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Let's lighten the mood a bit shall we? It's question time here on GamingOnLinux! Let's have a talk about what you've been playing recently.

I will of course go first: Dota Underlords. I have quite the sweet spot for it already, even though I'm absolutely terrible at it. This might be the game to finally get me to kick my unhealthy Rocket League obsession, which is amazing considering how radically different they are. I adore strategy games though and unlike normal Dota, I don't need to think ridiculously quickly. Since you don't need any kind of reflexes for it, sitting back and relaxing with the Steam Controller is another reason I quite like Dota Underlords. In the evenings on weekends especially, I can be quite the lazy-gamer, so anything that allows me to kick back with it is likely to get my vote.

After only being out for a few days, it's already annihilated the player record for Artifact. Artifact's all-time high was only just over 60K whereas Underlords has sailed past 190K, although that shouldn't be too surprising since Underlords is free and isn't rammed full of micro-transactions (yet?) and it helps being on mobile as well of course (According to one of the SteamDB folk, the mobile players are being counted too).

Based on what the Underlords team have said, coming "soon" will be:

  • Full Scoreboard
  • Social features: Scrolling through the map, hearing other player's fights and full chat.
  • Hero VO.
  • Balance: Dragon Alliance, Dragon Units and Items (Boots)

They also said they're exploring a "Turbo Mode" for those who find games a bit too long. I also love the sound of that very much!

What else? ISLANDERS! An instant purchase the moment Linux support became available, what a beautiful city-builder that's not really like any other. Incredible style, with fun game-play that has you trying to get your score constantly higher and it doesn't take a huge amount of attention from a tired mind.

On top of that I also played the Linux Distribution-Hopping Game 2.0, with a full switch to Manjaro. So far, so good. Everything installed smoothly, grabbing extra software is easy and KDE shines on it.

So, what have you been playing recently and what do you think about it?

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FredO Jun 23, 2019
Grim Dawn via proton. It's the first ARPG I've played since Torchlight 2, and a lot of fun.
TW:Three Kingdoms. An excellent Total War!
Borderlands 2
TobyGornow Jun 23, 2019
Noctropolis, an old point & click taking place in a Dark Comic universe.

I would love to continue my journey on Grimrock 2 unfortunatly I'm stuck with my Manjaro laptop potato. In the forest, lowest setting, I get 10 FPS max... Too bad the game is great.


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Janne Jun 23, 2019
Kerbal Space Program. Hadn't touched it in many months, but started a new science career with the new DLC and the big updates lately. Still as fun as ever.

And yes, looks like I, too, may need to go find a different distro. I do want Gnome, though, so kde based desktops are not really an option.
Ilozavr Jun 23, 2019
Tom Clancy's The Division with Lutris. Global Event is on right now.
hoek Jun 23, 2019
Dead By Daylight, No Man Sky, WarBrokers.
Sol33t303 Jun 23, 2019
Got the Witcher 3 recently, works fantastic in Proton and have been having a lot of fun with it, so I'll definitely be playing the Witcher 3 over the weekend :)
no_information_here Jun 23, 2019
Sadly, "Real life 1.0" is my main activity at the moment. I keep opening my vast Steam library and then closing it again with a guilty sigh. Someday soon I will have time to game again...

(Before that it was Borderlands 1 Enhanced under Proton)
shotm7 Jun 23, 2019
I'm playing Battlerite/Battlerite Royale with steamplay, working really great! Now I see characters!
I tried KurtzPel but performances aren't really good..
And CS:GO takes most of my time
Eike Jun 23, 2019
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Lying at the beach far away from any PC. :-)
Xpander Jun 23, 2019
Real Life Simulator is probably most played during the weeekend.
But a bit Dirt Rally (the first game) and some RAGE 2 with the help of proton, will squeeze in.

Maybe i can squeeze some more games into my weekend, but will see.
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