Alternatives to popular games that don't work on Linux, Steam Deck and SteamOS
With the amount of games that block Linux platforms including SteamOS and Steam Deck, here's your guide to some great alternatives.
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A second Hollow Knight: Silksong patch is ready for testing - here's the details
Team Cherry clearly aren't slowing down on making improvements to the smash-hit Hollow Knight: Silksong, with a second patch already available to test.
SteamOS support is being explored for the Lenovo Legion Go 2
Depending on what region you're in, the Lenovo Legion Go 2 might have already landed and it seems like SteamOS might come officially in future.
Funny dungeon crawler Lucky Tower Ultimate 1.0 arrives Q1 2026 with an extra content update coming
Lucky Tower Ultimate is truly a brilliantly silly dungeon crawler and one you need to play! The 1.0 has been announced for Q1 2026 and more content is coming.
Full Circle / EA confirm again that skate. will not support Linux, Steam Deck or macOS
skate. from developer Full Circle and Electronic Arts (EA) is about to enter Early Access, and due to the anti-cheat there's no support for Linux / Steam Deck.
Palworld 1.0 arrives next year with a huge update and plans to fix all the jank
Pocketpair have revealed that Palworld 1.0 will arrive next year, with updates being quieter for the rest of the year while they fix all the quirks and jank.
Call of the Void is an epic new Quake 2 Remastered crossover mod with Quake 1
Love some Quake? You're not going to want to miss this one. Call of the Void is an impressive new crossover mod release for Quake 2.
GPD WIN 5 highlights support for running Bazzite Linux
The upcoming pricey and strangely designed GPD WIN 5 is coming later this year, and it's now confirmed to have support for Bazzite Linux.
The Crew from Ubisoft gets revived thanks to the The Crew Unlimited project
The Crew can now live on thanks to the community, after Ubisoft completely shut it down the The Crew Unlimited project has released to keep it alive.
Godot 4.5 released with lots of big new features
Godot Engine 4.5 has been officially released further enhancing this free and open source cross-platform game engine.
AMDVLK has been discontinued as AMD are throwing their "full support" behind RADV
AMD have announced the end of AMDVLK, their official open-source Vulkan driver and will instead now be focusing on the much more popular RADV.
The cute co-op game LEGO Voyagers has released and it's Steam Deck Verified
LEGO Voyagers is the cutest looking co-op game and it's available today, along with it getting Steam Deck Verified for the release.
Car combat game FUMES improves support for controllers and Steam Deck
FUMES really is awesome and it has an Overwhelmingly Positive rating on Steam which it gained quickly after release, and the developer keeps improving it.
Love a challenge? Check out the Humbling Soulslike Bundle of games
Humble Bundle have another great selection of games if you love a challenge in the Humbling Soulslike Bundle.
DRAGON BALL GEKISHIN SQUADRA works great on Linux PCs and Steam Deck
Bandai Namco Entertainment released DRAGON BALL GEKISHIN SQUADRA, a free to play MOBA set in the Dragon Ball universe and it works well on Linux / Steam Deck.
Super Mario Bros Remastered open source fan project brings an impressive remake to PC
Nintendo likely won't be happy about this one, so get it while it's hot, Super Mario Bros Remastered is out now and open source.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Legends of the Zone Trilogy gets a big upgrade and Steam Deck improvements
GSC Game World continue improving the recent S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Legends of the Zone Trilogy release, with version 1.3 out for all three titles.
Mate'Morphosis is an upcoming chess-inspired puzzle game about becoming the piece you capture
What have they done to chess? Mate'Morphosis warps it into a puzzle game where you become the piece you capture where you constantly have to adapt.
Slay the Spire 2 delayed and now arrives March 2026 - nothing to do with Silksong
Slay the Spire 2 was originally due in Early Access this year, but the developers have announced it's moving into March 2026.
Wine 10.15 released bringing Unicode 17 and some initial NTSYNC work
Wine 10.15 has rolled out as the latest development release on the Windows compatibility layer towards eventually the Wine 11 release next year.
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