PC gaming with SteamOS on Android: Nubia RedMagic 11 Pro tested with DroidDeck

What happened

PC gaming with SteamOS (gaming Linux distribution) on Android: Nubia RedMagic 11 Pro tested with DroidDeck ⓘ ETA Prime Thanks to DroidDeck, you can turn your Android phone into a DIY Steam Deck. Fawad Murtaza , Published 10/13/2026 🇩🇪 Gaming Android Handheld Software Smartphone Thanks to DroidDeck, you can now run full-fledged SteamOS on Android. Google is a software and Internet company based in Mountain View, and its products and services include Software tools.

ETA Prime has now tested how well SteamOS and PC game emulation works on a flagship Android smartphone. Thanks to DroidDeck, you can turn your Android phone into a DIY Steam Deck.

ETA Prime has done just that with the ZTE Nubia RedMagic 11 Pro, as the YouTuber ran Steam games on the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5-powered gaming smartphone. The app, which is still in active development, allows users to install Steam games as well as PC apps like the RPCS3 PS3 emulator on Android-based systems powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon SoCs (a whole computer’s parts built onto a single chip).

Powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, 16 GB of RAM, and water cooling, the Nubia RedMagic 11 Pro is a pretty good test device for DroidDeck. The video shows the complete DroidDeck setup, including settings, performance profiles, and more.

Key facts

• PC gaming with SteamOS on Android: Nubia RedMagic 11 Pro — tested: with DroidDeck ⓘ ETA Prime Thanks to DroidDeck, you can turn your Android phone into a DIY Steam Deck
• ETA Prime has now — tested: how well SteamOS and PC game emulation works on a flagship Android smartphone