snapdragon 8 Elite · Stable
AYN Odin 3, KONKR Pocket FIT Elite
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Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 · Stable
KONKR Pocket FIT, AYANEO Pocket S2 / S2 Pro
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Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 · Stable
AYN Odin 2 / Mini / Portal / Thor, AYANEO Pocket ACE / DMG / DS / EVO / S 1K / S 2K, Retroid Pocket 6 / Nova
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Lenovo tablets · Testing
Lenovo Legion Y700 Gen 3 and Gen 4. Got one? Help test it
See Supported Devices for what works on each one.
Community¶
Questions, help with installing, or just want to share how it runs? Join the Discord. Bugs go to GitHub issues.