Category: Initial Thoughts

Invisible, Inc. has snuck out the door and is now available on your favourite operating system. I’ve been looking forward to this for some time, so I took a look.

Don't let the cute looks deceive you. Behind its innocent looking facade, Snakebird hides a fiendishly hard puzzle game that should give even the most seasoned puzzle veteran a proper challenge.

Dr. Spacezoo is a new discovery of mine thanks to twitter! It's a twin stick shooter with some very frantic gameplay, nice visuals and a great soundtrack.

The team-based free-to-play multiplayer game Rustbucket Rumble was released earlier in the week. It pits teams of three players against one another in chaotic and colorful fast-paced gameplay. After playing a couple of rounds, I have a few thoughts to share.

GOG have now added two classic Star Trek games to their collection with Star Trek 25th Anniversary and Star Trek Judgement Rites.

The developers of Prison Architect have sent word out that their game will fully launch in "Q4 2015". They have been on a big bug squashing run recently too.

Another survival game, but is it one I can actually get into? It’s another Early Access game, and I’ve taken a look.

Canabalt was originally released as a Flash game on the developer's website in 2009, and is the game that popularized the endless runner platformer sub genre. The game is now available on Steam for the first time, with a new engine and 8 new game modes.

Hero Siege is a good looking 2D hack 'n' slash RPG that recently released for Linux, I took a quick look so you know what to expect.

Savage Lands is an interesting take on the survival genre with a fantasy setting, so I took a look so you know what to expect.

Chroma Squad is a throwback to shows like Power Rangers, and I took it for a spin to see if it’s cringe worthy, or actually fun.

The Spatials is a great looking space station building and management game that’s now on Linux. It has been updated with a beta build that includes Linux, so I took a look.

Zenzizenzic has recently release for Linux and I hadn't played a bullet-hell games for a while, so I took a look and it turns out to be quite good.

Now that The Banner Saga has been out for a few days I've taken a look at it. It’s a newly ported game, so if you haven’t picked it up yet, this should help you decide.

Fallen: A2P Protocol is a pretty good looking turn based strategy currently in Early Access, and I have been graced with a key to take a look at it.

It’s a great time to be a fan of space combat games, and the latest release for us is Gratuitous Space Battles 2 which I’ve taken a look at.

Age of Wonders III has been highly requested by Linux fans, and now that it’s fully released I decided to take a look.

StarDrive 2 looks awesome, and to a fan of the old Master of Orion games like me it was a must buy. Here are some thoughts on it. Hint: It's great!

If you have passed over RUNNING WITH RIFLES before, you shouldn’t have. The game is a real blast, and it has now left early access.

VoidExpanse is a really interesting 2D space sandbox RPG that has recently released in full for Linux. I hadn't tried it since January, so I've been eager to see the full release in action.