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There I am, in bed about to fall asleep when my phone lights up as I forgot to put it on silent. Thankfully so, as it turns out Valve just expanded the Steam Play whitelist and that's always a bit exciting.

What is the whitelist? These are titles that Valve are confident enough that work out of the box with no additional configuration required. You don't need to turn any extra options on, they should just be click and play like any other Linux game on Steam.

The list has some interesting titles in it as seen on SteamDB, here's the full list of new titles sorted in alphabetical order for easy viewing:

  1. 12 Labours of Hercules VII: Fleecing the Fleece (Platinum Edition)
  2. A Raven Monologue
  3. AaAaAA!!! - A Reckless Disregard for Gravity
  4. Acid Nimbus
  5. Alien Shooter 2: Reloaded
  6. Bullet Candy
  7. DARK SOULS™ III
  8. Dungeon of the Endless™
  9. Endless Road
  10. Final DOOM
  11. FlatOut 2
  12. Glass Masquerade
  13. Hags Castle
  14. I’m not a Monster
  15. Jamestown
  16. LEGO® Star Wars™ III - The Clone Wars™
  17. Mega Man Legacy Collection
  18. Mysterium: A Psychic Clue Game
  19. Nidhogg
  20. Oh...Sir! The Hollywood Roast
  21. PAC-MAN™ Championship Edition DX+
  22. Pathfinder Adventures
  23. Picross Fairytale: Legend of the Mermaid
  24. Poker Night at the Inventory
  25. Primordia
  26. SEPTEMBER 1999
  27. STAR WARS™ - Dark Forces
  28. STEINS;GATE
  29. Samorost 2
  30. South Park™: The Stick of Truth™
  31. Star Explorers
  32. Starless Night
  33. The Curse of Monkey Island
  34. The House of Da Vinci
  35. The Room
  36. Tiny Bridge: Ratventure
  37. Wuppo
  38. Year Walk
  39. Zoombinis

Some rather varied titles available there, on top of all the titles previously added. Good to see Valve reasonably quickly add more, as things do progress forward with projects like DXVK (which forms part of Steam Play) quite quickly.

I'm assuming they won't be adding anything on the store to indicate Steam Play, until they've done a some more rounds on adding to the whitelist. They want it to make an impact of course, so the bigger they can do this the better it's going to be.

Will you be checking out any of the newer titles added? The LEGO game is tempting, since my son would probably absolutely love it and there's simply no sign of any LEGO game of that sort making its way to Linux officially through a proper port so this is the next best thing.

Also, if you missed them, be sure to check out our previous interviews about Steam Play. I spoke to the creator of DXVK, Subset Games (FTL, Into the Breach), Ethan Lee (game porter) and more.

Hat tip to mphuZ on Twitter.

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kuhpunkt Nov 14, 2018
Quoting: Cybolic
Quoting: ArehandoroI wonder why it's easier to whitelist Star Wars - Dark Forces rather than using Dropbox like the GOG version. Good to see so many games whitelisted though :D
Because using DosBox requires a separate Linux depot, a custom DosBox setup and testing of the whole thing whereas using Proton just requires it to be tested, verified to work and then setting which version of Proton it was verified to work with; no changes need to be made to the game files / distribution.

He said DROPBOX, not DOSBOX. Can't you read? :P
Beamboom Nov 14, 2018
Quoting: bird_or_cage
Quoting: BeamboomThere's just one title I wait for on Google Play: Fallout 4.
Everything else is just a bonus.

What`s a Google Play?

Sigh.
Alessander Nov 14, 2018
Quoting: fleskSad to see Primordia on the list since it actually has a native Linux version made by the developer that the publisher, Wadjet Eye Games, didn't want to support.

I agree with you. I don't recall having problems with the Linux version from GOG.
FredO Nov 14, 2018
It's been a continuous Christmas since Steam Play was released. I've been going through my shamefully large, and previously dormant Steam Windows library, and having a ball. The only problem: Not enough free time :D
Liam Dawe Nov 14, 2018
Quoting: Guestanother game not on the list that was added was sam and max from telltale games.
That was a previous whitelist update.
Kuromi Nov 14, 2018
Sorry, WHAT? Primordia? But this game is runs on linux on its own...


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Fraaargh Nov 14, 2018
Quoting: NezchanOh, I see where I went wrong. AaAaAA!!! - A Reckless Disregard for Gravity isn't out for Linux, but
AaAaAA!!! - For the Awesome is. That's where I got confused.

And I just checked, I still have access to a Linux version of Jamestown on Humble.

Jamestown was the first game I checked on Proton when it launched and it was already working perfectly. I do not remember exactly but I thnik I had problems with the Linux versions regarding gamepads...
bingus Nov 14, 2018
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Quoting: KuromiSorry, WHAT? Primordia? But this game is runs on linux on its own...

It can run with Linux AGS, yes. But now its super easy, and will show them how many Linux users they have.
Kuromi Nov 15, 2018
Quoting: bingus
Quoting: KuromiSorry, WHAT? Primordia? But this game is runs on linux on its own...

It can run with Linux AGS, yes. But now its super easy, and will show them how many Linux users they have.

Then this is exactly its BAD news fro Linux gaming. Instead of getting actual ports Steam now will just say "Hey, why bother? We have Proton, ok?". In long term this can only hurt linux, because "why bother?"

As for now its supereasy - i have Primordia on GOg, it wasnt anywhere hard to run it on Linux too. There is only one reason to use Wine\proton - if there is no ports or ports is supercrappy (which is not that rare case).
Kuromi Nov 15, 2018
Quoting: RafiLinux
Quoting: Cybolic
Quoting: NezchanAm I imagining things or did Jamestown and Reckless Disregard for Gravity already have Linux ports around someplace? Humble, maybe? I'm absolutely certain I've played the latter on Linux at least (and been terrible at it).
Jamestown at least had a Linux port but, if I remember correctly, it hasn't been updated since its Humble launch and isn't on Steam.

The Jamestown linux version also requires the editing of a cfg file and the insertion of a steam api 32 bit file. So while it does work it requires some messing about to get it up and running.

Jamestown on Humble is quite usual case of Humble's Abandonware - they made port for sale, sold at and immediately after developers said "screw it" and dropped support for Linux port.
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