Category: Early Access

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Some early thoughts on the open-world sandbox game ‘Project 5: Sightseer’

By Liam Dawe, 18 Dec 2017

Project 5: Sightseer is a hard game to describe properly, but it certainly has managed to capture my attention.

Slaps and Beans now in Early Access

By RTheren, 17 Dec 2017

Bud Spencer & Terence Hill: Slaps and Beans is now in Early Access after a successful Kickstarter campaign in which the developers gained over $200k.

Factorio 0.16 is out with artillery, cliffs, more high-res graphics and more

By Liam Dawe, 14 Dec 2017

Factorio 0.16 is a huge release for this fantastic early access game and it comes with a lot of shiny new stuff.

Sci-fi roguelike 'Xenomarine' has a huge update with 40 new alien types

By Liam Dawe, 13 Dec 2017

Xenomarine feels quite a bit like playing a 2D roguelike version of the old Alien Trilogy game and it just had a huge content update.

Sweet 2D RPG 'LandTraveller' updated with a ton of new content

By Liam Dawe, 13 Dec 2017

LandTraveller, the sweet indie 2D RPG featuring kemonomimi (people with animal ears, essentially) has a huge content update.

Bystander, a game that looks similar to Papers, Please adds Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 13 Dec 2017

Bystander, a game about making sure people follow the law that seems a little like Papers, Please has added Linux support.

Bad Pad, a hard-rock comedy platformer with a lot of promise has Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 11 Dec 2017

Bad Pad is a comedy platformer that's currently in Early Access that seems to have flown completely under the radar.

RIOT - Civil Unrest is coming to Linux soon, developers are working on the Linux build

By Liam Dawe, 11 Dec 2017

For those excited to try out RIOT - Civil Unrest, you will be pleased to know that a Linux version is confirmed to be coming soon.

Space combat game 'ASTROKILL' has updated with a newer Unreal Engine and optimisations

By Liam Dawe, 10 Dec 2017

Space combat game 'ASTROKILL' has recently updated to include a newer build of Unreal Engine along with plenty of optimisations.

Procedural co-op space sandbox game 'Avorion' has a big 'Economy Update'

By Liam Dawe, 10 Dec 2017

Avorion is probably one of the best space sandbox games around, I love it and it's getting even better with this latest update.

Physics based building game 'Besiege' adds multiplayer and a level editor

By Liam Dawe, 8 Dec 2017

This is awesome to see! The rather good physics based building game 'Besiege' has now added multiplayer and a level editor.

Rewrite the past in Airships: Conquer the Skies with the new replay feature

By Liam Dawe, 7 Dec 2017

Airships: Conquer the Skies has added a rather interesting system to let you play back past battles using a new replay system, not only that, you can jump back in to actually play through it.

Just One Line, a fantasy gamebook-like RPG has Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 7 Dec 2017

Here's one we totally missed which looks very interesting. Just One Line is a fantasy gamebook-like RPG that's currently in Early Access and it supports Linux.

Protect the queen in 'Empires of the Undergrowth' now in Early Access with Linux support, some thoughts

By Liam Dawe, 6 Dec 2017

Empires of the Undergrowth is an Ant colony management and strategy game that's now in Early Access, I took a look and here's some thoughts.

If you like your shoot 'em ups, you need to look at PAWARUMI

By Liam Dawe, 5 Dec 2017

PAWARUMI is a modern shoot’em up set in a retro futuristic sci-fi pre-Columbian universe, I've checked it out and it's damn good.

ATOM RPG is a rough, but promising Early Access post-apocalyptic RPG

By Liam Dawe, 4 Dec 2017

I've now spent some time with the recent Early Access release of ATOM RPG, here are my thoughts on the experience.

Godlike village simulator 'Rise to Ruins' new development builds adds a new furry race

By Liam Dawe, 4 Dec 2017

Rise to Ruins is a personal favourite of mine, a godlike village simulator that's regularly updated and it's getting better all the time. The latest development updates are big and introduce a new furry race.

Parkitect, the theme park building game has officially entered Beta with a new update

By Liam Dawe, 2 Dec 2017

As far as updates go, this is a pretty big one for Parkitect. Let's take a look at what's new now it's officially in Beta.

Ride your motorcycle around a ruined world in 'Failed State', coming to Linux & demo available

By Liam Dawe, 29 Nov 2017

Failed State is another recent discovery that's coming to Linux, a game where the earth is in ruins after earthquakes, tsunamis, volcano eruptions and more and you're trying to survive.