I have double checked this, and it seems to be accurate. Linux now has 2,000 games on Steam, and that's a pretty healthy milestone.
Making sure to sort by SteamOS + Linux, Games only and Release Date is now showing exactly 2,000.
While it is just a number, it's a big and healthy number considering not long ago this was a big fat zero.
We do still have some barriers to cross before more people will consider switching. I won't cover all the barriers, but here's one that I feel is very important.
For me, I would very much like to see more same-day releases on Linux. They always come with issues, but a lot of the time they are playable to a certain amount of enjoyment. XCOM 2 for example is a pretty amazing strategy game, but it has plenty of issues right now. I was able to enjoy it on Linux from day-1, and the importance of that I cannot overstate. We are all human and suffer the urges to play games we are immensely excited about, so having more day-1 games will help reduce dual-booting.
I am even guilty of this dual-booting “sin”. As a Fallout fan for as long as I can remember I have a Windows partition which is currently used for that one game. I haven’t actually booted into it for quite some time now, and that’s largely thanks to XCOM 2 being addictive. It’s a doubly important weak spot I hope to see addressed, as we get more games day-1, and less people feeling the need to use Windows due to the availability of other games on Linux/SteamOS.
How do you feel about this milestone?
Thanks for letting me know Radim. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Making sure to sort by SteamOS + Linux, Games only and Release Date is now showing exactly 2,000.
While it is just a number, it's a big and healthy number considering not long ago this was a big fat zero.
We do still have some barriers to cross before more people will consider switching. I won't cover all the barriers, but here's one that I feel is very important.
For me, I would very much like to see more same-day releases on Linux. They always come with issues, but a lot of the time they are playable to a certain amount of enjoyment. XCOM 2 for example is a pretty amazing strategy game, but it has plenty of issues right now. I was able to enjoy it on Linux from day-1, and the importance of that I cannot overstate. We are all human and suffer the urges to play games we are immensely excited about, so having more day-1 games will help reduce dual-booting.
I am even guilty of this dual-booting “sin”. As a Fallout fan for as long as I can remember I have a Windows partition which is currently used for that one game. I haven’t actually booted into it for quite some time now, and that’s largely thanks to XCOM 2 being addictive. It’s a doubly important weak spot I hope to see addressed, as we get more games day-1, and less people feeling the need to use Windows due to the availability of other games on Linux/SteamOS.
How do you feel about this milestone?
Thanks for letting me know Radim. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Quoting: KimyrielleNot sure what your definition of long time is, but currently popular MMOs that I could see coming to Linux with -some- goodwill of their devs are:
- Guild Wars 2
- Star Wars The Old Republic
- Star Trek Online
- Neverwinter
- Skyforge
- Black Desert
- Rift
Other than the good(?) ol' WoW, these games probably make up the largest part of the current MMORPG market. Any of these would be a great benefit to Linux.
-Star Trek Online = 2010
-SW The Old Republic = 2011
-Rift = 2012
-Guild Wars 2 = 2012
-Neverwinter = 2013
-Skyforge = 2015
-Black Desert = 2016
I didn't notice the release of Skyforge and Black Desert, maybe I live in a Poke Ball. But the others are at least 3 yrs old, of course they have longevity but your base are established, don't have much to do to increase the number of players and port to linux isn't so easy. What I mean is new games, like Black Desert, with a new base of players, of course can come to Linux.
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Kimyrielle Apr 1, 2016
New MMOs usually don't even become a major thing in their first year. They are not games like shooters that get sold and played in the six months after their release and then nobody talks about them anymore. A 2-3 year old MMO can still be considered "new".
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PublicNuisance Apr 2, 2016
I feel happy with this. I try to only purchase DRM free myself but I am grateful for Valve for shining a spotlight on Linux because it has helped a lot. I agree with Liam that day 1 releases are key and more AAA support. I think both of those are improving. More variety would help as well, I love shooters and RPGs myself and while I get my RPG fill on Linux shooters are few and far between. That goes back to the AAA support though as FPS and TPS are more of a AAA genre with few indie releases.
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