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Humble Bundle

Get Vampire Survivors, Atomicrops and other great games in this new Humble Bundle

By Liam Dawe,
1
Humble Bundle have another good one here for you with Vampire Survivors, Atomicrops and various other similar survivorlike bullet hell / bullet heavens.
Mesa logo

Mesa 25.1 open source graphics drivers are out now

By Liam Dawe,
0
Developer Eric Engestrom today officially announced the full release of Mesa 25.1, bringing with it plenty of upgrades for open source graphics drivers.
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Starfield

Valve developers continue to impress, fixing Proton in less than a day for the Starfield Beta

By Liam Dawe,
3
Bethesda have released a surprise Beta update for Starfield. The update brings with it numerous bug fixes, Creation Kit upgrades and there's even a new Very Low graphics setting option.
Captain Blood

15 years after being cancelled, pirate-themed action game Captain Blood is out now

By Liam Dawe,
5
Preservation is important for video games, but that often focuses on games that have been released. Here's a nice win for some developers though, as Captain Blood has managed to get released after being cancelled in 2010.
Cataclismo

Don't sleep on Cataclismo, building up fortresses like LEGO to defend against hordes is great

By Liam Dawe,
2
Cataclismo is a game where you design and build a fortress to face off against waves of enemy hordes. The LEGO-like building system is a lot of fun, really letting your creativity shine.
A Slight Chance of Sawblades

A Slight Chance of Sawblades is a fun high-score chaser with a demo out now

By Liam Dawe,
0
For readers who like their smaller, faster more casual high-score chasers you'll want to check out A Slight Chance of Sawblades.
Hordes of Hunger

Hordes of Hunger turns Vampire Survivors into a fast 3D slasher from devs of Blood West

By Liam Dawe,
0
With combat that feels more like a faster and slashier Diablo / Path of Exile, the latest game from Hyperstrange is Hordes of Hunger and so far it's a lot of fun.
BallisticNG

Wipeout-like anti-grav racer BallisticNG v1.4 out now bringing lots of new content and Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe,
1
Even though it was Steam Deck Verified back in February, that was Valve testing against an opt-in Beta (which is a bit weird) but now the big release is here for the anti-gravity racer BallisticNG.
Metal Thunder

Metal Thunder puts you in a the gunner seat of an AC-130 with progression popularised by Vampire Survivors

By Liam Dawe,
1
This is quite a unique experience. Merging the progression system made popular by Vampire Survivors, with the aerial combat of Call of Duty's AC-130 missions. Metal Thunder definitely has a fun idea to it.
Detective Dotson

Detective Dotson is a mystery adventure that's a love letter to India worth exploring out now

By Liam Dawe,
1
With a setting that not many games explore, Detective Dotson is a fresh adventure from Masala Games that's out now with Linux support. India is brought to life with some lovely pixel artwork in this new release, it's really quite eye-catching.
World of Goo 2

World of Goo 2 gets fixes for Steam Deck and now works offline

By Liam Dawe,
2
World of Goo 2 from 2D BOY / Tomorrow Corporation has a small update that's been released, cleaning up some issues reported by players and making it run better on Steam Deck.
SteamOS

SteamOS 3.7.5 for Steam Deck now in Beta with big upgrades and initial support for more hardware

By Liam Dawe,
4
Bringing some big changes down from Preview, SteamOS 3.7.5 for Steam Deck now in Beta as Valve work towards getting it in the stable release for all Steam Deck players and then eventually the public SteamOS release for more hardware.
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered

Proton 10 gets another Beta update with more fixes for Windows games on Linux / Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
0
Valve continue working towards a stable release of the major Proton 10 update, to bring many improvements to Windows game compatibility on Linux / Steam Deck. Today, Valve released a small bug fix update to the Proton 10 Beta.
Monster Hunter

Fanatical's Monster Hunter Bundle returns again with a good deal

By Liam Dawe,
2
Fanatical have revived their Build your own Monster Hunter Bundle, giving you another chance to build up your collection and it's pretty cheap.
Humble Choice

Humble Choice for May is stacked with STAR WARS: Bounty Hunter, The Thaumaturge, Amnesia: The Bunker and more

By Liam Dawe,
2
Looks like Humble Choice for May 2025 is actually pretty good, stacked with some great looking titles. Here's your usual monthly overview of what's in it and how they might run on Linux Desktop / Steam Deck.
SteamVR

Valve rolls out SteamVR 2.10 with quick recenter, reduced controller and physics jitter and Linux fixes

By Liam Dawe,
8
Valve have released the latest stable version of SteamVR with 2.10 bringing a few fixes and a couple of new features to improve the experience.
SuiPlay0x1 Playtron GameOS

Playtron wanted to take on Windows and SteamOS with their GameOS, now they're announcing a cryptocurrency

By Liam Dawe,
16
Reading the press release sounded like a late April Fools joke, but I think we all saw where Playtron were heading. After originally announcing PlaytronOS (now GameOS), their Linux-powered gaming system, they're now directly moving into crypto.
Starless Abyss

Starless Abyss is a seriously cool Eldritch-themed space strategy deckbuilder out now

By Liam Dawe,
0
My new favourite deck-builder? Could well be. Starless Abyss released late in April from Konafa Games and No More Robots blending together the worlds of Eldritch horror and deck-builders in a space strategy theme.
ASYLUM

Horror adventure ASYLUM updated for Steam Deck and on the way to being Verified

By Liam Dawe,
0
Senscape continue to tweak their supernatural horror adventure ASYLUM, with a recent update making a few changes to be on the way to getting it Steam Deck Verified. Also, the developer is still working on the Native Linux version.
BULLET YEETERS

BULLET YEETERS is an upcoming miniature-mayhem toy-scale PvP fragfest

By Liam Dawe,
2
I'm always on the lookout for a good online shooter that works well on Linux Desktop / Steam Deck and BULLET YEETERS is high up on the list of games that could be great.
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