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Between 2024-07-10 and 2024-07-17 there were 69 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 661 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 10.4 % of total released titles. This time there’s Enlisted from Gaijin, released as Free-to-Play - think War Thunder but in infantry mode this time. Seems like they did a solid job in terms...

Between 2024-07-03 and 2024-07-10 there were 21 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 246 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 8.5 % of total released titles. It’s the start of summer, a lot of people are not at home, and there’s definitely less releases than usual, especially quality ones. Still, even at the bottom...

Between 2024-06-26 and 2024-07-03 there were 30 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 331 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 9.1 % of total released titles. After last week’s great showing, this week feels a little empty in comparison - Here’s a quick pick of the most interesting ones nonetheless:

Between 2024-06-19 and 2024-06-26 there were 59 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 559 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 10.6 % of total released titles. there’s quite a lot of good stuff in this week, but the key highlight is *Until Then”, an indie adventure game, that’s exceptionally well-made. And on top of...

Between 2024-06-12 and 2024-06-19 there were 39 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 427 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 9.1 % of total released titles. This time there’s Sandwalkers to bring you in a roguelike adventure in the dunes, and TFC: The Fertile Crescent which is a modern take on the Populous genre....

Proton has been a major enabler to make it possible to run Windows games without a sweat on Linux. We know it has made huge strides over the years, but how much exactly? This is an easy answer for us at Boiling Steam, since we can leverage the wealth of ProtonDB data for this! Since the beginning ProtonDB collects data from end users to determine how well each game reported runs - up until later in 2019 it was...

Between 2024-06-05 and 2024-06-12 there were 47 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 375 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 12.5 % of total released titles. This week there’s two good picks, Heroes Wanted and Kamaeru, especially that last one if you like cozy games with a relaxing graphical style, and frogs (not...

Between 2024-05-29 and 2024-06-05 there were 48 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 357 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 13.4 % of total released titles. There’s a very special FPS out this week, Selaco, which is based on the GZDoom engine and brings back high-speed action old-school style. Quest Master is...

Schim will be released this year in July (2024) and we have got access to a pre-release demo (which is apparently different from the public demo). The game has been in development for a fairly long time, and you can see it’s now very polished. It’s mostly developed by Ewoud van der Werf, who started working on Schim as a school project, until the scope expanded beyond that.

Between 2024-05-22 and 2024-05-29 there were 43 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 305 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 14.1 % of total released titles. A higher percentage than usual. Among the lot there’s Duck Detective that’s worth mentioning, an easy and fun adventure game where you are a duck detective....

It’s time for another update related to the Linux distros used for gaming. As usual we use as the main source ProtonDB data dumps, and just a reminder, this does not include the Steam Deck - since every single time people come and comment “Arch is strong because of the Steam Deck”, which is just wrong because Arch was strong already before the Steam Deck launched, and the ProtonDB data is mostly based on desktop...

PtitSeb has been hard at work and the new versions of Box86 and Box64 are out! The hey highlights for this release are the following: - The Callret optimization is improved, delivering 10% to 20% increase performance in some cases (usually 32 bits games using WINE or Wow64) - The x87 support includes numerous fixes, useful for 32bits games * SSE4.2 support added

Between 2024-05-15 and 2024-05-22 there were 43 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 399 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 10.8 % of total released titles. There’s two games that I find worth mentioning - first Cyberpulse which is a new addition to the geometric shooter genre, and looks very well done. And then...

Between 2024-05-08 and 2024-05-15 there were 43 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 430 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 10 % of total released titles. Here’s a quick pick of the most interesting ones:

Between 2024-05-01 and 2024-05-08 there were 39 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 335 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 11.6 % of total released titles. Despite the large number, there’s a lot of junk and not so many titles worth mentioning, with the exception of Cozy Space Survivors as an outlier. Here’s the...

Between 2024-04-24 and 2024-05-01 there were 35 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 355 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 9.9 % of total released titles. There’s a lot of quirky games in the lot this week, but there’s also a new horde survivor game called Nordic Ashes that seems to get the formula exactly right....

The Tokyo Game Show 2023 is now long over - it was in September 2023 - but we did not have a chance to share with you yet the video edit of the event. This omission is now fixed, and you can watch below an overview in music of the event as we experienced it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MtPa8H_ZVs If you prefer a different platform, we also have the video on Peertube as well. You can also check out the same kind...

Between 2024-04-17 and 2024-04-24 there were 38 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 370 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 10.3 % of total released titles. Here’s a quick pick of the most interesting ones:

Another report that’s late! Between 2024-04-10 and 2024-04-17 there were 40 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 8.6 % of total released titles. In this week the highlight for me is Biogun which reminds me of Super Metroid, a frenetic 2D action game with huge bosses and...

In the Rail Route simulation game, users design their own railway networks by adding stations and contracts, progressively expanding complexity while unlocking new technologies and automation tools. The focus is on building and evolving the system with intricate strategies and experiencing mastery over a self-created world upon successful automation and seamless train operations.

We are back with our usual monthly update! Boiling Steam looks at the latest data dumps from ProtonDB to give you a quick list of new games that work (pretty much? see ratings) perfectly with Proton since they were released in March 2024 – all of them work out of the box or well enough with tweaks: - Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition: ProtonDB Info - Steam Store - Expeditions: A MudRunner Game: ProtonDB Info -...

A little late this time, but there’s our weekly update on the latest games released with a Linux client on Steam. Between 2024-04-03 and 2024-04-10 there were 54 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 468 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 11.5 % of total released titles. There’s a lot of games based on deck-building...

United Penguin Kingdom is a city builder where you have to protect your penguin colony from attack waves of seals and orcas. Developed by Turquoise Revival Games and published by GrabTheGames and UpgradePoint, it is a game that sounds like it was made with Linux in mind, but don’t be fooled. There is no native support, but it works well with Proton. My first impression was that it would be a chill building game with...

Between 2024-03-27 and 2024-04-03 there were 57 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 475 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 12 % of total released titles. A lot of titles for just a week! A lot more than usual. And since the percentage of Linux native clients is also high, we end up with quite a few good titles to...

Between 2024-03-20 and 2024-03-27 there were 32 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 392 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 8.2 % of total released titles. There’s not a lot going on in this week, but Slice & Dice is another outlier that builds on the roguelike genre with yet another different take involving dice...

I meant to cover this a little earlier, but better late than never. Following the recent federal lawsuit filed by Nintendo America against Yuzu, the popular Nintendo Switch emulator developed by Tropic Haze, the company has decided to shut down, settle with Nintendo, and take down all of its emulators from its site and related GitHub accounts. Despite the claims that Tropic Haze is going to pay 2.4 Million dollars...

Between 2024-03-13 and 2024-03-20 there were 25 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 238 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 10.5 % of total released titles. There’s not a lot of new games worth talking about this week, so here’s a quick pick of the most interesting ones:

Between 2024-03-06 and 2024-03-13 there were 51 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 399 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 12.8 % of total released titles. There’s a lot to like in this week, with games like Bore Blasters mixing mining with a vehicle that can be upgraded and roguelite elements. There’s a lot more,...

The Thaumaturge is a new game from the polish studio Fool’s Theory currently working on the Witcher 1 Remake under the supervision of CD Projekt Red. I was coming at that game from two angles. First, it has a refreshing look, takes place in a historical setting, and looks like nothing else ever made. The second angle is… it gives us a good idea what the studio could do as they work on the new Witcher game.

Between 2024-02-28 and 2024-03-06 there were 41 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 378 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 10.8 % of total released titles. There’s a lot of good stuff in this week, with KeeperRL mixing Dwarf Fortress, Dungeon Keeper and Roguelite elements all in one. Here’s a quick pick of the all...

Between 2024-02-21 and 2024-02-28 there were 54 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 342 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 15.8 % of total released titles. This week there’s a great game called Rail Route that came out, which is a kind of train dispatcher simulator. I’m already on it and it’s very well designed....

GamersNexus is well known for their excellent work related to hardware evaluation and their recent video comparing the Steam Deck OLED, LCD and the ROG Ally at 15W does not disappoint. We have already covered before the massive hardware redesign that incurred on the Steam Deck OLED following the original Steam Deck, and how the APU was reduced in size beyond the 6nm lithography. Here’s a quick overview of what we...

Proton 9.0, in its first open beta release, brings numerous improvements alongside updates from Wine 9.0 released in January 2024. The Proton 9.0 Beta 11 changelog includes additions to the list of playable games, fixes for various issues, and updates to components like vkd3d-proton and dxvk. Notable fixes involve security certificate warnings, mouse acceleration, crashes in specific games like TouHou Makuka Sai and...

All Quiet in the Trenches is a fun and heartbreaking game where a minor wound can escalate into total defeat.

Between 2024-02-14 and 2024-02-21 there were 35 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 389 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 9 % of total released titles. This week the biggest release is the 1.0 version of Stories from the Outbreak that just left Early Access after a whole year of feedback and iteration. It now...

Steam Next fest, February 2024 - the time to try out new games before they come out. We share with you what we thought of the various games we tried, as usual. You can check what we did back for the Steam Next Fest in October 2023, the Steam Next Fest in February 2023, the Steam Next Fest October 2022. But enough about the past, let’s talk about the upcoming titles!

It’s time again to observe the latest trends related to the Linux Gaming distros, based on the very useful ProtonDB data dumps. Without further due, let me share with you the result below of the latest few months of data: [Evolution of Linux Gaming Distros: Update in February 2024] There are a few recent trends emerging.

I first saw this game last year in July 2023 at the BitSummit in Kyoto, Japan. It was already running on a Steam Deck at that time so I knew that we could expect excellent Linux support for that one, and I was not disappointed. BlazBlue is a very well-known series of fighting games from Arc Systems (a Japanese publisher) and Entropy Effect is a kind of derivative from the series. You will find the same characters...

Between 2024-02-07 and 2024-02-14 there were 41 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 467 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 8.8 % of total released titles. To be fair this time there was more junk than usual, so we are not left with much, but here’s a quick pick of the most interesting ones:

We are back with our usual monthly update! Boiling Steam looks at the latest data dumps from ProtonDB to give you a quick list of new games that work (pretty much? see ratings) perfectly with Proton since they were released in January 2024 – all of them work out of the box or well enough with tweaks: - Palworld: ProtonDB Info - Steam Store - Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth: ProtonDB Info - Steam Store - Momodora:...

In February we are going to spend a bit more time reviewing the predictions made about a year ago by our different hosts about the future of Linux Gaming (for 2023). Today, here’s what Corben had to say about how his own predictions panned out!

Here’s a report a little late as I was away for a few days. Between 2024-01-31 and 2024-02-07 there were 43 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 99 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 43.4 % of total released titles. This time I find The Great Rebellion a great concept for a game. Here’s the full list of titles...

We asked Chris Were to review his predictions for Linux Gaming for 2023. We already reviewed Boiling Steam’s predictions for 2023 a few days back. Now let us give the mic to Chris below. Hello I’m Chris Were. I sometimes make videos on YouTube (@ChrisWereDigital and @itsLudoChris), but my Fediverse content is the stuff I’m most passionate about (ChrisWere@toot.wales). This year I’ve been slightly more successful...

The Universim, developed and published by Crytivo, is a colony sim that tries to do many things and succeed in some while testing your god’s patience. It runs well on Linux natively with some minor hiccups. In this world builder, you play as some creepy god, worshipped by some human-like creatures called Nuggets that, according to the story, are too stupid and would die if left to their own devices. Your god-like...

It’s already February 2024 and it’s time to review how our predictions fo Linux Gaming in 2023 did. This time we will start with our own predictions at Boiling Steam, and then invite our guests to comment on theirs. Each of us is going to comment below on their own predictions.

Between 2024-01-24 and 2024-01-31 there were 29 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 365 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 7.9 % of total released titles. This week I find Into the Necrovale appealing as it reminds me somehow of the Gauntlet of old! Here’s a quick pick of all the titles worth checking out this...

Between 2024-01-17 and 2024-01-24 there were 41 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 335 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 12.2 % of total released titles. The Universim looks like a nice take on the empire building genre: And here’s the full list below for the past week:

Aya Neo has just announced a couple of days ago that they are going to release a new handheld, the Ayaneo NEXT LITE, featuring HoloISO (aka SteamOS, I guess?), at a very competitive price point of 300 USD for the cheapest model. This is excellent news for two reasons: - We have finally another company, apart from Valve, betting on a console-like interface based on Linux instead of bad ol’ Windows 11. - They are...

We are late for a few days this time! Between 2024-01-10 and 2024-01-17 there were 45 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 356 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 12.6 % of total released titles. There’s a lot more this time around that’s worth checking that for the past 2-3 weeks. I find All Quiet in the Trenches...

ASUS, Lenovo and now MSI Claw with a sort of copy and paste handheld device. It reminds me of the series of VR headsets that were a bit better than using your phone with cardboard goggles, and now you can find them easily at your nearest Goodwill. There are many other handhelds out there, but most recent publications seem to forget about them and compare only the “clone 3”. I will come back to this later. First,...

A short piece of news from Japan. As you know from our previous reports, the Steam Deck OLED has been out of stock in Japan since November 2023. And new shipments were on their way for Mid-January. Well, they landed on the Komodo Store, and guess what? They have already SOLD OUT again! This is what the Twitter account of Komodo had to say about the whole situation:...

Following an excellent Youtube video from HighYield recently, we have learnt two things about the design of the APU used in the Steam Deck LCD version: - The Steam Deck APU (codenamed Van Gogh) has unused parts with a lot more cores. And it is very likely that the exact same APU was also used for the Magic Leap 2 AR glasses, which makes use of such cores. - The Steam Deck APU used in the OLED version may be the...

RISC-V is the new open standard Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) that is supposed to lead to the next revolution in computing, with no licenses attached (no royalties to pay to use the ISA standard), and an ISA that’s flexible to serve multiple use cases from embedded to super computer designs. Jim Keller, of Apple and AMD fame, is now working on RISC-V and while he’s probably not biased since he has a vested...

Portal Revolution, developed and published by Second Face Software, is a self-sufficient mod of Portal 2 (as in you do not need to have Portal 2 installed to play), it adds new challenges mechanics, several new puzzles, and an interesting story set between Portal 1 and 2 supported by talented voice acting. All of it for free, and to play you need to have Portal 2 in your account (get it with a 90% off discount when...

Between 2024-01-03 and 2024-01-10 there were 24 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 267 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 9 % of total released titles. Just like last week, it’s not a good time to find great titles on Steam, and the selection shows. I have only found two of them that were salvageable:

Today we are checking how many games from the Top 1000 (most popular) games on Steam (as of January 7th 2024) are actually working on the Steam Deck. The data is collected directly from Steam’s real time statistics, and from the official status of the Steam Deck verification from Steam itself as well.

At Boiling Steam we periodically review the trends of Linux distros used for gaming, thanks to the data on ProtonDB (and sometimes Steam hardware survey as well). Which we can’t even ever know the true share of all Linux distros used on the market, ProtonDB users are gamers and this gives us a good indicator of which distros are used to play games on Linux. In the past editions, we reviewed several trends such as: -...

Happy New Year 2024 Everyone! We are back with our usual monthly update. Boiling Steam looks at the latest data dumps from ProtonDB to give you a quick list of new games that work (pretty much? see ratings) perfectly with Proton since they were released in December 2023 – all of them work out of the box or well enough with tweaks: - (the) Gnorp Apologue: ProtonDB Info - Steam Store - Mind Over Magic: ProtonDB Info -...

Between 2023-12-27 and 2024-01-03 there were 12 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 157 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 7.6 % of total released titles. As expected there’s very little action between Christmas and New Year in terms of releases, but there were still a few decent titles, and they also happen to be...

Just a short update on the situation in Japan. As you may recall, the Steam Deck OLED went out of stock shortly in Japan after its released in November 2023. I have been monitoring the situation during December, and it has not changed. It’s still not possible to order a Steam Deck OLED right now. The unit has been consistently out of stock since November, while there was a message back in early December that they...

First a Happy New Year 2024 to Everyone! We hope you have had a great time during the end of the year. This year is going to be somewhat special for Boiling Steam as well, since we will be celebrating a few months down the road our 10th year anniversary as well. In 2023 we decided to move away from Wordpress to a static site (after building our own static site generator), and as you can expect there are many things...

It’s the time to retro on the past year, and what we liked the most in the games that we played. Turns out there was a lot of good entries in 2023, some of it AAA, some of it indies. But mostly indies.

Hope you guys had a good Christmas if you celebrated it! Between 2023-12-20 and 2023-12-27 there were 25 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 223 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 11.2 % of total released titles. As expected there’s less game released in this week than usual, but there’s still a few of them worth...

The new Steam Deck OLED arrived! I was quite excited about it but it ended up being an underwhelming experience. Let’s dive in for more details. As soon as I opened the box I could see the contents, compared to last time everything was blocked by a white and blue guidance card (sorry I recycled it, so I have no pictures). Removing them from the box exposes the new cover, with a black logo and removable liner....

Trepang2 is an FPS released in 2023 developed by Trepang Studios and published by Team17, evoking nostalgia for titles like F.E.A.R., which gained prominence almost two decades ago. Like its predecessor, Trepang2 focuses on shooting opponents wearing military attire in enclosed settings while incorporating paranormal elements to enhance the storyline. The protagonist is endowed with unique powers: time slowing and...

My first problem ever with Linux was peripherals support, about 20 years ago: it would not recognize my cheap mouse from a local company and the next day I was out to buy my first fancy input device, a Microsoft mouse that a Linux forum recommended. It was worth the money, it lasted me almost a decade and had a solid warranty. Another problem that haunted my Linux earlier experiences was software dependent hardware....

One Photo. Two Sisters. Upon receiving a terrifying photo, what started off as an inquiry into what happened to those sisters turns into a nightmare. Tormented Souls, released in 2019, attempts to capture the essence of classic survival horror games, drawing inspiration from the likes of Resident Evil, Silent Hill, and Fatal Frame. While it successfully establishes a gripping atmosphere with its detailed...

Between 2023-12-13 and 2023-12-20 there were 33 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 331 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 10 % of total released titles. This time the favorite of the pack seems to be Guardians of Holme, a Tower Defence game with roguelite elements (with neverending upgrades) Now here’s the full...

So this is going to be a short review of the DLC released just last month for Dredge, called the Pale Reach. You may want to check our review of Dredge as it was released at the beginning of the year, if you are not familiar with it. It has since then gone to secure nomations for several prizes and an award. We have also interviewed the developers twice this year. at the Bitsummit in July 2023, and at the Tokyo...

Where do Walking Simulators come from? I’m not sure I can pin point to the exact timeframe - there is almost no reason for them to be late in the game technically speaking. One could have made a walking simulator back in the 1990s even with limited 3D tech available back then. But somehow it feels like a relatively recent genre emerging in the mid 2000s, with games like Go Home, Dear Esther, and later on Firewatch,...

Between 2023-12-06 and 2023-12-13 there were 43 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 316 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 13.6 % of total released titles. There’s quite a few quality titles in this week. The one that caught my eye is CrossRoad OS, which mixes exploration and puzzles in a novel way inside an...

Between 2023-11-29 and 2023-12-06 there were 43 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 388 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 11.1 % of total released titles. Here’s a quick pick of the most interesting ones:

I have lived in car-centric cities where you need a ride to get across streets and parking lots were just vast dead spaces. I also lived in more walkable cities in which parking garages would offer spaces for a multitude of vehicles and offer services ranging from valet, food court, car care services and showers for cyclists. Quite often I would meet friends after work for an açaí bowl - at the food court, not the...

We are back with our usual monthly update! Boiling Steam looks at the latest data dumps from ProtonDB to give you a quick list of new games that work (pretty much? see ratings) perfectly with Proton since they were released in November 2023 – all of them work out of the box or well enough with tweaks: - Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name: ProtonDB Info - Steam Store - Persona 5 Tactica: ProtonDB Info...

It was not so long ago. If you were browsing Reddit for news related to Linux Gaming, while holding a beer after a long day’s work, you were bound to find them. These recurrent posts harvesting lots of upvotes, where the main message was No Tux No Bucks or some other unimaginative word pun. The posts would always follow the same pattern: some Linux user losing their mind over developers or porters who relied on...

Between 2023-11-22 and 2023-11-29 there were 16 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 197 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 8.1 % of total released titles. Here’s a quick pick of the most interesting ones:

Dredge is a game made by Black Salt Games, a studio out of New Zealand. It mixes Lovecraftian horrors with mechanics related to fishing and exploring oceans. It may sound weird on paper, but the execution is right on point and keeps you hooked. There’s only a few people behind the game: - Nadia Thorne (Producer, CEO) - Joel Mason (Programmer, Writer) - Alex Ritchie (Lead Artist, 2D Art, Tech Art)

So I was wondering these days about the situation of the Steam Deck OLED version in Japan since it was also available for a few weeks too locally through the KOMODO partnership. And lo’ and behold, when checking the site today I found out that the OLED version is completely out of stock in Japan! You can see it for yourself on the official site of Komodo, while this page is subject to change. This can mean two...

Between 2023-11-15 and 2023-11-22 there were 34 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 294 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 11.6 % of total released titles. It seems like behind its appearance of a modest deck builder, Heroes Cafe has very solid mechanics. Here’s the full list of what’s worth checking out as well!

Midnight Heist, developed and published by MediaTale, promises to deliver a Heist meets Horror game, sadly I felt neither. Monotonous looting meets Tag would be a better description. As a thief, you break into an office and start opening drawers to collect _(junk)loot, or plugging into computers to get “data”. At some point the security guard, strangely a zombie-like entity, decides it is time to work and patrols...

As you are by now probably aware, the Steam Deck OLED has been available for purchase shortly after the initial announcement by Valve. Gamer Nexus received a unit early, and did a really exhaustive comparison between the internals of the LCD and OLED Steam Deck and the revision goes a lot farther than we might expect from the first announcement. I recommend you watch the below video. https://youtu.be/9jhRh11bTRA It...

Between 2023-11-08 and 2023-11-15 there were 46 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 358 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 12.8 % of total released titles. This week is actually very rich in good games as well, even if we just limit ourselves to native Linux clients. There’s a bunch of them that I feel like trying...

You like pigeons? I hope so, because Headbangers is full of it. Headbangers is a new party game (think Fall Guys) that combines rhythm mini-games with the concept of large-scale tournaments. A fair warning: the game highly recommends playing with a controller and headphones on - while headphones are certainly optional if you play in a quiet place, using controllers seem like a sound advice over keyboards. So,...

It’s been a while since we last checked the state of the Steam Deck compatibility among the top 100 games currently played on Steam. This is a list that changes a little on a daily basis, but it’s relatively stable (the most played games typically remain played for a fairly long time, especially at the top) so it’s a good indicator on how things progress or stagnate over time. This ranking was established on Nov...

Unity had its investors call yesterday Nov 9th 2023 (Nov 10 morning Japan time) and the new interim CEO, Jim Whitehurst (ex-IBM/Red Hat) has disclosed its current view of the business situation. First, looking at the financials, the revenues are still growing, but the recent growth seems to be somewhat saturating: Looking at the losses in the appendix, the story is pretty much the same, with clearly increasing...

Persona 5 Tactica is the latest hot episode in the Persona series from Atlus - and it’s a turn-based tactics game, as discussed at length in our Tokyo Games Show 2023 preview. The game is supposed to be released one week away from now, on the 17th of november 2023. Yet, there was apparently some mistake (made by something with 10 fingers, no doubt) and the game was accidently released for a few hours on Steam today...

While the Steam Deck was already the best handheld available when it launched, there was always a few points of criticism that were certainly valid. The battery life being somewhat short (less than 2 hours on the most demanding titles), and the LCD screen not being one of the best, especially compared to what’s available nowadays on other devices (phones, tablets) where OLED screens are becoming more widespread. And...

Between 2023-11-01 and 2023-11-08 there were 32 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 342 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 9.4 % of total released titles. This week there’s relatively few games worth featuring, but there’s a gem in them with Noreya: the Gold Project a very well made 2D metroidvania game. Here is...

Yeah the Tokyo Games Show 2023 is already finished for quite a while now, but there’s still some more material we did not exhaust. So here’s another article about an upcoming game called Undefeated. It is made by Indie-Us, a small studio based in Osaka, Japan, and while it’s clearly an indie game, its qualities screams of Triple A. I hope the following will convince you that it’s the case:...

We are back with our usual monthly update! Boiling Steam looks at the latest data dumps from ProtonDB to give you a quick list of new games that work (pretty much? see ratings) perfectly with Proton since they were released in October 2023 – all of them work out of the box or well enough with tweaks: - Star Trek: Infinite: ProtonDB Info - Steam Store - Diablo IV: ProtonDB Info - Steam Store - Wargroove 2: ProtonDB...

It’s been about six months we had an update on the distros used for gaming on Linux, and it’s time for a refresh. As a reminder, we use ProtonDB for this analysis. The way it works is that we extract configuration data from every report, and turn it into unique identifiers which tentatively correspond to a single user at least on a given month. We then look at what distros are used by each unique user on a monthly...

Between 2023-10-25 and 2023-11-01 there were 28 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 346 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 8.1 % of total released titles. Despite the large number, there’s not that much that was worth talking about in this week, so our list will have only 3. One the best recent releases seems to...