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

The absolute best for Chromecast with Google TV (2020 model). I bought a CCwGTV and installed Steam Link on it so I could play my PC games on my Living Room TV. Steam Link on Chromecast is an awful, super laggy experience, even with the Ethernet adapter on the CCwGTV (works great on phones, however). Moonlight has almost 100% lagless streaming to my CCwGTV from my desktop PC. Fantastic experience,! Only 1ms to 2ms lag in button response time. 5/5!!!

Works really well! This is by far the most lagless option for local streaming. The only problem is to play game pass games...it is possible to launch them but controller isn't supported (on the shield TV at least). Works flawlessly with other games launchers though. Edit = removed just 1 star because if the connection stutters, the service just gives up and eject you within seconds. That's with a 400mbps connection. But when it happens, it's fast and easy to get right back in.

Would like to see a fit to screen option that would zoom in to remove black bars while cutting off part of the image. Games also not updating correctly even after uninstalling and reinstalling GFE and moonlight Works great. Devs have addressed every other issue I can think of so far. I don't think the devs can do anything to fix Android's system level mouse acceleration.

What's new

v12.0.2
- Fixed connection issue with some hosts running GeForce Experience and older Sunshine versions
- Fixed native frame rate streaming support on older versions of Android
- Stability improvements