There are now more than 1100 games on Steam for Linux

Apr 26, 2015 18:05 GMT  ·  By

The Steam for Linux platform is growing at a fantastic rate, and there are now more than 1100 titles on this platform that have support for open source operating system.

Valve released Steam for Linux just two and a half years ago, and the advances made by the platform are truly astounding, especially if we keep in mind that gaming wasn't really a focus back then for Linux distros. This meant that the drivers were in a poor state, and the basic idea was that Linux is not an OS that can be a gaming machine.

Many developers jumped on board, and they have ported numerous titles to Linux. In the past year or so, that trend has changed, and developers are now looking to add Linux support from the start. This is the main reason more than a 100 titles have made their appearance on Steam for Linux in the past month, which in itself is an impressive figure.

Steam for Linux is not slowing down

Some gamers might think that 1100 games are too many, but please keep in mind that Windows has had a lot more time to cement itself as a gaming OS. In this case, 1100 means that 1 in 5 titles have Linux support. As one Reddit user pointed out, after 160 more games have been ported or released for Linux, that proportion will become 1 in 4, meaning 25%.

Valve is really trying to make Linux a force by investing a lot of money in Steam OS and the Steam Machines, the upcoming console / PC hybrids that should be game changers, come November. They have also improved the Linux driver support by actively supporting development for various components, and they have announced that quite a few triple-A titles are expected to be released later this year.