As Linux gaming has grown, especially with the release of the Steam Deck, more mainstream sites are paying attention to the few Linux gaming sites. Here’s stories and news we’ve covered that were later picked up by other major outlets.

in 2024:

• Hacker News (A Surprising Discovery Inside the Steam Deck’s APU): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38977983
• Gardiner Bryant: https://youtu.be/YPd0TWHvqfM?feature=shared&t=319

In 2023:

• PCGamer: https://www.pcgamer.com/76-of-the-top-100-most-played-games-on-steam-are-playable-on-a-steam-deck/
• Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35437070
• Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35387191
• The Linux Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH5-Y37s88o

In 2022:

• PCGamer: https://www.pcgamer.com/over-50-of-steams-top-100-games-work-on-steam-deck/
• Kotaku: https://kotaku.com/valve-steam-deck-compatibility-verified-playable-games-1848871240
• Itsfoss: https://www.itsfoss.net/ubuntu-linux-the-number-one-linux-distro-for-gaming-every-time-less/
• Gamerant: https://gamerant.com/steam-deck-2500-playable-games/
• Techradar: https://www.techradar.com/news/majority-of-the-best-pc-games-now-work-well-on-steam-deck
• Tomshardware: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/36-out-of-top50-steam-games-run-on-linux
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• Techspot: https://www.techspot.com/news/94453-valve-has-verified-almost-1300-games-run-steam.html
• Pcgameshardware DE: https://www.pcgameshardware.de/Steam-Deck-Hardware-277668/News/Entwickler-beantwortet-Fragen-Akku-haelt-2-bis-5-Stunden-durch-1387244/
• Lunduke’s substack: https://lunduke.substack.com/p/the-lunduke-journal-podcast-april-2a7 and https://lunduke.substack.com/p/ubuntu-market-share-is-in-a-nosedive

In 2021:

• Kotaku: https://www.kotaku.com.au/2021/09/steam-deck-proton-pc-game-library/
• Rock Paper Shotgun: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-steam-deck-wont-actually-run-your-entire-steam-library-proton-president-reminds-everyone
• Gamespot: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/steam-deck-wont-play-all-your-steam-games-at-launch-warns-proton-co-developer/1100-6496021/
• Chrome Unboxed: https://chromeunboxed.com/steam-chromebooks-borealis-2021-launch-could-happen/
• OSNews: https://www.osnews.com/story/133130/proton-has-enabled-7000-windows-games-to-run-on-linux/
• Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28895878