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Fanatical brings back the Oddworld Complete Collection for $1 / £1

By Liam Dawe,
You can once again grab the Oddworld Complete Collection at the price of some loose change that you can find down the back of your sofa.

Cinnamon desktop from Linux Mint gets easier for other distros to package

By Liam Dawe,
The March 2025 development round-up blog post from Linux Mint covers some interesting changes coming to the popular Linux distribution, like making packaging the Cinnamon desktop easier for other distributions.
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Civilization VII version 1.2 will let you play forever, adds "Teams Multiplayer" and more major changes

By Liam Dawe,
Sid Meier's Civilization VII version 1.2 is due out April 22, and with it Firaxis Games are once again solving numerous complaints players have about the game, and it all sounds really positive.

Mesa 25.1 will make Indiana Jones: The Great Circle playable on older AMD GPUs

By Liam Dawe,
Since Ray Tracing is a requirement to run Indiana Jones: The Great Circle, a change has been merged into RADV (AMD Vulkan driver) for Mesa to get it working on older AMD GPUs.

Do screeching doughnuts and mow enemies down with saw blades in Driveloop: Survivors

By Liam Dawe,
Driveloop: Survivors is another attempt to blend the survivor-like bullet heaven whatchamacallit genre made popular by Vampire Survivors with vehicles. It's out now in Early Access so I took it for a spin.

Save an extra 10% on the Fanatical Play on the Go Bundle Elite Collection with our code

By Liam Dawe,
Fanatical have given all GamingOnLinux readers a chance to grab some games even cheaper than usual, with a special discount code on their Play on the Go Bundle Elite Collection Bundle.

DUCKSIDE from tinyBuild may get BattlEye Anti-Cheat enabled for Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
After recently switching over from Easy Anti-Cheat to BattlEye for DUCKSIDE, tinyBuild have confirmed they're now looking to enable it for players on Steam Deck / Linux with Proton.

Sonic Rumble releases May 8 and it's Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe,
SEGA have revealed that Sonic Rumble, their attempt at a sorta-of racing Battle Royale, is scheduled to release on May 8. It's also Steam Deck Verified, which I already wrote about earlier this month.

Become a pirate captain in Red Rogue Sea that combines FTL and deckbuilding with a demo out now

By Liam Dawe,
Red Rogue Sea is one high up on my wishlist! After being completely hooked by FTL: Faster Than Light when it originally released, I'm always keen to see more like it and now a demo is available.

Cosy floating island decoration game Twinkleby revealed by Meadow and Shelter devs Might and Delight

By Liam Dawe,
Might and Delight have revealed Twinkleby, a new cosy decoration game where you map out an archipelago of floating islands and build dioramas for a society of spacefaring neighbours.

Cute life sim Little Sim World comes to Early Access on May 1

By Liam Dawe,
Developer .Gravity announced recently that Little Sim World will be entering Early Access on May 1st, and it appears it will also get Linux / Steam Deck support.

Proton Hotfix updated to fix Monster Hunter Wilds on Linux / Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
A recent update to Monster Hunter Wilds has been causing problems for players on Linux platforms including SteamOS / Steam Deck. Valve has now put out an update to Proton Hotfix to work around it.

Croc Legend of the Gobbos Remaster out now on GOG

By Liam Dawe,
Out now and exclusive to the GOG store, Croc Legend of the Gobbos returns with a Remaster from Argonaut Games, bringing the classic back with many modern enhancements.

Retro FPS classic The Fortress of Dr. Radiaki is coming to Steam with an enhanced edition

By Liam Dawe,
The Fortress of Dr. Radiaki originally released back in 1994 and it's getting a little revival thanks to ZOOM Platform Media / Lee Jacobson with a Steam release due out in May.

Fast-paced car combat game FUMES has an awesome demo worth playing

By Liam Dawe,
FUMES is simply awesome. Bringing back retro fast-paced car combat that feels like the classic Interstate '76 and Twisted Metal meets Mad Max only more crazy with boss battles and all sorts.

Team Fortress 2 Legacy (not to be confused with Team Fortress 2 Classic) is coming to Steam

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have truly opened the floodgates for Team Fortress 2 mod teams when they added TF2 to the Source SDK, with Team Fortress 2 Legacy announced for a Steam release.

Get some quality highly-rated indies in the Armor Games Humble Bundle

By Liam Dawe,
The Armor Games Humble Bundle brings 10 interesting looking highly-rated indie games for you, a nice chance to grab something new for the week. Included are compatibility ratings for Steam Deck and Desktop Linux.

Boomer shooter Gravelord adds controller support and gets Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe,
Gravelord is an Early Access boomer shooter from Fatbot Games, creators of the dungeon crawler series Vaporum, and the latest update makes it more accessible with it now Steam Deck Verified thanks to the addition of controller support.

SILENT HILL f gets rated Steam Deck Playable

By Liam Dawe,
Nice to see Valve getting more pre-release testing done for major games. SILENT HILL f has now been rated Steam Deck Playable.

The Jackbox Party Pack 11 is on the way and Trivia Murder Party 3 teased

By Liam Dawe,
Jackbox Games just held their first Jackbox Direct event to detail what they're working on with Jackbox Party Pack 11 being announced with all-new games. Additionally, we got a tease of a standalone game Trivia Murder Party 3.