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Billiards roguelike Drop Pockets arrives in August
Combining the classic game of Billiards with various news rules and roguelike features, Drop Pockets is set to arrive on August 8th.
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Build up your game collection with the Serenity Forge Humble Bundle.
SteamWorld Dig is free to claim and keep, with later games heavily discounted
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KDE Plasma will continue having an X11 session, as Kubuntu switches to Wayland by default
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Diablo 2-inspired auto-battler Skull Horde gets a demo
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Mario Kart 64 gets a fan-made PC port
Hosted by Harbour Masters who also provide ports for other Nintendo classics, the PC port of Mario Kart 64 is now available to test.
CarX Street added Easy Anti-Cheat and fixed it for Linux / Steam Deck
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The 3dSen emulator turning NES games into 3D voxel dioramas 1.0 is out now - we have keys to give away
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Net.Attack() is a very unique take on survivor-like roguelikes with programming your abilities
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Proton 10.0-2 gets a Release Candidate for gaming on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck
Valve are preparing the next major version of their Windows compatibility layer Proton, with a new test build ready for you with Proton 10.0-2.
Burn your cards and do forbidden rituals in the deck-builder Burn With Me
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Narrative retro FPS DERELIKT looks awesome with inspiration from Alien Resurrection and System Shock
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Get some musical games in the June Tunes Humble Bundle
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Defend your moving castle in the demo for Castlebound
Castlebound from Ogre Pixel now has a demo available to try on Steam, so you can defend your moving castle in this cute looking action roguelike.
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