Definitely give Ruthless a go, I love it… reminds me of early game ARPG’s on higher difficulties. Positioning really matters, you have to adapt based on what you get. It seems to have been the proving ground for PoE2’s new tempo.
I was going to do an origin character as a solo play-through and a custom character for a group play-through with my mates, but now I might do it the other way around… which means hours in the character creator! Ha.
The Steam Deck has no doubt dramatically increased the number of Linux gamers, but at the same time the market has just grown at an even faster pace. It would be amazing if they gave us some absolute numbers one day, but I doubt they will. It’s a great start though, Valve have done so much for gaming on Linux!