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Valheim

Valheim is getting extensive difficulty options including a creative mode

By Liam Squires-Hand,
8
Valheim continues to be one of the most popular survival games on Steam, and it seems in an upcoming update there's going to be much more extensive customization of the difficulty.
Picma - Picture Enigmas

Picma - Picture Enigmas gets a free Steam release, lots of Picross styled puzzles

By Liam Squires-Hand,
4
Love your Picross? Check out Picma - Picture Enigmas, a new Steam release with Native Linux support and it has a lot of content. It's also free to play, to a point.
MangoHud with GLXGears

MangoHud performance overlay gets a few needed fixes in v0.6.9-1

By Liam Squires-Hand,
3
After the previous release of v0.6.9, MangoHud has another nice update out that fixes up a few lingering problems for the Linux performance hud that's also used on Steam Deck for the built-in performance info.
Proton logo concept

Valve rolls out Proton 8.0 to further improve Steam Deck and Linux gaming

By Liam Squires-Hand,
16
After a bit of a wait since the Wine 8.0 release, Valve has now released Proton 8.0, the latest version of their Windows translation layer for Steam Deck and Linux desktop.
Minecraft with Complementary Shaders v4

Iris and Sodium for Minecraft move to Modrinth away from CurseForge

By Liam Squires-Hand,
5
Do you use the popular Iris and Sodium mods for Minecraft? Well there's been a bit of an issue lately, so the developers have dropped support for CurseForge and fully moved over to Modrinth.
Mountaincore screenshot - Steam

Publisher of King under the Mountain backs out so it's re-releasing as Mountaincore

By Liam Squires-Hand,
7
King under the Mountain was a pretty nice colony-building game from Rocket Jump Technology, and it was going through a huge upgrade. Sadly, their publisher cancelled on them so they're having to re-release as Mountaincore.
Stardew Valley

Stardew Valley set for another update in v1.6

By Liam Squires-Hand,
6
One of the most popular games on Steam (and one of the most played Steam Deck games too), Stardew Valley is coming back for another update in version 1.6.
MineClone2

MineClone2 v0.83 out now, the sandbox game for Minetest inspired by Minecraft

By Liam Squires-Hand,
3
Inspired might be pushing it a bit eh? MineClone2 as the name suggests really is a clone of early Minecraft, although this is free and open source powered by the Minetest game engine. A big new release is out now following the recent Minetest upgrade.
Lueur screenshot

Lueur blends city-building with survival from a former Ubisoft developer

By Liam Squires-Hand,
3
Developer Darenn Keller previously worked on the likes of Assassin's Creed and Ghost Recon, but now they're going indie with their city-building survival game Lueur.
Black Reliquary - Darkest Dungeon

Darkest Dungeon got a free total conversion with Black Reliquary

By Liam Squires-Hand,
8
One I missed recently that you should check out: Black Reliquary is a free total conversion mod for the original Darkest Dungeon, and it's available now with a whole lot of content to play through.
Shogun Showdown

Try out a free prologue of Shogun Showdown right now

By Liam Squires-Hand,
0
Shogun Showdown: Prologue is a demo of the upcoming turn-based combat game with rogue-like and deck-building elements.
The Last of Us

The Last of Us has more Steam Deck improvements and lots of other fixes

By Liam Squires-Hand,
13
Fires continue to be put out by Naughty Dog and Iron Galaxy as they fix up The Last of Us, with a new patch landing with lots of fixes.
MangoHud

MangoHud performance overlay version v0.6.9 is out now as a nice update

By Liam Squires-Hand,
20
It's been a while since the last release but a nice update to the performance hud and benchmarking tool MangoHud is out now. This is the tool used for the performance stats on Steam Deck.
Wine Logo with Tux

Wine 8.6 out now with bundled Musl math library

By Liam Squires-Hand,
5
After another ~2 weeks, the latest development release is out for the Windows translation layer with Wine 8.6.
XDefiant

Ubisoft hiring Linux developer talent for XDefiant

By Liam Squires-Hand,
25
XDefiant is an upcoming free-to-play, first-person arena shooter from Ubisoft and it seems they need a bit more Linux talent.
Landnama

Landnama gives a non-violent exploration city-builder roguelike

By Liam Squires-Hand,
5
Blending features from city builders and dungeon crawling roguelikes, Landnama sounds pretty unusual, especially with the non-violent theme too.
Steam Logo - Valve

The latest Steam Survey had a huge surge of Simplified Chinese

By Liam Squires-Hand,
29
After waiting a while to see if Valve issued any corrections, it seems that the latest Steam Hardware & Software Survey for March 2023 is staying as it is, with a huge surge of Simplified Chinese.
Proton logo concept

GE-Proton 7-55 released with an essential fix for Easy Anti-Cheat issues

By Liam Squires-Hand,
0
GE-Proton version 7-55 was released a few days ago, and it's an essential update for those of you preferring it to the official Valve Proton on Steam Deck and Linux desktop.
LIVE A LIVE

LIVE A LIVE from Square Enix is Steam Deck Verified ahead of release

By Liam Squires-Hand,
10
LIVE A LIVE originally released in the 90s for the Super Famicom, and now it's being revived with the same style as OCTOPATH TRAVELER and it's already Steam Deck Verified.
Windows Handheld Mode

Microsoft experiments with a handheld Windows 11 mode for Steam Deck

By Liam Squires-Hand,
39
This is interesting, it seems Valve have lit a small fire under Microsoft once again, as they've been experimenting with a handheld mode for Windows 11 to help devices like the Steam Deck. ARTICLE UPDATED.
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