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Linux gamers on Steam finally cross over the 3% mark
It finally happened. Linux gamers on Steam as of the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for October 2025 have crossed over the elusive 3% mark.
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Proton 10.0-3 released bringing lots of improvements for gaming on Linux, SteamOS, Steam Machine
Valve released Proton 10.0-3, the latest main stable version of the compatibility layer to run Windows games on Linux / SteamOS machines like Steam Deck.
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Anti-cheat will still be one of the biggest problems for the new Steam Machine
Kernel-level anti-cheat feels like it's everywhere now, and will remain a thorn in Valve's side for the new Steam Machine powered by SteamOS Linux.
Valve put up a new Steam Linux Runtime 4.0 with a move towards 64-bit
To ensure games run well on Linux either via Native Linux builds or Windows games with Proton, part of the magic is in the Steam Linux Runtime.
Zork I, Zork II and Zork III are now officially open source
Microsoft announced today that they're preserving a bit of history here - with Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III now officially and clearly open source.
Valve reveal the new Steam Frame, Steam Controller and Steam Machine with SteamOS
The day has arrived, Valve have announced a major hardware expansion with multiple devices including the new Steam Frame, Steam Controller and Steam Machine.
Proton Experimental gets fixes for multiple Xbox Game Studios titles, ARC Raiders and various other games
Valve released a new Proton Experimental update for November 7th with a nice batch of game fixes for Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck gamers.
Wine 10.19 released as we head towards Wine 11
The development release Wine 10.19 is out now for the compatibility layer that powers Valve's Proton, here's all that's new and improved.
Steam Deck gets a new low-power screen-off downloads mode
Probably the single most requested Steam Deck feature since release is now in Beta, allowing you to get your downloads going with the screen off.
Proton Experimental for SteamOS / Linux gets fixes for Marvel Rivals, BlazBlue Centralfiction and more
A fresh Proton Experimental update from Valve for the weekend with various game fixes for SteamOS / Linux.
Former Humble Bundle staff launch new bundle site Digiphile to "benefit users, creators, publishers, and charity"
Coming from veterans of Humble Bundle, a new bundle site has launched named Digiphile as the creators want to help you discover new games and support charity.
Playnite may get a Linux version during 2026 as the creator plans a move to Linux
Creator of the popular free and open source video game library manager Playnite has a positive update on a Linux version, with plans for it during 2026.
OpenMW 0.50.0 for Morrowind is out with more enhancements and better gamepad support
Morrowind just got even better with the new OpenMW 0.50.0 release, as the free and open source game engine reimplementation has some big fancy new features.
Grab a free copy of Warhammer: Vermintide 2 for a limited time
Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is currently on a time-limited deal where you can grab a copy and keep it, so act fast if you want a free game.
Steam's wider store page refresh is live with plans to improve the home page on the way
For a while now Valve have been tweaking Steam store pages, including making them a fair bit wider which is now actually live everywhere for all users.
VKD3D-Proton 3.0 brings FSR4 support, shader backend rewrite, lots of bug fixes and performance upgrades
VKD3D-Proton is one of the secret ingredients for Proton to make so many Windows games work well on Linux / SteamOS with a new 3.0 release out now.
D7VK brings Direct3D 7 to Linux using Vulkan based on DXVK
We've have DXVK and VKD3D-Proton for various versions of Direct3D on Linux, but now it seems we're also getting Direct3D 7 as well.
Battlestar Galactica Deadlock is getting delisted starting November 15
Slitherine / Black Lab Games have announced that the excellent strategy game Battlestar Galactica Deadlock is going to be removed from all stores.
Steamworks SDK adds support for Linux Arm and Android, and it seems we know the first Android game on Steam
As we get closer to the launch of the new Steam Machine and Steam Frame, Valve put out a new Steamworks SDK that brings in libraries for linuxarm64 and android.
Baldur's Gate 3 gets more Steam Deck improvements in Hotfix 35 with their native version
Larian have updated Baldur's Gate 3 with Hotfix #35, which includes more improvements to their Native Linux build supported on the Steam Deck with SteamOS.
- s&box from Rust developer Facepunch is now open source
- KDE Plasma going all-in on Wayland and will drop the X11 session completely
- TRX an open-source reimplementation of Tomb Raider 1 and Tomb Raider 2 version 1.0 released
- According to Epic CEO Tim Sweeney - game stores don't need an AI label as it will be everywhere
- itch.io is hosting a creator day today where they take no fee from developers
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