SteamOS as an Android app: Russ tries DroidDeck, Hades and all

The new app runs PC games through Valve's ARM64 Proton and FEX translation, and its walkthrough passed half a million views in about a day and a half.

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SteamOS is Now an Android App

Can an Android handheld really pretend to be a Steam Deck? Russ, the host of Retro Game Corps, spent Saturday's video finding out. DroidDeck is a new app that puts SteamOS on Android, leaning on Valve's ARM64 Proton and the FEX translation layer to run PC games, and his walkthrough covers installation, the features and a round of game tests. The orange Retroid Pocket 6 in his hands caught a few eyes too.

The comments are the fun part. The most liked one jokes about finally playing Hades on a drawer full of Android handhelds, and the next big thread asks when Valve will put out an official app of its own. Others point out that a rival app had just annoyed its users by announcing ads at game launch, and one viewer reports Portal 2 and Left 4 Dead 2 running on a phone with a clip-on controller.

The other two uploads were more sober. Russ explained why he is sending back the Steam Frame, Valve's new headset, and gave the $150 Retroid Pocket Duo Lite a mixed verdict: build quality he praises, software and performance that fall short.

The Android video did the heavy lifting, and the channel's daily views ran at more than double their usual pace. Among the tech review channels close to its size, only jakkuh gained more views over the week, while Matt Talks Tech also kept busy and Tim Schofield had a quieter stretch.

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The numbers

Here is how Retro Game Corps' week looks in figures.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

jakkuh

2,293,729

Retro Game Corps

1,837,484

Matt Talks Tech

1,220,422

Dawid Does Tech Stuff

615,797

PC Centric

408,160

Tim Schofield

268,628

TheUnlockr

187,252

Soldier Knows Best

33,283

Barnacules Nerdgasm

19,426

subscribers

865,000

▲ 3,000 in the last 7 days

total views

201,557,681

views per day

599,139

typical day: 263,431

first-day views of each video posted this week

SteamOS is Now an Android App

420,582

Why I'm Returning the Steam Frame

130,981

Retroid Pocket Duo Lite In-Depth Review

139,597

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Tim Schofield

972,000

Retro Game Corps

865,000

Barnacules Nerdgasm

849,000

Matt Talks Tech

818,000

PC Centric

808,000

Soldier Knows Best

806,000

TheUnlockr

789,000

jakkuh

785,000

Dawid Does Tech Stuff

771,000

As of October 5, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.