It was only in September that Linux hit about 2,500 games on Steam and around a month later we've amassed another 200+, so if this keeps up it looks like we will break another milestone.
We currently have, according to Steam, 2,715 games on Linux, but we do need to make allowances for Steam's rubbish filtering system which ends up showing a few that have yet to release. Still, this is amazing progress to amass nearly 3,000 games that support Linux.
Steam for Linux was officially released on 14 Feb, 2013 with little over 50 titles for us, and when you take into consideration that a little over three years ago that number was a big fat zero, it's brilliant steady progress for us.
I know that the overall number can feel meaningless (something I see people say often when this comes up) when you see a bunch of poorly received titles come to Linux, but the vast majority of games are actually quite good. I have 748 games in total in my personal Steam account that support Linux (out of 856 total), 99% of them are really great. I would have a lot more, if I had the time. I genuinely do stare at my Steam library often not knowing what to play, as the amount of choices can be overwhelming.
What we truly need are more high quality day-1 releases to really help push the platform further. That has been happening more and more, so hopefully that trend will also continue.
I'm pretty damn pleased with this year, it's easily our biggest year due to so many factors. 2017 sure is going to be fun. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
We currently have, according to Steam, 2,715 games on Linux, but we do need to make allowances for Steam's rubbish filtering system which ends up showing a few that have yet to release. Still, this is amazing progress to amass nearly 3,000 games that support Linux.
Steam for Linux was officially released on 14 Feb, 2013 with little over 50 titles for us, and when you take into consideration that a little over three years ago that number was a big fat zero, it's brilliant steady progress for us.
I know that the overall number can feel meaningless (something I see people say often when this comes up) when you see a bunch of poorly received titles come to Linux, but the vast majority of games are actually quite good. I have 748 games in total in my personal Steam account that support Linux (out of 856 total), 99% of them are really great. I would have a lot more, if I had the time. I genuinely do stare at my Steam library often not knowing what to play, as the amount of choices can be overwhelming.
What we truly need are more high quality day-1 releases to really help push the platform further. That has been happening more and more, so hopefully that trend will also continue.
I'm pretty damn pleased with this year, it's easily our biggest year due to so many factors. 2017 sure is going to be fun. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Quoting: Comandante oardoHard to score a goal when you keep moving the goalposts ;)Quoting: elbuglioneQuoting: Comandante oardoOf those 3000, how many are real BIG games with day 1 release?
XCOM2?
Stellaris?
Pillars Of Eternity?
SOMA?
The Talos Principle?
How many of those games have multi-language Voiceover support?...
How many big games on Windows have that feature? Not many I would imagine.
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Quoting: NyamiouQuoting: CleanWaterI personally miss JRPGs and Sim JRPGs on SteamOS. I think that quantity is a good thing, but more diversity is what Linux is really in need now.
Square Enix is porting their games to Linux, maybe we'll get Final Fantasy at some point.
Anyway the best place to play JRPG is still consoles and I don't see it changing soon.
I will be looking forward to it. And I hope other developers also consider it. JRPGs are my preferred game style, and I believe there are a lot of persons on Linux with this same preference (or am I alone?? :'( )
Last edited by CleanWater on 9 November 2016 at 11:34 pm UTC
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elbuglione Nov 10, 2016
Quoting: CleanWaterQuoting: NyamiouQuoting: CleanWaterI personally miss JRPGs and Sim JRPGs on SteamOS. I think that quantity is a good thing, but more diversity is what Linux is really in need now.
Square Enix is porting their games to Linux, maybe we'll get Final Fantasy at some point.
Anyway the best place to play JRPG is still consoles and I don't see it changing soon.
I will be looking forward to it. And I hope other developers also consider it. JRPGs are my preferred game style, and I believe there are a lot of persons on Linux with this same preference (or am I alone?? :'( )
you are not alone.
Final Fantasy VII (Remake) use Unreal Engine 4.
this port are really easy and possible since UE4 delivers Full Support to SteamOS/Linux.
btw SquareEnix has try Linux Games before, with Tomb Raider, Life is Strange, Hitman GO, Goetia and recently DeusEX:MD.
Last edited by elbuglione on 10 November 2016 at 3:41 pm UTC
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