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A Slight Chance of Sawblades is a fun high-score chaser with a demo out now
For readers who like their smaller, faster more casual high-score chasers you'll want to check out A Slight Chance of Sawblades.
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Hordes of Hunger turns Vampire Survivors into a fast 3D slasher from devs of Blood West
With combat that feels more like a faster and slashier Diablo / Path of Exile, the latest game from Hyperstrange is Hordes of Hunger and so far it's a lot of fun.
Wipeout-like anti-grav racer BallisticNG v1.4 out now bringing lots of new content and Steam Deck Verified
Even though it was Steam Deck Verified back in February, that was Valve testing against an opt-in Beta (which is a bit weird) but now the big release is here for the anti-gravity racer BallisticNG.
Metal Thunder puts you in a the gunner seat of an AC-130 with progression popularised by Vampire Survivors
This is quite a unique experience. Merging the progression system made popular by Vampire Survivors, with the aerial combat of Call of Duty's AC-130 missions. Metal Thunder definitely has a fun idea to it.
Detective Dotson is a mystery adventure that's a love letter to India worth exploring out now
With a setting that not many games explore, Detective Dotson is a fresh adventure from Masala Games that's out now with Linux support. India is brought to life with some lovely pixel artwork in this new release, it's really quite eye-catching.
World of Goo 2 gets fixes for Steam Deck and now works offline
World of Goo 2 from 2D BOY / Tomorrow Corporation has a small update that's been released, cleaning up some issues reported by players and making it run better on Steam Deck.
SteamOS 3.7.5 for Steam Deck now in Beta with big upgrades and initial support for more hardware
Bringing some big changes down from Preview, SteamOS 3.7.5 for Steam Deck now in Beta as Valve work towards getting it in the stable release for all Steam Deck players and then eventually the public SteamOS release for more hardware.
Proton 10 gets another Beta update with more fixes for Windows games on Linux / Steam Deck
Valve continue working towards a stable release of the major Proton 10 update, to bring many improvements to Windows game compatibility on Linux / Steam Deck. Today, Valve released a small bug fix update to the Proton 10 Beta.
Fanatical's Monster Hunter Bundle returns again with a good deal
Fanatical have revived their Build your own Monster Hunter Bundle, giving you another chance to build up your collection and it's pretty cheap.
Humble Choice for May is stacked with STAR WARS: Bounty Hunter, The Thaumaturge, Amnesia: The Bunker and more
Looks like Humble Choice for May 2025 is actually pretty good, stacked with some great looking titles. Here's your usual monthly overview of what's in it and how they might run on Linux Desktop / Steam Deck.
Valve rolls out SteamVR 2.10 with quick recenter, reduced controller and physics jitter and Linux fixes
Valve have released the latest stable version of SteamVR with 2.10 bringing a few fixes and a couple of new features to improve the experience.
Playtron wanted to take on Windows and SteamOS with their GameOS, now they're announcing a cryptocurrency
Reading the press release sounded like a late April Fools joke, but I think we all saw where Playtron were heading. After originally announcing PlaytronOS (now GameOS), their Linux-powered gaming system, they're now directly moving into crypto.
Starless Abyss is a seriously cool Eldritch-themed space strategy deckbuilder out now
My new favourite deck-builder? Could well be. Starless Abyss released late in April from Konafa Games and No More Robots blending together the worlds of Eldritch horror and deck-builders in a space strategy theme.
Horror adventure ASYLUM updated for Steam Deck and on the way to being Verified
Senscape continue to tweak their supernatural horror adventure ASYLUM, with a recent update making a few changes to be on the way to getting it Steam Deck Verified. Also, the developer is still working on the Native Linux version.
BULLET YEETERS is an upcoming miniature-mayhem toy-scale PvP fragfest
I'm always on the lookout for a good online shooter that works well on Linux Desktop / Steam Deck and BULLET YEETERS is high up on the list of games that could be great.
Fight off a planet-wide fungal catastrophe in the upcoming co-op shooter Mycopunk
From developer Pigeons at Play and Devolver Digital, Mycopunk is one of those games where you see a few seconds of footage in the trailer, get totally sold and instantly stick it into your wishlist. There's also a demo available to try.
Gears of War is getting a remaster with Gears of War: Reloaded releasing in August
Microsoft / Xbox Game Studios and developer The Coalition have announced Gears of War is getting a remaster with Gears of War: Reloaded. It's coming to Steam on August 26th.
Junkyard Space Agency is a 'scrappier, multiplayer version' of Kerbal Space Program
Junkyard Space Agency is an upcoming co-op space agency simulator that the developer said is like a "scrappier, multiplayer version" of Kerbal Space Program.
Warfare Legacy Collection remasters two classics Flash strategy games and it's out now
I'm certain plenty of readers will remember the Flash classics Warfare 1917 and Warfare 1944! They're back, better than ever and expanded with the Warfare Legacy Collection now available.
Zelda 64: Recompiled (Majora's Mask) adds modding support, texture pack support, optimizations and more
Zelda 64: Recompiled is a project to play The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask on modern platforms with many new features, enhancements and now modding support too.
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