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Steam Survey for July 2025 shows Linux approaching 3%

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released the data for the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for July 2025, showing the Linux user share making gains towards hitting 3%.

Valve finally upgraded the Steam trailer video player, re-encoding around 400,000 videos

By Liam Dawe,
The Steam trailer video player was old and not especially great, but now perhaps it might actually work a lot better with a big upgrade.
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Valve reveal the Steam sales and events for the first half of 2026

By Liam Dawe,
While we're nowhere near done with 2025 yet, Valve have revealed the first lot of sales event for 2026 so here's what you need to know.

Valve makes Steam Library customisation a little easier in the latest Steam Beta

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released a new Steam Beta Client update for Desktop and SteamOS / Steam Deck, making customising your Steam games a bit easier.

Here's the most played games on Steam Deck for July 2025

By Liam Dawe,
A fresh month is here so time to take a look at what has been popular over the last month on Steam Deck, and time for you to tell us what you've been playing.

Proton 10.0-2 (beta) brings even more gaming improvements to Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have released the second major Beta for Proton 10, as we get closer to the stable release for gaming on Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck.

Valve reveal new Steam store menu and enhanced search now in Beta

By Liam Dawe,
If you're on the Steam Client Beta (Desktops), you might have noticed the Steam store looking a bit different with the latest update.

Proton Experimental gets fixes for Rockstar Launcher, Call of Duty: WWII, Mortal Kombat 11

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have pushed out a small update for Proton Experimental for July 25th, bringing a few fixes across a bunch of games.

Team Fortress 2 adds 10 new maps for a summer event and more bug fixes

By Liam Dawe,
While this is not the Mann vs Machine update we were previously promised, Team Fortress 2 still has a big update our for the Summer 2025 Event.

Steam Beta upgrades the in-game performance monitor for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Back in June, Valve revealed the new performance monitor for the in-game Steam overlay, and now the Linux version has been upgraded.

Avowed from Obsidian and Xbox now Steam Deck Verified with Update 1.5

By Liam Dawe,
Avowed from Obsidian Entertainment / Xbox Game Studios is now fully Steam Deck Verified with the big new 1.5 update.

Steam adds Trade Protected Items starting with Counter-Strike 2, along with a bit of Half-Life fan trolling

By Liam Dawe,
Counter-Strike 2 has begun a new season, and Valve added a new feature called Trade Protected Items and they're poking fun at Half-Life fans too.

Valve gets pressured by payment processors with a new rule for game devs and various adult games removed

By Liam Dawe, [updated]
Valve have added a new rule to the Onboarding guide for game developers, noting that payment processors get a say in what stays on Steam.

Legion Go S gets Joystick LED controls in SteamOS, plus more Steam updates for all

By Liam Dawe,
Valve put out a new Steam Beta for Desktop and SteamOS, here's all that's changed for the July 14th update.

Proton Experimental updated to fix the Epic Games Store and a few games

By Liam Dawe,
Valve put out a small update to Proton Experimental to begin the weekend, with fixes for the Epic Games Store and a few games for Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck.

Steam now has a UI scaling slider and accessibility menu on desktop

By Liam Dawe,
As Valve continue updating Steam with better accessibility options, the latest Beta makes it super easy to make Steam bigger (or smaller).

SteamOS 3.7.14 Beta brings wake-on-bluetooth back to the Steam Deck LCD

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have released SteamOS 3.7.14 Beta, which for Steam Deck LCD owners is probably going to be popular as it brings back wake-on-bluetooth.

Steam Hardware & Software Survey for June 2025 is out - here's the latest for Linux and SteamOS

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have released the data for the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for June 2025, here's the usual GamingOnLinux run over it - with a little extra.

Proton Experimental adds fixes for The First Berserker: Khazan, The Riftbreaker, multiple Resident Evil games

By Liam Dawe,
Valve launched a brand new update for Proton Experimental, their testing ground for running Windows games on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck systems.

Here are the most played games on Steam Deck for June 2025

By Liam Dawe,
Want to know what's popular on Steam Deck? Got you covered here with the latest details on the most popular games for June 2025.
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