The game that started off a sudden craze and lots of clones, Vampire Survivors 1.6 is out now adding in local co-op along with moving over to the Unity game engine.
Inspired by the likes of The Beginner's Guide, Stories Untold, Buddy Simulator, and Zork — [I] doesn't exist is a love letter to the origins of narrative-focused gaming and levels up the text adventure genre through the use of conversational text recognition, beautiful, surreal pixel art, and unconventional, intrapersonal themes.
After initially being under the Paradox Arc publishing arm, it seems Across the Obelisk has done well enough for Paradox Interactive directly to want it - so they acquired it.
Silence of the Siren is an exciting looking game you need to follow if you're a fan of strategy games, in development by Oxymoron Games who created Project Hospital.
Marble It Up! Ultra is a new free overhaul of Marble It Up! that comes with Native Linux support, and it's also now Steam Deck Verified. The upgrade is also free for existing owners.
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart released back in late July and Insomniac Games / Nixxes Software have released another patch for it, which includes a fix for Linux gamers.
The previously-announced DLC Dimension Shellshock for the Native Linux beat 'em up Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge now has a confirmed release-date and price, and there'll be a separate free update on the same day, too.
Tempest Rising is an upcoming base-building RTS from Slipgate Ironworks and 2B Games with publishing via THQ Nordic and 3D Realms and a first playable preview is out with the first GDF mission.
Freebird Games have revealed a brand new trailer for To the Moon - Beach Episode, the next is the series of this 2D RPG adventure and there's even going to be a real-life card game.
I'm still completely hooked on Baldur's Gate 3, the first time for a while I've been properly firmly sucked into a game and it's set to get some big updates too.
Valve has released a new Beta version of the Steam client for desktop and Steam Deck, plus an expansion to add in Indonesian language support.
Enjoy comics and visual novels? How about super heroes? You should take a look at the recently released Penny Larceny: Gig Economy Supervillain which looks great.
Did you enjoy Unforeseen Incidents from Backwoods Entertainment? They've revealed their new title We Stay Behind, a single-player third-person mystery between dreams and reality.
While other developers like Larian are riding high with Baldur's Gate 3, it seems Blizzard are not doing so well with the recent Steam release of Overwatch 2 becoming the worst user-reviewed game of all time on Steam.
Crowsworn looks like it's coming along nicely and fans of Hollow Knight will want to keep a close eye on it. Celebrating two years since their Kickstarter, they have a new trailer up.
Arcen Games developers of AI War, The Last Federation, Bionic Dues have said they're no longer doing Native Linux support for their upcoming game Heart of the Machine and will instead rely on Proton.
Pine Studio have announced that their popular puzzle game Escape Simulator is getting a Valve-approved Portal themed free DLC with Escape Simulator: Portal Escape Chamber.
A small update for Proton Experimental launched on August 10th for Steam Deck and desktop Linux to fix issues with two problematic games.
Earlier we reported about how id Software and Nightdive Studios had come together once more to remaster Quake II for a new generation and shadow dropped it at QuakeCon. Well, that was only one part of the festivities as id and Bethesda have put a bunch of their hit games on sale to celebrate QuakeCon.
Blending together survival, horror, a deck builder and roguelike dungeon exploration - Draft of Darkness has a little bit of everything.