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OneShot: World Machine Edition is coming to Steam with Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe, Sep 2

OneShot is a surreal top down puzzle / adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities that released back in 2016, a console adaption OneShot: World Machine Edition released in 2022 that is now coming to Steam with Steam Deck support.

Run a paranormal investigation business in point and click adventure The Phantom Fellows

By Liam Dawe, Sep 2

The Phantom Fellows is a new point and click adventure that follows two best friends who start a paranormal investigation business together, and one of them is already dead.

GE-Proton 9-12 released with fixes for Star Citizen, Bully: Scholarship and more

By Liam Dawe, Sep 2

Another fresh release of GE-Proton with version 9-12 has landed, bringing in upstream changes from official Valve projects, plus some game-specific fixes for Linux / Steam Deck gamers.

Here's what was most popular on Steam Deck through August 2024

By Liam Dawe, Sep 2

Another fresh month and so we can see overall what people have been playing on Steam Deck, so here's your run over what everyone's jumping into.

Steam Survey for August 2024 shows Linux just below 2% as China surges

By Liam Dawe, Sep 2

The latest Steam Hardware & Software Survey is out now for August 2024, so let's go over the details on where Linux stands right now.

Selaco hits 70,000 copies sold with a big update live and sale now on

By Liam Dawe, Aug 30

Altered Orbit Studios have done well with Selaco. They just announced some stats, along with a brand new update and a sale live now.

Dungeon Divers is a dungeon-themed take on Minesweeper that gets complicated

By Liam Dawe, Aug 30

What do you get when you cross Minesweeper with a sort-of dungeon crawler? Well Dungeon Divers is pretty much the answer to that.

Mechabellum, my favourite auto-battling strategy game launches September 26

By Liam Dawe, Aug 30

Ah, auto battlers, at one point they seemed like they would be all the rage, but most quickly moved on. Mechabellum thankfully, feels a bit different, and quickly became a real favourite and it's set to leave Early Access on September 26.

Deadlock surpassed 100,000 concurrent players, Valve adds wall jumping

By Liam Dawe, Aug 30

Valve's latest game Deadlock continues rising up the most-played games ranking on Steam, despite it being invite-only and the developers continue expanding it.

Valve tweak Steam pages again, giving developers some more options while dealing with the mess

By Liam Dawe, Aug 30

Recently, Valve put some new rules in place for Steam pages, because they were getting a bit messy with some publishers using them like pure advertising boards for other games. Now though, Valve have announced more changes.

The Abandoned Planet is a Myst-like classic pixel-art adventure out now

By Liam Dawe, Aug 30

Love your mysterious point and click adventures like the classics? Inspired by Myst and Riven, the pixel-art game The Abandoned Planet is out now.

Bazzite Linux gets keyboard-less installation (good for handhelds) and smaller updates

By Liam Dawe, Aug 30

Bazzite, the Fedora-based version of Linux that's designed for the "next generation of Linux gaming" has a fresh release out with some great improvements, especially for gaming handhelds like the Steam Deck OLED, Lenovo Legion Go, ASUS ROG Ally and others.