There are also about 50 to 60 free-to-play games.īut GFN remains very Steam-centric. Games fall into two camps: 'instant access' and 'single session.' Instant access games are those formally supported: They're preinstalled on Nvidia's servers, kept up to date, optimized for streaming and findable within the GFN apps. You install the GeForce Now Android, PC or Mac app, create an account or sign in and then begin searching for the games you want to play to add to your library. Given that model, it makes sense that Nvidia's has people with lots of games in its marketing sights. GFN differs in that it works with games you've already bought (primarily on Steam) rather than requiring you buy a special version of the game or games from a particular library.
Like Google Stadia, Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass for PC/Project xCloud and other cloud gaming services, GFN renders and streams supported games from its data centers to phones, PCs and Macs so you can play on devices with all the power of a potato.
Nvidia's GeForce Now cloud gaming service has been available on the company's Nvidia Shield streamer for a while, but the versions for PC, Mac and Android phones have finally left beta. The GeForce Now client running on Windows.