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Valve fix lag and freezing in games with the Steam Overlay disabled

By Liam Squires-Hand,
On top of the recent Steam Deck / SteamOS update, Valve also released a desktop Steam Beta that should solve issues in games with the Steam Overlay disabled.

Steam Deck, SteamOS will now stop bugging you to install updates multiple times

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Valve released a fresh Steam update for Steam Deck / SteamOS and additionally a Beta update too, both of which solve some annoyances.

Freaky incremental dungeon crawler Horripilant gets a demo

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Horripilant is a thoroughly unusual dungeon crawler that will make you feel quite uneasy blending in some elements from idler, puzzle and autobattler games.

Chilled factory-builder shapez 2 gets a massive upgrade

By Liam Squires-Hand,
shapez 2 was already good and now the huge Dimension Update is out now, it looks like it's going to suck away plenty more hours of your time.

XWVM is a modern Unity engine to play STAR WARS - X-Wing, first Alpha out now

By Liam Squires-Hand,
XWVM is a re-implementation mod for STAR WARS - X-Wing made in Unity, allowing you to get a better experience on modern platforms.

Rock Crusher is an incremental clicker with a huge transformational skill tree

By Liam Squires-Hand,
I have, admittedly, spent far too long playing the demo of Rock Crusher. An upcoming incremental clicker with Leaf Blower Revolution vibes.

Point and click adventure The Mystery of Doomsday Valley confirmed for Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Another good one for fans of point and click adventures, keep an eye on the upcoming The Mystery of Doomsday Valley.

Ace shooter Selaco gets improved performance and a spiced-up randomizer mode

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Selaco continues being one of the best upcoming shooters, with the latest Early Access update making it smoother than ever.

Stellar Blade works well on Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Stellar Blade recently had a demo released and thankfully, it does seem to run well enough on Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck.

GE-Proton 10-4 brings updates for winewayland, AMD FSR4 and more game fixes

By Liam Squires-Hand,
GE-Proton 10-4 for running Windows games on Linux, SteamOS, Steam Deck has released with numerous fixes and AMD FSR4.

Wine 10.9 brings EGL support for all graphics drivers and updated vkd3d

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The Wine 10.9 development release is out now for the Windows compatibility layer, bringing new features and bug fixes.

Linux user share hits a multi-year high on Steam for May 2025

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The Linux user share on Steam has been slowly but steadily trending upwards, with May 2025 showing the highest point in years.

Humble Bundle have launched their 2025 Pride Month games bundle

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Humble have launched the Power Up Pride Bundle with another nice selection of games to celebrate Pride Month which runs until the end of June.

Here's the most played Steam Deck games for May 2025

By Liam Squires-Hand,
We've had some more big releases recently, so here's your up to date look at what games have been the most popular on Steam Deck for May 2025.

CRSED: Cuisine Royale devs confirm end of Linux / Steam Deck support

By Liam Squires-Hand,
CRSED: Cuisine Royale is a battle royale from Darkflow Software / Matter Team and Gaijin Network Ltd, and now it's unplayable on Linux / Steam Deck.

ACTION GAME MAKER devs exploring Linux support for the editor and exports

By Liam Squires-Hand,
ACTION GAME MAKER, the upcoming game making toolkit from Gotcha Gotcha Games (RPG Maker series) are exploring Linux support now.

Pixel-art RPG adventure Quartet releases August 26

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Following a successful Kickstarter back in 2021, pixel-art RPG Quartet has a new trailer and release date set.

Random chaotic puzzle-platformer Mosa Lina gets a big free expansion

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Mosa Lina is a crazy game, one that sometimes the levels don't exactly work right. It's all part of the fun in this random puzzle-platformer.

Kabuto Park is a short cosy bug-catching and battle game out now

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Like collecting creatures but don't have a lot of time? Kabuto Park is the one for you.

World of Goo 2 gets a rough level editor and Steam Workshop

By Liam Squires-Hand,
2D BOY / Tomorrow Corporation have updated World of Goo 2 to include their developer level editor, along with Steam Workshop support.