Google is turning its Play Games app for PC into a Steam competitor

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Google has announced that it’ll now offer native computer games in the Play Games app for PC. These native PC titles will join a wide variety of Android games in the app. There’s been no shortage of failed PC game stores, though, as Steam continues to be the preferred storefront for most users. Google has offered a Play Games app on PC for a few years now, allowing people to run Android games on their computers. The search giant wants to step things up, though, and it’s just announced that it’ll offer native PC games on the app. The company made the announcement at the 2025 Game Developers Conference: Google Play Games on PC was launched to help mobile games reach more players on PC. Today, we’re expanding this support to native PC games, enabling more developers to connect with our massive player base on mobile. “We’re opening up the program for all native PC games — including PC-only games — this year,” the company added. Google will als ... Read full article.