

The controller makes playing steam games on the Android experience enjoyable. The faster your wireless network is, the better for you to achieve a stable connection. The network setting should be on 5GHz if possible, but not less than 15Mbps.

To play steam games on Android, all you require is a gaming-capable PC or Mac.

It incorporates the NVIDIA Shield protocols in a third-party implementation - though it only works if your PC has an NVIDIA graphics card.Part 2: What are the Hardware Requirements for an Android Device?

For those who are interested in attempting to stream games from their PC now, you can give Moonlight a try. Those who have Samsung Smart TVs or an NVIDIA Shield will already be able to stream their games from their PC running Steam. It's unknown just how well it works yet, but thanks to the nature of Android it also means that you should, in theory, be able to also stream the games to your Android TV. This opens the door to a huge amount of games you can play on your phone, and while it may be a niche for some, others will find that it will become one of the best ways to play games on Android. With a Steam Controller, however, there's nothing stopping you playing the likes of Portal 2, Grand Theft Auto, Civilisation V, and more. You won't exactly be playing high-octane games on your phone either, with slower pace games such as Game Dev Tycoon or Scribblenauts being better suited to a touchscreen. Of course, a major drawback is that you won't be able to play over your LTE connection, but that's fine - not only will bandwidth be an issue for many, but latency as well will be a problem.
