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DYNASTY WARRIORS: ORIGINS fixes issues with AMD FSR3 on Steam Deck and adds a Photo Mode

By Liam Dawe, 2 days ago

KOEI TECMO recently released a small update for DYNASTY WARRIORS: ORIGINS that released in January, making it more playable on Steam Deck.

Survivor-like bullet hell with random maps FIENDRISE adds Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 3 days ago

Originally released on April 17th, FIENDRISE is another quality looking survivor-like bullet heaven / bullet hell like thingy that has randomly generated stages to explore to give you a new experience every time.

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Underwater PvP shooter Tidal Shock 1.0 out now with Linux / Steam Deck support - it's also now free to play

By Liam Dawe, 5 days ago

Moonray Studios have put out the 1.0 release of Tidal Shock: Off The Hook, a free to play underwater shooter and the update brings full Native Linux and Steam Deck support.

Ahead of its 10 year Steam anniversary, Black Mesa has a new beta with improved Linux support and many fixes

By Liam Dawe, 5 days ago

The Half-Life remake Black Mesa from Crowbar Collective has a fresh Beta update available for testing, which includes numerous enhancements to their Linux support along with a bunch of other stability improvements.

DOOM (2016) gets a surprise release on GOG with a big discount

By Liam Dawe, 18 Apr 2025

DRM freedom from hell. DOOM (2016) has just released on GOG and there's a nice big discount to go along with the release.

Save the world from insidious and cruel demons in Bosorka with a Linux version available now

By Liam Dawe, 15 Apr 2025

Bosorka is an action roguelike where a young witch saves the world from insidious and cruel demons. To celebrate the first anniversary, the developer has released a Native Linux version.

Dead Pixels from 2012 gets a surprise update with Linux and Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe, 15 Apr 2025

Developer CSR-Studios are currently working on Dead Pixels II but they decided to give the original Dead Pixels from 2012 a surprise upgrade. This comes with Native Linux support and they're hoping to see it Steam Deck Verified.

Merging a western with eldritch horror, Blood West is awesome and now Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe, 14 Apr 2025

With the latest update out today, Blood West from Hyperstrange and New Blood Interactive is now Steam Deck Verified and well worth a look.

Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor gets a release date and Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core gets a new trailer

By Liam Dawe, 11 Apr 2025

There's a whole lot of space dwarf action going on lately. Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor now has a release date for the 1.0 release and we have new footage on the upcoming Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core too.

Apocalypse Express is a challenging train-combat management roguelike with a demo you need to try

By Liam Dawe, 10 Apr 2025

Fogpiercer isn't the only upcoming train combat game around, with Apocalypse Express getting a demo now too but they're both wildly different and worth trying. Apocalypse Express is just chaos and I want more.

Do screeching doughnuts and mow enemies down with saw blades in Driveloop: Survivors

By Liam Dawe, 9 Apr 2025

Driveloop: Survivors is another attempt to blend the survivor-like bullet heaven whatchamacallit genre made popular by Vampire Survivors with vehicles. It's out now in Early Access so I took it for a spin.

Fast-paced car combat game FUMES has an awesome demo worth playing

By Liam Dawe, 8 Apr 2025

FUMES is simply awesome. Bringing back retro fast-paced car combat that feels like the classic Interstate '76 and Twisted Metal meets Mad Max only more crazy with boss battles and all sorts.

Run, jump and glide at blazing speed in Haste, the latest game from Landfall out now

By Liam Dawe, 4 Apr 2025

Originally called Haste: Broken Worlds and now just Haste, it's the latest game from Landfall (Content Warning, Totally Accurate Battle Simulator, Clustertruck) that ensures you gotta go fast.

Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed gets a couple of Steam Deck fixes

By Liam Dawe, 3 Apr 2025

While Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed was already rated Steam Deck Verified by Valve, it's nice to see developers still making improvements to it.

PC port of Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Ship of Harkinian, gets a huge Randomizer upgrade

By Liam Dawe, 3 Apr 2025

Ship of Harkinian is a free community-made PC port of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time from the Harbour Masters team. A massive Blair Alfa (9.0.0) release just went live with a Randomizer and other major new features.

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 has lost its Steam Deck Verified rating

By Liam Dawe, 31 Mar 2025

Valve's Steam Deck rating system is generally quite correct, but there are clearly some times when it isn't. Thankfully, Valve do go back over various games to re-test them and Marvel's Spider-Man 2 has been hit with a downgraded rating.

Retro sci-fi first-person shooter Viscerafest leaves Early Access in April with a huge update

By Liam Dawe, 27 Mar 2025

Fulqrum Publishing and developers Acid Man Games and Fire Plant Games have revealed that Viscerafest, their retro styled sci-fi shooter will see a full launch on April 14th.

Action-shooter Painkiller is set to return in 'fall 2025'

By Liam Dawe, 25 Mar 2025

Coming from Anshar Studios and 3D Realms, the classic FPS is back. Painkiller has been announced to release sometime in "fall 2025".

Starship Troopers: Extermination gets a Steam Deck upgrade

By Liam Dawe, 25 Mar 2025

Starship Troopers: Extermination from Offworld just had another major upgrade released, and they're now improving the experience of playing it on Steam Deck.