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Kingdoms and Castles gets Steam Deck and gamepad support, VR version coming

By Liam Dawe, 27 Jun 2022

A little castle building and AI conquering on the go? Kingdoms and Castles already worked great on Linux with the Native version and now it should be great on the Steam Deck too.

Spaceship building game Reassembly goes 64bit, gets Linux and Steam Deck upgrades

By Liam Dawe, 27 Jun 2022

Reassembly is a highly rated game that mixes spaceship building, exploration and intense combat. It's quite a little gem and has a big update out now.

Valve designer warns people not to put 2242 M.2 drives in their Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 27 Jun 2022

Recently, one modder decided to stick a bigger 2242 M.2 SSD into their Steam Deck and after many other bigger PC sites picked it up — a Valve designer has warned people not to do it.

Valve continues tweaking Counter-Strike: Global Offensive for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 24 Jun 2022

Valve has released a fresh update to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and they continue focusing on Steam Input improvements, to make playing it with a controller and the Steam Deck a better experience.

With a quick script you can run Steam Deck Desktop Mode inside Gaming Mode

By Liam Dawe, 23 Jun 2022

We're going into ridiculous territory of tweaking now and the possibilities are seemingly endless on what you can do with the Steam Deck. You can even run the Desktop Mode inside of Gaming Mode.

Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop devs detail their support of Proton and Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 23 Jun 2022

Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop, a community updated and expanded version of the free Alien Swarm originally by Valve continues to see lots of improvements. The developers also explained their clear support of Linux with Proton and the Steam Deck.

Proton Experimental gets Paladins working on Linux and Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 23 Jun 2022

Valve released a fresh upgrade for Proton Experimental on June 22nd which brings even more game compatibility to Linux desktops and Steam Deck.

Fanatical offering a nice bundle of Steam Deck Verified games

By Liam Dawe, 23 Jun 2022

After some more games that should work great on the Steam Deck and so Linux desktop too? Fanatical have a fun looking bundle of games ready for you.

3,500 games now Steam Deck Verified or Playable

By Liam Dawe, 22 Jun 2022

Another great milestone has been hit for the Steam Deck, with Valve's popular Linux-powered handheld now having 3,500 games rated as either Verified or Playable.

Erannorth Chronicles gets fixed up for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 21 Jun 2022

Erannorth Chronicles, what the developer says blends together an old-school card game with tabletop RPG-like progression recently had an upgrade to make it work nicely on the Steam Deck.

Missed your Steam Deck email? Valve confirms a grace period to still get one

By Liam Dawe, 21 Jun 2022

Given how busy some of us are, it can still be quite easy to miss that Steam Deck email coming in to make your purchase through the reservation system. The good news is, you do actually have a few extra days after the timer is up.

Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved on Steam Deck is absolutely awesome

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jun 2022

Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved on Steam Deck, a classic from back in the Xbox 360 days has a version on Steam and it works so beautifully on the Steam Deck.

The Cycle: Frontier - Steam Deck and Linux

The Cycle: Frontier works nicely on Steam Deck and Linux desktops

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jun 2022

Initially an Epic Store exclusive, you can now play The Cycle: Frontier free on Steam and thanks to Proton — on Steam Deck and Linux desktops.

Steam Deck back to being the global top seller (by revenue) on Steam

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jun 2022

After a brief stint at number 2 thanks to the popularity of V Rising, the Steam Deck has moved firmly back into place at number 1 on the top sellers list.

FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE for Steam Deck announcement

FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE arrives on Steam — plus it's Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe, 17 Jun 2022

FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE has officially landed on Steam, and the good news is that it works on Linux plus it's Steam Deck Verified. We have some footage for you!

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Starship Troopers: Terran Command on Steam Deck and Linux — a quick guide

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jun 2022

Starship Troopers: Terran Command just released from The Artistocrats and Slitherine Ltd. but getting it on running on Linux desktop or Steam Deck requires a few steps.

Proton 7.0-3 is out further improving compatibility on Steam Deck and Linux

By Liam Dawe, 14 Jun 2022

Proton 7.0-3 is the latest stable version of the compatibility layer, that allows you to run Windows games on Steam Deck and Linux and it's out now. Here's what's new.

Phasmophobia gets new Voice Recognition to work on Steam Deck and Linux

By Liam Dawe, 13 Jun 2022

Have you been itching to play Phasmophobia? Well, you no longer have to wait for Wine and Proton to be upgraded as the developers have ripped out the Windows-specific stuff.

Here's how to get Steam Deck and Gamepad controls in Minecraft

By Liam Dawe, 10 Jun 2022

Want to get a better Minecraft experience on Steam Deck or with Gamepads as a whole? Thanks to a new mod, it's easily possibly with the latest versions of Minecraft.