State of Linux gaming

Every week Sifter re-reads four sources for every game it tracks — AreWeAntiCheatYet, Valve’s Steam Deck ratings, ProtonDB and Steam’s native-Linux flag — and these reports are what changed. Every row names whose fact it is. Sifter rates nothing.

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  1. State of Linux gaming — week of 5 October 2026

    5 newly Playable on Deck, 1 with a lowered Deck rating, 1 ProtonDB tier up and 3 down. No anti-cheat game changed status.

    2026-W41 · compares the bakes of 30 September 2026 and 5 October 2026

  2. State of Linux gaming — week of 28 September 2026

    2 games newly Deck Verified, 5 newly Playable on Deck, 3 with a lowered Deck rating and 3 ProtonDB tiers up. No anti-cheat game changed status.

    2026-W40 · compares the bakes of 25 September 2026 and 30 September 2026

  3. State of Linux gaming — week of 21 September 2026

    5 games newly Deck Verified, 12 newly Playable on Deck, 2 with a lowered Deck rating, 5 ProtonDB tiers up, 3 down and 1 newly listed by Steam as native Linux. No anti-cheat game changed status.

    2026-W39 · compares the bakes of 16 September 2026 and 25 September 2026

  4. State of Linux gaming — week of 14 September 2026

    10 games newly Deck Verified, 9 newly Playable on Deck, 4 with a lowered Deck rating, 5 ProtonDB tiers up and 4 down. No anti-cheat game changed status.

    2026-W38 · compares the bakes of 7 September 2026 and 16 September 2026

  5. State of Linux gaming — week of 7 September 2026

    2 games newly Deck Verified, 5 newly Playable on Deck, 3 with a lowered Deck rating, 1 ProtonDB tier up, 2 down and 1 newly listed by Steam as native Linux. No anti-cheat game changed status.

    2026-W37 · compares the bakes of 1 September 2026 and 7 September 2026

  6. State of Linux gaming — week of 31 August 2026

    4 newly Playable on Deck, 3 with a lowered Deck rating and 3 ProtonDB tiers up. No anti-cheat game changed status.

    2026-W36 · compares the bakes of 27 August 2026 and 1 September 2026

  7. State of Linux gaming — week of 24 August 2026

    2 games newly Deck Verified and 1 newly Playable on Deck. No anti-cheat game changed status.

    2026-W35 · compares the bakes of 19 August 2026 and 27 August 2026

  8. State of Linux gaming — week of 17 August 2026

    1 game newly Deck Verified, 1 ProtonDB tier up and 1 down. No anti-cheat game changed status.

    2026-W34 · compares the bakes of 10 August 2026 and 19 August 2026

  9. State of Linux gaming — week of 10 August 2026

    1 with a lowered Deck rating and 1 down. No anti-cheat game changed status.

    2026-W33 · compares the bakes of 3 August 2026 and 10 August 2026

  10. State of Linux gaming — week of 3 August 2026

    2 newly Playable on Deck. No anti-cheat game changed status.

    2026-W32 · compares the bakes of 28 July 2026 and 3 August 2026

  11. 2026-W31 (week of 27 July 2026) — no report. The first bake on record; there is nothing earlier to compare it with.

A report compares the last bake of its week with the last bake before the week began, so after a missed week it covers more than seven days — both dates are printed on it. A game Sifter started tracking is not counted as a change, and a Deck rating or native build that disappeared for one bake and came back is not reported as new.