How to Play PlayStation Plus games on a Steam Deck – Guide

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Sony has been slowly adding its library of games to PC. And while there are plenty of formerly exclusive games available, some titles still remain locked to PlayStation. But if you have a PlayStation Plus account, you can actually stream hundreds games to the PC. This also means that we can get PlayStation Plus running on a Steam Deck.

This guide will take you through the complicated steps of installing the PlayStation Plus app onto the Steam Deck. The process takes time, but if you want to expand the number of games you can play on the Steam Deck, it’s well worth doing.

Before we can download the PlayStation Plus app, we first need to download Proton. This allows Steam Deck to run applications that are only supported by Windows. This also allows it to run a few other applications that you may find useful down the line.

Now, there are other options out there such as Heroic or Lutris. However, we found that utilizing Proton was the most straightforward approach due to the Steam Deck already utilizing it when installing steam games.

To install Proton, simply head to the Discover Store on the Steam Deck, and type ‘ProtonUP’ in the search bar. An application called ‘ProtonUP-Qt’ should appear, and you want to install that. Then click on the ‘Application Launcher,’ go to ‘Utilities,’ and launch ProtonUP-Qt. This will launch a small install menu, and from here you want to select ‘GE-Proton’ for the Compatibility Tool, and make sure version 6.21-GE-2 is selected. Once this is all done, exit and relaunch Steam.

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Now that Proton is ready to go, we can get into installing PlayStation Plus. First up you just need to open a browser and download the PlayStation Plus app from the official website. Once that’s