The target ads depend on your user agent, so if you're browsing the store front on a Linux computer you'll only see games with Linux versions* there. Try switching your user agent (e.g. with a browser plugin) and you'll notice that only one (Papers, Please) of 15 games at the moment are available for Linux. That's actually a lower ratio of Linux games than there currently are on Steam, which is about 1 of 6 games. Additionally the target ads are a mix of top sellers and new big releases, so even a lot of new releases with a Linux version will never show up here.

There's the "New Releases" tab further down on the page, which is my favorite, but even that has several issues:

1) It's not selected by default. The "Top Sellers" tab is.
2) It's limited to 100 spots, so new releases will disappear off this list never to be seen again if they haven't made an impression in a matter of a few weeks.
3) Many probably never will because if you want to see releases that are older than two or three days, you'll have to meticulously click through several pages to find the rest, which I'm pretty sure the average user won't bother with.
4) Older games with a recent Linux port never show up here. If they're lucky they show up among the featured Linux games or in the news frame.

That last one is a big problem in my opinion because several indie developers push out their games for Windows (and maybe Mac) first and then a Linux a few weeks or months later. But by that time it might be a little too late because it's going to be that much harder to find it. There really isn't a good way at the moment to find these games unless they're high profile game.

*You'll currently also see Son of Nor there, but I assume the reason why it's visible to us is that it had a Linux version of release but it was pulled by the developer because there were a number of issues with it.

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Blocks That Matter and Tetrobot & Co. are two of my all time favorite games. The latter has some of the best level design I've ever seen in a puzzle "platformer", but unfortunately it didn't sell well. Which in turn might mean Swing Swing Submarine will have to close down shop if their upcoming game Seasons After Fall isn't a massive success at release.

One thing that both surprises and annoys me about Steam's store front is that they don't do more to promote new releases and ports to Linux. You'd think they'd be interested in doing that the way they promote Linux as "the platform of the future" but when Tetrobot & Co. was released for Linux at the end of 2013 hardly anyone even knew about it.

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The user reviews on Steam are 10/11 positive. I don't bother with those ratings. I might read some of the reviews and mostly agree but then I usually get surprised by the low scores. Sometimes it's like AAA starts at 7/10 even if it's crap while the really good indies never get more than 8 or 9 tops.

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I bought it on release a couple of days ago and I'm enjoying it a lot so far, but I'm only at the end of the first of four "worlds". It looks a lot like The Bridge with an isometric view and some more classic painters thrown into the mix. Gameplay wise it's a lot more like RUSH with elements of the classic Chip's Challenge though.

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Jenny LeClue just reached their target and Bolt Riley is only missing $3K with 15 hours to go.

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So apparently there are 3 or 4 people on the entire planet who is excited by the Linux announcement, they all dual boot and also pirate the game instead of paying for it. I don't know why I keep reading comments on articles like that on IGN. :/

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I'm getting more of a "Monochroma with shooting" feeling from this. I've had it on my Steam wishlist since @SteamDB_Linux tweeted Linux support.

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I already backed all three point and click adventures mentioned and was going to back K.O.L.M but forgot about it. Thanks for the reminder!

Bolt Riley had a rough start but seems to be picking up now and is currently at $20K with two days to go. I hope K.O.L.M. also picks up speed soon.

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I got a tip about which game would be featured in August's box (and a coupon for 10% off), so I really wanted to get it. The cost of shipping to Europe meant I'd have to pay more for shipping than for the actual box though, so that unfortunately put me off it.

Would love to see this article series continued as there has been some very good games in there (At least Teslagrad and Escape Goat. I haven't played Forced.) so far and the contents of the boxes look great.

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The main campaign of YHTWTG can be completed in about 7 minutes but that takes hours of practice. And on top of that there's an "extra spicy" campaign that is much harder and probably took me at least 3-4 hours in itself, even on normal difficulty. So, yeah, stan is right about that. It felt like a full game to me.

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