Show HN: I built a FOSS tool to run your Steam games in the Cloud

I wanted to play my Steam games but my aging PC couldn’t keep up, so I built Cloudy Pad - a tool to run Steam in the Cloud (GitHub: https://github.com/PierreBeucher/cloudypad)

It runs on AWS, Azure, GCP, Scaleway and Paperspace with various cost optimizations and safeties:

- Cost alerts

- Auto stop inactive instances to avoid unwanted cost

- Disk snapshots and data cleanup for cost efficiency

- Spot instance support

Under the hood: a Linux VM and a container running Sunshine (a streaming server https://github.com/LizardByte/Sunshine) with Steam. Most Windows games work just fine thanks to Proton.

It streams effortlessly at 1080p 100+ FPS - I recently played Baldur’s Gate III and Clair Obscur in Ultra, ran like a breeze.

Cost-wise it’s great for occasional players: ~30h or less per month typically cost less than 25$. Though admittedly for heavy gamers it may be less cost-effective due to cloud pricing.

I’d love feedback from the HN community !