Hey, I think I lived this already.

Linux fascinates and terrifies.

That's not an unhealthy mindset for a new user. I wish them luck.

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It seems you'll probably need Proton to play it on Linux.

Boo. I really loved Art Of Rally on the Deck, and I'd like to pay full price for this one, but if it's Windows-only then I'm not gonna.

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Lost Words: Beyond the Page

I'd forgotten this wasn't Verified already - the little one and I played through it quite early in our Deck exploration. It's good but it is about loss and grief, so there's that.

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Will you be picking one up?

Nope. As Stella points out there are no trackpads, the sticks are in the wrong place, and I've already got a Deck. If my Deck were to die before a Deck 2 is out I'd get another Deck rather than one of these or any of the other devices with no trackpads & the sticks in the wrong place.

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The SteamOS version is due in May with a starting price of $499.99.

It's a shame they aren't launching simultaneously; hopefully the hardware reviewers will also test with the likes of Bazzite while they're waiting.

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It's interesting to see the startup animation improvements, likely another step towards better support of running Steam / SteamOS on more handheld devices that we expect to see launching with or updating with support for SteamOS this year.

And TVs, since they're going to be 16:9 rather than 16:10.

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Hmm.

The initial graphics preset is set to 'Highest' and is not automatically adjusted based on hardware. For minimal requirements, we recommend changing the graphics preset in the main menu before starting a new game.

If they've identified that it's an issue, they really could do with identifying a solution before release. Especially if they'd like the green tick.

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Also of note is that that's 52 games released per day. Pretty crazy.

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I don't know why the Instant Search results of SteamDB are slightly different from their other releases page, but that lists 18,863 games with a release year of 2024, of which 2,143 were Linux native.

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I genuinely wonder to what extend Aspyr and Feral's ports are Linux native.

Exactly the same as Valve's are. Compiled for Linux with fixes applied as necessary, with graphics translated from Direct3D to native APIs - using ToGL or DXVK for Valve, and using IndirectX for Feral.

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