Category: Early Access

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Open-world voxel sandbox game Rising World is going through a rewrite

By Liam Dawe, 25 Jan 2021

After entering Early Access in 2014, JIW-Games have been rewriting their open world sandbox game Rising World to move away from Java and instead use the Unity game engine.

Steampunk survival game Volcanoids has a huge combat upgrade

By Liam Dawe, 19 Jan 2021

Stuck on an island where the volcano is erupting constantly, Volcanoids is an interesting setting for a survival game that gives you a big moving drill for a base.

Odin is finally pleased so the open-world survival game Valheim releases on February 2

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jan 2021

Odin has finally had enough sacrifices and shall be releasing Valheim from Iron Gate AB will enter Early Access with Linux and Windows support on February 2.

WRATH: Aeon of Ruin launching along with Linux support this Summer, third update out now

By Liam Dawe, 15 Jan 2021

WRATH: Aeon of Ruin is a dark fantasy-horror FPS powered by the original Quake engine from publishers 3D Realms and 1C Entertainment and developer KillPixel Games.

Rocket Shipment is a slick homage to Thrust and Crazy Gravity now in Early Access

By Liam Dawe, 15 Jan 2021

Rocket Shipment is a tricky, physics based, space delivery game. The game is a love letter to the old style lander games like Thrust, Solar Jetman and Crazy Gravity.

Virtual Reality voxel building game cyubeVR will be supporting Linux in a future build

By Liam Dawe, 12 Jan 2021

Minecraft in VR that's a bit more hands on? cyubeVR (pronounced Cube VR) looks absolutely delightful, and the developer has confirmed their full intention to support Linux too.

EVERSPACE 2 begins Early Access soon, full Linux support in 2022

By Liam Dawe, 7 Jan 2021

Keeping you up to date on what's happening with the open-world space shooter EVERSPACE 2, it seems it's just about ready to enter Early Access for Windows.

Fast-paced grid-fighter EndCycle VS adds Linux support - we have keys to give away

By Liam Dawe, 30 Dec 2020

Along with a huge upgrade to the game that adds in a whole new Adventure Mode, the grid-battler EndCycle VS now offers up Linux support.

Neon Wings: Air Race is a new sci-fi arcade racer in Early Access

By Liam Dawe, 30 Dec 2020

Need more casual arcade racers? Neon Wings: Air Race is a colourful sci-fi air racer currently available in Early Access and they recently hooked up a Linux build.

Fantasy RTS city-builder Songs of Syx has sold over 11 thousand copies

By Liam Dawe, 29 Dec 2020

After a Kickstarter success back in May 2020, then an Early Access release on Steam in September 2020 - the fantasy grand-strategy city-builder Songs of Syx has continued to be a big indie success. Here's a look over it.

Social deduction game Untrusted launching free to play on January 29, 2021

By Liam Dawe, 29 Dec 2020

Inspired by the likes of Werewolf, Mafia and similar games Untrusted from evolvedlabs is ready to go out to a wider audience after releasing a few Alpha builds from their website.

Get an early look at online multiplayer in the action-RPG Last Epoch

By Liam Dawe, 22 Dec 2020

One of the most promising upcoming action-RPGs around, Last Epoch had a pretty great year expanding the content available along with a new playable class and they have their sights set to get you playing online in 2021.

Scarlet Hood and the Wicked Wood to feature time-loops, branching stories - new trailer up

By Liam Dawe, 18 Dec 2020

Devespresso Games (The Coma series, Vambrace: Cold Soul) have announced along with publisher Headup that their next game Scarlet Hood and the Wicked Wood will enter Early Access in February 2021.

Sci-fi submarine suffering sim Barotrauma has a big overhaul in Uncharted Depths

By Liam Dawe, 11 Dec 2020

Uncharted Depths is the name of the latest upgrade to Barotrauma, a sci-fi exploration sim that puts you and friends (or random people / AI) inside a submarine in the depths of Jupiter's moon Europa.

Head-swapping rogue-lite Skul: The Hero Slayer to release January 21, 2021

By Liam Dawe, 11 Dec 2020

SouthPAW Games and NEOWIZ have confirmed that Skul: The Hero Slayer, their head-swapping 2D rogue-lite action game will leaving Early Access on January 21, 2021.

Open-world RPG with freaky hand-painted organic locations Death Trash moves to 2021

By Liam Dawe, 11 Dec 2020

One particular indie game I am very excited to eventually get my hands on is Death Trash, a blending of real-time action and RPG mechanics in a very strange post-apocalyptic world.

Ultimate ADOM - Caverns of Chaos releases in February 2021

By Liam Dawe, 9 Dec 2020

Team ADOM and Assemble Entertainment have announced that Ultimate ADOM - Caverns of Chaos will be releasing into Early Access in early 2021.

Oxygen Not Included - Spaced Out! released into Early Access

By Liam Dawe, 8 Dec 2020

Klei are back with their great space colony sim with the Oxygen Not Included - Spaced Out! expansion now available in Early Access with Linux support.

Rogue-lite dungeon crawler Tallowmere 2 is over the top and ridiculously fun

By Liam Dawe, 8 Dec 2020

Tallowmere 2 could easily be a contender for my own personal Early Access GOTY as developer Chris McFarland has managed to craft an absolutely brilliant game here.