⨯ Check out what anti-cheat enabled games work on Linux / SteamOS on our dedicated anti-cheat compatibility page.
Latest Comments by Technopeasant
SlaveDriver Engine for the Sega Saturn classic shooter PowerSlave gets open sourced
23 Aug 2025 at 4:51 am UTC
The potential here for new Saturn homebrew is probably pretty high.
Portal: Revolution drops Native Linux support to focus on Proton
7 Aug 2025 at 12:48 am UTC Likes: 1
@Purple Library Guy

Quite true, but I suppose the difference is it puts some distance between them and "real" FLOSS Linux applications.
Portal: Revolution drops Native Linux support to focus on Proton
6 Aug 2025 at 9:36 pm UTC Likes: 2
"You have to remember, we're 99% of the time talking about completely proprietary games, so the open source layer to keep them running makes sense."

I will say this is the only philosophical argument for Proton/Wine that makes any sense to me. The pragmatic argument fails, at least in a theoretical sense, because if the objective is to run the game with the least friction, with the method being irrelevant, you might as well just run it on Windows. If however you accept that GNU/Linux simply is not structured for proprietary programs (and quite probably shouldn't be), containerizing those makes more sense. I would say that getting games running on free software engines (at a minimum) is a better solution than either native binary ports or compatability layers. The fact remains however that cross-platform proprietary development is not actually impossible though, and can in fact lead to more robust and better designed code, so it still seems worth the try (if we have too at all that is). I still think that if Valve truly wanted to put their money where their mouth is, and actually support Linux, they would continue developing Proton while offering a distribution fee discount to developers for games that support SteamOS natively.
POSTAL 2 Redux announced, a full remake of the unhinged classic
12 Jun 2025 at 4:25 pm UTC
Unity seems kinda meh to be honest. But I suppose Postal 4 is already kind of Postal 2 on modern Unreal Engine.
DOOM (2016) gets a surprise release on GOG with a big discount
27 Apr 2025 at 6:53 pm UTC
That is a shame, but still neat you can play with it I guess.
Steam will soon list what accessibility features games support on store pages
23 Apr 2025 at 8:00 pm UTC Likes: 3
DOOM (2016) gets a surprise release on GOG with a big discount
23 Apr 2025 at 7:59 pm UTC
Are you able to export a map file without the online features?
DOOM (2016) gets a surprise release on GOG with a big discount
19 Apr 2025 at 2:11 pm UTC Likes: 1
@itsNotting

https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Doom_(2016) [External Link]

Will usually have it covered. The store page DOES mention it though, as it did with the similar situation with F.3.A.R.
Retro FPS classic The Fortress of Dr. Radiaki is coming to Steam with an enhanced edition
9 Apr 2025 at 2:55 pm UTC
It's closer to Wolfenstein 3D or Rise of the Triad, but with angled walls.

It should be noted this is already out on the ZOOM store, including the Linux version by the looks of it.

https://www.zoom-platform.com/product/the-fortress-of-dr-radiaki [External Link]
Retro FPS classic The Fortress of Dr. Radiaki is coming to Steam with an enhanced edition
8 Apr 2025 at 4:56 pm UTC Likes: 3
Not quite the right Civvie joke, seeing how Radiaki has no (live) rendered models...

All of the Merit Studios published first-person shooters are considered rather awful, but Isle of the Dead at least has the comic book aesthetic and point-and-click elements going for it. Suprised they didn't go for that one, although Nerves of Steel is probably the worst.

https://90sfps.fandom.com/wiki/Merit_Studios [External Link]