Patreon Logo Support us on Patreon to keep GamingOnLinux alive. This ensures all of our main content remains free for everyone. Just good, fresh content! Alternatively, you can donate through PayPal Logo PayPal. You can also buy games using our partner links for GOG and Humble Store.
Viewing all the latest articles (news, guides and more).

The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki gets a second Steam release, optimised for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
This is a bit of an odd one. The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki has been released on Steam, for the second time and now it has Steam Deck optimizations too.

Hibernaculum is a gross looking retro-inspired sci-fi dungeon crawler

By Liam Dawe,
Currently in development by Victor Pflug and Wormwood Studios, Hibernaculum looks like an absolute disgusting treat.

Total War: WARHAMMER III for Linux updated to v2.4 with Immortal Empires

By Liam Dawe,
Feral Interactive have now upgraded their Linux (and macOS) ports of Total War: WARHAMMER III to the latest 2.4 release — which is a big one.

Explore dungeons to help clear a plague in Netherguild on March 27th

By Liam Dawe,
After some impressive and fun early Alpha builds, the turn-based tactical roguelite dungeon-crawler Netherguild will hit Early Access on March 27th.

Valve doesn't need much to make a Steam Deck 2 a huge success

By Liam Dawe,
With the Steam Deck recently having a first anniversary, no doubt many are thinking on what's next — I certainly am. Valve don't exactly need much to make a Steam Deck 2 a success either.

SCAN UK now selling a WD 1TB SSD compatible with Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
In need of a Steam Deck SSD upgrade? SCAN UK have a pretty great looking deal on a Western Digital 1TB SSD.

Steam Deck and Desktop Steam Beta updated, adds DualSense Edge support on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Another fresh Beta is available for both the Steam Deck and Steam Desktop with plenty of bugs being fixed as usual.

Get a whole lot of games in Humble's Türkiye and Syria Charity Bundle

By Liam Dawe,
Humble Bundle has put up a new bundle of games to support relief efforts for Türkiye and Syria, after they were recently devastated by earthquakes.

Godot Engine 4.0 out now plus console porting is coming

By Liam Dawe,
Today is the big day! Godot Engine 4.0 is officially out now, and there's also work happening for developers to port their games to consoles now too.

Linux Mint set to improve Flatpak support and Warpinator security updates

By Liam Dawe,
In the latest Monthly News post, Linux Mint's Clement Lefebvre detailed some upcoming changes and improvements to the popular Linux distribution.

LEGO Bricktales to get a free Easter content update

By Liam Dawe,
The absolutely charming building-puzzle adventure game LEGO Bricktales is getting a free content update ready for Easter.

Apex Legends banning some Linux players, keep an eye out Steam Deck players

By Liam Dawe,
It appears that Apex Legends from Respawn and EA has started banning some players on Linux, and while the Steam Deck uses Linux too it seems nearly all the bans were desktop Linux players.

Steam Deck hits over 8,000 games Playable or Verified, plus February's most-played

By Liam Dawe,
Valve's popular Linux-powered gaming handheld, the Steam Deck, has officially crossed over the 8,000 mark for games noted to be Playable or Verified.

JSAUX makes more Steam Deck backplate colours available

By Liam Dawe,
Want to give your Steam Deck a bit more colour and customization? The new coloured translucent backplates from JSAUX are available to order.

NVIDIA 530.30.02 mainline Beta driver rolls out, plus a new Vulkan Beta driver

By Liam Dawe,
NVIDIA has released two new Beta drivers for Linux recently, so here's your usual rundown of what's new and changed.

Collabora announce 'Mercury' hand-tracking for open source XR runtime Monado

By Liam Dawe,
After working on it for a while, Collabora developer Moses Turner has announced that their "Mercury" hand-tracking for Monado, their open source XR runtime, is now ready for use.

Paradox plan announcements next week, like a new game from Cities Skylines dev

By Liam Dawe,
Paradox Interactive announced that on Monday, March 6th they will be announcing a whole bunch of new games and expansions.

Inventory management roguelike Backpack Hero releases 1.0 in May

By Liam Dawe,
Currently in Early Access with Native Linux support and rated Steam Deck Playable, the inventory management roguelike Backpack Hero is releasing in full in May.

OpenRA gets a big new stable release, lots of fun for classic RTS fans

By Liam Dawe,
After multiple testing releases, OpenRA for the playing the classics Red Alert, Command & Conquer and Dune 2000 has now released a major upgrade.

Fury Unleashed got a nice update to get it Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe,
Fury Unleashed, a fast-paced action roguelike from Awesome Games Studio, recently had a rather nice upgrade for Steam Deck players.