This is quite a unique experience. Merging the progression system made popular by Vampire Survivors, with the aerial combat of Call of Duty's AC-130 missions. Metal Thunder definitely has a fun idea to it.
With a setting that not many games explore, Detective Dotson is a fresh adventure from Masala Games that's out now with Linux support. India is brought to life with some lovely pixel artwork in this new release, it's really quite eye-catching.
World of Goo 2 from 2D BOY / Tomorrow Corporation has a small update that's been released, cleaning up some issues reported by players and making it run better on Steam Deck.
Bringing some big changes down from Preview, SteamOS 3.7.5 for Steam Deck now in Beta as Valve work towards getting it in the stable release for all Steam Deck players and then eventually the public SteamOS release for more hardware.
Valve continue working towards a stable release of the major Proton 10 update, to bring many improvements to Windows game compatibility on Linux / Steam Deck. Today, Valve released a small bug fix update to the Proton 10 Beta.
Fanatical have revived their Build your own Monster Hunter Bundle, giving you another chance to build up your collection and it's pretty cheap.
Looks like Humble Choice for May 2025 is actually pretty good, stacked with some great looking titles. Here's your usual monthly overview of what's in it and how they might run on Linux Desktop / Steam Deck.
Valve have released the latest stable version of SteamVR with 2.10 bringing a few fixes and a couple of new features to improve the experience.
Reading the press release sounded like a late April Fools joke, but I think we all saw where Playtron were heading. After originally announcing PlaytronOS (now GameOS), their Linux-powered gaming system, they're now directly moving into crypto.
My new favourite deck-builder? Could well be. Starless Abyss released late in April from Konafa Games and No More Robots blending together the worlds of Eldritch horror and deck-builders in a space strategy theme.
Senscape continue to tweak their supernatural horror adventure ASYLUM, with a recent update making a few changes to be on the way to getting it Steam Deck Verified. Also, the developer is still working on the Native Linux version.
I'm always on the lookout for a good online shooter that works well on Linux Desktop / Steam Deck and BULLET YEETERS is high up on the list of games that could be great.
From developer Pigeons at Play and Devolver Digital, Mycopunk is one of those games where you see a few seconds of footage in the trailer, get totally sold and instantly stick it into your wishlist. There's also a demo available to try.
Microsoft / Xbox Game Studios and developer The Coalition have announced Gears of War is getting a remaster with Gears of War: Reloaded. It's coming to Steam on August 26th.
Junkyard Space Agency is an upcoming co-op space agency simulator that the developer said is like a "scrappier, multiplayer version" of Kerbal Space Program.
I'm certain plenty of readers will remember the Flash classics Warfare 1917 and Warfare 1944! They're back, better than ever and expanded with the Warfare Legacy Collection now available.
Zelda 64: Recompiled is a project to play The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask on modern platforms with many new features, enhancements and now modding support too.
Keep Driving is a road trip management RPG that I'm quite a big fan of, and now I'll be able to relax a little more on my next run with the recently added controller support.
Easy Delivery Co. from Sam C / Oro Interactive is a delivery driving sim that mixes together classic PlayStation styled visuals, with bouncing physics and a slightly spooky atmosphere.
Steam has a seriously good bundle of story-rich games available for a limited time as part of the LudoNarraCon festival. You'll need to be quick on this one to save a whole lot of money and get some fab games.
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