Category: Beta

Splitgate 2 brings back the free to play FPS with portals from 1047 Games, with a Beta now available. However, it's another game that will not work on Desktop Linux, only the Steam Deck.

Valve have released SteamOS 3.7.7 Beta "Sunny & Gizmo" with the noted changes including the new Battery Charge Limit option along with more work for the Lenovo Legion Go S.

Valve released a Steam Beta update for Steam Deck and Desktop that has some essential fixes, one of which was quite a nuisance bug on Steam Deck.

After a long time of users asking, Valve has actually added an official Battery Charge Limit setting in the latest Steam Deck Beta update so you no longer need to use third-party tools.

Bethesda have released a surprise Beta update for Starfield. The update brings with it numerous bug fixes, Creation Kit upgrades and there's even a new Very Low graphics setting option.

Bringing some big changes down from Preview, SteamOS 3.7.5 for Steam Deck now in Beta as Valve work towards getting it in the stable release for all Steam Deck players and then eventually the public SteamOS release for more hardware.

Valve continue working towards a stable release of the major Proton 10 update, to bring many improvements to Windows game compatibility on Linux / Steam Deck. Today, Valve released a small bug fix update to the Proton 10 Beta.

The Half-Life remake Black Mesa from Crowbar Collective has a fresh Beta update available for testing, which includes numerous enhancements to their Linux support along with a bunch of other stability improvements.

Nearly a month since the last stable update, NVIDIA have today released the 575.51.02 Beta driver that brings with it support for NVIDIA Smooth Motion on Linux along with various bug fixes. NVIDIA also formally announced the GeForce RTX 5060 series.

I continue to be very excited about improvements to the cross-platform open source Nexus Mods app, to finally firmly plug the modding hole on Linux platforms including the Steam Deck.

Valve released SteamVR Beta 2.10.2 on April 2nd, and thankfully it includes a couple of fixes for Linux VR players.

Due to get an experimental build for you to test it early tomorrow, controller support is coming to Satisfactory along with a whole bunch of other big upgrades.

Ubuntu 25.04 is due out next month, with a Beta now live for testing so you can see all that's new and report any unexpected issues.

Starsector (formerly "Starfarer") is still in development but it's been a seriously impressive game for years. Not yet on Steam or any other store, as you have to buy it direct, but don't let that stop you with a big update out now.

Valve released a fresh Steam Beta Client update for March 27th bringing with it a few fixes, plus an interesting seeming improvement for how they calculate download progress and timing.

After requesting Linux testers back in Early 2024, the sneaky stealth platformer Kiyo has a new playtest on Steam for you to try with expanded Linux support. The style and lighting in this one really does look interesting.

The new cross-platform and open source Nexus Mods App is coming along with their team now formally announcing the Stardew Valley Preview. With support for Linux / Steam Deck baked right in.

While Valve continue working towards the public SteamOS 3 release for more devices, and we've seen them note work towards that in the initial SteamOS 3.7 Preview, they continue rolling out more bug fixes for the Steam Deck.

Fedora Linux 42 Beta and for macOS hardware Fedora Asahi Remix 42 Beta are both now available for some testing to help make another great Linux distribution release.

Valve have released a quick follow-up update to the big SteamOS 3.7 preview on Steam Deck to fix up some issues people have been reporting with the sound quality.