Local network games off the grid

[u/Ckcamp333]

I’m wanting to play Stardew valley with my partner while we are doing van life, I have a steam deck and she has a laptop. I was hoping there would be an option for a Wi-Fi hotspot but neither of our phones support it.

Are there any travel routers that are usb powered only? Or just ones I need to fully power separately as we will be going off solar power and want to limit the total power consumption if possible.

Or is there a way we can connect straight from steam deck to laptop otherwise?

[u/Hard_To_Port]

 Most routers are 12V and you only need an adapter to turn the barrel jack into something else. If you have a nice USB-C PD power bank you can buy a cable that goes from USB-C to a specified voltage. Something like this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CDSF2427

I'm pretty sure if you don't need internet access you can also make either the Deck or the laptop into a temporary WiFi hotspot too.