Need a fresh game for the weekend and you're playing on Steam Deck or Desktop Linux? Here's some fresh picks of games that recently became Steam Deck Verified.
An easy way for you to sift through the noise, and perhaps find your next favourite. I've managed to dig through the ratings and find some good stuff for this edition. Some may have been covered individually in previous articles, as per usual this is a dedicated round-up to bring more together in one place. In case you missed it the Steam Deck hit 18,000 marked at least Playable recently.
Available Now
The Last of Us Part II Remastered
Just released!
Experience the winner of over 300 Game of the Year awards, now on PC. Discover Ellie and Abby’s story with graphical enhancements, gameplay modes like the roguelike survival experience No Return, and more.
Atomfall
A nuclear disaster has left an area of Britain in tatters. Atomfall, a new survival-action game, will see you explore, scavenge, craft, barter and fight your way through beautifully recreated scenery in search of answers.
Rayman Legends
Michel Ancel, the celebrated creator of Rayman®, Beyond Good & Evil®, and the Raving Rabbids®, returns to unleash his innovative creativity on this new entry into the Rayman® franchise.When Rayman, Globox, and the Teensies discover a mysterious tent filled with captivating paintings, they are suddenly transported to a series of...
Mudborne: Frog Management Sim
Mudborne is a casual nature management sim about discovering & breeding frogs! Awoken from hibernation you find your pond abandoned. Through the genetic keys of new species you must unlock the paths between the waking & dreaming worlds, and embark on a journey to restore lost populations.
Grimoire Groves
Join the witches in their quest to restore the Grimoire Groves! Master magic, grow cute plant creatures and discover the mystery of the Rainbow Socks in this cozy, rogue-lite dungeon crawler.
Grit and Valor - 1949
A dieselpunk real-time tactics roguelite set in an alt-history World War 2. Grit and Valor – 1949 puts you in command of an elite Mech Squadron. Think fast and battle the Evil Axis forces to liberate Europe. Upgrade your Mechs and Pilots and develop new strategies to neutralise the enemy HQ!
Dealer's Life Legend
Become a legendary merchant and haggler in this medieval fantasy world. Explore, trade and use potions to give you the upper hand in the latest instalment of the tycoon phenomenon Dealer’s Life!
Those Who Rule
Join three fresh recruits caught in a web of betrayal as war looms over the land. Lead your band of heroes through tactical turn-based battles, master unique abilities, and forge powerful gear to turn the tide of battle. Will you unravel the conspiracy driving the conflict—or be consumed by it?
Banebush
Banebush is a nonlinear and very red visual novel in the horror genre. Do you dare to step into a fairy tale if it turns out to be reality?
South Park: The Fractured But Whole
From the creators of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, comes South Park: The Fractured But Whole, a sequel to 2014's award-winning South Park: The Stick of Truth.
Upcoming
South of Midnight
Releases April 8th.
South of Midnight is a new action-adventure from Compulsion Games. Explore the mythos and confront mysterious creatures of the Deep South in this modern folktale while learning to weave an ancient power to surmount obstacles and unravel your family’s hidden past.
Sacre Bleu
Releases April 17th
A fast-paced, bullet-time action-platformer with speedrunning and revolutionary flair. Hack n’ slash your way out of la Bastille, blasting yourself through the air in graceful bullet-time aerial battles on a quest to save all of France!
Old Skies
Releases April 23rd
A time travel adventure spanning two hundred years! Dive into the past with time agent Fia Quinn as she embarks on seven trips through time. History is up for grabs, from the speakeasies of Prohibition to the vicious gangs of the Gilded Age to the World Trade Center on September 10, 2001.
Skin Deep
Releases April 30th
Skin Deep is an immersive first-person shooter. We got sneezing. We got things getting stuck in your feet. Stalk through a vast non-linear starship and sneak, subvert, and sabotage to survive in this stellar sandbox. You're outnumbered, outgunned, and have no shoes. Welcome to Skin Deep!
Monster Train 2
Releases May 21st
Monster Train returns with all new clans, new enemy factions, new challenges, new modes and more! Defend your Pyre in the classic three-tiered, vertical gameplay that made the original roguelike deckbuilder a hit.
Out of Sight
Releases May 22nd
You’re Sophie, a young blind girl who sees through her teddy bear’s eyes. Escape your captors and uncover the evil history of the dark mansion you desperately seek to escape in this unique, atmospheric horror puzzle/adventure game.
Sonic Rumble
No release date yet
Ready Set Rumble! Sonic Rumble is the first multiplayer party game in the iconic game series, with up to 32 players battling it out!
Neverwinter Nights 2 Enhanced Edition
No release date set. It hasn't even formally been announced, we know of it thanks to SteamDB.
What have you been playing recently? I've been sucked right into Cult of the Lamb properly now.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
R Daneel Olivaw 17 hours ago
scaine 15 hours ago
It's a shame they're so short-sighted.
Ehvis 15 hours ago
Was keen to try to Atomfall, but not only does it use Denuvo, ...
Yeah, looked interesting. Went to the Steam page and left it again. A big DenuvNo.
R Daneel Olivaw 11 hours ago
anyway ... I have played Atomfall a little more (roughly 4 hrs now) and here's my first thoughts:
I'm near finishing the entire first area, no idea how big or small this compares to the other areas.
Audio Visual: game looks good, not great. Engine/models/textures definitely showing their age. Not bad at all, just after getting used to other more modern games, it shows. But still it looks good and runs really high fps, so all in all no complaints. Audio is done well, sound queues are good, etc.
Story: confusing. The whole "atomic fallout in england" is a REALLY cool settings and I'm curious to find out more, but ... it's weird that I have really no reason to. There's only my curiosity. Nobody here knows me, and I'm not involved in anything, I'm a nameless faceless person with amnesia. There's absolutely no reason whatsoever I couldn't just rebuild one of these nice english stone houses and live there indefinitely, eating off the land etc... Why not? Why risk my life getting killed by mutants in some fallout shelter I don't give two shits about? Just odd that there's no real REASON to do anything. I'm sure more will be revealed, but that's just strange I thought.
Combat: so far, incredibly easy. I'm on the recommended second highest difficulty, I suppose I should up it to max. But the enemy ai is just absolutely brain dead. I died a few times in very first enemy camp, just figuring things out, but after that it's been very simple. It's very easy to pick off enemies one by one if they are in groups, and if enemies are solo I think the game must be broken, because all you do is kick(stun)+single axe hit=death. There's absolutely no challenge whatsoever to any encounter solo. Kick + axe, the end. That's for the human enemies. The mutants are harder since they're really spongy with a ton of health, but mostly just walking backwards with a shotgun plus kicking seems to do the trick really well. I'm sure I'll run into harder enemies that will require strategy later on, but combat seems weird so far.
Crafting/survival/inventory/bartering: EXTREMELY EXTREMELY EXTREMELY limited. This has got to be one of the smallest inventories in any game I've ever seen. You can only hold 4 weapons, so for me that's a melee (required) + shotgun + .22 rifle + sniper. Then I have a handful of medkits, grenades, and food, and THATS IT. I have gone around this first area and have left thousands upon thousands of items laying everywhere. I can't pick anything up. Ammo is constantly maxed out, crafting materials are constantly maxed out, inventory is constantly full. I'm very confused about this. I know this is just the first area, but the crafting stuff is so confusing. There's crafting materials EVERYWHERE but you can't pick any of it up or use any of it because your character only knows like 3 recipes and you don't need any of them / can't even craft them because of no space.
The bartering is even more confusing. I really can only carry things I NEED. 4 weapons and a handful of medkits and grenades and stuff like that. But there's no money in this game, everything must be bartered for with items. But I have NO items I can spare .... am I meant to constantly run back and forth between every dead enemy and one by one by one bring every item to the trader, dump it all at her feet, then empty my inventory, pick all that up, trade it, then pick back up all my inventory? Absolutely zero chance I'm doing anything like that. Sooooo....... I just don't trade. Again: very confusing. I came upon a vendor in a cave, and he had a recipe for a crafting item I didn't know, but I had nothing to trade with him, so I just left him alone. I can't give him any of my four weapons, and I need my medkits and grenades. I have nothing else. I suppose I COULD trade away all my weapons and then one by one go around the world and get them all back off of dead enemies, but then I'd to remember exactly where a dead guy with a sniper rifle and a dead guy with a shotgun, etc.... all were located. No chance I'm doing that. I could also trade away all my crafting materials or ammo (since that stuff's everywhere) but I don't know if the next encounter I get in will be all enemies with guns (so requires lots of rifle bullets) or some new enemy I haven't seem before so I'll need to craft lots of bandages, etc... I just don't like running around with no ammo or crafting mats etc...
Overall I'm still having fun, and will keep playing, but man alive these devs made some REALLY confusing choices on how this game is built.
Last edited by R Daneel Olivaw on 4 Apr 2025 at 8:21 pm UTC
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