The library is already much more impressive than the paltry selection found on Google Stadia, but it’s still disappointing when you’re especially amped for a certain game, only to find it not available on the service. Instead you can either scroll through a limited list of “featured” games, or use the search bar to check for the game you want to play. GeForce now currently supports more than 400 titles, but there’s no place where they’re all listed.
Neither was Monster Hunter World, Red Dead Redemption 2, Temtem, or Control. I was thrilled to load up Halo: The Master Chief collection, but it wasn’t available.
There’s a carousel of hot games, but at this point, it’s filled with old titles like Cuphead and Tropico 6. When you log into the service, which is available on PC, Mac, and Android, you’re presented with a sort of junior varsity Steam client. Setup and InterfaceSetting up GeForce Now for the first time is a bit of a nightmare. Instead it’s almost perfectly suited for people who own outdated PCs or Macs but still want to play the hottest PC games. GeForce Now doesn’t seem to be aimed at tech enthusiasts or early adopters. It’s effectively free, at least for an hour session at a time, but paying for the subscription ($4.99 per month, though Nvidia hasn’t settled on a long-term pricing model) gives you priority access to servers, ray tracing in games that support it, and up to 6-hour play sessions. But it also means only select games are supported.
And because the games are cloud-based, there’s no updating or maintenance required.
Instead, GeForce Now connects to your existing digital game libraries to verify if you own the games you want to play. Nvidia isn’t running a games store here, unlike Google’s Stadia service. That’s because it has a different tact – GeForce Now streams the PC games you already own. But GeForce Now might not need mindshare to win out over its competitors.
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