Can Valve Save Linux Gaming In 2021?

Let’s begin with a sobering observation. Despite two straight years of incredible advancements in Linux gaming — including going from 0 to 6000+ Windows-only games playable on the Steam for Linux client — that progress has barely moved the needle for Linux adoption. As our own James Mawson so poignantly states:

This night-and-day difference has driven a growth so feeble, it’s difficult to separate…