This event was originally planned for the beginning of September, but… better late than never!

So, Steam now lists ~860 GNU/Linux-compatible games in its catalog, which is roughly a fifth of all titles available there.
"Steam OS + Linux" as a gaming platform keeps receiving support from many indie developers and is steadily getting recognition of "AAA" publishers with games like Bioshock: Infinite (confirmed) on the radar… and Empire: Total War (speculated) released just recently by Feral Interactive!

As usual there are no rules that would prevent you from joining any of the giveaways if you are using a different OS. Au contraire, building a solid cross-platform Steam library may help you switch in the future. ^^

Let's roll, shall we?

NOTE: All giveaways in the opening post are now closed!


UPDATED on January 3-4 of 2015 to celebrate reaching a beastly number of games in my SteamOS + Linux library.
I guess this will be the last batch for now, until a proper comeback around the end of February?..

Wave ₆6⁶ to finish things off with one of the most chaotic sets of giveaways!
(since wave two)

CV 0.42:

CV 4.20:

CV 42.0:

And… you were still welcome to throw in Steamplay-enabled stuff for the other visitors of this thread.


First wave (CV 0, no particular order)… is now over!

[CLOSED] Symphony (w/m4a) | [CLOSED] Race The Sun (2 Copies) | [CLOSED] Shadowrun Returns | [CLOSED] Surgeon Simulator: Anniversary Edition
[CLOSED] Prison Architect | [CLOSED] Abyss: The Wraiths of Eden | [CLOSED] Meltdown
[CLOSED] Interplanetary | [CLOSED] ROCKETSROCKETSROCKETS | [CLOSED] BattleBlock Theater | [CLOSED] Deponia: The Complete Journey

A-a-and many thanks to eagleclaw6 for contributing some Drunken Robot Pornography [CLOSED]!

Second wave! (CV 0, at random)… has come to an end!

[CLOSED] Football Manager 2014 | [CLOSED] Sanctum 2 Complete Pack (2 Copies) | [CLOSED] Noir Syndrome | [CLOSED] Jagged Alliance Collector's Bundle
[CLOSED] Gone Home | [CLOSED] Nightmares from the Deep: The Cursed Heart | [CLOSED] Terrian Saga: KR-17 | [CLOSED] Vangers
[CLOSED] Shiny The Firefly | [CLOSED] Spacebase DF-9 | [CLOSED] Bastion (Soundtrack Edition) | [CLOSED] Hatoful Boyfriend

And, of course, there was this gibway [CLOSED] left here by bananarepublic - really appreciated!

The third wave was dedicated to adventures…and, choosing ones of your own!

[CLOSED] Journal | [CLOSED] Violett | [CLOSED] Gone Home | [CLOSED] Broken Age | [CLOSED] Jazzpunk | [CLOSED] Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse
[CLOSED] Chaos on Deponia | [CLOSED] Deponia: The Complete Journey | [CLOSED] Enigmatis: The Mists of Ravenwood | [CLOSED] The Raven - Legacy of a Master Thief

Wave 四 was all about HORROR!
(All of these games have the aforementioned tag on Steam… and a required CV of 30.01 to enter the giveaways)

[CLOSED] Painkiller Hell and Damnation Collector's Edition - and a bonus M/V!
[CLOSED] Eldritch | [CLOSED] Left 4 Dead 2 | [CLOSED] Amnesia Collection | [CLOSED] Dark Matter | [CLOSED] Montague's Mount

The cross-platforming wave V
(Not much of a pun, but the theme should be pretty self-explanatory, CV 30.01 everywhere)

[CLOSED] Capsized | [CLOSED] Terrian Saga: KR-17 | [CLOSED] Another World (20th Anniversary Edition) | [CLOSED] Dust: An Elysian Tail
[CLOSED] BattleBlock Theater | [CLOSED] Mark of the Ninja (Special Edition) | [CLOSED] SteamWorld Dig | [CLOSED] Rogue Legacy


Feel free to jump in and contribute!

P.S. I do not really care about Christmas (and it is a bit early anyway), but those of you who do may get a kick out of this video.

One last update. Thank you all for joining me in this rather odd celebration. Let us all venture into 2015 to see many more prime quality titles gracing the GNU/Linux platform and SteamOS!

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Thanks for making such a nice giveaway series !!

9 years ago
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bumpy thanky

9 years ago
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Thanks :D

9 years ago
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Quick reminder: this is not over yet. 10 new giveaways added. The theme for this wave is ADVENTURE!

As usual, feel free to join in.

9 years ago
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Just won Vangers and Gone Home, thank you very much for he GA

9 years ago
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Thanks mate :)

9 years ago
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Thanks for taking the time to create all these giveaways!

9 years ago
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wild linux/GNU thread appears... AND GETS KILLED BY SOSUKE AIZEN EVEN WITHOUT ANY BANKAI Aizen's creepy smile :D (dont know how to post links, sorry)JK, although not a fan of linux myself, my friend is. (can you even play ANYTHING on it?) From my other buddy who tries to play on linux: system does something weird "MY SAVES!!! MY SAVES!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! NOT MY SAVES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH,MY SAVES!!!!!!!!!!!! WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY???????!!!!!!!!" throws computer out of window :D

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Weirdness of this post aside, I can actually recall a savegame incident with Deponia:TCJ after one of the recent updates. However, it is never the system that does the unexplainable, it is usually the lack of knowledge/testing on the part of those using it. In that case the savegame location was reconfigured which caused Steam Cloud Sync (or the game itself) to wipe out the previous location. Not really a linux-specific problem.

So, to answer your question: Yes, a lot of games are very much playable and enjoyable on GNU/Linux systems. ^^

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But dont you get hit with banhammer more often, since some games anti cheat protection think you're cheating? Especially online ones.

9 years ago
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This wiki article mentions one instance from back in 2006, and I cannot think of any other more recent problems with anti-cheat protection, aside from the infamous Diablo 3 mass-bans of 2012.

Which is a rather controversial subject in itself - Blizzard's official stand on that is "Playing the game on Linux, although not officially supported, will not get you banned – cheating will."

However, it looks like their definition of cheating includes "not providing the security system enough comfort to function", and that particular notion has been successfully appealed.

Both of the above cases, though, illustrate running non-native versions of the games in emulated environments. You add one more layer between the game and the system, and its DRM/AC/etc acts up. What we are happily seeing now is an increasing number of natively-ported (or even wrapped) and officially endorsed GNU/Linux-compatible releases.

TL;DR Version: Not really.

9 years ago
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I won your Bastion giveaway - thank you very much for the giveaways.

9 years ago
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Thanks a lot, very generous of you :)

9 years ago
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I'm glad Linux is finally getting some love from big publishers as well. The more competition the better. Or: the bigger the gaming family, the better. As an adventure player, I particularly appreciate this round. :)

9 years ago
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thanks :)

9 years ago
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I wish Linux had had this kind of driving force a decade ago.

9 years ago
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Yeah, it sure would have helped a lot! The world might have just been a better place by now.

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All gifts for the third wave have now been sent, and we are venturing into the depths of horror now!

Oh, and by the way, the three of you who won more than one giveaway already… consider giving SteamOS a try in the future, or I'll haunt you… ^^'

9 years ago
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Bump

9 years ago
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Some of the latest giveaways still have a single digit number of entries. Consider the chances!

9 years ago
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Thanks!

9 years ago
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If/when I consider doing this again, I guess reserving the first comment on the first page would be a proper move…

Anyway, 8 new giveaways here!

9 years ago
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A gentle (?) bump. Basically shoving those GAs into everyone's faces at this point.

9 years ago
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Thanks for the giveaways.

Linux is awesome. I'm currently trying to finish all the games in my library that don't have Linux support. That way I can get rid of dual boot, use Linux full time and buy only games that have Linux support.

9 years ago
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Sounds like a decent plan of actions. Good luck!

9 years ago
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Since this thread never got properly closed after ending the event so abruptly, I decided to give it another push.
So, there you have it. A rather strange collection of 13 selected (almost randomly) titles!

9 years ago
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Visibility bump. Before the lights are out.

9 years ago
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Bump for your awesomeness, always a great choice of games !

9 years ago
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Thank you very much! Not sure if I'd call it great, but at least it is… diverse.

9 years ago
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They are all contributor only ;-;

9 years ago
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Indeed they are. Contributing to the community is always welcome within the FOSS-world (and, well, human world in general).

The required CV for 8 out of 13 current GA here is easily attainable, especially considering the amount of cheap game bundles published all the time… so I fail to see the problem. ^^'

9 years ago
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Not entering any as all the ones I'm interested in I have already (Damn you, sales!), but kudos for making this.

9 years ago
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Bumpy bump! More visibility for alternate platforms! Remember when Steam was Windows-only? Those days were the worst! (I only had a Mac at the time)

My roommate only has a linux box. There are literally DOZENS of us! Man, a tight linux distro without the cruft of Windows bloat, doesn't that seem like the IDEAL gaming machine? Am I wrong? It just needs more native games...

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Dozens? More like dozens of thousands! (Still not sure what exactly we are counting here, as both numbers are severe understatements).

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During the sale I experienced that I thought longer about buying a windows game than a linux game, cause I would have to hope for compatibility with wine/playonlinux if I don't want to reboot (yes, uptime FTW).

Oh, and last hour thanks bump btw

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Closed 9 years ago by cicyractu.