System & Software information:

OS: Fedora 43 (Workstation)
Kernel: 6.18.8-cachyos1.fc42.x86_64
Steam Branch: Steam Beta Update
Steam Version: 1773983034
Steam Client Build Date: Thu, Mar 19, 2026 11:47 PM UTC -08:00
Nvidia Driver: 580.126.18 (4070Ti Super)
Compositor: Wayland
Deck Steam Logs
Host Steam Logs

What I'm attempting:
I have my PC with wired Ethernet (System information above) hosting a game; in todays case, DooM: The Dark Ages. This is being connected to by the Steamdeck OLED using Wifi (5Ghz) for playing on my bedroom TV.

What's Happening:
When attempting to play certain games using Steam Remote Play I get audio but just a black screen. Sometimes I can see the cursor, sometimes it plays audio but the loading banner never stops. Affected games I've run into is Cyberpunk 2077, DooM: The Dark Ages, Oblivion: Remastered. I'm sure there are more I've not tried to play that would behave the same.

What I've tried / noticed:
I have tried every variation of "Use NVFBC Capture on NVIDIA GPU", "Enable hardware encoding", "Hardware Decoding", "Low latency Networking" on both the host and client. I've tried different versions of the NVIDIA drivers. I've tried installing Steam Link through Discovery on the Steamdeck and adding that as a non-steam game to stream Steam from within Steam (my head hurts w.w) and I get the exact same behavior. Plenty of other games stream absolutely fine so the connection is more then capable of handshaking in my current setup. I'm more then willing to supply any additional logs and hardware/software data to aid in finding a solution for this. I am a recent convert to GNU/Linux, so if you go throwing a bunch of commands at me it may go over my head a bit, but I'm trying.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Stream the game "DooM: The Dark Ages" from a Linux host to a Steam Deck, or Steam Link.