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Jupiter Hell, the modern turn-based roguelike has been funded

By Liam Squires-Hand, 14 Dec 2016

Jupiter Hell, the glorious looking modern roguelike has been over-funded on Kickstarter and so it's officially on its way to Linux.

A major update is coming to Starbound, featuring challenging procedural dungeons

By Liam Squires-Hand, 13 Dec 2016

Starbound is going to get a major content update soon, which will feature a bunch of awesome new features.

Some thoughts on 'Her Majesty's SPIFFING', a new point & click adventure

By Liam Squires-Hand, 13 Dec 2016

Her Majesty's SPIFFING was sent over by a GOL follower and considering the rather British setting, I couldn't pass up a go at it.

Helium Rain, a realistic UE4 space simulation game is coming to Linux in 2017, looks brilliant

By Liam Squires-Hand, 12 Dec 2016

The developers of Helium Rain sent word that their realistic space simulation game will fully support Linux at launch. The main developer is also using Linux to make the game.

Super Rad Raygun, a love-letter to the Game Boy era of gaming, some thoughts

By Liam Squires-Hand, 12 Dec 2016

The developer of Super Rad Raygun sent in a key for me to check out their retro-inspired action platformer.

BUTCHER, the brutal 2D shooter has a free DLC which gives you an easy mode

By Liam Squires-Hand, 9 Dec 2016

BUTCHER, the gory and totally brutal 2D shooter that's really quite good has a free DLC which enables an easy mode.

Looks like hit adventure game 'Owlboy' really is coming to Linux, ported by Ethan Lee

By Liam Squires-Hand, 8 Dec 2016

Ethan Lee sent out a teaser tweet earlier about Owlboy, as it seems he is porting it and wanted to get in first before it ends up popping up on SteamDB.

Porradaria Upgrade & Porradaria 2: Pagode of the Night, two of the worst platformers I've ever played

By Liam Squires-Hand, 8 Dec 2016

Sometimes I get sent really interesting things to cover and sometimes I get sent some really basic, terrible stuff. Porradaria Upgrade & Porradaria 2: Pagode of the Night are two that firmly sit in the terrible pile.

Albion Online, the sandbox MMO with Linux support has become even bigger

By Liam Squires-Hand, 8 Dec 2016

I have to hand it to the guys working on Albion Online, they certainly are putting the effort in to polish the game up for a big release. The big 'Faye' update has landed and it's huge.

The Keeper, a promising looking side-scrolling survival action game with plenty of action is coming to Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand, 7 Dec 2016

The Keeper side-scrolling survival action game full of boss battles, a combo system for combat and a day and night cycle will come to Linux.

The circuit building simulator 'SHENZHEN I/O' gets 'overwhelmingly positive' reviews from Steam users

By -Daniel-Palacio-, 6 Dec 2016

SHENZHEN I/O is the new simulator/puzzle game by Zachtronics, the creators of other excellent games like Spacechem, Infinifactory and TIS-100. After being on Early Access for some time, it's now available on Steam since November, 17th.

Engage in a battle of wits, luck and skullduggery in 'The Living Dungeon', now released for Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand, 5 Dec 2016

The Living Dungeon is a board game come to life in video game form and it's now available on Linux. Up to 9 players can take part in a battle of wits, luck and skullduggery. It also features a 30 hour story campaign.

Dungeon Souls, the action and adventure roguelike has left Early Access

By Liam Squires-Hand, 5 Dec 2016

Dungeon Souls is a roguelike I was quite impressed with back when I played it in January, and it's really pleasing to see development now finished.

Eliosi's Hunt, a sci-fi top-down shooter could come to Linux with enough interest

By Liam Squires-Hand, 5 Dec 2016

If you're a fan of good-looking top-down shooters, you may want to know that Eliosi's Hunt could come to Linux with enough interest.

Unforgiving but addictive 3D top-down shooter 'Redie' is now out on Steam, demo available and some thoughts

By -Daniel-Palacio-, 4 Dec 2016

After a beta period that took two and a half months, Redie is finally available on Steam, so I gave it some thoughts about whether it lived to its expectations or not. There is a demo available too.

The Exiled, an open-world survival arena that combines MMO and MOBA together supports Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand, 3 Dec 2016

The Exiled, a new discovery recently that aims to combine the open-world approach of an MMO together with MOBA style battles. The icing here is that it supports Linux.

Astervoid 2000, a multiplayer space brawler with sick music is now on Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand, 2 Dec 2016

Astervoid 2000 was sent in by the developer and I've been testing out this multiplayer space brawler to see if it's worthy. It's surprisingly great actually! Mixing some lovely pixel art with sick tunes makes for an explosive experience.

Drift Into Eternity, a single-player sci-fi survival experience is coming to Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand, 1 Dec 2016

The developers of 'Drift Into Eternity' emailed me to let me know their sci-fi single-player survival experience will be coming to Linux.

Meet 'Vilmonic', the pixel styled artificial life simulator, it's quite sweet

By Liam Squires-Hand, 1 Dec 2016

Vilmonic is another late night discovery, this time thanks to the itch store. It has a free and a paid version, so there's nothing stopping you taking a look.