Windows Games’ Compatibility on Linux Is at an All-Time High| boilingsteam.com
Between 2025-10-18 and 2025-10-25 we selected 17 newly released games that are rated as Verified or Playable on the Steam Deck, and meeting specific criteria in terms of user ratings. This was a very strong week, with a lot of great games in many different genres. You get one great action game with the new Ninja Gaiden 4, a new superhero game a la Telltales with Dispatch, and Jurassic Word Evolution 3 which appears to be the best episode in the series yet. Frankly, I don’t know where to sta...| Boiling Steam
Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo Review| boilingsteam.com
Between 2025-10-15 and 2025-10-22 there were 31 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 433 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 7.2 % of total released titles. The most popular title of the past week is without doubt Necesse, a mashup of Rimworld, Terraria, Stardew Valley, and the survivor genre. Looks improbable but this is a very successful recipe that has several gamers saying the genre has p...| Boiling Steam
New Steam Games with Native Linux Clients, including Ruffy and The Riverside - 2025-07-02 Edition| boilingsteam.com
Between 2025-10-11 and 2025-10-18 we selected 5 newly released games that are rated as Verified or Playable on the Steam Deck, and meeting specific criteria in terms of user ratings. Looks like Devolver has a new hit in their catalog with Ball X Pit, a strange mashup of survivor, shooter, bouncing ball mechanics as well as base-building with roguelite elements. It seems a mouthful but once you see the trailer it all makes sense. This game is a very big deal and has become massively popular. H...| Boiling Steam
In the second hall, there were many booths and not just the ones that were indie or hardware related. There were also middleware companies and many other services, such as vendors proposing AI models to speed up asset creation and more stuff in that field. As I was walking around, what caught my attention very quickly was the Alibaba Cloud booth. Everyone knows the company that is behind AliExpress, but maybe some of you are not aware that they also are an AI model powerhouse, with very effec...| Boiling Steam
Between 2025-10-08 and 2025-10-15 there were 28 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 367 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 7.6 % of total released titles. A slow week if anything, and to be frank there’s no huge title or anything really standing out in this past week. Here’s nevertheless a quick pick of the most interesting new games:| Boiling Steam
Between 2025-10-04 and 2025-10-11 we selected 8 newly released games that are rated as Verified or Playable on the Steam Deck, and meeting specific criteria in terms of user ratings. This time I’d like to point out Absolum as a highlight - it seems to be an absolute blast if you like action / roguelite games in the same vein as Hades. Here’s the whole list below.| Boiling Steam
When JDM: Japanese Drift Master launched on PC in May 2025, i was kind of excited. The trailers promised an open-world celebration of Japan’s countryside roads, of misty mountain passes, with a fairly accurate rendition of what Japan actually looks like. I was cautiously optimistic but now, after having spent good time with the game, the reality hit me hard like a slap in the face. It’s far from meeting my expectations. What JDM delivers, in its current state, feels like an unfinished pro...| Boiling Steam
Remember our predictions related to Linux Gaming that we did for several years? It turns out one of the predictions we made back back for the year 2022 was namely A big AAA publisher officially supports Linux/Steam Deck for at least one title, with a native client. At the time, it did not happen, so we thought we were wrong. But actually, we were just way ahead of the curve! This happened as we were travelling to attend the Tokyo Games Show 2025, so this piece of news is a few days late. But ...| Boiling Steam
Between 2025-10-01 and 2025-10-08 there were 43 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 373 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 11.5 % of total released titles. THere was a lot of junk in the 43 titles, so the final selection is not too long, but there’s a few cool titles like Genokids that reminds me of Devil May Cry with cartoonish graphics. Here’s our picks for the week:| Boiling Steam
Almost the end of the year! Here’s another reason to look at the ProtonDB data since there’s still a significant amount of movement. Before we move to numbers, I don’t want to bore you with the usual disclaimer, but the following needs to be said nonetheless: - This may not be representative of all types of Linux users. I’m sure this is not what your AWS engineer uses on EC2. - This may not be completely representative of all Linux gamers either. But I’d wage this is actually a good...| Boiling Steam
The Tokyo Game Show 2025 was yet another good event to check how the PC handheld market is shaping up. Every booth was chasing the specs and trying to differentiate themselves with specific features. We have a short video if you want a quick overview before jumping in more details afterwards. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1UnLCKgOmM Let’s start with OneX Player.| Boiling Steam
Between 2025-09-27 and 2025-10-04 we selected 5 newly released games that are rated as Verified or Playable on the Steam Deck, and meeting our own specific criteria in terms of user ratings. Not a lot in this past week, but there’s high profile titles like the Final Fantasy Tactics remaster, and Lego Party. It seems like the FF Tactics remake was kind of rebuilt from scratch since they did not have access to the original source code. Sucks if that’s true! Here’s the whole list below.| Boiling Steam
Between 2025-09-24 and 2025-10-01 there were 42 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 443 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 9.5 % of total released titles. There’s a lot of average-ey looking titles, and one that stands out because it looks really fun, a rythm-driven game called Beatblock. Here’s the whole list below.| Boiling Steam
This post is a few days late since I was at the Tokyo Games Show when the news were out. I almost fell off from my seat when I saw that *Pop!_OS was back* with a new build based on 24.04 Ubuntu LTS (the current version is based on the now super OLD 22.04 LTS). Note that this is a beta image for now, so you might want to wait a little if you are currently using Pop!_OS. The main reason why this release is SOOOOO late, is mostly what I supposed all along. System76 has been actively at work on t...| Boiling Steam
Between 2025-09-20 and 2025-09-27 we selected 17 newly released games that are rated as Verified or Playable on the Steam Deck, and meeting specific criteria in terms of user ratings. This is a pretty big week ! Sonic Racing Crossworlds appears to be one of the best arcade racing games ever made, you get a new Silent Hill as well, Hades II comes out of Early Access, and Mars First Logistics brings Lego-like robot building on Mars. Phew! There’s more so check the whole list below:| Boiling Steam
Between 2025-09-17 and 2025-09-24 there were 60 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 644 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 9.3 % of total released titles. There’s quite a lot of games this time around, such as It Has My Face which is asking you to hunt your clone before it kills you (roguelite), and Granvir, a successful mecha game with roguelite elements (yes, again!). Here’s the full ...| Boiling Steam
The second day at the TGS always feels like a race. You know you need to cover this and that, and now you have a clear time bomb working against you. And to make things worse, this second business day was absolutely packed with people again. It’s almost hard to believe how many people managed to fit in there. The public days is worse, of course, and will make you fit like fish in a can.| Boiling Steam
So today was the first day of the Tokyo Games Show 2025! And what a day! It felt like a whole new show compared to the usual editions. I’m not sure what happened suddenly, but the show is bigger than ever. More booths everywhere, and a lot, and I mean A LOT of games to see and try out everywhere. I walked around the whole place during the day without taking a break and I felt I barely scratched the surface! Which is good or SAD! depending on your point of view. Let me first share of the gam...| Boiling Steam
Following our review of their recent RV2 RISC-V board, OrangePi has offered us to review one of their latest ARM64 based hardware, the OrangePi 5 Ultra. This is currently their highest specs ARM64 SBC. So what can we expect from the OrangePi Pi 5 Ultra board ? Let’s go through the specs first.| Boiling Steam
Between 2025-09-13 and 2025-09-20 we selected 19 newly released games that are rated as Verified or Playable on the Steam Deck, and meeting specific criteria in terms of user ratings. This is a huge week not just in terms of numbers, but in quality as well. There’s no less than 3 new worthy entries in the vampire survivor genre, with Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor looking very good. And let’s not forget a sequel to the well known Zombie franchise, with Dying Light: The Beast. There’s also...| Boiling Steam
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Man, I can’t believe I am publishing this in September 2025. As you can guess, this article originated early in 2025, and just like many other drafts, work-in-progress pieces, they end up lingering before they finally make it to the front page. In a sense, it does not matter that much. 2024 is still in the past, and the conclusion has not changed. It’s just delivered to you later than expected. But for some of you who don’t know Frieren, this will be another way to discover it. So… I ...| Boiling Steam
Between 2025-09-10 and 2025-09-17 there were 41 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 473 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 8.7 % of total released titles. It’s a slow week. There is not a lot to talk about, and nothing that stands out. Still, I’d recommend you check the following:| Boiling Steam
Developed by Castle Pixel, known for their charming pixel art, and narrated by none other than Roger Clark (yes, that Arthur Morgan from Red Dead Redemption 2!), Cattle Country is another farming‑and‑exploration title that tries to stand out in a crowded genre. If you’re familiar with Stardew Valley - the game that has inspired countless imitators - you’ll recognize many of the same comforts, but this time the setting is unmistakably the Wild West. Cute details like birds wheeling ove...| Boiling Steam
Between 2025-09-06 and 2025-09-13 we selected 9 newly released games that are rated as Verified or Playable on the Steam Deck, and meeting specific criteria in terms of user ratings. There’s no huge title released in that timeframe, but Star Birds (cozy base building) and Dead Reset (Horror FMV game) may be sticking their heads out from the lot. Here’s the full list of titles worth checking:| Boiling Steam
Between 2025-09-03 and 2025-09-10 there were 47 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 377 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 12.5 % of total released titles. In this past week, we have already mentioned the release of Silksong, but there’s also the horror game Cronos: The New Dawn from Bloober Team, who are specialists in the genre. Seems like they executed almost perfectly on that one. Her...| Boiling Steam
The summer is now over, and I wanted to check again what has happened in regard the choice of Linux Distros used for gaming, using our favorite dataset: the ProtonDB data. I don’t want to bore you with the disclaimer, but the following needs to be said nonetheless: - This may not be representative of all types of Linux users. I’m sure this is not what your AWS engineer uses on EC2. - This may not be completely representative of all Linux gamers either. But I’d wage this is actually a go...| Boiling Steam
Between 2025-08-30 and 2025-09-06 we selected 8 newly released games that are rated as Verified or Playable on the Steam Deck, and meeting specific criteria in terms of user ratings. The obvious highlight of the past week is the release of Hollow Knight: Silksong, the sequel to Hollow Knight, which crashed all the online stores when it came out. It is rated as Verified, as you would expect. There’s quite a few more titles that are worth considering in case Silksong is not for you.| Boiling Steam
I remember playing this game a hell of a lot back in 2004 and 2005 after it was out. That was a blast. A RTS in the world of Warhammer 40k! Who does not love that?! And that was Relic of old at the wheel, so you know you were in capable hands. And they delivered. Little did I know at the time, that it would be the best Warhammer 40k RTS ever. There were 2 episodes following that one, and both were disappointing in their own ways. Dawn of War 2 did away with the base building and made you work...| Boiling Steam
Between 2025-08-27 and 2025-09-03 there were 44 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 458 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 9.6 % of total released titles. There are a few good ones in this past week, but it’s still a slow week altogether, you should expect bigger releases to start in the course of September. Here’s a quick pick of the ones you still ought to consider:| Boiling Steam
Between 2025-08-23 and 2025-08-30 we selected 8 newly released games that are rated as Verified or Playable on the Steam Deck, and meeting specific criteria in terms of user ratings. That past week is a dream for gamers who like cozy games, with Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar focusing on farming and social interactions, and Whisper of the House which is a game about unpacking, decorating interiors and helping people. Here’s the whole list of what you should consider giving your Deck:| Boiling Steam
Following my first impressions of the Framework Desktop, I want to share with you all today more information about its gaming capabilities. My care here is mostly about real world use. I have decided to throw some well known, demanding games at it, and see how it performs. If you want a TLDR, this is it: this machine has the most powerful integrated graphics ever seen, and not by a small margin. This APU is really something. With this machine, you don’t need a discrete GPU to play recent ga...| Boiling Steam
Between 2025-08-20 and 2025-08-27 there were 30 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 442 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 6.8 % of total released titles. Not a lot of Linux clients, hey? In any case, there’s nothing really outstanding in the past week. Here’s a quick pick of the most interesting titles, nonetheless:| Boiling Steam
Between 2025-08-16 and 2025-08-23 we selected 6 newly released games that are rated as Verified or Playable on the Steam Deck, and meeting specific criteria in terms of user ratings. It’s a quiet week in the middle of August, so don’t expect these new releases to make a lot of waves… yet, Stick It to the Stickman seems to be an excellent entry in the Stickman-based fighting games. Here’s the full and short list below:| Boiling Steam
Between 2025-08-13 and 2025-08-20 there were 46 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 466 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 9.9 % of total released titles. It’s Mid-August. Don’t expect too much. It’s quiet. At least there’s Rock Crusher if you like Vampire Survivors but prefer breaking rocks instead of undead monsters. And here’s the rest!| Boiling Steam
Between 2025-08-09 and 2025-08-16 we selected 9 newly released games that are rated as Verified or Playable on the Steam Deck, and meeting specific criteria in terms of user ratings. There’s two games that stand out in this week, the remaster of Off (a retro RPG, remastered) and Deadzone: Rogue (a roguelite FPS in space). The official Steam release of “OFF” is a remaster of the original 2008 RPG Maker game. It features a new soundtrack, cleaned-up visuals, rebalanced gameplay, and new b...| Boiling Steam
The King is Watching is exactly about that: you play the King, and your people are only doing actual work when you are watching them! There’s more background and lore, but that’s the key concept at the core of this new indie game.| Boiling Steam
Between 2025-08-06 and 2025-08-13 there were 36 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 418 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 8.6 % of total released titles. This time it’s worth highlighting Tiny Bookshop, an unusual game that lets you set up a small bookshop in different areas and manage it as you go. Looks very well done and relaxing. Here’s a quick pick of all the titles you ought to c...| Boiling Steam
Following our recent first impressions of the Framework Desktop, which I tested while connected to a LAN cable, I was interested in making it more mobile with a wireless module. There is such a slot at the back of the motherboard, using a standard M2 (2230) port. The Framework Desktop ships with an AMD RZ717 wireless module if you buy the whole package. That chip which supports Wi-Fi 7. This module is also frequently identified as a MediaTek RZ616 or MT7922, based on community reports. If you...| Boiling Steam
Between 2025-08-02 and 2025-08-09 we selected 13 newly released games that are rated as Verified or Playable on the Steam Deck, and meeting specific criteria in terms of user ratings. Is this Seat Taken, that was playable during a recent Steam Next Fest, is finally out and has received very favorable reviews. It’s a new type of puzzle game where you have to find the proper seat where to place people in order to meet several specific conditions. Here’s the full list of games worth consider...| Boiling Steam
Rogue Snail put this important speck of Brazilian history on the spotlight with Hell Clock. A schizophrenic roguelite ARPG bullet-hell that works ok on Linux with Proton Experimental (10+).| Boiling Steam
So it’s time to talk about the Framework Desktop! We mentioned it back in March 20025 ahead of its release. It’s a significant machine for Framework for several reasons: - it’s their first foray in the Desktop (or mini-desktop) category - it’s also their first machine that is not entirely upgradeable Framework has built its brand on delivering devices to end users that can be easily opened, upgraded, and repaired. Moving to a desktop where the RAM is now soldered (LPDDR5x RAM) on the ...| Boiling Steam
Between 2025-07-30 and 2025-08-06 there were 57 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. A lot of indie games again in this week, and a fairly good set at that! One of them that stands out is Liftoff: Micro-Drones, that gives you a chance to experience the insane speed of piloting a racing drone! Here’s the full list of games worth considering:| Boiling Steam
Between 2025-07-26 and 2025-08-02 we selected 11 newly released games that are rated as Verified or Playable on the Steam Deck, and meeting specific criteria in terms of user ratings. Lots of good stuff in the past week. While standout titles like Ninja Gaiden (from the creators of the excellent, bloody and disturbing Blasphemous) and the live-action horror hybrid Dead Take made the cut, one game truly stood out: Fumes. Fighting with cars armed to the teeth in the Wasteland is always fun - th...| Boiling Steam
Linux Gaming, Steam Deck Gaming, Proton and more Linux related news and analyses. We feature Game Reviews, Previews, Industry News, Interviews, Hardware, and all aspects of the Linux Gaming world including the Steam Deck.| boilingsteam.com
TGS 2025: A Conversation with Alibaba Cloud| boilingsteam.com
New Steam Games with Native Linux Clients, including Silksong and Cronos: The New Dawn - 2025-09-10 Edition| boilingsteam.com
OrangePi 5 Ultra Review: an ARM64 SBC Powerhouse| boilingsteam.com
New Steam Games with Native Linux Clients - 2025-08-27 Edition| boilingsteam.com
Valve's Steam Machines: Was the Idea of Linux-Based Gaming Devices in Vain?| boilingsteam.com
Steam Deck's Latest Competitor: Lenovo Opens Preorders for the Legion Go| boilingsteam.com
Steam Deck Sales in Edion Osaka Store in Japan: Final Update Before the End of Special Event| boilingsteam.com
A Bit of Brazilian History with Hell Clock (Review)| boilingsteam.com
Aula WIN68 Hall-Effect Standard Edition Keyboard Review| boilingsteam.com
New Steam Games with Native Linux Clients, including Snako and TDS - 2025-05-28 Edition| boilingsteam.com
SteamOS comes to the Lenovo Legion Go S - Is this Steam Machines 2.0 ?| boilingsteam.com
Asus ROG Ally vs Steam Deck? I Bet on the Steam Deck Coming Ahead and Here's Why| boilingsteam.com
SteamOS 3.7.8 Brings Official Support to Non-Steam Deck Devices| boilingsteam.com
