To get started, visit the download page in Desktop Mode (Steam button => Power => Switch to Desktop) on your Steam Deck to download an installation script that will add GeForce NOW to your Steam Library.
Once downloaded, extract the zip file, click on the script “GeForceNOW_Setup”, and select Execute to launch the script which will open with the following dialog. Click “Yes” to execute the installation script:
Once executed, click “Return to Gaming Mode” from the desktop and navigate to “Non-Steam” games in Steam library to launch GeForce NOW:
Tips and Tricks:
In order to use the trackpad to control the mouse, adjust the Steam controller settings:
- After launching GeForce NOW, press the “Steam” button => “NVIDIA GeForce NOW” => “Controller settings” => once done with the tutorial, find “Current Button Layout” and change the value to “Gamepad with Mouse Trackpad”.
- Also press “Edit Layout” => “Trackpads” => change the “Click” for the “Right Trackpad behavior” to “Mouse” => “Left Mouse Click”
- To bring up the GeForce NOW streaming overlay, you can long press the Start button (also called the Menu button ☰ ).
- Some games, like Genshin Impact, require you to enable gamepad input within the game settings:
- Touching the Steam Deck screen will act like a mouse click or the trackpad can be used if the Steam controller settings were adjusted using the tip above.
- “Esc” can be pressed in-stream by using the Steam Button + Left D-pad shortcut.
- Notes: In Genshin Impact, the game settings can only be accessed after you have progressed far enough in the game, which we recommend doing on another device with a keyboard and mouse.
Manual Setup:
If you do not want to use the GeForce NOW installation script, you can manually adjust your Steam Deck from Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge browsers.
Chrome Browser Manual Setup
1. From the Steam Deck interface, press the Steam button, navigate to the Power menu, and Switch to Desktop
If you do not want to use the GeForce NOW installation script, you can manually adjust your Steam Deck from Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge browsers.
Chrome Browser Manual Setup
1. From the Steam Deck interface, press the Steam button, navigate to the Power menu, and Switch to Desktop
2. Open the Start menu in the bottom left, hover over the System folder, and select Konsole:
3. Type in the following command in the window that appears
Chrome: flatpak --user override --filesystem=/run/udev:ro com.google.Chrome
4. Go back to the Steam Deck interface by pressing the power button, and log out
5. From the Chrome launch page, enter the Controller settings:
6. Select the Current layout button:
7. Find and select the “Gamepad with Mouse Trackpad” layout:
8. Exit the controller settings page and launch Chrome
9. Go to play.geforcenow.com to play.
Edge Browser Manual Setup:
1. Click the Discover icon in the bottom left:
2. Search for “edge” and install “Microsoft Edge”
3. Edge will download and install.
4. Open the Start menu in the bottom left, hover over the System folder, and select Konsole:
5. Type in the following commands in the window that appears
Edge: flatpak --user override --filesystem=/run/udev:ro com.microsoft.Edge
6. Open the Steam desktop interface by clicking the Steam icon in the bottom right
7. In Steam, click the Games menu and select “Add a Non-Steam Game to My Library”
8. Find Microsoft Edge (beta) in the window that appears, check the box next to it, and “ADD SELECTED PROGRAMS”:
9. Go back to the Steam Deck interface by pressing the power button, and log out
10. From the Edge launch page, enter the Controller Settings:
11. Select the Current Layout button:
12. Find and select the “Gamepad with Mouse Trackpad” layout:
13. Exit the controller settings page and launch Edge.