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Can I Play Tales of Berseria on the Steam Deck?

Our Verdict 9 / 10 Tales of Beseria running on Linux with Proton, and running beautifully. Dizlexic Tales of Berseria, released for PC in 2017 by Bandai Namco, explores the betrayal and redemption of the main protagonist Velvet. A classic JRPG with the well known Tales Of action combat. Players have the freedom to explore […]

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Can I play Squad on Steam Deck?

Yes. Yes you can. Squad is currently Unsupported on Steam Deck, according to Valve because “This game’s anti-cheat is not configured to support Steam Deck” This is a problem plaguing many games that you should easily be able to play on the Steam Deck. For months, Valve has been working with Epic on supporting Easy […]

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How do I select what version of Proton a game will use?

Q: How do I select what version of proton a game will use? You can select a different proton version for a game to use by opening that games properties menu Navigate to the Compatibility section. Now check the “Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool” option. When you do that you’ll […]

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How to set a global Proton version in Steam

Q: Is it possible to set a global proton version for game installations so I don’t have to mess with it every time? A: Yeppers If you would rather just set a global proton version for steam to use when installing non-native titles, check out these steps. First you will want to open Steam’s Settings […]

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How do I find a game’s App ID in Steam?

Q: How do I find a games App ID? It used to be a hassle to find the App ID for a game on steam, but with some quality of life updates it’s now very simple. Navigate to the game in your library and open the Properties menu Now go to the Updates tab. Now […]

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SteamOS 3.0

Valve has stated they will be breaking from Debian with their next release of SteamOS. Debian[2] has long been a beacon of stability in the world of Linux distribution, but it seems like the team at Valve want to pursue a more volatile rolling release model by switching to the Arch-based Linux distro Manjaro. SteamOS […]

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Why We’re Excited for the Steam Deck

The Steam Deck is poised to be one of the more disruptive forces in handheld gaming, but all I’m hearing is “what’s a Steam Deck?” How can Steam Deck change Linux gaming? For years I’ve been a Linux gamer. One of the of the greatest pleasures I have, aside from wasting copious hours playing video […]

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Our Favorite Plasma Themes for KDE

Sweet KDE Simply sweet. Sweet KDE by EliverLara – KDE Store Rounded Those MacOs Vibes. ROUNDED by varlesh – KDE Store Materia Dark KDE A reflection of my soul. Materia Dark KDE by Papirus Development Team – KDE Store We10XOS Dark Plasma Theme High gloss, low drag. We10XOS by yeyushengfan258 – KDE Store Dynamo Simple, […]

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Our Testing Setup

At Steam Deck Monster, I’m trying to give prospective Linux gamers the broad picture on what can be played and run on Linux. The easiest way to approach this is from the Steam Deck environment since it gives a consistent base for all gamers on linux. Unfortunately we were unable to get a testing deck […]

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Can I Play Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion on the Steam Deck

Contents Setup Performance Conclusion Setup. Oblivion was really easy to install. Simple generic installation, but we are including a step by step guide for completeness. Open Steam, then navigate to Oblivion in your Library. Open the Properties menu for Oblivion. With the properties menu opened switch to the compatibility section. Check the “Force the use […]