Steam Beta improves Openbox support and fixes focus issues with AMD / Intel

A fresh Steam Beta update was put out for desktop and Steam Deck, it comes with a whole bunch of little bug fixes and improvements. Especially nice on desktop if you have AMD or Intel GPUs.

Valve appear to be banning games with AI art on Steam

Here's an interesting one on Steam publishing for you. Valve appear to be clamping down on AI art used in games due to the murky legal waters.

Steam Deck now the global #1 top seller on Steam

With the Steam Summer Sale 2023 now in full swing, and with a big discount on the Steam Deck, it has risen back up the Steam charts.

Valve appear to be banning games with AI art on Steam

Here's an interesting one on Steam publishing for you. Valve appear to be clamping down on AI art used in games due to the murky legal waters.

Steam Summer Sale 2023 is live with the Steam Deck up to 20% off

Today the Steam Summer Sale 2023 is live once again, where a great many developers put up big discounts for their games. You know the drill right? Your wallet is already hiding from you.

Valve pulls in another graphics driver developer for Linux gaming

Valve clearly still have plenty of big ambitions for Linux gaming and Steam Deck, and as it turns out recently they pulled in yet another developer to work on open source graphics drivers.

Steam Next Fest June 2023 is live now with lots of games

Say goodbye to your free time for the next week? Steam Next Fest June 2023 is live and there's lots and lots of demos to feast your eyes on.

Steam UI scaling should work even better in the latest Beta

Having Steam UI scaling issues? You may want to have a look at the Steam Client Beta that was released June 15th and see how you get on.

Steam gets overhauled with new overlay, Steam Deck big stable update

Valve has now released the latest big update to the Steam client, which brings with it various UI updates and the new in-game Steam Overlay.

Coraland: the worst rescuer on Steam

Try the demo of Lueur and the Dim Settlers, a minimalist and relaxing survival builder

With a minimalist art style and a more casual setting, Lueur and the Dim Settlers is a genuine little delight to play for those after a city-builder with survival elements but there's a more relaxed game mode too.

Linux hits a multi-year high for user share on Steam thanks to Steam Deck

After some recent weirdness where March saw a big drop, the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for May 2023 is now showing the Linux share at a multi-year high.

Physics be damned, go build some crazy stuff in Poly Bridge 3

Dry Cactus have now released Poly Bridge 3, the latest in their multi-million selling physics-based bridge-building puzzle game series and it looks to be the wildest yet.

Steam Deck hits South Korea retail via Electromart on June 1st

Valve's partner Komodo has announced that they're expanding the Steam Deck retail presence into South Korea on June 1st.

Nintendo blocked Dolphin emulator release on Steam

Back in March the plan was announced for the Wii and GameCube emulator Dolphin to release on Steam, along with some useful Steam features but now that seems unlikely to happen.

Highly rated colour-changing puzzle adventure 'Hue' free to keep until June 8th

Need a free game? You're in luck as Hue from Fiddlesticks Games and Curve Games is currently free to keep on Steam until June 8th.

Save 10% on Erra: Exordium on Steam

Erra: Exordium is a 2D action adventure game in Dieselpunk setting. Explore a world based on Sumerian-Akkadian mythology. Take the role of a scientist who was able to cheat death and fight the rebellious army of mechatrons.

Save 10% on Halls of Torment on Steam

Slay hordes of terrifying monsters in this horde survival roguelite. Descend into the Halls of Torment where the lords of the underworld await you.

Valve tries to improve Big Picture Mode on Linux for NVIDIA GPUs

In the latest Steam Beta Client for desktop, Valve has made an attempt to improve the experience for NVIDIA GPU owners on Linux.

Steam gets game trials with Dead Space being first, plus Valve dumps Google Analytics

Two bits of Steam news for you here, as Valve continue iterating on Steam features for players and developers.

GE-Proton 8-2 is out now fixing Shatterline, various Daedalic games and more

GE-Proton 8-2 is the latest release of the community-made version of Proton, the translation layer from Valve for Steam Deck and Linux desktop.

Valve gave Steam store search a very useful upgrade

Valve announced a fresh upgrade to the Steam store search, making it a lot more useful so here's a run over what's new and improved.

Steam will now scale better with KDE and GNOME

In the latest Beta release for Steam from May 5th, Valve finally did some more work on scaling the UI of the Steam Client.

Valve limits Steam store pages to 2 trailers before screenshots

I don't know about you, but I used to get a little annoyed by endless amounts of trailers on Steam pages that didn't really show much. Valve have been paying attention again to what players want to see.

Seems the big Chinese surge on Steam is over - Steam Survey for April 2023

Valve has now released the latest Steam Hardware & Software Survey for April 2023, and it shows that things have calmed down again.

Another Steam and Steam Deck Beta brings fixes and Steam Input improvements

After the huge update recently that overhauled the Steam Overlay, Valve has put up another Steam and Steam Deck Beta to fix up lingering issues and upgrade Steam Input.

Huge Steam Beta upgrade with new overlay, screenshot manager & more

Wow. Valve sure love to just drop awesome stuff out of nowhere don't they? A brand new Beta update is now live for Steam with some massive improvements. There's also a fresh Steam Deck Beta too!

What are you checking out in Steam Puzzle Fest 2023?

Valve has put up Steam Puzzle Fest, a big sale on all different kinds of puzzle games along with demos and previews of upcoming games too.

Valve improving Mesa graphics drivers on Linux for a "secret" game

Here's something interesting for you. Valve developers seem to be improving the Mesa graphics drivers right now towards a secret game.

Dota 2: The New Frontiers Update is out and it's huge

Dota 2: The New Frontiers Update might be one of the biggest updates to Valve's free to play MOBA ever and it's here now.

HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed added a slick story campaign

HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed is a shooter all about toys, a bit like the classic movie Small Soldiers and back in late March, it had a huge free upgrade.

The latest Steam Hardware Survey had a huge surge of Simplified Chinese

After waiting a while to see if Valve issued any corrections, it seems that the latest Steam Hardware Survey for March 2023 is staying as it is, with a huge surge of Simplified Chinese.

Popular survival roguelike Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead gets a Steam release

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is a rather popular roguelike, quite possibly one of the best, and now it's available on Steam.

Report: Steam Deck to pass 3 million sales during 2023

A new report from Omdia currently doing the rounds is that the Steam Deck from Valve is set to hit 3 million sales during 2023.

Dolphin Emulator for GameCube and Wii is coming to Steam

Giving you another easy way to download and keep it up to date, the Dolphin Emulator for GameCube and Wii is coming to Steam.

Fresh Steam Deck and Steam desktop Beta, Valve dropping old Windows support

Steam Deck and Steam desktop both got a fresh Beta release, with plenty of bug fixing involved and Valve are dropping support for older versions of Windows.