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Ostriv, a city-builder set in the 18th century will have Linux support
Ostriv is a city-builder built by one developer and I think it looks reasonably impressive. The developer plans Linux support too.
Category: City Builder
Stealing cars, helicopters and blowing stuff up in Voxel Turf, some thoughts
Voxel Turf is the new block based urban sandbox from developer L Twigger, some may see it as a voxel sandbox version of Grand Theft Auto, so here’s some thoughts.
Kingdoms and Castles has a pretty decent free content update
Kingdoms and Castles, the cute city-building sim from Lion Shield, LLC has a big free update. It sounds like the game will be much better off with it too.
Godlike village simulator 'Rise to Ruins' new unstable version released with 'doggo mobs'
That's right, Rise to Ruins now has doggos, what everyone these days seems to be calling dogs for some reason.
Paradox Interactive reveal the first gameplay trailer for Surviving Mars
Surviving Mars, the city-builder from Haemimont Games and Paradox Interactive now has an actual gameplay trailer.
Block’hood, the neighborhood-building simulator, has launched out of Early Access
After spending quite some time in Early Access, the vertically-focused neighborhood builder is now officially out.
City builder 'Hearthlands' updated with a small campaign mode and other nice fixes
Hearthlands is a pretty nice city builder and the developers just released an update to include a small campaign mode.
Block’hood, the upwards focused neighbourhood-building simulator is now on GOG
If you have been missing out on another building game, never fear, GOG is near! Block’hood is now available on GOG.
Hearthlands, the cute city builder has a final release and it's great
Hearthlands is a game I've been following for a long time and now this city builder has finally released.
The Linux port of Banished is still alive, the developer plans their next game to launch cross-platform on day-1
It seems the Linux port of Banished isn't dead, far from it in fact. The developer just so happens to be working on other stuff at the same time.
Block'hood, the neighborhood-building simulator is officially coming to Linux
I was shared an email from the Block'hood developers today that states their neighborhood-building simulator should arrive on Linux next week.
Cities: Skylines - Natural Disasters expansion announced, mother nature is pissed
Cities: Skylines - Natural Disasters is another expansion for the hit city builder, prepare for mother nature to come calling.
Looking for a cute city builder on Linux? Try out Hearthlands
I've been following Hearthlands for quite some time and I supported them quite early on, so it's really great to see the little city builder evolve. It has a new trailer and update ready.
Thoughts on Retro-Pixel Castles after some major updates, a godlike village simulator on Linux
I really liked Retro-Pixel Castles when I played it initially last year, and after trying it again now it has had some major updates I have some more thoughts on it.
Banished Linux port is pretty much complete, OpenGL performing well
The developer of Banished has written an official blog post on the Linux & Mac porting progress, and it's sounding really great.
Villagers, a new town-building game released on Linux, some thoughts
I love city/town building games like Banished, Settlers and the like, so a brand new one on Linux was too good to pass up. Here we go with Villagers!
Cities: Skylines - Snowfall released
The second expansion to the highly-successful city builder has arrived, bringing with it snowy tidings. Besides introducing new buildings and features, the expansion is released alongside a patch for all players that adds free content.
Cities: Skylines to get a free Theme Editor, with way more map customization options
Cities: Skylines looks like it's getting some really great support, and with a free update coming soon we will get access to a new Theme Editor. We also have a video with some of the Snowfall expansion gameplay.
Valhalla Hills, a rather unique city-builder strategy game now on SteamOS & Linux
I only learnt about Valhalla Hills recently, as they stealth-added a Linux version just before the official release. GOG sent over a key for this interesting Unreal Engine city-builder strategy game, so I took a look.
City Builder 'Banished' May See A Linux Release Soon
The excitement is building within me about this, as I've wanted to try the harsh city builder Banished ever since I first heard about it.
- Steam Survey for September 2025 is out and here's the Linux / SteamOS details
- Steam stable update brings end of life notice for 32-bit Windows and lots of bug fixes
- Proton Hotfix updated to improve FINAL FANTASY TACTICS - The Ivalice Chronicles on Linux
- The Crazy Hyper-Dungeon Chronicles (TCHDC) is for fans of dungeon crawlers with roguelite replayability
- MARVEL Cosmic Invasion gets a demo with Native Linux support
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