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To help you decide on what to pick up, I've gone through the Steam Autumn Sale and picked out a whole bunch that will work great across both Steam Deck and Desktop Linux. These are my cheap-picks, to help those of you on a bit of a budget right now.

As always, these lists are a little biased to what I think look good, but obviously my tastes are the best and you should buy all of them and if you don't agree you're clearly wrong.

Jokes aside, I've split the list between two categories for you, each filled with an assortment of games. All the games are also steam deck verified Steam Deck Verified, so no hunting for compatibility needed. Every single one in the list is also at a minimum rated Very Positive by users on Steam too.

Best under £5

Mass Effect Legendary Edition - 92% off
An absolute steal with that discount. I completely it on Steam Deck (not my first time…) and loved it.

Mad Max - 90% off

Prey - 90% off

HITMAN World of Assassination Part One - 90% off

Half-Life and Half-Life 2 - 80% off
Awesome with the recent Half-Life 2 massive update.

Dying Light - 80% off

Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition - 75% off

Terraria - 50% off

Brotato - 40% off
Although it's also free on Epic Games till December 5.

Vampire Survivors - 25% off

Halls of Torment - 25% off

Best under £10

Subnautica - 67% off

Slay the Spire - 66% off

Fallout 4 - 60% off

Dead by Daylight - 60% off

Pentiment - 50% off

Paint the Town Red - 50% off

Cult of the Lamb - 50% off

The Long Dark - 40% off

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth - 34% off

Stardew Valley - 30% off

Have you picked up anything good? I got suckered and picked up Diablo IV. Even though I have it on Battlenet, the Steam convenience is unmatched. And honestly, I forget to ever actually look at Battlenet - woops.

See all in the Steam sale.

I'll also recommend again the The Raw Fury Humble Bundle because it really is a good deal.

And, if you missed it, the next Proton update is in testing and coming soon. It's going to be a big one with plenty of game compatibility improvements.

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Expalphalog Nov 29
Picked up a bunch of old games that I'd always been curious to try but never curious enough to spend more than a few bucks on: Dishonored, Far Cry, and Alan Wake.
Brotato is on Epic Games for free this week, by the way.

Fez is cheap, and so is Steins;Gate and Hades.
Eri Nov 30
I picked up I Am Future, It's only 35% off because it came out of early access recently. Works great on Steam Deck.

Quoting: mindplagueDo these EA games (like Mass Effect) still work with the new EA launcher? most of my games going through the launch are borked.
IIRC, ME Legendary Edition came out directly on the new EA App working fine, at least on Steam Deck. I didn't complete the trilogy there, but I tested a few hours of the first game like a year ago.
Anza Nov 30
Quoting: KlaasThere hasn't been anything that has tempted me into buying, but I'm still busy with Steamworld Quest which I bought on GOG a few weeks ago.

Do I need Brotato if I'm still not done with Vampire Survivors and Halls of Torment?


Funnily enough I'm in same situation. Haven't yet played Castlevania DLC for Vampires Survivors and Hall of Torment has plenty of new free content that I haven't played. I can raise you with Deeprock Galactic: Survivor (that also has free content update that I haven't played).

As for other games, there's so much good stuff for cheap. Personally I think I'll wait for winter sale, I don't really need more games. Just bought UFO 50 and that already has 50 games to play...
tmtvl Nov 30
Quoting: kernelkidI would also recommend to anyone who enjoys FPS games, if you don't own F.E.A.R, now is the time. Its only a buck on GOG or two bucks on steam. MUST BUY if a fan of genre.

I'll second the First Encounter Assault Recon recommendation. I never really cared much for cover-based F/TPSes, I tried HALO and it didn't grab me at all, but F.E.A.R. really worked for me. Something about the gunplay reminds me of classics like Unreal Tournament and Quake, even though you're a lot more limited in terms of arsenal.

Another FPS I would recommend people check out would be Hedon Bloodrite, which is currently 25% off on GOG. It's built on a fork of gzdoom (fork's called hzdoom), and it's a real blast. ...although I must admit that I'm not much of an FPS player, so my recommendation should be taken with a grain of salt. Try the demo first, I guess, that's what I did.
Anza Nov 30
Quoting: tmtvlAnother FPS I would recommend people check out would be Hedon Bloodrite, which is currently 25% off on GOG. It's built on a fork of gzdoom (fork's called hzdoom), and it's a real blast. ...although I must admit that I'm not much of an FPS player, so my recommendation should be taken with a grain of salt. Try the demo first, I guess, that's what I did.

I didn't really get into Hedon Bloodrite. It was bit confusing. Though I last played it December 2022 and there have been few updates that look like have been improving things on that side.
nattydread Nov 30
I got mass effect legendary, psychonauts 2 (native linux), binding of isaac rebirth (native linux), rome total war 2 and mechwarrior 5 clans. That should keep me busy!


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Feist Dec 1
Only game I have bought this far is "Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord" a remake of the classic rpg from 1981.

However, I have my eyes on "Robocop", "Stray", "Drova" and the remake of "Resident Evil 4" as well. Though I feel a bit unsure about the 3 first games and I would like to wait for Denuvo to be removed before buying RE4.
Quoting: FeistOnly game I have bought this far is "Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord" a remake of the classic rpg from 1981.

However, I have my eyes on "Robocop", "Stray", "Drova" and the remake of "Resident Evil 4" as well. Though I feel a bit unsure about the 3 first games and I would like to wait for Denuvo to be removed before buying RE4.
I played through Stray on my LCD Deck, it was playable at 30fps up to 40 in some sections. It's also easy to mod and NexusMods has lots of free custom cat models to download (I liked Espeon)
Anza Dec 1
Quoting: FeistOnly game I have bought this far is "Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord" a remake of the classic rpg from 1981.

However, I have my eyes on "Robocop", "Stray", "Drova" and the remake of "Resident Evil 4" as well. Though I feel a bit unsure about the 3 first games and I would like to wait for Denuvo to be removed before buying RE4.

Robocop is good, though checkpoint system is awful. It could save bit more often, and make it even more clear when that happens. Now I guess best way is to check autosaves timestamp as save doesn't always happen when you think it does. Still, it seems to get tone of the movie about right, which doesn't happen that often.

Stray is sort of platform puzzle exploration experience with some bit frustrating action sequences. Though still, you can take nap and scratch things among other cat like behaviors. There's also some lore you find out if look around. So If you like sci-fi and cats, it's worth trying out.
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