by In this tutorial, we will show you how to set up PlayStation remote play on your Steam Deck using a piece of software called Chiaki.
If you have ever wanted to be able to pick up your Steam Deck and continue playing a game from your PlayStation 5, then you can.
To add the ability to play your PS5 or PS4 games remotely, we will use a particular piece of software developed by Florian Märkl called Chiaki.
Chiaki allows devices like the Steam Deck to act as a remote play client for either the PlayStation 4 or PlayStation 5. It even maps the controls of your Steam Deck to what they would be on a standard remote-play client.
Over the following few sections, we will show you how to install Chiaki to your Steam Deck and connect it to a PS5. While our steps mainly follow the PS5, they will also work with the PS4 with only slight adjustments.
In particular, we will be using the Chiaki-NG (Used to be called Chiaki4Deck) variant of this software. This is one of the only actively maintained PlayStation remote play clients that runs on the Steam Deck
Video
Below we have included a video that walks you through the steps of installing Chiaki and then pairing it with your PS5 or PS4 consoles. You will have remote play up and running in no time with these steps.
If you prefer written content, be sure to skip the video and continue reading.
How to Remote Play PS5 and PS4 Games on your Steam Deck
Our first step is to install the PS5/PS4 remote play client to our Steam Deck. Luckily this process is relatively straightforward as it is available through the Discover store.
Over the next few steps, we will install Chiaki onto the Steam Deck and get it ready to be connected to your PlayStation for remote play.
Changing to Desktop Mode
1. Your first step is to change to the desktop mode on your Steam Deck.
First, bring up the Steam menu on your device by pressing the “Steam” button on the left side of your device or by tapping “Steam MENU” on the screen.
5. With the Steam menu now open on your device, you will want to select the “Power” option.
You will find this option at the bottom of the STEAM menu.
6. You will now be presented with a couple of options. The one you want to utilize is the “Switch to deskop” option.
This option will take you to Steam Deck’s desktop interface and out of the gaming mode.
Installing Chiaki-NG From the Steam Deck Discover Store
7. Now that we are on the desktop interface, we can open the “Discover store“.
You can open this app by tapping the shopping icon on the taskbar, as shown below.
8. With the discover center now open on your Steam Deck, you will want to change to the “Search” screen.
9. Using the search box at the top of the screen, search for “Chiaki“. By default, you can open the on-screen keyboard by pressing the “X” button on your Steam Deck.
10. After a few seconds you should see an application called “chiaki-ng” appear within the search screen. Double tap this application to open its Discover page.
Chiaki-ng is the software that we will be using so that you can remote play your PlayStation games on your Steam Deck. It has support for both the PS4 and PS5.
11. On this next screen, you will want to click the “Install” button in the top-right corner.
Depending on your internet speed it should only take a few minutes to install this remote play client on to your Steam Deck.
12. Once your Steam Deck finishes installing Chiaki-NG, you should see that the button has been replaced with “Launch”.
We will now want to launch this software so that we can pair your PlayStation with your Steam Deck. To launch Chiaki-NG, simply tap the Launch button in the top-right corner.
Adding the Remote Play Client to your Steam Deck Library
11. One of the neat things about using Chiaki-NG to stream your PS5 or PS4 games to your Steam Deck is that it is built to function well with the hardware.
The first time you launch the software you will be asked if you want Chiaki to automatically add itself to your Steam Deck game library as well as configure the recommended control scheme.
We highly recommend you do this so select the “Yes” option to proceed. If you find your mouse to be unresponsive with Chiaki open, try holding do the Steam button while using the right trackpad.
12. This next screen will allow you to assign a different name to the Steam Deck entry that it is about to create.
We recommend just sticking with the default options and clicking the “Create” button in the top-right corner.
13. If everything has worked successfully you should see a pop-up on your screen that describes all the actions Chiaki just took to add itself to your Steam Deck library.
To proceed with using Chiaki, simply hit the “Close” button.
14. You will now see a message warning you that you will need to restart Steam for your new entry to appear in your library.
As we will be returning to game mode later on in this guide, this doesn’t matter for is so just click the “Close” button.
Pairing your PlayStation 5 or 4 to your Steam Deck for Remote Play
15. You will now be prompted as to whether you want to be able to remote play over PSN. This functionality will let you remotely play PlayStation games even if you are away from the same network as your PS5 or PS4.
The only caveat to this functionality is that you will need to login to your PSN user using Chiaki’s inbuilt web browser.
We personally had issues with logging into our account so we will be skipping this step and selecting the “No” option.
16. Before using Chiaki to stream your PS5 or PS4 games to your Steam Deck, you must associate the console with it by pairing it.
To begin this process, find the console that you want to remotely play your games from and then double-tap it.
Finding your PSN Account-ID
17. Now before we get the code that allows your Steam Deck to Remote Play from your PS4 or PS5 we will need the ID for your PSN account.
There are two ways to retrieve this. One is to use the “PSN Login” option (a.), the other is to use “Public Lookup” (b.).
The public lookup option tends to have less issues so that is the one that we will be going with in this tutorial. The only catch is that your account must be set to public so that it is searchable.
18. Within the provided box, you must now type in the username of your PSN user (a.). Please note that this differs from your email address.
After typing out your username, click the “Submit” button (b.) to continue.
19. If everything has worked properly, you should now see your PSN account ID appear within the included box.
If you see it, then you can proceed on to getting the remote play PIN from your PlayStation console.
Getting your PlayStation Remote Play PIN from your Console
20. At this point, you must get a code generated from your PlayStation to register your console with your Steam Deck and allow the remote play functionality.
These next few steps must be completed on your PlayStation console itself. Our steps are written for the PlayStation 5 interface, but they shouldn’t be too crazy different from that of the PS4.
To get to the remote play option, you will need to first open the settings page.
21. Once the settings page is open, scroll down and open the “System” options page, as shown below.
22. While in the System menu, use the side bar to select the “Remote Play” option.
On this screen, you must first ensure that the PlayStation remote play functionality has been enabled for your chosen user. You can do this by selecting the “Enable Remote Play” option.
23. This screen will now list out all of the users you have associated with your PlayStation.
Find the user that you want to use the remote play functionality for and ensure that the toggle is switched to on as it is in the screenshot below.
Once you have toggled the remote play functionality on, return to the previous screen.
24. We are finally at the point we can get the pair device code that our Steam Deck requires to talk with your PlayStation.
To retrieve this code, select the “Pair Device” option.
25. You should now see a code generated on your screen.
Unfortunately, this code only remains for a set amount of time, so you must be quick for the next few steps to register your PS5 or PS4 with your Steam Deck for remote play.
Finishing up Pairing your Steam Deck to your PS5 or PS4
26. Back on your Steam Deck, we must fill out additional information to register the console.
a. Now in the “Remote Play PIN” text box, enter the code that is currently being displayed by your PlayStation. This is the PIN requires for Chiaki to register your Steam Deck with the console.
b. Next, assure that Chiaki has correctly selected the right console that you are using. In our case this was automatically detected correctly and we could leave it set to “PS5“.
Finally, with all the information now set, click the “Register” button (c.) in the top-right corner of the screen.
27. If your Steam Deck has been successfully set up for remote play with your console, you should see the following message appear on your screen.
You can tap the “Close” button to proceed.
28. Below, you can see that our PS5 has now been registered with Chiaki running on our Steam Deck. We can now begin to stream games from it, but this is better off being done within gaming mode.
You can return to gaming mode on your desktop by double tapping the “Return to Gaming Mode” icon.
Remote Play your PS4 or PS5 Games on the Steam Deck
29. At this stage, we have set up your Steam Deck so you can remotely play your PS5 or PS4 games.
To open up Chiaki to play these games, you will want to first change over to your Steam library.
Bring up the Steam menu, then select the “Library” option to continue.
30. Now that you are in your Steam library, change to the “Non-Steam” tab (a.).
Within this tab, you should see Chiaki-ng (b.) as an option. Go to its game page by tapping or selecting it.
31. All we need to do to launch Chiaki within Steam Decks gaming mode is select the “Play” button.
32. At this point, you now have Chiaki up and running with Steam Deck’s gaming mode. You should see a list of alll the PlayStation consoles that are currently on your network.
Double-tap the one that you want to stream your games from to immediately begin playing your PS4 or PS5 games on the Steam Deck.
33. Below, you can see our Steam Deck has successfully connected to our PS5 using remote play.
We can now interact with the console and play games on it as if we were playing directly. However, some of the button mappings can be strange, so it can take a little getting used to.
You can change any button mappings by clicking the cog in Chiaki when not connected to your game console.
Conclusion
By this stage in the guide, we hope you know how to use remote play to play your PlayStation 4 or 5 games on your Steam Deck.
This functionality is super useful and allows you to play your console games while away. It is also super helpful if you have someone using your TV, as you can now play the games with little to no issues.
Please comment below if you have issues using Chiaki on the Steam Deck to play your games remotely.
Thank you so much for this guide. I love my Steam already, but being able to play my PS5 games on it remotely makes it even better. 😁🕹️