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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Legends of the Zone Trilogy gets a big upgrade and Steam Deck improvements

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GSC Game World continue improving the recent S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Legends of the Zone Trilogy release, with version 1.3 out for all three titles.

Rebel Galaxy Outlaw and some reflection on Steam Reviews

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Rebel Galaxy Outlaw is a fantastic open-world space game but Rebel Galaxy Outlaw has a terrible Steam reviews score. Are Steam reviews making us miss out on good games?
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Talk to Strangers, a game of everyday survival as you become a door to door sales person

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Here's a bit of an odd one, Talk to Strangers puts you in the shoes of a sales person going door to door.

Details on how Slay the Spire sold on Linux plus some thoughts

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In the past, I've spoken to many developers about how their games sold on Linux and this time we have information on Slay the Spire to share.

Some thoughts on Valve’s new Steam Play feature and what it means for Linux gaming

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With the dust settling on the absolute bomb that Valve dropped with the new Steam Play feature, I’ve had a little time now to think about the broader implications.

Play It Now - MidBoss

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Welcome to the second review in the PIN (Play It NOW) series. We’re going to be looking at quite a recent title called MidBoss by the awesome Kitsune Games and ported by the excellent Ethan Lee. A game full of superlatives then, and now here’s my PIN, urging you to take a look.

Shovel Knight sells 2 million copies, Linux sales account for 1.1% of Steam sales

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Yacht Club Games have announced that Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove has officially sold 2 million copies, with Linux accounting for 1.1% of Steam sales.

Frantic shooter 'Monsters and Monocles' has improved a lot, lock and load your crumpet cannon

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It's been a while since I said anything about the frantic shooter Monsters and Monocles and it turns out that it's improved a lot since the initial release.

Linux market share on Steam drops again as Steam continues to grow

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Another month and another Steam Hardware Survey, despite what some out there are saying, there is no cause for alarm.

X-Plane user data shows Linux usage holding steady

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The developers of this rather robust flight simulator have shared the latest round of user data and it shows that Linux usage remains at the same level.

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The latest Steam Hardware Survey shows Linux market-share has declined again

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Every month Valve put out their hardware survey, inside it shows off the market-share of operating systems and Linux has continued to decline.

Linux game sales statistics from multiple developers, part 5

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It’s been a long time since I’ve done this, but here’s part 5 in the series of me talking to developers about how their games have been selling on Linux.

Some things developers might want to think about when bringing a game to Linux

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I posed a question on Twitter recently where I asked developers to jump in with thoughts on essential things to know about when bringing a game to Linux. Let’s look over some answers!

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Just a reminder that Patreon is the only thing keeping this site running and we rely on user support to continue doing our thing.

Linux market-share on Steam dropped 0.08% in December 2016

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Something I forgot to write up, was that the latest Steam survey is out. Linux dropped by 0.08% according to the figures.

Linux overall market-share percentage falls on Steam in October

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You know the drill by now, it's up and down all the time and I don't think we should really pay much attention to the Steam Hardware Survey any more, regardless of it going up or down.

A general guide for the best practices of buying Linux games

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Quite a number of people have asked me to talk about where to buy Linux games, how to make sure developers are supported and so on, so here I am.

'SOMA' from Frictional Games sales figures released, Linux accounted for around 1.1% of sales

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Frictional Games, the developers of 'SOMA' have released their sales figures. The game sold about 450,000 copies of which 5,000 was from Linux gamers. So that's around 1.1%.

Latest Steam Hardware Survey shows Linux has grown, by a tiny amount (updated)

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The latest Steam Hardware Survey is out and for the first time in a while the Linux figure seems to have grown.
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