On your mark, get set, go! The Steam Winter Sale 2016 with the votes for the Steam Awards has begun!

Every day you can give a vote for a different category. The Sale will last until 02.01.2017.

Downward, the 1st-person parkour game with interesting setting is currently in EarlyAccess and already looks beautiful - thanks to UE4-engine.

According to the developer Caracal Games there will be a version for Linux next week:

Yes you are right, we plan to expand to Linux in the next week! For Mac we will need to wait a bit more, more updates on this later on!

A free DLC for the 3rd-person stealth game Aragami has been released: Assassin Masks.

It contains 12 new character skins, which can be used in single- and im multiplayer games.

Description:

The Assassin Masks Set includes 12 new character skins for Aragami. Customize your shadow assassin and wear a deadly visage of your choosing in single player or multiplayer missions.

The Update 1.5 for American Truck Simulator has been released for Linux on Steam.

It contains a complete overhauled and resized map and many more improvements.

More information:

Rescaled map main features:
Scale 1:35 → 1:20 – 1,75x larger map

Hundreds of miles of new longer roads

A new city - Santa Maria

For Stellaris the huge update 1.4 (aka Kennedy) and the free DLC Horizon Signal has been released for Linux on Steam.

The DLC Horizon Signal has been written by the author Alexis Kennedy, who also wrote stories for Sunless Sea among others.

Here is the FAQ for Horizon Signal:

The Dwarfes, an interesting mixture between tactical RTS and RPG and created based on the famous book by Markus Heitz, is now available for Linux on Steam.

UPDATE: it is also available DRM-free at GOG!

Description:

Redie, a top-down-shooter with some similarities to Hotline Miami, is now available for Linux on Steam.

Description:

Redie is a challenging singleplayer 3D top-down shooter. Fight an army of well-trained terrorists and soldiers in action-packed close quarters combat. Prepare to (re)die.