27.02.2026 Steam Deck News
News
- You can now add hardware details to Steam reviews, and give more feedback on Steam Deck Verified
- Dino Crisis 1 and 2 arrive on Steam but they need tweaks to run on Linux / SteamOS
- OldUnreal add new installers for Unreal Tournament 2004, Unreal Tournament: GOTY and Unreal Gold
- Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown demo upgraded with voice-over
- Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War gets a satisfying demo and release date
- Proton GE 10-31 Fixes Nioh 3 Videos And Darktide’s Crashing
- SteamDeckHQ Has Become A Critic On Metacritic!
- Humble’s Love You to Death Bundle Contains Great Indie Horror Games Perfect For The Steam Deck
- Proton GE 10-32 Fixes Akiba’s Trip After Previous Update
- Space strategy game Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes has a demo out now
- Valve confirm Steam Deck stock issues due to “memory and storage shortages”
- Game manager Lutris v0.5.20 released with Proton upgrades, store updates and much more
- Valve Confirms RAM And SSD Issues Keeping Steam Deck OLED Out of Stock
- NVIDIA recommended driver 580.126.18 released for Linux
- Godot Engine suffering from lots of “AI slop” code submissions
- Prepare for HDD availability trouble as they’re getting sold out too
- Unity CEO says an upcoming Beta will allow people to “prompt full casual games into existence”
- Valve wins legal battle against patent troll Rothschild and associated companies
- Get some great games in the new Beamdog & Owlcat RPG Bundle
- RetroDECK Discontinues Switch Emulation Support After Nintendo DMCA Strikes
- Creature collector EvoCreo 2 gets a demo on Steam
- Humble Releases Fantastic Time Capsule Bundle To Celebrate 15 Year Anniversary
- Free and open source RTS 0 A.D. release 28 “Boiorix” is live
- Opus Magnum from Zachtronics is getting a big new ‘De Re Metallica’ DLC
- Free Games + Amazon Prime For Your Steam Deck and Handhelds - 2/19/26:
- The ROG Xbox Ally Hasn’t Put a Dent In Steam Deck’s Sales
- AMD Supposedly Stops Ryzen Z1 and Z1 Extreme Driver Updates
- Wine 11.3 released with vkd3d and Mono upgrades
- Mesa 25.3.6 released as the last bug fix for this driver series
- NVIDIA hiring Linux driver engineers to help with Vulkan, Proton and more
- Heroic Games Launcher 2.20.0 brings numerous important bug fixes
- Steam Next Fest - February 2026 is live with tons of demos
- The Latest Fanatical Killer Bundle Offers Games Like Sniper Elite 5 for Less than $1 Each
- Resident Evil 7 Gold Edition: Nintendo Switch 2 vs Steam Deck
- Firefox 148.0 arrives with AI controls
- Fanatical Brings Back Its Steam Deck Verified Bundle With Awesome New Choices
- Digiphile Unveils Incredible New Boomer Shooter Bundle With Amazing Steam Deck Games
- D7VK version 1.4 brings further enhancements for older Direct3D via Vulkan
- Lutris v0.5.21 and v0.5.22 arrive with Valve’s Sniper runtime support and new game runners
- Happy four years to the Steam Deck - still the top PC gaming handheld
- The Boomer Shooter Blueprint bundle is an epic deal with Selaco, CULTIC and more
- Open source graphics drivers Mesa 26.0.1 released with various bug fixes and a security fix
- New York sues Valve over “illegally promoting gambling” for loot boxes
Verified/Playable highlights
- Steam Deck Verified/Playable Highlights 2/9/26 - 2/15/26
- Steam Deck Verified/Playable Highlights 2/16/26 - 2/22/26