Category: Exploration

For those who've always wanted to be a living member of a starship crew, PULSAR: Lost Colony is a reasonably good pick and it's nearing release.

Anodyne 2: Return to Dust, the sequel to 2013's Anodyne is coming this year and it turns out the developer does plan to support Linux.

Coming to Linux sometime this year, The End of the Sun is a first-person exploration and adventure game set in the world of Slavic rites, beliefs, legends and their everyday life. The developers recently showed some behind the scenes development information.

Starsector (formerly "Starfarer") is a game that I've followed for quite a few years now, one I personally purchased many years ago and the latest release is a big one.

Slime Rancher, the delightfully sweet game about adventure, exploration and capturing funny little (and sometimes not so little) Slimes just had a good optimisation update.

Do you like your meditative exploration games? 0°N 0°W looks absolutely surreal and it added Linux support.

Solace Crafting from Big Kitty Games is an open world fantasy survival RPG, with an aim to be as open as possible and let you basically do whatever you please.

Up for some exploration? The End of the Sun could be something rather interesting although it's not releasing until next year.

If you enjoyed La-Mulana you will be pleased to know that the developer of La-Mulana 2 has confirmed a Linux version is planned, with no current ETA.

There's something amusing about seeing a Fox running on all fours, with a sword in their mouth. Vulpine will let you be that Fox and more.

Following a successful crowdfunding campaign several years ago, this 2d metroidvania has grown and matured as a project. I had a chance to play a closed beta and things look promising.

Make Sail is a game about building boats and adventuring across different islands, it's now in Early Access and here's some initial thoughts.

For those of you who're huge space nerds like me, you will likely want to take a look at the space sandbox game Avorion, especially with the latest combat update.

I'm such a sucker when it comes to games involving space travel, exploration and building a ship. Turns out that Space Impossible has a Linux version on Steam.

Slime Rancher, the game about running around sucking up cute (and some not so cute) slimes and running a farm is easily one of the sweetest games available on Linux and the Mochi's Megabucks update is rather good.

Fancy exploring a peculiar Museum while reading short stories? a Museum of Dubious Splendors is a free game that has Linux support.

Not to be confused with Abyss Crew that we recently covered, We Need To Go Deeper is a cooperative submarine exploration game currently in Early Access and it just added Linux support.

Sunless Skies, the steampunk exploration RPG from Failbetter Games is to officially leave port in September.

A while ago the Unity game engine sadly introduced a bug which has caused many games to either display a black screen or give no input, Slime Rancher is another I've discovered with it. Here's a temporary fix.

For those who like your co-op exploration, you might want to take a look at Abyss Crew that's currently on Kickstarter.