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Based on Transport Tycoon Deluxe, OpenTTD gets some big new features in v15

Liam Dawe — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 12:55:37 +0000

Keeping classic video game ideas alive, OpenTTD is based on Transport Tycoon Deluxe. It's free, open source and now better than ever with v15 out now.

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The excellent free Command & Conquer - Combined Arms gets more missions and co-op

Liam Dawe — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 12:27:54 +0000

Command & Conquer - Combined Arms is an excellent free and standalone classic RTS game, with release 1.08 out now adding plenty new.

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Siren is an awesome looking Aliens inspired Doom II conversion

Liam Dawe — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:13:44 +0000

Taking a slower approach with inspiration taken from the likes of Aliens, the Doom II conversion named Siren looks really awesome for retro FPS fans.

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Free and open source Settlers-like, Widelands v1.3 is out with market trading and new maps

Liam Dawe — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 12:05:44 +0000

Widelands continues to grow as a great free and open source Settlers-like strategy game, with a brand new holiday release out now.

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Ubisoft acquires March of Giants and the team from Amazon joining Ubisoft

Liam Dawe — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 12:03:12 +0000

Amazon continue moving further away from making their own games, with them selling off the upcoming March of Giants and the team behind it to Ubisoft.

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Free 3-16 player party shooter of teamwork and betrayal, Klaus Veen's Treason added Linux support

Liam Dawe — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 10:53:48 +0000

Ready for the holiday period, Klaus Veen's Treason is a fun looking 3-16 player party shooter of teamwork and betrayal that now has Native Linux support.

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War Thunder is getting infantry combat

Liam Dawe — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 12:14:56 +0000

Oh no, it's going to pull me back in isn't it? War Thunder is finally adding infantry combat to its roster of war games in a future update.

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Unreal Tournament 2004 is getting revived by OldUnreal with approval from Epic Games

Liam Dawe — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 10:20:09 +0000

Just like Epic Games did for the original Unreal Tournament, they're giving full approval to OldUnreal to revive Unreal Tournament 2004 and keep it updated.

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Where Winds Meet devs plan improved Steam Deck support

Liam Dawe — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 16:21:01 +0000

Where Winds Meet continues to be a big hit on Steam and it works quite well on Desktop Linux but it needs a lot of improvements on Valve's Steam Deck.

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The huge fan-made TimeSplitters Rewind is out now in Early Access

Liam Dawe — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 15:14:14 +0000

It's splitting time? TimeSplitters Rewind has released for free and it should work just fine on Linux / SteamOS thanks to Proton.

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Grab a free copy of Warhammer: Vermintide 2 for a limited time

Liam Dawe — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 19:15:24 +0000

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is currently on a time-limited deal where you can grab a copy and keep it, so act fast if you want a free game.

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The big new RPG Where Winds Meet release works well on Linux

Liam Dawe — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 11:38:43 +0000

Where Winds Meet is a new free to play game on Steam that's doing some big numbers right now, and thankfully it seems to work great on Linux with Proton.

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You can grab a free copy of Immortals Fenyx Rising from Ubisoft

Liam Dawe — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 17:20:45 +0000

Need a free game ready for the weekend? How about Immortals Fenyx Rising from Ubisoft? Well you can claim it free to keeps right now.

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The classic Unreal Tournament gets a big upgrade with the v469e patch from OldUnreal

Liam Dawe — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 15:57:19 +0000

The team from OldUnreal have put up a rather big patch for the classic Unreal Tournament, bringing lots of improvements and fixes to the classic Epic shooter.

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Fantasy Grounds virtual tabletop (VTT) is now free to play

Liam Dawe — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 10:43:20 +0000

Previously known as Fantasy Grounds Unity, the developers at SmiteWorks have now made Fantasy Grounds VTT free to play.

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Sonic fan game Dr. Robotnik’s Ring Racers gets a big upgrade

Liam Dawe — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 13:35:01 +0000

Dr. Robotnik’s Ring Racers is a thoroughly great kart racing game made by fans of the Sonic universe, and a big new upgrade makes it better than ever.

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Sonic Rumble has arrived on Steam and works on Linux / Steam Deck

Liam Dawe — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 12:38:17 +0000

Sonic Rumble from SEGA has arrived on Steam, and although it has anti-cheat it is enabled for Linux / Steam Deck so you're good to go on this one.

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You can grab 911 Operator for free to keep on Steam

Liam Dawe — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 10:59:14 +0000

A free game to start your week? Wonderful. 911 Operator from Jutsu Games is currently free to claim and keep on Steam.

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Grab a short free horror experience with the new release of Days Without Incident

Liam Dawe — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 09:42:46 +0000

First built in 2017 it never saw a release until now, Days Without Incident is a free short horror game that looks worth a go.

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Fight the nazis to rescue your dog in the new free shooter Darkenstein 3D out now

Liam Dawe — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 12:31:01 +0000

Inspired by some of the classics like Return to Castle Wolfenstein and DOOM, the free shooter Darkenstein 3D has released and it's a rip-roaring good time.

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Open source racer SuperTuxKart 1.5 out now, development moving onto SuperTuxKart Evolution

Liam Dawe — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 09:35:04 +0000

SuperTuxKart is like a free and open source alternative to Mario Kart, with a brand new release out now!

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Team Fortress 2 Classic scrap their open beta and new Valve rules likely mean they have to change the name

Liam Dawe — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 16:36:47 +0000

Team Fortress 2 Classic is an upcoming Source Engine mod based on Valve's Team Fortress 2, it was due to hold an open beta but they've had to scrap it.

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Blue Protocol: Star Resonance is out now and does work on Linux

Liam Dawe — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 10:21:01 +0000

Despite the previous report that it likely wouldn't work on Desktop Linux, Blue Protocol: Star Resonance is out now and does work.

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Co-op puzzler PICO PARK: Classic Edition is now permanently free

Liam Dawe — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 12:21:04 +0000

Thanks to a bit of a woops, PICO PARK:Classic Edition from TECOPARK is now staying free to play, permanently.

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Speed is the name of the game in the Source Engine powered Momentum Mod

Liam Dawe — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 14:14:48 +0000

Momentum Mod is an upcoming Source Engine game based on movement-oriented game modes from various games. Gotta go fast huh?

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Open source strategy shooter Unvanquished gets a big new release with SDL3

Liam Dawe — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 09:56:18 +0000

Unvanquished is a free and open source cross-platform humans versus aliens strategy shooter, with a big new release out now that features SDL3.

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DRAGON BALL GEKISHIN SQUADRA works great on Linux PCs and Steam Deck

Liam Dawe — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 11:26:04 +0000

Bandai Namco Entertainment released DRAGON BALL GEKISHIN SQUADRA, a free to play MOBA set in the Dragon Ball universe and it works well on Linux / Steam Deck.

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Anti-cheat looks like a no-go on Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck for Arena Breakout: Infinite

Liam Dawe — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 09:43:32 +0000

Arena Breakout: Infinite releases soon from Morefun Studios and sadly, this is yet another online multiplayer title that will not work on Linux / SteamOS.

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The free unusual extreme speed shooter Ecto added Linux support

Liam Dawe — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 10:36:31 +0000

Ecto is a very fast-paced shooter playable in solo or online co-op up to 8 players, where you bunny hop around blasting robots with flower guns.

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Classic open source RTS Warzone 2100 v4.6 brings better water effects, revamped options and more

Liam Dawe — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 14:25:54 +0000

Warzone 2100 continues living its best life as a free and open source project, with the classic RTS receiving another major upgrade with version 4.6 out now.

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Grab a free copy of the odd turn-based strategy game Broilers

Liam Dawe — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 09:50:19 +0000

Broilers is a turn-based game that resembles chess and similar board games, it seems like it on the surface but it's very different and all about breeding.

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Half-Life: Cross Product Multiplayer gets a Steam release

Liam Dawe — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 12:27:34 +0000

Half-Life: Cross Product Multiplayer is a free mod for Half-Life that's basically a big overhaul of HLDM (Half-Life Deathmatch) and now it's now on Steam.

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Open source evolution sim Thrive adds planet customization

Liam Dawe — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 11:20:35 +0000

Open source evolution sim Thrive version 0.8.3 brings in some more customization in how you play, along with new additions to the gameplay.

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Competitive vehicle shooter World of Tanks: HEAT announced with Steam Deck support

Liam Dawe — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 09:25:57 +0000

A competitive multiplayer game announced with Steam Deck support right away? Not something we see often! World of Tanks: HEAT has me cautiously interested.

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THE FINALS should be fixed again with the latest Proton Experimental updates

Liam Dawe — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 13:41:56 +0000

Thankfully the Proton coders for Valve have managed to work quickly to get THE FINALS working on Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck after it broke again.

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The Minecraft-like free and open source game VoxeLibre v0.90 brings dynamic settings and new fire spreading

Liam Dawe — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 10:29:21 +0000

VoxeLibre is a great free and open source sandbox game, a Minecraft-like built on top of the Luanti (Minetest) game engine and a big new release v0.90 is out.

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Don't miss out on grabbing a free copy of the new GUNTOUCHABLES

Liam Dawe — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 16:07:59 +0000

From Ghost Ship Publishing and Game Swing, GUNTOUCHABLES is a new frantic online co-op doomsday roguelite for 1-4 players.

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Stumble and fall through the free release of FALLSTRUKTUR

Liam Dawe — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 11:22:39 +0000

FALLSTRUKTUR is a new free 3D platformer game that sees you descend through a world of dream-like geometry.

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After being banned for sale VILE: Exhumed has released for free

Liam Dawe — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 09:35:30 +0000

It was going to release on Steam but it was removed and banned for sale, now VILE: Exhumed is back as a free game to fight back against censorship.

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Team Fortress 2 mod Open Fortress is getting closer to a Steam release

Liam Dawe — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 11:02:24 +0000

Back in May we had the announcement that Open Fortress is coming to Steam, and the latest update on their progress sounds great for this Team Fortress 2 mod.

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Team Fortress 2 adds 10 new maps for a summer event and more bug fixes

Liam Dawe — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 15:44:19 +0000

While this is not the Mann vs Machine update we were previously promised, Team Fortress 2 still has a big update our for the Summer 2025 Event.

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Impressive free and open source RTS 0 A.D. gets an essential patch update

Liam Dawe — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 12:22:07 +0000

0 A.D. is a free and open source RTS game that saw a first release in years back in January, now an important bug fix patch is out now.

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Lost Ark from Amazon Games appears to have enabled the anti-cheat for Linux / SteamOS

Liam Dawe — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 11:26:10 +0000

Lost Ark is a free to play MMO from Smilegate RPG and Amazon Games that was previously blocked on Linux platforms like SteamOS / Steam Deck but now works.

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Popular free online shooter STRAFTAT just got a big content expansion with 4 player support

Liam Dawe — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 17:21:16 +0000

STRAFTAT is a free to play arena shooter that's quite popular, and it just had a big content expansion with support for 4 players.

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Wuthering Waves now Steam Deck Playable, and works on Desktop Linux with one tweak

Liam Dawe — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 15:15:31 +0000

After Wuthering Waves launched on Steam, it was left broken on all Linux platforms including SteamOS and Steam Deck but now it works.

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DOGWALK is a free casual game from the Blender Studio out now

Liam Dawe — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 08:30:34 +0000

The Blender Studio team have now released DOGWALK, a free casual game made with Godot Engine.

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Multiple games from Slitherine are free to keep for a limited time like Battlestar Galactica Deadlock

Liam Dawe — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 08:49:07 +0000

If you're totally broke you can claim some free games to keep on Steam right now, thanks to game publisher Slitherine Ltd.

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STEEL HUNTERS is another live service casualty as it's shutting down

Liam Dawe — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 10:39:44 +0000

STEEL HUNTERS from Wargaming Group only arrived on Steam in April, and it's already going to be shut down by the developers.

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Mecha BREAK is out now on Steam - works on Steam Deck but blocks Desktop Linux

Liam Dawe — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 10:01:10 +0000

Pretty much as expected, Mecha BREAK is out now and it's Steam Deck Verified but the anti-cheat is a real nuisance.

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Bubbits is a 'next generation' bubble shooter that's going to make me far too competitive

Liam Dawe — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 12:00:27 +0000

Bubbits is "next generation" bubble shooter puzzle game that has a demo available that's really worth a look if you have a competitive side.

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