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Games: Steam Games, Steam Survey, and More
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Boiling Steam ☛ New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar and Whisper of the House - 2025-08-30 Edition
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.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ Steam Survey for August 2025 is out and here's the Linux / SteamOS details
Valve have now released the Steam Hardware & Software Survey results for August 2025, showing the overall Linux share has dropped. Sadly, that 3% people were hoping for is another month away, but we'll hit it eventually going by the trends overall (especially if we see a proper SteamOS Steam Machine again). Be sure to check out last month's data for comparison.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ GOG expand one-click mod offerings with S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Anomaly, RealRTCW, Belzebub (Diablo) and more
GOG just announced an expansion of their popular one-click mod program with a bunch of new big mods available including S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Anomaly.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ Monsters are Coming! Rock & Road is easily going to be my next complete obsession
Monsters are Coming! Rock & Road has just planted itself right at the top of my wishlist for the excellent combination of survivor-likes with tower defense. Seriously, this is one you do not want to miss, and there's a demo available to play on Steam right now.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ Duskers developers reveal Below the Crown a love letter to chess, roguelikes, and dungeon crawlers
Below the Crown has now been officially revealed from Misfits Attic, developers of the award-winning Duskers. It's a thoroughly unique blend of games inspired by chess, roguelikes, and dungeon crawlers.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ Here's the top 50 most played games on Steam Deck for August 2025 - with Hollow Knight the champion
Here's the latest data from Valve on what the most played games on Steam Deck were for August 2025, and perhaps unsurprisingly Hollow Knight is top.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ Blackjack Roulette puts a literal spin on a classic card game
Giving Blackjack and Roulette a little Balatro treatment? Perhaps just a little, with it putting a literal spin on the classics here. A blend of two casino classics with a rogue-like (rogue-lite?) flavour, which might just be enough to get me to put many hours into this one. Could be a real sleeper hit to watch this one.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ Sword Hero is an impressive looking upcoming open-world fantasy RPG
While it has a rather boring name, Sword Hero looks anything but boring in the new trailer and the combat demo you can try out right now. I think the developer is really cooking with this one, everything about it looks and feels really interesting. That is, if you don't mind the retro style to it.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ Crusader Kings III celebrates 5 years with some interesting stats
Crusader Kings III has now been out for 5 years and Paradox have done a mini-celebration, showing off some fresh stats from players. There sure are a lot of divorces going on and even more deaths.