We are back with our usual monthly update! Boiling Steam looks at the latest data dumps from ProtonDB to give you a quick list of new games that work (pretty much? see ratings) perfectly with Proton since they were released in March 2024 – all of them work out of the box or well enough with tweaks: - Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition: ProtonDB Info - Steam Store - Expeditions: A MudRunner Game: ProtonDB Info - Steam Store - Holo X Break: ProtonDB Info - Steam Store ..read more

A little late this time, but there’s our weekly update on the latest games released with a Linux client on Steam. Between 2024-04-03 and 2024-04-10 there were 54 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 468 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 11.5 % of total released titles. There’s a lot of games based on deck-building and roguelite concepts these days. The one title that stands out for me in this week is Pathblasters, with retro arcade-vibes and a 2-player mode on the same screen that’s quite ra ..read more

United Penguin Kingdom is a city builder where you have to protect your penguin colony from attack waves of seals and orcas. Developed by Turquoise Revival Games and published by GrabTheGames and UpgradePoint, it is a game that sounds like it was made with Linux in mind, but don’t be fooled. There is no native support, but it works well with Proton. My first impression was that it would be a chill building game with many opportunities for cute photos. The models are nice, and you can see the penguins using some of the buildings they are working or relaxing in. You can press the “T” to hide the ..read more

Between 2024-03-27 and 2024-04-03 there were 57 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 475 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 12 % of total released titles. A lot of titles for just a week! A lot more than usual. And since the percentage of Linux native clients is also high, we end up with quite a few good titles to check out this week. Maniac looks like a very fun take on the situation where you are trying to get away from the police in GTA, with an excellent arcade vibe: Here’s a quick pick o ..read more

Between 2024-03-20 and 2024-03-27 there were 32 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 392 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 8.2 % of total released titles. There’s not a lot going on in this week, but Slice & Dice is another outlier that builds on the roguelike genre with yet another different take involving dice in new ways. Here’s a quick pick of all the things you might want to check ..read more

I meant to cover this a little earlier, but better late than never. Following the recent federal lawsuit filed by Nintendo America against Yuzu, the popular Nintendo Switch emulator developed by Tropic Haze, the company has decided to shut down, settle with Nintendo, and take down all of its emulators from its site and related GitHub accounts. Despite the claims that Tropic Haze is going to pay 2.4 Million dollars to Nintendo in damages, the actual settlement out of court is usually confidential and nobody really knows what the conditions really are (and how much money is actually involved). I ..read more

Between 2024-03-13 and 2024-03-20 there were 25 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 238 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 10.5 % of total released titles. There’s not a lot of new games worth talking about this week, so here’s a quick pick of the most interesting ones ..read more

Between 2024-03-06 and 2024-03-13 there were 51 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 399 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 12.8 % of total released titles. There’s a lot to like in this week, with games like Bore Blasters mixing mining with a vehicle that can be upgraded and roguelite elements. There’s a lot more, though, and here’s a sample below of the titles probably worth your time ..read more

The Thaumaturge is a new game from the polish studio Fool’s Theory currently working on the Witcher 1 Remake under the supervision of CD Projekt Red. I was coming at that game from two angles. First, it has a refreshing look, takes place in a historical setting, and looks like nothing else ever made. The second angle is… it gives us a good idea what the studio could do as they work on the new Witcher game ..read more

Between 2024-02-28 and 2024-03-06 there were 41 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 378 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 10.8 % of total released titles. There’s a lot of good stuff in this week, with KeeperRL mixing Dwarf Fortress, Dungeon Keeper and Roguelite elements all in one. Here’s a quick pick of the all the interesting ones out in the past week ..read more