There’s been a few big developments related to the Steam Deck in the past week, so let’s get to it! The first one is about the availability of the device. Steam Deck: Now Available Without Reservation This will make the… Continue Reading | Continue reading
Hideo Kojima, the famous creator of the series Metal Gear Solid (with Konami) followed by the most recent Death Stranding, is a frequent visitor of the Tokyo Games Show 2022 (TGS 2022). When he used to work at Konami he… Continue Reading | Continue reading
So this is the big day! Valve has finally opened up the reservations for the Steam Deck in Japan (and a few other countries in Asia). At least that’s what my friends told me on Matrix. But that’s strange. I… Continue Reading | Continue reading
You may (or may not) be familiar with the existence of the R programming language. This is one very approachable language used mainly in the data science field and by more traditional statisticians as well. We have been using it… Continue Reading | Continue reading
The Steam Deck continues to get a lot of attention from Valve, in the form of firmware updates and more validated games. We will touch upon the estimated market share and number of units on the market too, for good… Continue Reading | Continue reading
Find the Cats is a new game that was released just a few days ago on Steam by a game developer that we happen to know personally, Bemmu. Find the Cats is a cute little title aimed at kids, challenging… Continue Reading | Continue reading
A new milestone for the Steam Deck, with 2000 games validated (playable and verified) now available on the first of April 2022 | Continue reading
We had noticed a little while ago that Fedora is on the rise when it comes to distros used for Linux Gaming. It was then brought to our attention that Nobara is also a thing, as a derivative of Fedora.… Continue Reading | Continue reading
The Steam Deck undeniably has some great features, but if it were a superhero its superpower might not be what you expect. No, it’s not the powerful processor or advanced options and software, but seemingly the complete opposite of that:… Continue Reading | Continue reading
A new milestone for the Steam Deck, with 2000 games validated (playable and verified) now available on the first of April 2022 | Continue reading
After many months of patiently waiting for the next-generation Tuxedo Stellaris Gen 4 laptop by Tuxedo Computers, I’m happy to finally report it’s now in my hands. I had reviewed the third generation last September. Notable improvements with this version… Continue Reading | Continue reading
Fedora is gaining traction with Linux Gamers according to the latest protondb data. It's been growing steadily for 3 consecutive months now. | Continue reading
Valve has released a few days ago a new update for the Steam Deck, SteamOS 3.2. One of the main improvements is around Refresh Rates. Refresh Rates They make it possible to change the refresh rate of the screen between… Continue Reading | Continue reading
There are now 3000 games on the Steam Deck, after less than 4 months of the validation program start. | Continue reading
The Fall of Ubuntu is now available in video. It uses the ProtonDB data to showcase how the once-leading distro is not lagging for gaming | Continue reading
We track ProtonDB extensively at Boiling Steam, because it’s a trove of data that can be used to learn more about several aspects of the Linux Gaming Market. One of things we check is the number of games with equivalent… Continue Reading | Continue reading
What is a bigger deal, that Valve’s Steam Deck plays Elden Ring from day one (and even better than on Windows!), or that it is a full-fledged Linux computer in handheld form? Okay, probably Elden Ring, but I know many… Continue Reading | Continue reading
Valve has just released a SteamDeck client update for the Steam client, the OS and firmware for the Steam Deck. We give you more details! | Continue reading
If you Steam Deck is making a whistling noise, there is a good chance that it's coming from the fan used to operate it. Have a Look. | Continue reading
While there’s been a lot of great progress in the number of games that now work on the Steam Deck, it’s also important to take a look at how many of the top 100 games on Steam are supported by… Continue Reading | Continue reading
I am big fan of Box86 and Box64 (as well as pretty much everything PtitSeb does) and a few months ago he made it possible to run some Linux Games on Steam (using the mini-mode, the full client is not… Continue Reading | Continue reading
Valve has just announced through the Steam community news that they are adding a new feature to collect feedback from end users about the Steam Deck Verified games they try out. In practice it will first ask you to opt-in… Continue Reading | Continue reading
What's the situation with publishers when it comes to Steam Deck Support: namely which publisher has the most games as Steam Deck Verified? | Continue reading
Since the Steam Deck is pretty much “just a PC”, it’s not a major surprise to see that the Xbox Cloud Gaming service can now work as well on the Deck. It required however a few things – Microsoft Edge… Continue Reading | Continue reading
System76 had unveiled their new Kudu laptop earlier in February. I was fortunate enough to be able to get a review unit (albeit it’s not new; it’s refurbished. I didn’t get any stickers!). Featuring a Ryzen 9 5900HX processor and a RTX… Continue Reading | Continue reading
There are now more than 1400 games working on the Steam Deck – (1402 at the time of writing) in two categories as usual: Steam Deck Verified: 759 titles Steam Deck Playable: 643 titles Total: 1402 titles You can see… Continue Reading | Continue reading
So last week we mentioned that Stadia was going to introduce a solution to run Windows games unmodified on Linux, and not using Proton as Google was apparently building their own thing. Turns out the conference was just yesterday and… Continue Reading | Continue reading
Something is definitely strange in the neighborhood: FedEx was swift and perfect, delivering my Steam Deck during lunch on Friday! I got the order email on Monday in the second round and tried to prepare myself to wait for the… Continue Reading | Continue reading
So it’s been about two weeks since the Steam Deck launched and reached the hands of the first gamers, besides official reviewers. Remember the Steam Machines? Well that did not go too well. Is this time different? How smooth was… Continue Reading | Continue reading
If you believed that Valve was going to stop at supporting only SteamOS on the Steam Deck, well you might want to revise your opinion. They have just released some (but not all) drivers to make it easier to support… Continue Reading | Continue reading
We review the evolution of Linux Distros used for gaming using ProtonDB data from 2018 to 2021. Surprise, Arch Linux and its derivatives are ahead. | Continue reading
As expected it did not take too long to reach this new milestone for the Steam Deck with more than 1000 games working on the device! The Steam Deck now has an exact count of 1004 qualified Games, split in… Continue Reading | Continue reading
This is the big day! The first emails for those who pre-ordered the Steam Deck should have reached or in the process of reaching customers! At the latest count, the Steam Deck launches with 825 Games, split in two categories:… Continue Reading | Continue reading
As expected we should be reaching 1000 titles playable for the Steam Deck before the end of the month. We are now at 783 titles at the time of writing, just before the official launch scheduled for the 25th of… Continue Reading | Continue reading
The end times are nigh! There is a lot of hype for a handheld Linux gaming device from Valve, that Steam Deck you’ve been hearing about. I have to admit, after being curious but not completely on board at the… Continue Reading | Continue reading
Let’s talk about hardware today! One of my machines at home happens to be an old HP Z400 workstation. A fairly old piece of hardware (manufactured sometimes in 2009-2010) that I use mainly for productivity because it’s built like a… Continue Reading | Continue reading
The verification dance continues for the Steam Deck. We have now passed 720 titles (725 at the time of writing) after a big push today. Now you have, split in two categories: Steam Deck Verified: 398 titles Steam Deck Playable:… Continue Reading | Continue reading
The last time we saw a stable Proton release was 6.3-8 back in November. Today, we have yet another noteworthy release, with many more games being playable. As you can figure out by the name of the release version, Wine… Continue Reading | Continue reading
Another quick update about the Steam Deck. Apparently another (outlaw?) developer has leaked the details of the contents of a SteamOS update (dated 11th of February 2022) for the Steam Deck. In short: Working GPU settings such as FPS/TDP limiters.… Continue Reading | Continue reading
After collecting individual predictions for Linux gaming in 2022, let’s try to look at what the combined predictions look like as well, as we typically see that combining predictions among several people provides better accuracy on average (i.e. the concept… Continue Reading | Continue reading
Today marks another milestone for the Steam Deck Verified and Playable games. After a few days of very few additions to the list, Valve has bumped up the list significantly in the last few hours. We now have 412 titles… Continue Reading | Continue reading
Much of the endless back and forth about Linux Gaming comes down to this: is there really a difference between native and tools like Proton? | Continue reading
Leaked from a Chinese developer, we can see the Steam Deck's side bar menu within SteamOS when running a game to tweak GPU settings | Continue reading
Valve has started since mostly a week ago to make the Steam Deck Verified and Playable titles public. Since the Steam Deck launches on the 25th of February, there’s actually not so much time left to verify hundreds if not… Continue Reading | Continue reading
Imagine cramming an RTX 3080, a Ryzen 9 5900HX, and 16 GB DDR4 RAM into a slim chassis that’s barely thicker than an inch and weighing in at less than five pounds. That’s what the Tuxedo Stellaris laptop by Tuxedo… Continue Reading | Continue reading
The Boiling Steam Matrix Room is full of surprises. Turns out that one of our readers, @Grazen, is in a senior leadership role at an Esports company. Since Esports are growing like crazy these days, it was a great opportunity… Continue Reading | Continue reading
You should really avoid Nvidia Pascal GPUs if you intend to play DirectX 12 games on Linux with Proton (using VKD3D). Very, very poor performance. | Continue reading
When you start as a Linux User, you are very likely to fall in two camps. Either you are a GNOME user, or a KDE user, whether it was by choice or by default. So you already know you won’t… Continue Reading | Continue reading