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A look at the top 100 Steam games on Linux - January 2022 edition

By Liam Dawe, 4 Jan 2022

To begin 2022, let's take a fresh look at the current top 100 Steam games and see how well (or not) the run on Linux.

Death Stranding absolutely sold me and you should play it

By Liam Dawe, 22 Dec 2021

I don't actually often play the big AAA games but for Death Stranding, I finally took the plunge and thanks to Steam Play Proton running it on Linux was a fantastic experience overall.

Proton Experimental sees new fixes for DEATHLOOP, Forza Horizon 5

By Liam Dawe, 21 Dec 2021

Valve has put out another small upgrade to Proton Experimental, with it focused on improving a couple of popular games.

Seems no hope for Insurgency: Sandstorm on Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe, 17 Dec 2021

Sadly it seems like Insurgency: Sandstorm is not one you'll be enjoying on the Linux desktop or Valve's Steam Deck any time soon, even with Epic Games supporting Easy Anti-Cheat with Wine / Proton.

PUBG's newer anti-cheat sounds problematic for the Steam Deck and Linux

By Liam Dawe, 13 Dec 2021

PUBG is currently a game that doesn't work at all on Linux due to anti-cheat, even with the Steam Deck coming it's sounding like a game that won't play nicely. Oh, it's also going free to play.

More BattlEye titles for Proton on Linux including DayZ, ARMA 3 now supported

By Liam Dawe, 3 Dec 2021

Valve has announced today that BattlEye support on Linux with Steam Play Proton has expanded, with new titles available.

Ubisoft suggest posting on their forum for Proton support in Rainbow Six Siege

By Liam Dawe, 30 Nov 2021

Now that getting games that use BattlEye for anti-cheat working on Linux (either native or through Proton) is easier, an Ubisoft rep suggests people post in their forum to show demand for it.

Valve puts up official developer FAQ for the Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 30 Nov 2021

With the Steamworks Virtual Conference: Steam Deck over now, Valve has put up their own official set of answers to various common questions.

Capcom shows off official video of Devil May Cry 5 on the Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 26 Nov 2021

As more developers get their hands on a Steam Deck devkit, we're seeing plenty more show their games and now Capcom has taken a turn with Devil May Cry 5.

Canonical want your feedback on Ubuntu Gaming

By Liam Dawe, 26 Nov 2021

Looks like Canonical, the creator of Ubuntu, want to get in on more Linux Gaming with their Desktop Product Manager starting a new series of blog posts and your feedback is needed.

Steam Play Proton 6.3-8 out with initial BattlEye support, CEG DRM and more games

By Liam Dawe, 25 Nov 2021

Probably one of the more exciting releases of Proton lately, with lots of what was previously in Proton Experimental now in the main release with Proton 6.3-8 out now.

VR-exclusive Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Tempestfall is out, works on Linux with Proton

By Liam Dawe, 24 Nov 2021

Ready to sweat a little? Jump into the bleak fantasy world of the VR-exclusive Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Tempestfall.

Proton Experimental update fixes up DEATHLOOP, Forza Horizon 5 and more

By Liam Dawe, 19 Nov 2021

More fixes made their way into Proton Experimental yesterday, with Valve / CodeWeavers fixing up some issues in a few different games.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance gets shown off on the Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 17 Nov 2021

Warhorse Studios gave us a pretty good look at Kingdom Come: Deliverance running on the Steam Deck handheld in a recent video on YouTube.

Forza Horizon 5 multiplayer should work on Linux with Proton Experimental

By Liam Dawe, 15 Nov 2021

A few days ago Forza Horizon 5 became playable on Linux and now Valve / CodeWeavers have upgraded Proton Experimental yet again to try and get multiplayer sorted.

Valve answers the question: should developers do native Linux support or Proton?

By Liam Dawe, 13 Nov 2021

With the Steamworks Virtual Conference: Steam Deck over, we now have quite a few details that have come out on what to expect from the Steam Deck, Proton, Linux, SteamOS 3 and more.

Proton 6.3-8 gets a first Release Candidate, lots of games working on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 13 Nov 2021

A fresh Proton release is coming up with Proton 6.3-8 now seeing a Release Candidate ready for more people to test and report issues on.

Forza Horizon 5 on Linux? Yeah okay fine, Proton Experimental was updated

By Liam Dawe, 12 Nov 2021

So it wasn't enough that Age of Empires 4 from Xbox Game Studios was now playable on Linux, Proton Experimental has once again been upgraded to get Forza Horizon 5 off the starting line.