Another month down and we're closing in on the festive period, so here's a look back at what's been popular on Steam Deck during November 2024.

Recently I covered the huge Proton 9.0-4 update for Steam Deck and Desktop Linux hitting the Release Candidate stage and there's been a couple of changes.

Valve have released the latest Steam Hardware & Software Survey for November 2024. Here's the details from it.

Steam Linux user share statistics over time

GOG have announced that Warcraft I and Warcraft II are going to be leaving GOG at the publisher's request (Blizzard).

Lutris, the popular free and open source game manager for Linux, has a fresh update out now fixing up some issues and adding in a good bunch of new features.

A while ago in November, it seems I missed a post from a user in the GamingOnLinux Discord server, noting that the Discord developers finally hooked up screen and audio sharing for Linux with Wayland.

NeoDuel: Backpack Monsters from DiceHit Games, Rogue Duck Interactive and The 4 Winds Entertainment is an inventory management battler with a creature collecting / fusing twist and a fresh content update recently went live.

Motorsport Games announced at the end of November, that all NASCAR games will be delisted from stores on December 31st.

I doubt you need any more games, or perhaps you do, and you fancy some classics. Well the Disney Black Friday Humble Bundle has some fun stuff in it.

The Khronos Group have today announced the release of the Vulkan 1.4 API specification, with various changes and improvements for game and application developers.

Some good news coming out from camp KDE, with their yearly fundraiser ongoing and they've managed to smash their original goal.

Here we go again! Each week Prime Gaming, part of what you get with a subnoscription to Amazon Prime, add and remove various games you can claim to keep. This week we get two sets of new games!

In a few previous years, I decided to do a fresh take each time on what the best Linux distribution was for gaming - so I'm back for a 2025 edition of the article that will cause you to tell me how wrong and terrible I am.

Jingle Jam 2024 has begun and runs until December 14th, where you can donate to get a bundle of games and support various charities.

Synergy is a free mod for Half-Life 2 that allows you to play the Half-Life 2 series and many other singleplayer Source Mods cooperatively with friends. It was recently upgraded to support the Half-Life 2 20th Anniversary Update.

With integration coming in a future release of Proton-Sarek, designed for gamers that have older GPUs, the first release of DXVK-Sarek is out now.

Arcen Games creators of AI War, AI War 2, The Last Federation and other games have announced their new sci-fi 4X RPG Heart of the Machine will launch January 31st, 2025. There's also a new demo available that you can try right now.

Looking to test the waters with Linux gaming and don't want to lose access to your favourite Windows games? Need to know how games actually run on Steam Deck? Here's a simple no-nonsense guide to actually using Steam Play Proton.

The Fanatical Build your own Play on the Go Bundle (BundleFestive Edition) is live for Steam Deck, as is another collection with the Build your own Special Editions Bundle (BundleFestive Edition).

Mojang have today released Minecraft Java 1.21.4 'The Garden Awakens' update for everyone, bringing with it some fun new toys and a new biome to carefully explore.