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Steam Desktop and Steam Deck stable update released with various fixes, plus tweaks to the download UI

By Liam Dawe, 2 Apr 2025

Valve released and then rereleased a fresh stable update to the Steam Client for Desktop and Steam Deck with a whole bunch of fixes and improvements.

Linux shoots back up the Steam Survey for March 2025 with Simplified Chinese dropping

By Liam Dawe, 2 Apr 2025

Valve have released the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for March 2025, and as expected with the Simplified Chinese language dropping the Linux stats have shot back up.

Monster Train 2 is now set for release on May 21

By Liam Dawe, 1 Apr 2025

Following the news I shared yesterday about Monster Train 2 being Steam Deck Verified, they've today revealed the release date as well.

Paradox announce Victoria 3: Expansion Pass 2 with Charters of Commerce expansion arriving in June

By Liam Dawe, 1 Apr 2025

It may not be the most popular strategy game from Paradox Interactive and Paradox Development Studios, but they're still expanding it. Victoria 3 is getting a major expansion in June, with the Victoria 3: Expansion Pass 2 on Steam now.

Luck be a Landlord dev's bullet heaven roguelite Maze Mice arrives May 2

By Liam Dawe, 1 Apr 2025

Maze Mice is the next game from the developer of the popular Luck be a Landlord, and it's going to chew through your skirting board into Early Access on May 2nd.

Blendo Games announce full Steam Deck support for stealthy shooter Skin Deep

By Liam Dawe, 1 Apr 2025

Blendo Games who previously made Flotilla, Quadrilateral Cowboy, Thirty Flights of Loving and Atom Zombie Smasher have a brand new release coming on April 30 with Skin Deep. It will come with full Steam Deck support.

GE-Proton 9-27 brings fixes for Ubisoft Connect, Epic Games, Wuthering Waves and Monster Hunter Wilds

By Liam Dawe, 1 Apr 2025

The community maintained compatibility layer for Windows games on Linux / Steam Deck, GE-Proton version 9-27 is out now with numerous fixes.

Steam Deck SteamOS 3.6.24 released with fixes for Avowed and No Rest for the Wicked

By Liam Dawe, 1 Apr 2025

Valve have released the latest stable SteamOS update for Steam Deck. SteamOS 3.6.24 is here with a few fixes and improvements, while work continues on the huge SteamOS 3.7 update.

The Last of Us Part II Remastered is Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe, 31 Mar 2025

What could be the biggest surprise of the year — The Last of Us Part II Remastered releases on Steam on April 3rd, and Valve just gave it the green Steam Deck Verified checkmark.

Monster Train 2 is Steam Deck Verified ahead of release

By Liam Dawe, 31 Mar 2025

Great news for gamers on the go as Monster Train 2 from Shiny Shoe / Big Fan Games is Steam Deck Verified. It hasn't even released yet so Valve got in early for this one.

Rogue Kingdoms blends tower defense with Vampire Survivors action and will have full Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe, 31 Mar 2025

With an upgrade system that's a little inspired by the popularity of Vampire Survivors and all the games that followed, Rogue Kingdoms combines some interesting looking tower defense gameplay with direct hero control and roguelike elements.

Critter Cove gets a major performance update - should work better on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 31 Mar 2025

Critter Cove is an open world life sim and town building game set in a cozy post-apocalyptic paradise. It's currently in Early Access and a recent update brings a big performance improvement to it.

ProtonUp-Qt v2.12 brings a new Steam Deck theme and support for Proton-CachyOS

By Liam Dawe, 31 Mar 2025

ProtonUp-Qt is a tool to add extra compatibility tools on Linux / Steam Deck like GE-Proton. A new release out now with version 2.12.

KDE Plasma 6.3.4 fixes 'the most common Plasma crash', now down to zero very high priority bugs

By Liam Dawe, 31 Mar 2025

Work on the KDE Plasma desktop sounds like it continues to go very well, with some really important bug fixes arriving to make the experience a lot nicer. My favourite Linux desktop environment and what powers the Desktop Mode on Steam Deck.

Linux support for Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour is coming along now it's open source

By Liam Dawe, 31 Mar 2025

Now that the code for Command & Conquer Generals (along with other classic RTS games from EA) is open source, the community is working on getting it working natively on Linux without the need of Wine / Proton.

Nearly two years after the last update, Quake II RTX 1.8 is out with Quake 2 Remastered map support

By Liam Dawe, 31 Mar 2025

Lightspeed Studios / NVIDIA have recently updated Quake II RTX, their ray-traced reimagining of id software’s old school classic.

Satisfactory will get controller support with the massive 1.1 update

By Liam Dawe, 31 Mar 2025

Due to get an experimental build for you to test it early tomorrow, controller support is coming to Satisfactory along with a whole bunch of other big upgrades.

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 has lost its Steam Deck Verified rating

By Liam Dawe, 31 Mar 2025

Valve's Steam Deck rating system is generally quite correct, but there are clearly some times when it isn't. Thankfully, Valve do go back over various games to re-test them and Marvel's Spider-Man 2 has been hit with a downgraded rating.

Cassette Beasts is getting a new companion character and story quest

By Liam Dawe, 31 Mar 2025

Cassette Beasts from Bytten Studio has a fresh update announced for release on April 7th, bringing in a number of extras to the already fantastic and unique monster catcher.

Historical strategy game Old World switches to Vulkan for Linux / Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 31 Mar 2025

Mohawk Games continue releasing some pretty big updates to their Civilization like game Old World, with the latest aiming to fix up lots of issues and improve performance.