Games: Humble, Steam, and More

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 13, 2022

• Humble has a new melee-focused game bundle

  Up for more melee fighting games of various sorts? The Melee Mayhem Bundle might be just what you need. As per usual, I'll go over each title to show the expected compatibility on Steam Deck and Linux desktop along with ProtonDB ratings.

• Steam Mobile App gets a huge revamp out now for everyone

  After some time being in Beta, Valve has officially released the new shiny new Steam Mobile App for all.

• Inspired by Factorio and RimWorld, space colony building sim Stardeus out in Early Access

  Taking plenty of inspiration from Factorio and RimWorld (including a very RimWorld style), Kodo Linija and Paradox Arc have released Stardeus into Early Access. It comes with Native Linux support, along with it being Steam Deck Verified. Note: the developer provided me a key months ago for early testing.

• Roguelike tactical auto-battler Despot's Game: Dystopian Army Builder is out now

  Despot's Game: Dystopian Army Builder has now left Early Access along with Native Linux support, this roguelike tactical auto-battler is certainly unique.

• RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 game engine OpenRCT2 gets another big upgrade

  OpenRCT2 is a free and open source game engine reimplementation for RollerCoaster Tycoon 2, upgrading many parts of it and making it work well cross-platform on modern systems.

• A Robot Named Fight! source code released

  The developer of a nicely reviewed metroidvania called A Robot Named Fight! has released the source code, hoping that others can learn from it.

• A lot of people were clearly waiting on the official Steam Deck Docking Station

  Now that the Steam Deck is available without reservation, and the official Steam Deck Docking Station has released, it appears a lot of people were waiting on Valve for docking.

• Steam Deck Boot Videos get an easy app, plus videos coming to the Points Shop

  Recently I mentioned the new Steam Deck Repo website, allowing people to upload and download custom Steam Deck Boot Videos, well now there's an easy to use app (GitHub) to go along with it.