Moonlight Game Streaming

Cameron Gutman

About this app

This app streams games, programs, or your full desktop from a PC on your local network or the Internet running NVIDIA GeForce Experience (NVIDIA-only) or Sunshine (all GPUs). Mouse, keyboard, and controller input is sent from your Android device to your PC.

Streaming performance may vary based on your client device and network setup. HDR requires an HDR10-capable device, a GPU that can encode HEVC Main 10, and HDR10-enabled game. Games that use DXGI/OS HDR also require an HDR display connected to your host PC.

Features
• Open-source and completely free (no ads, IAPs, or "Pro")
• Streams games purchased from any store
• Works on your home network or over the Internet/LTE
• Up to 4K 120 FPS HDR streaming with 7.1 surround sound
• H.264, HEVC, and AV1 codec support (AV1 requires Sunshine and a supported host GPU)
• Keyboard and mouse support (best with Android 8.0 or later)
• Stylus/S-Pen support
• Supports PS3/4/5, Xbox 360/One/Series, and Android gamepads
• Force feedback and gamepad motion sensor support (Android 12 or later)
• Local co-op with up to 16 connected controllers (4 with GeForce Experience)
• Mouse control via gamepad by long-pressing Start

Quick Setup Host Instructions for GeForce Experience (NVIDIA-only)
• Make sure GeForce Experience is open on your PC. Turn on GameStream in the SHIELD settings page.
• Tap on the PC in Moonlight and type the PIN on your PC
• Start streaming!

Quick Setup Host Instructions for Sunshine (all GPUs)
• Install Sunshine on your PC from https://github.com/LizardByte/Sunshine/releases
• Navigate to the Sunshine Web UI on your PC for first-time setup
• Tap on the PC in Moonlight and type the PIN in the Sunshine Web UI on your PC
• Start streaming!

To have a good experience, you need a mid to high-end wireless router with a good wireless connection to your Android device (5 GHz highly recommended) and a good connection from your PC to your router (Ethernet highly recommended).

Detailed Setup Instructions
See the full setup guide https://bit.ly/1skHFjN for:
• Adding a PC manually (if your PC is not detected)
• Streaming over the Internet or LTE
• Using a controller connected directly to your PC
• Streaming your full desktop
• Adding custom apps to stream

Troubleshooting
A detailed troubleshooting guide is available here: https://bit.ly/1TO2NLq
If you still can't solve your issue or just have a question, join our Discord server to chat with the Moonlight community: https://moonlight-stream.org/discord

Disclaimer: This app is not affiliated with NVIDIA Corporation. Please do not contact them for support. Instead, use the troubleshooting link at the bottom of the app description.

This app is open-source under the GPL. The code can be found here: https://github.com/moonlight-stream/moonlight-android

Legal: All trademarks cited here are the property of their respective owners.

Ratings and reviews

Absolutely ridiculous. While the official Steam Link app was struggling with delays of multiple 100ms, making any game literally unplayable, this app is able to stream 4K 60+ fps like it's nothing. Now I can finally play all my PC games again from the comfort of my couch without looking at a blocky, laggy mess. It's like I've hooked up a HDMI cable straight to my receiver.

Works insanely well and has very very tiny input lag. I much prefer moonlight over using SuperDisplay to stream games to my Galaxy Tablet. If you are using Steam, make sure to disable the L3 button click command that brings up the virtual keyboard layout. This essentially breaks the stream when you need to "sprint" in many games.

It's pretty great. You devs are not only skilled, but also very kind to make this free and open source. I wouldn't mind seeing the touch controls more developed, closer to what windows tablets use (swipe to scroll, long-press to right click, long-press-swipe to click and drag). It's practically perfect already, so the only way I know to improve it is to add more touch controls. At that point, it would be like I sideloaded Win10 on my device.

What's new

v12.1
- Added support for full end-to-end stream encryption with Sunshine*
- Fixed immediate connection termination error when streaming over some Internet connections*
- Added option to adjust emulated rumble intensity
- Added option to scroll in controller mouse emulation mode
- Improved connection reliability during temporary network interruptions
- Fixed pass-through of special Sunshine key combos to the host

* Requires upcoming Sunshine v0.22.0 release or current Sunshine nightly build