This obscure superpower even extends to Steam’s remote play feature.

What Is Steam Remote Play?

Streaming happens over your local connection via Wi-Fi or wired Ethernet.

Valve’s Steam Deck handheld console.

Valve

For an optimal experience, ensure that at least thesource computer is wired into the networkrather than using Wi-Fi.

If both devices could use a wired connection, that would be best!

The first order of business is adding your non-Steam game to Steam.

The Steam Client Games Menu with the ‘Add a non-Steam game to my library’ option highlighted.

Open Steam, then go to Games > Add a Non-Steam Game to My Library.

Check your Steam Library and you’ll find any games you’ve added in the list.

It won’t have the same details you would see with a native Steam game.

The non-Steam game browsing dialogue box with Cyberpunk 2077 marked for addition.

Now for the fun part!

Head over to your equipment with the Steam app or to another computer running the Steam client.

Go to the library on the target machine and look for the game’s entry.

Steam Library with non-Steam version of Cyberpunk 2077 highlighted.

Instead of a “Play” button, you’ll see a “Stream” button.

it’s possible for you to then navigate to the library as usual and launch the non-Steam game.

The ‘Stream’ button visible on the Mac Steam client ready for remote play.