Confused on Steam Play and Proton? Be sure to check out our guide.

GOL asks: what are you playing? Come chat

By Liam Dawe,
As another week comes to a close it's time to have a chat with the GOL readership about what you're all playing lately, come and let us know.

Fantastic 2D action-RPG 'Chronicon' has now released

By Liam Dawe,
Chronicon is an example of pure dedication, as Subworld developed this excellent 2D action RPG over the course of over five years and it's now left Early Access.

Airships: Conquer the Skies hits 100K sales, new update live too plus interview

By Liam Dawe,
One man band David Stark has managed to hit quite a milestone, with their game Airships: Conquer the Skies hitting over 100K sales.

Chunky pixel first-person dungeon crawler Delver is now up on itch.io

By Liam Dawe,
Something for the weekend perhaps, as the excellent first-person dungeon crawler Delver has been released DRM-free on the indie game store itch.io.

Commandos 2 - HD Remaster due for Linux PC support 'this Winter'

By Liam Dawe,
Like a lot of things across this year, the actual Linux PC version of Commandos 2 - HD Remaster has been pushed back to this Winter.

For the People is a political management visual novel out now

By Liam Dawe,
Mixing up the visual novel genre with a little management and plenty of politics, For the People from Brezg Studio is out now with Linux PC support.

The Long Dark will not see Episode 4 until next year

By Liam Dawe,
Hinterland Studio have given an update on the progress of the next episode of the single-player story for the survival game The Long Dark.

Slimesphere is a sweet turn-based strategy that feels like each level is a puzzle

By Liam Dawe,
Slimesphere, the first release from Matheus Reis is a streamlined turn-based strategy game about warring slimes, where each level feels like a puzzle.

Domino House is an upcoming slightly creepy escape room puzzler

By Liam Dawe,
Releasing later this year in October, Domino House is a 2D escape-room styled point and click puzzler with a somewhat creepy feel to it.

Heliborne - Enhanced Edition is out now and it's been really badly received

By Liam Dawe,
After buying the rights to the combat flight sim Heliborne from JetCatGames, the team at Klabater have updated Heliborne into an Enhanced Edition that's out now.

The Steam Play Proton compatibility layer turns two years old

By Liam Dawe,
Two years ago to the date, Valve Software made an announcement that would change Linux gaming on Steam: that announcement was the new version of Steam Play with the Proton compatibility layer.

The puzzle series Hexcells gets a huge discount and dark mode

By Liam Dawe,
Developer Matthew Brown has crafted a set of brilliant puzzle games with the Hexcells series and it seems they're not entirely finished with them years after release.

System76 reveal the true monster desktop-class laptop 'Bonobo WS'

By Liam Dawe,
Need a desktop PC crammed into a laptop powered by Linux? Linux hardware and Pop!_OS distribution maker System76 have you covered, with the reveal of their new absolute behemoth the Bonobo WS.

Manage a private space company in EarthX and go to Mars

By Liam Dawe,
With a name that's clearly a parody of SpaceX, the indie game EarthX has you build up and manage a private space company and with a recent update you can go to Mars.

Mythicard is an upcoming free online card-based auto battler

By Liam Dawe,
Do you enjoy build up a good deck of powerful cards? How about competitive online matches? Keep an eye on the upcoming Mythicard, a free to play auto-battler.

Darkest Dungeon: The Butcher's Circus is now available for Linux PC

By Liam Dawe,
Red Hook Studios have released an update to the free Darkest Dungeon: The Butcher's Circus DLC, which now includes Linux PC support too.

Dynamic physics 3D platformer 'Crumble' to launch in December - try the demo

By Liam Dawe,
Crumble, a 3D platformer I've been excitedly following for quite some time actually has a release date now and they plan to launch it on December 4, 2020.

Quantum mechanics-based puzzle game The Long Gate launches in September

By Liam Dawe,
Coming from the mind of indie dev David Shaw, The Long Gate looks like an incredibly promising puzzle game that touches on unique quantum-based puzzles.

Stylized top-down rally racer 'art of rally' gets a flashy new trailer

By Liam Dawe,
Coming at some point later this year is art of rally, a top-down rally experience from Funselektor Labs and they have a brand new trailer up.

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe delayed into 2021

By Liam Dawe,
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe has been delayed again into 2021. Sadly we've got a while to wait for more amusing endings to the first-person exploration game.