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Broken Alliance from the Death & Taxes dev is now in Early Access, a love-letter to Heroes of Might and Magic

By Liam Dawe, 13 hours ago

Placeholder Gameworks who made Death & Taxes just released Broken Alliance into Early Access with Linux support. An indie love letter to pixel art, old-school adventure games, mythical creatures and fantasy storytelling.

THREAT VECTOR is an action sci-fi horror FPS coming from KillPixel Games

By Liam Dawe, 15 hours ago

KillPixel Games, one of the dev teams responsible for WRATH: Aeon of Ruin, have announced their next game with THREAT VECTOR.

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Popular diorama builder Tiny Glade is getting better Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe, 15 hours ago

Tiny Glade is a gorgeous and relaxing diorama builder about doodling castles and all sorts all over the screen, it's seriously impressive and they've announced work is ongoing for improving it on Steam Deck.

Impressive colony building sim Songs of Syx is getting ready to leave Early Access with a big new Beta

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

Songs of Syx is a deep and engrossing colony-building sim from Gamatron AB that has steadily improved with new updates since the 2020 release into Early Access but the 1.0 release is finally approaching.

Positively rated immersive-sim FPS Fortune's Run is on hold as the developer is going to prison

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

Announced originally during the Realms Deep event in 2021, and later released into Early Access on Steam in 2023, Fortune's Run is a highly rated immersive-sim FPS but now its future is uncertain.

There goes the weekend - rogue-lite action-RPG Heroes of Hammerwatch II is out now

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

Developer Crackshell have released Heroes of Hammerwatch II, a rogue-lite action-rpg that offers extensive persistent progression.

Scribbly comic-book styled Heroes of the Seven Islands is a party-based RPG inspired by 90s games

By Liam Dawe, 2 days ago

With a demo now available, if you love turn-based dungeon crawling RPGs like something out of the 90s, be sure to go and check out Heroes of the Seven Islands.

Mighty Marbles is a sweet physics-based toy playground out now

By Liam Dawe, 2 days ago

Here's one missed from the Christmas break. Mighty Marbles from developer James Oliver has released with Native Linux support.

Co-op horror game KLETKA managed over 100K sales in a month

By Liam Dawe, 3 days ago

The developers of KLETKA, a strange co-op horror game about travelling in a hungry living elevator, have announced some stats and it seems they've done well.

DEFICIT is an exciting looking new FPS with chaotic close-quarters combat

By Liam Dawe, 4 days ago

Developer ITEM42 recently announced DEFICIT and it's not often I feel I really need a game after seeing a trailer but DEFICIT looks juicy.

Terry Cavanagh dev of VVVVVV / Super Hexagon announced a collection of experimental games

By Liam Dawe, 7 days ago

Terry's Other Games is coming in February, pulling together a bunch of games developer Terry Cavanagh has developed over the last 20 years or so updated for modern platforms.

Dwarf Fortress - Adventure Mode launches January 23, plus Beta 28 is out now

By Liam Dawe, 9 Jan 2025

Bay 12 Games / Kitfox Games have announced that Dwarf Fortress - Adventure Mode is set for release on January 23rd, and there's a big Beta update out now.

Freejam studio closing with Robocraft and Robocraft 2 shutting down

By Liam Dawe, 9 Jan 2025

End of an era for another game studio, as Freejam - developers of Robocraft and the in-development Robocraft 2 - are closing and so both games will also be shut down.

Maze Mice from the dev of Luck Be a Landlord blends maze-running, time-freezing and bullet heaven together

By Liam Dawe, 8 Jan 2025

TrampolineTales developer of the popular Luck be a Landlord slot machine deck-builder just announced Maze Mice and it really sounds unique.

Challenging Chess-like roguelike Passant will have full Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe, 8 Jan 2025

Passant: A Chess Roguelike is an upcoming Chess-like roguelike that will challenge your brain, and it's going to have full Steam Deck support at release.

Horse Runner DX is a wholesome endless-runner where you play as a herd of different horses

By Liam Dawe, 8 Jan 2025

Taking elements from the likes of Alto's Adventure, BIT.TRIP RUNNER, Dino Run, Canabalt and others we have a new wholesome looking endless-runner with a twist in Horse Runner DX.

The latest Tails of Iron 2 trailer looks awesome showing off magic and monsters

By Liam Dawe, 7 Jan 2025

Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter is really looking awesome, and there's a new trailer out to show off various magic and monsters in the world.

Zelda-inspired dungeon maker 'Quest Master' 1.0 due out in Spring with a single-player campaign

By Liam Dawe, 6 Jan 2025

Quest Master is a very positively reviewed Zelda-inspired dungeon maker currently in Early Access, and recently a big roadmap update was shared for the upcoming 1.0 release.

Kero Quest 64 looks like a classic Nintendo 64 / PS1 game and it's coming to Linux / Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 6 Jan 2025

With a style that would have fit right in on something like the Nintendo 64 or the PlayStation 1, the upcoming retro collectathon 3D platformer Kero Quest 64 is coming to Linux and Steam Deck.