I used to use PortMaster all the time. For me, PortMaster was never about being the easiest path to compatibility — it was about the challenge and reward of squeezing modern PC indie games onto cheap, underpowered ARM handhelds. I loved the tinkering: getting a lightweight device to run something it shouldn't, tuning performance, and feeling like I’d wrung extra life out of budget hardware.
That said, my habits changed. GameHub and GameNative are Android installers that make getting Steam-owned games onto Android hardware much faster and less fiddly. The mechanics are simple: install on PC, copy the files to removable storage, and run them on the device — that single step is all you need to know about how I move games between systems.
Now I reach for the Android installers more often because they remove friction. When I want to play quickly or don’t feel like swapping SD cards, GameHub and GameNative get me playing in minutes. PortMaster still wins when I want to push a cheap handheld to its limits or enjoy the process of optimizing an underpowered system, but those sessions are more deliberate and less frequent.
In short: PortMaster is my hobbyist tool for wringing performance out of budget hardware; GameHub and GameNative are my everyday tools for convenience. Both have a place on my shelf, but convenience has nudged my day-to-day toward Android installers.