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As of Tonight, 1900 Steam Games For Linux (phoronix.com)

Posted by timothy on from the but-2000-is-so-much-sexier dept.

New submitter KGIII writes: "After a recent Steam change, there were more than 1,900 Steam Linux games listed as Valve ended up including yet-to-be-released Linux game ports. That total including unreleased Linux games is now up to 2,009! But in terms of released Linux game titles available for download right now, the 1,900 threshold was crossed tonight to end out February." It's getting there. All of you gamers might just be able to make the choice to move to Linux soon. It looks like there are quite a few more games coming down the pipe. This is a good thing as it gives gamers more options for their operating system. I imagine this bodes well for the SteamOS project and for the dedicated SteamOS devices.

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  1. Keep 'em coming! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    I know several people who dual boot, and only keep Windows around for game playing. The sooner more people can ditch Spyware 10, the better.

    1. Re: Keep 'em coming! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

      I don't actually think it's primarily gaming that will switch people to Linux because Windows has that locked down. I think people will only seriously consider switching when Linux becomes more user friendly and superior to Windows for novice users (it's already superior if you understand ssh, bash scripting, systemctl, CLI, etc). Apple were smart enough to know they couldn't compete on gaming so focused on other areas like UI, use ability, security, iTunes and cornered certain professionals one by one (music production, desktop publishing, graphic, video, etc).

      Windows looks like it's going down a bad path at the moment and of they continue with their gimmicky OS's and don't return to the solid Windows 7 type system then they'll accelerate the migration. Also improved virtualization may eventually mean you can run Windows games in Linux at pretty much native speeds. And virtualization seems to be the big thing everyone is concerned about at the moment.

  2. Re:Serious question by phorm · · Score: 5, Informative

    *terrible* for many means less FPS on major titles while running three 1080p monitors. In my experience if I would have noticed those FPS then the game probably wasn't running particularly well in windows either.

    One thing I have noticed is that load-times in Linux can actually be faster depending on the filesystem used.

  3. It's getting there but big franchises still missin by Harlequin80 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Steam carries a lot of good games for linux now but there are still a number of big franchises that haven't made it across. I don't think they will make the move until they move to their next major engine release.

    That said I suspect that game developers are going to be watching microsofts movements with their push for a windows store again and won't want to be stuck in windows if microsoft starts putting in over the top requirements.