Games: SCOPECREEP, Astro Protocol, and More

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 18, 2026

• Earth vs Mars the Advance Wars-like from Relic Entertainment gets Steam Deck Verified | GamingOnLinux

  Relic Entertainment produced their own Advance Wars-like strategy game with Earth vs Mars from a smaller team, and now it is updated to be Steam Deck Verified.

• SCOPECREEP is a curious mix of tower defense and active incremental where you collect souls | GamingOnLinux

  Go through exorcisms to collect souls and repeatedly click through a vast network of additional upgrades and abilities in SCOPECREEP.

• Check out the full second episode of Games For Everyone | GamingOnLinux

  Games For Everyone has returned for Episode 2, going over our thoughts on various Linux gaming related subjects.

• Astro Protocol is a tactical space 4x game designed for people with little time | GamingOnLinux

  I sure do love 4x strategy games, but they really can take forever - which is where Astro Protocol is different with its tactical approach. A space strategy 4x that doesn't waste your time, with games designed to last around an hour or so.

• Brotato gets a major update with Paws - Claws adding pets | GamingOnLinux

  With Evil Empire now in control of updates to Brotato as the original dev has moved on, a major Paws & Claws free upgrade has rolled out adding in pets. If you missed it, Brotato also added Native Linux support late last year.

• Game manager Lutris v0.5.20 released with Proton upgrades, store updates and much more | GamingOnLinux

  Lutris is an all-in-one open source game manager for launching games from various stores on Linux, with version 0.5.20 out now.

• Rocket League is adding Easy Anti-Cheat, Psyonix say Linux will still be supported with Proton | GamingOnLinux

  Rocket League is set to get Easy Anti-Cheat in April, as the Epic Games owned studio Psyonix just recently announced.

• Valve confirm Steam Deck stock issues due to "memory and storage shortages" | GamingOnLinux

  We reported recently how the Steam Deck was completely out of stock in the USA, Canada and Asia and now Valve have put up a short statement on it.