Steam Now Has Over 600 Linux Games

I rly enjoyed games from Artifex Mundi, but ETS2 is awesome game to play after work and chill with a mug of beer. Anyway I'd like to see CS:GO on Linux also, cuz Im a huge fan of this game.

That's pretty awesome. :-)

What has been your favourite release this year so far?

It's hard to pick just one, but Full Bore, MouseCraft, You Have To Win The Game, The Fall, The Last Tinker and Broken Age have been among my favorites. Probably Full Bore if I was forced to make a choice.

In terms of games already released on Windows, I'm still waiting for Tex Murphy: Tesla Effect and Divinity: Original Sin...

For non-released games, I'm actually quite psyched about Wasteland 2 right now. And the recent gameplay videos of Pillars of Eternity really got me excited as well.

Oh, and favourite releases so far this year? Without much thought, that's what comes to my mind in terms of noteworthy things:

• I really, really dig The Maker's Eden. I love the style, the story is interesting and I adore the music. I have a thing for Noir and Noir-ish Jazz. Just a bit sad that the first act is a bit short and that I'll have to wait for the next acts


• Unrest was quite nice too, but different than I expected. The cliffhangerish end is difficult to stomach. And that you can't just easily fix the culture's problems is realistic and fits the story, but...it is a bit of a downer. Still, I'm glad I played it; and there too I love the music


• Shadowrun: Dragonfall was this year too, right? Awesome campaign, far better than Dead Man's Switch. Also, again, nice music


• Heroes Rise: HeroFall was great too. Yeah, it's a bit pulpy, but in a charming way. Sadly, no music at all :P

Civ 5 was my favorite. Yet I already played it on Windows on dual boot for some time.

But now it's two months time not starting Windows. I still have it installed just in case. But more and more I'm thinking about switching from NTFS to ext4 for my data partitions.

My favourite this year is easy. Xcom: Enemy Unknown, without a shadow of doubt.

My favourite this year so far is Civilization 5, a true AAA game which takes a lot of time before becoming boring, it´s also one of the best ports I´ve played, which is admirable by Aspyr.

I will probably change my mind though once Project cars is out, unless it´s a bad port or something else.

I played XCOM and Civ long before their Linux releases, so wasn't terribly excited about their releases other than them being a great milestone for Linux. Same could be said about Deponia, but a bit more excited for that because it meant that some of their other games I haven't played may get ported. Eador would be a contender if it actually worked.

I think the ones I'm most looking forward to are coming out Autumn/Winter.

XCOM, Shadowrun (was it this year?) and FORCED.

waiting for Project Cars mostly and any of the upcoming Aspyr or Feral ports!

In terms of games already released on Windows, I'm still waiting for Tex Murphy: Tesla Effect

I'm looking forward to that too, since I backed the Kickstarter. I think it read that it's an issue with the player used for the FMVs that's holding it back. I also backed Moebius, but I'm half dreading that one, since the reviews have been rather mixed, to put it mildly.

Same could be said about Deponia, but a bit more excited for that because it meant that some of their other games I haven't played may get ported.

Me too and it feels like a big deal that the biggest developer making point and click games with Visionaire released their most popular franchise such a short time after the engine started supporting Linux, since it will hopefully lead to other games using Visionaire getting Linux versions.

Of upcoming Linux games, some of the games I'm most excited about right now are Broken Age, Act II, the remaining two parts of The Fall, Super Win The Game, A Hat in Time, The Journey Down, Chapter Two and the Grim Fandango remake (though I've played the original).

My favourite this year so far is Civilization 5, a true AAA game which takes a lot of time before becoming boring, it´s also one of the best ports I´ve played, which is admirable by Aspyr.

I will probably change my mind though once Project cars is out, unless it´s a bad port or something else.

Civ V is awesome port but I'm still missing the Steam workshop support and the lack of anti-aliasing.

I wish at least the workshop support was added

There are still very few games on linux I find worth playing though unfortunately. I grew up spoiled on AAA games and unless it's pokemon you probably won't find me playing a 2D game. My most anticipated linux game release is the new Warhammer 40,000 Eternal Eden. MMOFPS FTW.

not really "this year" but i really like the nonAAA co-op titles that let me play campaigns together with a friend. forced, hammerwatch, starbound, thrine2 were all neither expensive nor too time consuming and a great bit of fun.

My favorites this year? Lovely to have Linux support (even though there were complaints) for The Witcher 2, and I jumped up and down over CIV V and X-COM's native releases.

Besides that, Don't Starve, Planetary Annihilation. Space Hulk, Adventurenator: When Pigs Fly,

This year, as in the last 12 months, I would have to say Trine 2 The Complete Story. For 2 reasons.. It's a beautiful game that runs extremely well even spanned to 5760x1080. Plus it is/was not a type of game in my "comfort zone" and I probably would have never tried it if I wasn't looking for native linux games to play. I picked it up on sale to show my supprt for the linux gaming movement in general and found it to be great fun and a PC game my gf actually enjoys as well.. so a win/win that was worth every penny. Also as I already own it I can't wait for the linux version of Trine 1 enhanced.

While I have not paid for it yet because they still have a couple minor things to work out on the linux version I found the Painkiller HD demo to be a good looking and fun, no brain required shoot-em-up. When/if they fix those minor issues or next time it goes on sale for <= $10 ill be purchasing it. This was also a game that I had never even heard of until I went looking for native linux games to play, so I likely would have never played it on windows.

All the praise for the Civ 5 port makes me want to try it because I own it.. though it's not really a game in my "comfort zone" either.. it was another game I picked up because of all the praise as well to show support for the linux movement.

Metro: LL would absolutly be on my list if it fell into the last 12 months category. While the visuals can't hold a candle to it's dx11 brother.. it's still one of the best looking linux titles I have played.

I learned yesterday that the original Blackwell trilogy from Wadjet Eye has been ported to Linux by a contracted third-party and is currently being tested, so that's also something I'm looking forward to.

Neat, looking forward to that.

But why would you need to contract someone to "port" it? It runs on AGS, ffs! AGS has already been ported by the community.

I don't know. Maybe to speed up the process or out of convenience? They started talking about it over a year ago and so far only Gemini Rue and The Shivah are available I think. Wadjet Eye are just Dave Gilbert and his wife so it might be that they've just been to busy working on the latest Blackwell game to consider it.

My favourite this year so far is Civilization 5, a true AAA game which takes a lot of time before becoming boring

Id have to vote for XCOM this year and Metro Last Light for last year, for me personally with Civ 5, Im bored right off the bat. I dont think Ive played more than 5 mins before I quit.

A I Kickstarted several games, and so far have gotten Akaniero:Demon Hunters (fun for a while), and War For The Overworld (which is stillin beta...), Planet Explorers, Planetary Annihilation (in gamma!), and the original Wasteland. Waiting for Wasteland 2, Pillars of Eternity, and, also from the same people as PoE, Torment:Tides of Numenaria, which is the one I'm really waiting for.

in the meantime, CIV V and X-COM, Desktop Dungeons, Dominions 4, Garry's Mod, Goat Simulator, and, yes, Portal are keping me happy and busy until the others are released.

And to think I called 2013 The Year Of Linux gaming. It looks like 2015 will be when the floodgates open.