Games: Steam Deck, Proton Experimental, and More

posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 09, 2023

• Asus ROG Ally vs Steam Deck? I Bet on the Steam Deck Coming Ahead and Here’s Why

  This is going to be a good one.

• Proton Experimental improves EA app, Battle.net and nvapi enabled for many games

  A rather great sounding update to Proton Experimental landed on May 5th, so here's a run over what's new and improved. Since there's many different Proton versions it can get a bit confusing, so head on over to my beginner's guide on Steam Play and Proton for more info.

• Steam will now scale better with KDE and GNOME

  In the latest Beta release for Steam from May 5th, Valve finally did some more work on scaling the UI of the Steam Client. Quite overdue isn't it?

• Arcane Wilds kicks off with some refreshing RTS ideas

  Have you been someone who loved playing games like Starcraft and Age of Empires primarily in multiplayer mode with your friends, or do you still play them? Then I might have something for you that could make your competitive RTS heart beat faster and bring some fresh ideas.

• Nreal Air and Steam Deck together - quite mind-blowing

  Recently I was sent over a package with the Nreal Air, so I've spent a fair bit of time testing out these AR glasses with the Steam Deck to see what all the fuss is about.

• Get a bunch of easy-going games in this latest bundle

  Another fresh Humble Bundle landed recently, this time focusing on games to have a bit more of a relaxed time with. Here's what's in the Easy-game Games Whitehorn Showcase bundle and what compatibility to expect on Linux and Steam Deck.

• Valve gave Steam store search a very useful upgrade

  Valve announced a fresh upgrade to the Steam store search, making it a lot more useful so here's a run over what's new and improved.

• Re:Touring is a clever, accessible and polished first-person puzzler

  If you enjoy first-person puzzlers like Portal and The Talos Principle then you'll likely feel right at home with Re:Touring.

• Goodbye to Roblox on Linux with their new anti-cheat and Wine blocking

  You might have seen recently that I covered the upcoming updates for Roblox, and now it's here blocking Wine with their new anti-cheat. This means you won't be able to play it on Linux any more, at all, unless you find some sort of special workaround.

• Swarm Grinder is a very unique horde-game now in Early Access

  If you love anything remotely similar to Vampire Survivors and other horde-style auto-shooters, you might want to take a look at Swarm Grinder.