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A fresh month is here, so it's time to take a look at what's been popular amongst players on Steam Deck, and another chance for you to all discuss what you've been playing across Desktop Linux and Steam Deck.

Valve now have their always up to date list on Steam, so you can check it yourself any time.

For July 2024 here's what was most played:


Over to you in the comments: what have you been playing lately? And, what are you most excited about picking up soon?

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Pengling Aug 2
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QuoteOver to you in the comments: what have you been playing lately?
Battles against computer-controlled players in Super Bomberman R (Proton). The AIs in that game are smarter than the ones in Super Bomberman R 2, so the battle-mode has proven to have longer legs than I expected it to!

QuoteAnd, what are you most excited about picking up soon?
There's nothing on the horizon for me at the moment, unfortunately!
Essoje Aug 2
I've been putting a lot of hours on No Man's Sky. Specifically, I've been playing past Expeditions using the offline method, and paused Leviathan just to play the latest one. And considering I'll start a survival playthrough once all Expeditions are done with, NMS is going to be taking a lot of my time.
Also, Time Treker has been fun when taking a day-long break from NMS, and Elden Ring will probably be back on the menu once I'm done with NMS, or maybe I'll start a concurrent playthrough, not sure yet.
Jarmer Aug 2
I tried doing a playthrough of Dragons Dogma 2, but unfortunately it kept crashing / hard locking my entire system repeatedly, so it was unplayable. Looking online (protondb) there are lots of other reports of this, so I guess the game just needs lots of patches (or just forget about it entirely).

So I have been focusing on Zoria Age of Shattering and having a blast! I think I may be nearing the end, but it's been a super fun game.
TightRope Aug 2
I just finished River City Girls (Fun one to play with my wife) and Riddle Joker. I am heading back to Tales of Arise, after getting stuck and giving up for a while.
Played a bit of Vagrus: The Riven Realms. Still not sure yet what I think of it--the walls of text are totally up my alley, but I'm still getting a feel for the actual game.
After some chat here about different iterations of Civilization, I bought Civ IV and gave it a whirl. I concluded I had been underestimating Civ V; I'm not enjoying IV nearly as much as I expected. So now I'm playing Endless Legend instead, which after I got it for free due to a tip here a little while ago has proved really quite fun for me; I'm thinking of grabbing a DLC or two.
I'm playing on desktop Linux, not Steam Deck, but ...

Age of Mythology. I wanted to get it before the remake was released. I am rediscovering my love of RTS games.

When I'm not playing AoM, I am playing short periods of The First Templar, which I got free from GOG, to rebuild my tolerance of 3rd Person POV (1st & 3rd Person POV often triggers motion sickness for me). I rather like the game, actually.


Last edited by Caldathras on 2 August 2024 at 5:43 pm UTC
Lately, I've been playing a lot of "Pokémon Unbound", a Pokémon FireRed Rom Hack that rebuilds the game completely from the ground up. Using "MGBA" and "Emulation Station" to load it on the Steam Deck.

It's a fun spin on the Pokémon brand of games. With styling from the GBA days, Pokémon spanning gens 1-7, battle mechanics from gen 8, customizable difficulty, revised HM/TM system, updated visuals and sprites, and QOL improvements. Would recommend if you're a Pokémon fan and looking for a new and refreshing experience.

Friendly reminder to make sure you legally obtain your FireRed game and files before installing this mod. :)

(P.S. - Sorry if linking this mod breaks any rules, I didn't see anything about it in the rules page)
1) Nova Drift, which is leaving Early Access on August 12!

2) Gradually puzzling through Creaks, by Botanicula Design.
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