Steam Deck hits HUGE new milestone: what you need to know

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This week, we reached 11,000 Playable and Verified titles for Steam Deck. We’ll talk about it. Plus, new software updates for Steam Deck and community-made apps add new features. All this and more today. That’s right, it’s Steam Deck News Time.

SteamDB 11,000+ verified/playable titles: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/08/get-highly-rated-modern-platformers-like-a-hat-in-time-in-this-bundle/
New Decky Plugin “PlayTime”: https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/15yqjof/playtime_a_decky_plugin_for_tracking_playtime_on/
RetroDECK 0.7.1b: https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/15y9bq5/retrodeck_071b_released/
Proton Anniversary: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/08/5-years-ago-valve-released-proton-forever-changing-linux-gaming/
Lenovo Legion Go: https://windowsreport.com/lenovo-legion-go-first-look/
Deck update 1: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1675200/view/3677805209175800795
Deck update 2: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1675200/view/3677805209190444999
Deck update 3: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1675200/view/3644028846238041996

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New Decky Loader Plugins, an update for RetroDECK, and other Steam Deck news!

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— Chapters —
00:00 – Intro
00:27 – 11,000 titles rated “”Verified”” or “”Playable
01:18 – This video’s sponsor: SquareSpace
02:39 – PlayTime: a new Decky Loader Plugin
03:08 – New RetroDECK 0.7.1b release
04:35 – Proton’s five year anniversary
05:55 – Lenovo Legion Go is *almost* interesting to me
06:57 – Steam Deck Software Updates