Boiling Steam in the Press
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 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