Stuck for what to pick up? With the huge Steam Summer Sale ending tomorrow at 5PM UTC, here's a little helping hand for you on what's good.
I get why you might be stuck, with well over six thousand games on Steam alone that support Linux, it's easy to get completely swallowed up in the vast sea of games. Especially true if you're looking to pick up a game on sale, as there's close to five thousand of those discounted!
Going by games that have a good discount on them and support Linux officially, plus they're rated very highly by users, here's 10 games you should definitely pick up if you don't own them already:
- The Talos Principle - 85% off
- Broforce - 75% off - My all time favourite action platformer. It's simply hilarious and the destruction is thoroughly over the top. You will love it.
- Don't Starve Together - 66% off
- Dying Light - 66% off - With the upcoming Hellraid DLC (see our preview), it's going to get even more fun.
- Slime Rancher - 66% off
- The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth - 50% off
- Into the Breach - 50% off
- Slay the Spire - 50% off
- Tabletop Simulator - 50% off
- Stardew Valley - 40% off
Those are all well-known, often talked about titles that are highly rated but what about the smaller and/or lesser-known titles that still deserve plenty of attention? Here's another few that I think are firmly worth spending some time with:
- Horizon Chase Turbo - 70% off
- Particle Fleet: Emergence - 67% off
- Duskers - 50% off
- Dicey Dungeons - 50% off
- Sky Racket - 50% off
- Scalak - 30% of
Picked up something good you're dying to tell everyone about? Let us know in the comments.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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This is more of a Proton thing, but I’ve had a blast with Titanfall 2 after getting for $10.
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One game that i recommend on this sale is Elderborn. Its a First Person Meele combat with souls-like elements and its really fun. The only problem is that its not too long, i finished in a little less than 4 hours. Still i had lots of fun and will beat the game again.
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/673190/AllStar_Fruit_Racing/
This game is very cheap and works just like native on proton. If you have some extra bucks, buy it then we can play together
This game is very cheap and works just like native on proton. If you have some extra bucks, buy it then we can play together
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I bought only Linux native games this time around, although I was definitely tempted by some Proton stuff (hello Bannerlord)
- Horizon Chase Turbo (retro racing - ok but got bored quickly)
- Slipstream (more retro racing - ok but got bored quickly)
- Figment (whimsical fun platform puzzler with a surrealist theme - recommended)
- Gibbous: A Cthulhu Adventure (EXCELLENT Cthulhu mythos animated point and click...my top purchase, highly recommended)
- Ion Fury (retro FPS....bit disappointed, realised this isn't really my thing any more, I'm sure the game is fine though)
- Mooseman (interesting northern Russian folklore. I loved Never Alone, and this is in a similar style...looks good)
- Smith and Winston (seems fun, can't wait to play local co-op)
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- Horizon Chase Turbo (retro racing - ok but got bored quickly)
- Slipstream (more retro racing - ok but got bored quickly)
- Figment (whimsical fun platform puzzler with a surrealist theme - recommended)
- Gibbous: A Cthulhu Adventure (EXCELLENT Cthulhu mythos animated point and click...my top purchase, highly recommended)
- Ion Fury (retro FPS....bit disappointed, realised this isn't really my thing any more, I'm sure the game is fine though)
- Mooseman (interesting northern Russian folklore. I loved Never Alone, and this is in a similar style...looks good)
- Smith and Winston (seems fun, can't wait to play local co-op)
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Quoting: MohandevirWaiting on Metro Exodus to officially release on Linux before buying it... Kind of contradictory, when you think of it... I'm buying games that are running fine on Proton but I won't buy a game that will release on Linux, even if it runs fine on Proton... Don't know what to think of it.
Makes sense to me: game devs seeing an uptick in sales when they release a Linux version is what we want to see.
Similarly, games run through Proton just aren't worth as much as native games. They work, which is good for us, and they count as Linux sales, which is good for the wider Linux gaming ecosystem, but there's no support: they've offloaded their costs onto the community, and the game devs might break it at any time. Windows-only games, even if they're great and even if they work well in Proton, need to be discounted heavily to account for that; I'm happy to pay full price for Linux-native games, though.
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Quoting: PatolaHow would you achieve that?By not giving them as much money. It's pretty straightforward.
If a game dev makes a game that doesn't interest me, they don't get any of my money. If a game dev makes a game that interests me, and it doesn't work in Proton, they don't get any of my money. If a game dev makes a game that interests me, and it does work in Proton, they might get some of my money, eventually. If a game dev makes a game that interests me, and they make it Linux-native, they'll likely get more of my money, and sooner.
If a game dev wants to go from none to some they can make sure their game works in Proton and keeps working long enough to be worth a punt. The "worth a punt" price point is much lower than full price. For a chance at a full-price purchase it's got to be Linux-native.
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Quoting: PatolaThere's no leverage for us as a collective, currently, to try and financially punish developers which don't do our biddings.
It's not a punishment. A game that doesn't work on Linux is worth literally nothing to me. A game where the developer will keep it working on Linux is worth more than a game that just works by accident. If the game devs want me to give them my money they can provide something of value to me in exchange. The more value, the more money they're likely to get.
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Horizon Chase Turbo - 70% off
Missed this when it came out - brilliant retro racer - I'm coming after your times, Liam ;)
Missed this when it came out - brilliant retro racer - I'm coming after your times, Liam ;)
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Comandante Ñoñardo Jul 13, 2020
I purchased Recore Definitive Edition and Beyond Two Souls for my https://steamcommunity.com/id/CaS-BiGIS-ProtonicEdition account
I purchased The Surge Augmented Edition, The Surge 2 Premium Edition and Bayonetta for my https://steamcommunity.com/id/CAS-BiGSUBiS-ProtonicEdition account
Plus BlackMesa and TRINE 4 for my https://steamcommunity.com/id/DigitalCHE_Reloaded account. I won't buy any more games for this account...
I purchased The Surge Augmented Edition, The Surge 2 Premium Edition and Bayonetta for my https://steamcommunity.com/id/CAS-BiGSUBiS-ProtonicEdition account
Plus BlackMesa and TRINE 4 for my https://steamcommunity.com/id/DigitalCHE_Reloaded account. I won't buy any more games for this account...
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