Thankfully the Proton coders for Valve have managed to work quickly to get THE FINALS working on Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck after it broke again.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/the-finals-should-be-fixed-again-with-the-latest-proton-experimental-updates/

Currently free on the Epic Games Store:

Hidden Folks
https://store.epicgames.com/p/hidden-folks-239d16

Sale ends on August 21, 2025 at 15:00 UTC.

Currently free on the Epic Games Store:

Totally Reliable Delivery Service Standard Edition
https://store.epicgames.com/p/totally-reliable-delivery-service

Sale ends on August 21, 2025 at 15:00 UTC.

VoxeLibre is a great free and open source sandbox game, a Minecraft-like built on top of the Luanti (Minetest) game engine and a big new release v0.90 is out.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/the-minecraft-like-free-and-open-source-game-voxelibre-v0-90-brings-dynamic-settings-and-new-fire-spreading/

From Ghost Ship Publishing and Game Swing, GUNTOUCHABLES is a new frantic online co-op doomsday roguelite for 1-4 players.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/dont-miss-out-on-grabbing-a-free-copy-of-the-new-guntouchables/

Previously free on the Epic Games Store:

112 Operator
https://store.epicgames.com/p/112-operator-f34b0b

Sale ended on August 14, 2025 at 15:00 UTC.

Currently free on the Epic Games Store:

Road Redemption
https://store.epicgames.com/p/road-redemption-ce16fb

Sale ends on August 14, 2025 at 15:00 UTC.

FALLSTRUKTUR is a new free 3D platformer game that sees you descend through a world of dream-like geometry.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/stumble-and-fall-through-the-free-release-of-fallstruktur/

It was going to release on Steam but it was removed and banned for sale, now VILE: Exhumed is back as a free game to fight back against censorship.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/after-being-banned-for-sale-vile-exhumed-has-released-for-free/

Previously free on the Epic Games Store:

Keylocker | Turn Based Cyberpunk Action
https://store.epicgames.com/p/keylocker-622bcc

Sale ended on August 7, 2025 at 15:00 UTC.

Previously free on the Epic Games Store:

Pilgrims
https://store.epicgames.com/p/pilgrims-6d250f

Sale ended on August 7, 2025 at 15:00 UTC.

Back in May we had the announcement that Open Fortress is coming to Steam, and the latest update on their progress sounds great for this Team Fortress 2 mod.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/team-fortress-2-mod-open-fortress-is-getting-closer-to-a-steam-release/

While this is not the Mann vs Machine update we were previously promised, Team Fortress 2 still has a big update our for the Summer 2025 Event.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/team-fortress-2-adds-10-new-maps-for-a-summer-event-and-more-bug-fixes/

Previously free on the Epic Games Store:

Legion TD 2
https://store.epicgames.com/p/legion-td-2-a244b9

Sale ended on July 31, 2025 at 15:00 UTC.

Previously free on the Epic Games Store:

Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI Platinum Edition
https://store.epicgames.com/p/sid-meiers-civilization-vi

Sale ended on July 24, 2025 at 15:00 UTC.

0 A.D. is a free and open source RTS game that saw a first release in years back in January, now an important bug fix patch is out now.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/impressive-free-and-open-source-rts-0-a-d-gets-an-essential-patch-update/

Blender's Studio Free Game: Dogwalk (made with Blender and Godot): https://blenderstudio.itch.io/dogwalk
#linux #linuxgaming #update #release #dogwalk #freegame #blender #godot

Lost Ark is a free to play MMO from Smilegate RPG and Amazon Games that was previously blocked on Linux platforms like SteamOS / Steam Deck but now works.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/lost-ark-from-amazon-games-appears-to-have-enabled-the-anti-cheat-for-linux-steamos/

STRAFTAT is a free to play arena shooter that's quite popular, and it just had a big content expansion with support for 4 players.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/popular-free-online-shooter-straftat-just-got-a-big-content-expansion-with-4-player-support/

After Wuthering Waves launched on Steam, it was left broken on all Linux platforms including SteamOS and Steam Deck but now it works.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/wuthering-waves-now-steam-deck-playable-and-works-on-desktop-linux-with-one-tweak/