The Steam Link is made from shiny black plastic and is shaped like a flat rectangular box. You can identify the Steam Link (the hardware box, not the software) by looking on the bottom of the device for the the model name "Steamlink." You can see the location of this label in the iFixit disassembly guide or the teardown by All About Circuits. The device originally sold for $50, but after it was discontinued the remaining stock was practically given away for the price of $2.50.
The product was discontinued in 2018 with Valve shifting their attention to a software version of Steam Link which works on mobile devices, some smart TVs, and the Raspberry Pi microcomputer. The Steam Link was first introduced by Valve in 2015 with the intention of enabling people to play games in any room of their house. Article taken from Steam Link is a set-top box designed to enable streaming games from a computer to a separate monitor or TV. Looks like this is Valve's first official release as a Flatpak package. You can grab the Steam Link for Linux from Flathub and you can see the reference files on GitHub. So you could host a game of your favourite co-op or multiplayer experience, let's say Stardew Valley, and someone only needs the Steam Link installed on whatever device they have available to join your game with a link you send over. So why now? Well, Valve only just recently announced Remote Play Together - Invite Anyone, which uses the Steam Link to allow people without a Steam account to join a game hosted by someone else. Previously the app was only supported for Windows, iOS, Android, or a Raspberry Pi but that ends now with the official announcement today adding traditional Linux desktops to the mix. The idea is that it allows you to stream content from Steam on one PC to another, or to a different device like an Android phone. Originally available as the Steam Link hardware that was discontinued in 2018, which Valve then replaced with the standalone application. Valve along with their partners at open source consulting firm Collabora have ported over the standalone Steam Link application to the traditional Linux desktop.
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