Games: Steam, Godot, Forspoken, and More

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 25, 2023

• New Steam Games with Native Linux Clients - 2023-01-25 Edition - Boiling Steam

  Between 2023-01-18 and 2023-01-25 there were 28 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 256 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 10.9 % of total released titles.

• Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 15

  We’re getting dangerously close to the first Release Candidate for Godot 4.0, and focus on finalizing many of the remaining high priority issues. The beta snapshots cadence allows us to better measure the overall stability and quickly catch regressions, especially when a lot of features are worked on at the same time.

• Forspoken needs desktop Linux to spoof being a Steam Deck to work

  Update 25/01/23: Valve are now forcing the spoofing of a Steam Deck server-side, so the workaround is no longer needed.

• Proton Experimental and GE-Proton 7-47 updates available now

  Valve gave Proton Experimental a small update with two improvements, plus for users of GE-Proton you may want to know about an important version bump there too for Steam Deck and Linux desktop gamers.

• Lots more EA games get a Steam Deck Playable rating

  Valve has again continued to go through various EA games that were previously problematic on Steam Deck due to the new EA App, with lots of them now marked as Steam Deck Playable.

• ControllerTools plugin for Steam Deck now gives low battery notifications

  A Steam Deck plugin for Decky Loader that I recently mentioned, ControllerTools, has a fresh update out to make it more useful.

• Factorio is about to increase in price so be quick

  The developers of the awesome Factorio have announced that the price is about to go up, so if you still haven't purchased it now is the time. Honestly this truly is one of the best indie games ever made, with full Native Linux support and it is Steam Deck "Playable" too.

• Steam and Steam Deck Beta add the ability to move the on-screen keyboard

  Valve continues to roll out new unstable releases of the Steam Client for Desktop and Steam Deck, with a new update giving the ability to move the on-screen keyboard. Looks like someone has been reading my wishlist.