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Games: Steam Deck, Wild Blue Skies, Lepton, "Linux players on Steam hit an all-time high for November 2025"
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Fanatical launch new Play on the Go Bundle - great for Steam Deck and other handhelds | GamingOnLinux
Fanatical are running various new game bundles during their Bundlefestive 2025 event, with a just launched Play on the Go Bundle that's great for Steam Deck. And other handhelds too of course, but these are all directly Steam Deck Verified.
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Star Fox spiritual successor Wild Blue Skies gets a fresh gameplay trailer | GamingOnLinux
Originally called Wild Blue and now Wild Blue Skies, recently we had a fresh proper gameplay reveal and it's clear this is the spiritual successor to Star Fox.
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Mewgenics will be "100%" Steam Deck compatible at launch | GamingOnLinux
From the creators of The Binding of Isaac and The End is Nigh, Mewgenics is promising to be one of the most interesting roguelites released in forever.
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Pixel-art RTS game TFC: The Fertile Crescent joins with MicroProse Software and it's now Steam Deck Verified | GamingOnLinux
Now freshly Steam Deck Verified and with MicroProse Software backing it as publisher, TFC: The Fertile Crescent has a big upgrade out now. A pretty sweet real-time strategy game that's like a pixel-art version of Age of Empires, with an interesting food mechanic that will challenge even veterans of the genre.
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Valve's version of Android on Linux (based on Waydroid) is now called Lepton | GamingOnLinux
Lepton appears to be the new official name for Valve's version of Waydroid (Android in a Linux container).
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Linux players on Steam hit an all-time high for November 2025 | GamingOnLinux
Valve released the statistics from the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for November 2025, which shows once again that Linux use is trending nicely upwards.
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Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 48: Byzantine Labyrinthine | GamingOnLinux
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Linux usage reaches an all time high on Steam
Linux usage on Steam has officially hit an all-time high, reaching 3.2% market share according to the Steam Survey results for November 2025. This is fantastic news for the open-source community, and it shows that the momentum driven by Valve’s hardware strategy isn't slowing down at all.
For years, Linux gaming was stuck in a rut, hovering miserably between 1% and 2% of the Steam user base. It finally crossed the 3% threshold just last month in October, and now it’s already climbing higher. To put this current 3.2% figure into perspective, just one year ago, in November 2024, Linux sat at 2.03%.
If you look back a decade to November 2015, the platform was barely hanging on with just 0.98%. It is also worth noting that Windows 11 pushed some others with incompatible computers to Linux. However, this massive jump is likely thanks to the success of the Steam Deck, the underlying compatibility layer known as Steam Play or Proton, and the ongoing excitement surrounding the upcoming Steam Machine and Steam Frame products.