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These were the most popular Steam Deck games in August 2022

By Liam Dawe,
Valve has revealed what the most popular games were on Steam Deck for August 2022, so here's the list.

Arcane Waters is an upcoming open-world pixel-pirate adventure game

By Liam Dawe,
Want to sail the high seas? Love pixel artwork? Check out the upcoming game Arcane Waters which will let you do some pirating adventures alone or online with others too but it's mainly an online focused game.

Steam Deck Tips and Tricks Part 2

By Liam Dawe,
Since a lot of people liked the first set of tips and tricks for the Steam Deck, here's a Part 2 with just a few more that some of you might find useful.

Futuristic drift-racer Neodash is out now on Steam and looks wild

By Liam Dawe,
Neodash is a fresh Native Linux racing game that combines futuristic bright neon visuals with crazy-fast drifting.

The Zachtronics Solitaire Collection releases September 6

By Liam Dawe,
Okay so perhaps Last Call BBS being their actual final game was a sweet little lie from Zachtronics. Well, sort of, as The Zachtronics Solitaire Collection is technically not exactly a new game.

Infinity Engine reimplementation GemRB continues improving Icewind Dale 2

By Liam Dawe,
Classics like Baldur's Gate, Planescape: Torment, Icewind Dale and more running on the Infinity Engine should live on forever thanks to open source reimplementations like GemRB.

SokoChess combines Chess with the Sokoban block-pushing formula

By Liam Dawe,
SokoChess is certainly an intriguing game blending together two very different types of gameplay, to create something that's a little peculiar but quite fun.

Valheim gets patched to prevent the world resetting

By Liam Dawe,
Quite an important update has rolled out for the open-world survival game Valheim, with a bunch of changes related to the saving system to prevent some big problems.

Victoria 3 from Paradox Interactive releasing October 25

By Liam Dawe,
Paradox has today confirmed that Victoria 3 will be releasing on October 25, plus it's available for pre-order with a new trailer too.

Steam Deck Verified and Playable hits 5,000

By Liam Dawe,
There it is, the big one! Through the Deck Verified system we now have 5,000+ games listed as either Verified or Playable for the Steam Deck.

AMD announced "Zen 4" with Ryzen 7000 series, RDNA3 teased

By Liam Dawe,
AMD has revealed their next-generation Zen 4 processors with the Ryzen 7000 series that will be launching September 27.

Seems I'll be replaying Half-Life 2 again soon but this time in VR

By Liam Dawe,
Half-Life 2: VR Mod is on the way and will hit official Beta on Steam on September 16th, so I guess I'll be playing it all over again then.

Necrosmith is a budget indie banger

By anewson,
Necrosmith is a roguelike real-time strategy management game. You create minions and release them to scout your surroundings, defend your castle, gather loot, and destroy enemy lairs.

Kena: Bridge of Spirits gets Steam Deck Verified ahead of the Steam release

By Liam Dawe,
Kena: Bridge of Spirits is a gorgeous looking story-driven, action adventure that was exclusive to the Epic Store but the time is up and it's coming to Steam now. It's also been Steam Deck Verified ahead of release.

Proton Experimental fixes Final Fantasy XIV Online launcher, GTA V texture loading

By Liam Dawe,
Proton Experimental for Steam Deck and Linux desktop from Valve recently had two small updates. Although small, they do have some major fixes.

Wine 7.16 out fixing up Saints Row, Wow64 support in X11 driver

By Liam Dawe,
Slightly later than they usually put up the releases, the Wine team released Wine 7.16 on August 28th bring new features and bug fixes for the Windows translation layer.

You can get Shadow of Mordor, Shadow of War and more in this bundle

By Liam Dawe,
Ready for the weekend? Humble Bundle just put up the Fantastic Journeys: Middle-earth and Beyond bundle and it's actually pretty darn good.

Lutris adds Amazon Games integration, plus Flatpak finally out (good for Steam Deck)

By Liam Dawe,
Lutris, the all encompassing game manager for installing games from various stores and services (both Native and with Wine / Proton) has a new version out. Plus, the Flatpak is finally ready, making it real easy to run on Steam Deck.

Steam Deck has a new Client Beta with more Steam Input improvements (updated)

By Liam Dawe,
A small but interesting Steam Deck update available in Beta and Preview, which you can try out right now. Here's what's new.

Escape the rising waters and take on refugees in Diluvian Winds - new trailer up

By Liam Dawe,
Diluvian Winds continues looking interesting. Alambik Studio and Goblinz Publishing are working to bring out a 2D management and building game where you're trying to fight against the rising waters that's left you exiled.