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Beat 'N' Path has you combine creativity and logic to make musical machines

By Liam Dawe, 7 Dec 2023

Beat 'N' Path sounds like a fun game for the creative mind, that has you design and build various machines to produce music across a career mode and a sandbox to create whatever you want.

You absolutely need to try Mechabellum during the Steam Free Weekend

By Liam Dawe, 7 Dec 2023

Mechabellum has sucked away more of my time than I would care to admit right now, and you too can see what all the fuss is about during the Steam Free Weekend.

Powers in the Basement is a free, short comedy point and click adventure

By Liam Dawe, 7 Dec 2023

Free game Thursday? Check out Powers in the Basement, a point and click adventure that won't take you forever to get through, with plenty of comedy inspired by the 80s / 90s with a specific sweet spot for LucasArts classics.

Vampire Survivors - Adventures Update out now, plus Among Us collab DLC coming

By Liam Dawe, 6 Dec 2023

Well this is quite unexpected. Vampire Survivors is getting a new DLC later this month with an Among Us cross-over. Plus, a big update is also out now.

Feral GameMode v1.8 out now with CPU core pinning and parking

By Liam Dawe, 6 Dec 2023

GameMode, the tool for Linux originally from Feral Interactive, has version 1.8 released with some new features to tweak your system performance for gaming.

100 Steam Deck OLEDs will be given away during The Game Awards 2023

By Liam Dawe, 6 Dec 2023

The Game Awards 2023 is approaching and just like last year, they will be hosting a giveaway so you can win! This time it's the Steam Deck OLED for 100 people!

dotAGE adds controller support - working towards Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe, 6 Dec 2023

dotAGE is a challenging turn-based village builder, one that will suck away a lot of your time. It's a genuinely great game and it only keeps getting better! Now it has controller support, as the dev works towards being Steam Deck Verified.

Check out the demo for Planetiles, a chilled city-builder like Dorfromantik

By Liam Dawe, 6 Dec 2023

Enjoy games like Dorfromantik that have you build tiles and expand while mostly just chilling? Then you're going to want to look at Planetiles.

The incredibly weird psychedelic physics game Juice Galaxy got a Steam release

By Liam Dawe, 6 Dec 2023

A game I checked out back in 2021, Juice Galaxy (formerly Juice World), is a thoroughly odd game that is terribly hard to actually describe.

Check out some midweek Steam Deck Verified picks

By Liam Dawe, 6 Dec 2023

Keeping up with all the latest games going through verification for Steam Deck, here's another set of picks for you to take a look at.

Skyrim Special Edition updated with Steam Deck support, ultrawide res, bug fixes

By Liam Dawe, 5 Dec 2023

I'm as surprised as you are but The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition just got a brand new update that includes Steam Deck support. And paid mods are back.

Humble Choice for December 2023 is a nice all-rounder of treats

By Liam Dawe, 5 Dec 2023

The latest Humble Choice for December 2023 is now available with another set of games for subscribers, so here's your usual run over what's inside and the compatibility for Steam Deck and Desktop Linux.

Combined Arms, the big free retro C&C and Red Alert combo 1.0 is out now

By Liam Dawe, 5 Dec 2023

Combined Arms brings Command & Conquer and Red Alert action mashed together into a single OpenRA powered game and the 1.0 release is out now.

Minetest 5.8.0 is out now with improved settings, Minetest Game no longer default

By Liam Dawe, 5 Dec 2023

Minetest, the popular free and open source voxel game engine, one that can be used to play various different games (like a Minecraft clone) just released version 5.8.0.

Grand Theft Auto VI trailer is live but no mention of a PC release yet

By Liam Dawe, 5 Dec 2023

Grand Theft Auto VI is no doubt going to be the absolute biggest release all year when it arrives in 2025, but for now Rockstar Games are only announcing it for consoles.

Steam Deck - SteamOS 3.5.9 Preview 'Well Paced Edition' brings more fixes

By Liam Dawe, 5 Dec 2023

Even more fixes are landing in Preview for Steam Deck in the SteamOS 3.5.9 Preview: Well Paced Edition update. I'm enjoying Valve giving them fun code-names too.

A favourite and top Steam Deck game Brotato is expanding with new content

By Liam Dawe, 5 Dec 2023

Brotato is a great game, absolutely one of my favourites, it's also one of the most played Steam Deck games and the good news is that it's set to expand!

Cyberpunk 2077 gets another big upgrade with a Metro System, new Accessibility options

By Liam Dawe, 5 Dec 2023

One of the most popular single-player games on Steam, Cyberpunk 2077 has received another big free update for all players.

Get a bunch of JRPGs and Uplifting Adventures in these game bundles

By Liam Dawe, 4 Dec 2023

Some more games to start your week? Okay then! Here's two newer selections from Humble Bundle. As usual I'll give you the Steam Deck and Desktop Linux compatibility for their JRPG and Uplifting Adventures bundles.