It's official! Steam has hit another milestone for Linux games. We now have over 3,000 Linux games to fill our time with. The exact count for me right now is 3,008!
I know, quality over quantity, but with quantity we get the possibility for more good games. I have hundreds in my own Steam library and 99% of them are great.
We've recently had Civilization VI, next week we have HITMAN and next month we have DiRT Rally! So there are some great titles still to come even this early in the year.
I know we have many more great releases due this year too, some big and some small. It really is going to be a fantastic year for Linux gaming. Cossacks 3 even has a release date now, which should be good for strategy fans!
With Valve planning to remove Greenlight in favour of Steam Direct, this could slow down a bit depending on the amount they set for developers to pay to get each game on Steam. Especially free games, they will likely see a slowdown.
Have you picked up anything really good lately? Let me know in the comments! Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
I know, quality over quantity, but with quantity we get the possibility for more good games. I have hundreds in my own Steam library and 99% of them are great.
We've recently had Civilization VI, next week we have HITMAN and next month we have DiRT Rally! So there are some great titles still to come even this early in the year.
I know we have many more great releases due this year too, some big and some small. It really is going to be a fantastic year for Linux gaming. Cossacks 3 even has a release date now, which should be good for strategy fans!
With Valve planning to remove Greenlight in favour of Steam Direct, this could slow down a bit depending on the amount they set for developers to pay to get each game on Steam. Especially free games, they will likely see a slowdown.
Have you picked up anything really good lately? Let me know in the comments! Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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I am happy that 3000 games ...
But what i wish in that some blockbluster very popular on windows (call of duty, battlefield ...) could be ported in linux.
Can we hope for soon ?
What do you think ?
But what i wish in that some blockbluster very popular on windows (call of duty, battlefield ...) could be ported in linux.
Can we hope for soon ?
What do you think ?
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Kimyrielle Feb 12, 2017
Quoting: fedotixI am happy that 3000 games ...
But what i wish in that some blockbluster very popular on windows (call of duty, battlefield ...) could be ported in linux.
Can we hope for soon ?
What do you think ?
I wouldn't bet as much as a dime to see ANYTHING made by EA or Activision on Linux, ever. At least not before hell freezes over. Of the big three publishers, Ubisoft might be closest to consider ports (they actually did one...one!), but I wouldn't hold my breath for that, either. The one larger studio not already on Linux we -might- see one day is Bethesda. And even that is more wishful thinking on my part.
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Quoting: liamdaweOut of the 800 Linux-supported games I own on Steam, there really aren't that many terrible ones. I just don't make a habit of buying or testing things that have telltale signs of probably being bad.
But you're given keys too, by random indie devs on a regular basis? That would be a catastrophy to the greatness ratio on my account. :)
I guess it boils down to how we want to define "great". To me, greatness is a quite rare sight and deserved only to the ones who excels at a few core aspects of the game.
Games like Borderlands 2, Divinity Original Sin, Dying Light, Metro, Torchlight, Rocket League, Xcom (to mention but a few personal favourites)... That's games/series that deserves to be called "great" in my book.
Games that are technically working and entertaining for a while are not neccesarily great.
Or even, now that I think about it: Games that do have their technical issues can still be "great"! I guess greatness is a feeling more than a feature. :)
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Quoting: BeamboomI don't cover everything I'm sent, some honestly go right in the "sin bin" for showing all the signs of being completely pants.Quoting: liamdaweOut of the 800 Linux-supported games I own on Steam, there really aren't that many terrible ones. I just don't make a habit of buying or testing things that have telltale signs of probably being bad.
But you're given keys too, by random indie devs on a regular basis? That would be a catastrophy to the greatness ratio on my account. :)
I also refund some that end up crap that I buy myself, so that removes some from my library :)
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oldrocker99 Feb 13, 2017
Let's not forget Torment:Tides of Numenara, coming the 28th.
I can't wait for it.
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I can't wait for it.
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MintedGamer Feb 13, 2017
Quoting: BeamboomQuoting: liamdaweOut of the 800 Linux-supported games I own on Steam, there really aren't that many terrible ones. I just don't make a habit of buying or testing things that have telltale signs of probably being bad.
But you're given keys too, by random indie devs on a regular basis? That would be a catastrophy to the greatness ratio on my account. :)
I guess it boils down to how we want to define "great". To me, greatness is a quite rare sight and deserved only to the ones who excels at a few core aspects of the game.
Games like Borderlands 2, Divinity Original Sin, Dying Light, Metro, Torchlight, Rocket League, Xcom (to mention but a few personal favourites)... That's games/series that deserves to be called "great" in my book.
Games that are technically working and entertaining for a while are not neccesarily great.
Or even, now that I think about it: Games that do have their technical issues can still be "great"! I guess greatness is a feeling more than a feature. :)
I agree, great is subjective feeling. I have 451 games in my Steam library and although I haven't got round to playing every one yet, I've paid something for them all and have enjoyed virtually every one I've bought. Considering that all we had was the likes of Tuxracer and minesweeper not so long ago I value having so many varied and fun games, including the indie games, I'm grateful that we have such a wide range of games now. I think the only area that is lacking now is the FPS shooter franchise games from EA, Ubisoft and Activision, and FIFA, otherwise I think what we've got is great.
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Quoting: liamdaweI don't cover everything I'm sent, some honestly go right in the "sin bin" for showing all the signs of being completely pants.
I also refund some that end up crap that I buy myself, so that removes some from my library :)
Ah - that explains some.
I've never returned anything, I've archived them on the "ok I hope you've LEARNT now, Beamboom!" tab, listed for all eternity on my account as a future reminder. :)
Quoting: MintedGamerConsidering that all we had was the likes of Tuxracer and minesweeper not so long ago
Well from that perspective we are in EPIC times now, of course. I still can't get over that we got both Deus Ex, Rocket League, Xcom2 and Hitman within a timespan of less than 12 months. Each individual title woult have made the YEAR for me personally, just a few years ago.
I still think we should rate the titles on their own merits though, independent of supported platforms. But man, yeah, it's great times now. We all got some favourite franchises we still miss having but so far so good indeed!
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slaapliedje Feb 16, 2017
Quoting: KimyrielleQuoting: fedotixI am happy that 3000 games ...
But what i wish in that some blockbluster very popular on windows (call of duty, battlefield ...) could be ported in linux.
Can we hope for soon ?
What do you think ?
I wouldn't bet as much as a dime to see ANYTHING made by EA or Activision on Linux, ever. At least not before hell freezes over. Of the big three publishers, Ubisoft might be closest to consider ports (they actually did one...one!), but I wouldn't hold my breath for that, either. The one larger studio not already on Linux we -might- see one day is Bethesda. And even that is more wishful thinking on my part.
I thought there were now at least two games published by Ubisoft? Can't rmember them, but they were smaller ones that also made it to PS4 as one of the freebies, if I recall.
Actually I think there is more than ome game originally published by Activision that had an official port, The Quake games did (they were Id's publisher before Zenimax bought them...)
And onto Zenimax, who is actually the current publisher of Bethesda and id games. I think they are still on the fence. Maybe after SteamVR releases on Linux and we can get the engine ported over?
I still wish we could get more Atari published games as well, Neverwinter Nights 2 would be fantastic (hell, even getting the GOG Steam version of the first one would make me happy)
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