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Valheim is getting extensive difficulty options including a creative mode

By Liam Dawe,
8
Valheim continues to be one of the most popular survival games on Steam, and it seems in an upcoming update there's going to be much more extensive customization of the difficulty.
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Iris and Sodium for Minecraft move to Modrinth away from CurseForge

By Liam Dawe,
5
Do you use the popular Iris and Sodium mods for Minecraft? Well there's been a bit of an issue lately, so the developers have dropped support for CurseForge and fully moved over to Modrinth.
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X4: Kingdom End and free major upgrade out now, making it Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe,
22
Egosoft have just released the next major expansion for X4: Foundations named X4: Kingdom End, plus a major free upgrade is also out now that brings full Steam Deck Verified support.
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Minetest 5.7.0 out now with graphics improvements, performance upgrades

By Liam Dawe,
3
Free and open source voxel sandbox game engine Minetest, largely known for comparisons to Minecraft, has a big update out in version 5.7.0.
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No Man's Sky gets another huge update with Interceptor

By Liam Dawe,
14
No Man's Sky works great on Linux desktop and Steam Deck with Proton and now I need to jump back in because the Interceptor update sounds great.
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Short underwater survival game FarSky now free on itch.io

By Liam Dawe,
8
After closing up shop back in 2022, Farsky Interactive have now revived their game FarSky and made it free on itch.io.
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Valheim got a big patch with performance upgrades and controller improvements

By Liam Dawe,
3
Valheim continues to get improvements and it's easily one of my favourite survival games, it's just fantastic with a couple of friends. This new update should make it even better.
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Steampunk survival game Volcanoids has been invaded by drones

By Liam Dawe,
0
I think it might be seriously time to play a whole lot more Volcanoids, with the new Ground Support update adding in special drones you can build and it looks awesome.
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Subnautica gets upgraded and now Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe,
10
Subnautica, the hugely popular watery open-world survival adventure has a fresh update out that notes it's now Steam Deck Verified.
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Starfield from Bethesda launching September 6

By Liam Dawe,
14
While we have no idea how well it will work on Linux and Steam Deck with Proton just yet, we at least now have a date. Starfield from Bethesda is releasing September 6th.
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No Man's Sky Fractal gets a VR overhaul, new Expedition, Gyro update

By Liam Dawe,
3
No Man's Sky has another big update out now that includes an overhaul of quite a few features like much better VR support, and a new Expedition.
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Minecraft 1.20 adding Archaeology, Cherry Blossom Biome and a Sniffer mob

By Liam Dawe,
6
There's lots to be excited for in the upcoming Minecraft 1.20 update, with many previously announced features finally landing like Archaeology.
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Forspoken gets an update to improve Steam Deck performance

By Liam Dawe,
15
Forspoken has been controversial for quite a lot of a reasons, but also a title many were looking forward to. The release was a bit rough but the developers are cleaning it up now and it has some Steam Deck fixes.
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Watch Dogs: Legion from Ubisoft arrives on Steam, playable on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
11
Here's yet another Steam release from Ubisoft, as they continue dumping their older titles on Steam. Watch Dogs: Legion is here and playable on Steam Deck.
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The next Valheim biome will be Ashlands, a land of the dead

By Liam Dawe,
3
Valheim developer Iron Gate AB has begun teasing the next biome update, and they're doing things a little bit differently with Ashlands.
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Hogwarts Legacy to be Steam Deck Verified at launch

By Liam Dawe,
52
For Harry Potter fans, the upcoming release of Hogwarts Legacy is fast approaching and it seems they're making sure it works on Steam Deck.
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Multiplayer voxel RPG 'Veloren' v0.14 out with musical instruments, more graphics work

By Liam Dawe,
1
Version 0.14 of the Multiplayer voxel RPG Veloren is out now, adding in some fun sounding additions while they work towards giving you more to do.
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Space sci-fi 4x city-builder 'Antimatter' gets a new trailer

By Liam Dawe,
4
Antimatter is a crowdfunded upcoming space sci-fi game that mixes together 4x strategy elements with city-building, and a whole lot more.
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Big open ocean adventure Sail Forth is out now

By Liam Dawe,
3
Sail Forth looks like a wonderful ocean adventure on the more chilled side of things (in a way), and if it's anything like the earlier versions I tried a while back, it would be an easy recommendation.
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Immortals Fenyx Rising now on Steam but quite messy on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
5
Immortals Fenyx Rising is another from Ubisoft as they continue putting their games back on Steam, and sadly this release seems a bit messy on Steam Deck.
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