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Colony builder Maia has a massive upgrade, leaving Early Access later this month

By Liam Dawe, 5 Oct 2018

The colony building simulation game Maia just had a pretty huge patch and the developer announced it's leaving Early Access on October 30th.

Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor enters Early Access and it's fantastic, you can win a key

By Liam Dawe, 5 Oct 2018

Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor is probably going to suck a lot of my free time dry with the easy to use drone builder, lots of fun options to give it some AI along with fun combat.

The first expansion to Surviving Mars revealed with Space Race giving you a little competition

By Liam Dawe, 5 Oct 2018

Surviving Mars is set to get a bit more competitive with the Space Race expansion just announced pitting you against rival colonies.

EXAPUNKS: TEC Redshift Player is a free standalone for the fictional console from EXAPUNKS

By Liam Dawe, 4 Oct 2018

Zachtronics did something fun recently, they released a free standalone called EXAPUNKS: TEC Redshift Player which allows you to play games for the fictional console from EXAPUNKS.

Survival management game 'Sheltered' gains a new free scenario named Stasis

By Liam Dawe, 3 Oct 2018

Sheltered is a survival management game about keeping people alive after a global apocalypse, it just gained a free update with a brand new scenario.

Theme park management tycoon 'Megaquarium' has fixed some Linux issues, Linux build now on GOG (updated)

By Liam Dawe, 3 Oct 2018

While I was rather impressed with Megaquarium at release, it turns out that it did have some major issues for people across different Linux distributions which have now been fixed. POST UPDATED.

The Ultimate Nerd Game is getting a new name and a big new release

By Liam Dawe, 3 Oct 2018

The Ultimate Nerd Game, the first-person sandbox building game about making crazy machines is going to get a new name and a big new release.

Egosoft to launch X4: Foundations on November 30th, hopefully with a Linux beta build

By Liam Dawe, 1 Oct 2018

Egosoft have officially announced their latest space sim X4: Foundations is going to launch on November 30th, although the status of the Linux build isn't fully confirmed.

Space sim 'Helium Rain' to leave Early Access next month, along with a major update now available

By Liam Dawe, 24 Sep 2018

After over a year in Early Access, the rather good space sim Helium Rain is going to leave Early Access on October 11th.

Village building god sim 'Rise to Ruins' had an absolutely massive update

By Liam Dawe, 19 Sep 2018

Rise to Ruins, a village builder that mixes in some god sim fun just went through a bit of an evolution with the latest patch, which really is absolutely massive.

BlockShip Wars: Roguelike is another game to let you build and battle with your own spaceship, now on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 17 Sep 2018

I don't think I will ever tire of seeing more games that let you build your own spaceship, BlockShip Wars: Roguelike added Linux support recently.

Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor has come a long way since the Kickstarter, Early Access soon

By Liam Dawe, 13 Sep 2018

Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor, as the name might suggest, has you building drones, which you can directly control or give them some autonomous features. The closed alpha is extremely promising and a lot of fun to play with.

Build the aquarium you always wanted in Megaquarium, out now for Linux

By Liam Dawe, 13 Sep 2018

Megaquarium is like theme park for those who love fish and it's now officially available with same-day Linux support.

Surveillance thriller sim 'Need to Know' released with Linux support recently, needs a quick fix

By Liam Dawe, 11 Sep 2018

Need to Know is a surveillance thriller sim for those of you who enjoyed games like Orwell and Papers Please. It released recently with Linux support.

Oxygen Not Included will now allow you to fly your little people into space

By Liam Dawe, 7 Sep 2018

Oxygen Not Included, the excellent survival colony builder from Klei Entertainment now has even more depth to it, as it will allow you to fly your Duplicant people off into space.

Meeple Station, the cooperative space station builder is now on Kickstarter, Linux demo available

By Liam Dawe, 6 Sep 2018

Vox Games have now launched the Kickstarter for Meeple Station, a cooperative space station builder that has a Linux demo available.

Prison Architect update 16 adds cooperative prison building

By Liam Dawe, 4 Sep 2018

Introversion Software have updated Prison Architect once again! Update 16 that's currently in Beta adds in cooperative prison building for up to 8 people.

The Universim patched, should now work for all Linux users without a manual fix

By Liam Dawe, 4 Sep 2018

The Universim, a hybrid of a god game and a city builder launched into Early Access recently, although it was missing a file for Linux users which has been fixed.