Gaming news · State of Linux gaming
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.
Published . Compares Sifter’s bake of 16 September 2026 (1,877 games) with 25 September 2026 (2,052 games).
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anti-cheat now working · AreWeAntiCheatYet
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anti-cheat now blocked · AreWeAntiCheatYet
5
newly Deck Verified · Valve
12
newly Deck Playable · Valve
2
Deck rating lowered · Valve
5
ProtonDB tier rose · ProtonDB
3
ProtonDB tier fell · ProtonDB
1
newly listed as native Linux · Steam
Anti-cheat games that now run on Linux (0)
No anti-cheat game changed to Supported or Running between these two bakes.
Anti-cheat games that stopped working on Linux (0)
No anti-cheat game changed from working to Broken or Denied between these two bakes.
Newly Deck Verified (5)
- Black Friday Janitor: Clean the Whole MallValve's Deck rating: Unrated → Verified
- Fish LabValve's Deck rating: Unrated → Verified
- NINJA GAIDEN 2 BlackValve's Deck rating: Unsupported → Verified
- Path of Exile 2Valve's Deck rating: Playable → Verified
- Scritchy ScratchyValve's Deck rating: Playable → Verified
Newly Playable on Steam Deck (12)
- AniimoValve's Deck rating: Unrated → Playable
- Anime Shop Simulator ✨Valve's Deck rating: Unrated → Playable
- Batomon ShowdownValve's Deck rating: Unrated → Playable
- BRAZILIAN DRUG DEALER BEFORE 4: DEMONS FROM THE PORTAL TO HELL I OPENED ARE STILL IN THE FAVELA AND NOW I HAVE TO SAVE MAMADAS FROM RONALDOValve's Deck rating: Unrated → Playable
- Crimson MoonValve's Deck rating: Unsupported → Playable
- DR DominoesValve's Deck rating: Unrated → Playable
- Grand Theft Auto IIIValve's Deck rating: Unsupported → Playable
- HOPE 01Valve's Deck rating: Unrated → Playable
- Mimic PartyValve's Deck rating: Unrated → Playable
- Soul Land: Awakening WorldValve's Deck rating: Unsupported → Playable
- SublightValve's Deck rating: Unrated → Playable
- WheelMatesValve's Deck rating: Unrated → Playable
Deck rating lowered (2)
ProtonDB tier rose (5)
ProtonDB tier fell (3)
Newly listed with a native Linux build (1)
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Sources: AreWeAntiCheatYet (anti-cheat status, in its own words), Valve’s Steam Deck compatibility ratings, ProtonDB community tiers (ODbL) and Steam’s own platform list. Only games tracked in both bakes are compared — 175 games Sifter began tracking this week are not counted as changes. Sifter rates nothing.