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I Am The Hero, a surprisingly great beat 'em up has Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 20 Feb 2017

I Am The Hero is an indie beat 'em up that I've actually been having quite a bit of fun with and I think you should check it out.

Rencounter, a turn-based roguelike RPG adds Linux support, a quick look

By Liam Dawe, 20 Feb 2017

Rencounter, a reasonably good looking turn-based roguelike RPG has recently added Linux support. The reviews are a bit mixed, but it still might be worth a try.

Colony building sim ‘Maia’ huge update released featuring Lava and colonist relationships

By Liam Dawe, 19 Feb 2017

Maia, the colony building simulation from Simon Roth has a huge update which includes Lava and colonist relationships. It’s sounding more and more like a heavily simulated version of ‘the sims in space’.

Fumiko! Possibly one of the weirdest platformers I've ever played was developed on Linux, lots of bugs

By Liam Dawe, 17 Feb 2017

Fumiko! An incredibly strange platformer was sent in by the developer, it was developed on Linux so I was keen to take a look.

Nyheim, a single-player digital board-game about rebuilding after a pandemic

By Liam Dawe, 15 Feb 2017

Nyheim is an indie single-player digital board-game, you're tasked with rebuilding after a deadly pandemic has swept the globe, but is it any good?

Alwa's Awakening is a pretty decent NES-inspired adventure game with a very retro feel

By Liam Dawe, 13 Feb 2017

In Alwa's Awakening you are a stranger who has been summoned to help rid Alwa of evil! A very retro throwback at the NES era and it pulls it off pretty well.

Typoman: Revised released for Linux, a puzzle platformer with some word puzzling mixed in

By Samsai, 12 Feb 2017

An indie puzzle platformer, where you must control the world around you with words, by the name of Typoman: Revised has made its way onto Linux via Steam.

A look at Tinertia, a twin-stick rocket-jumping shooter for Linux

By Liam Dawe, 10 Feb 2017

The developer of Tinertia sent in some keys at user-request for us to take a look at this rather amusing twin-stick shooter.

A look at 'Vidar', an Early Access 2D RPG, Adventure & Puzzle game now on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 9 Feb 2017

Vidar has a lot going for it even this early on, as a fan of 2D RPG, Adventure & Puzzle games it ticks a lot of boxes for me.

Ellipsis, an action-packed Avoid ’Em Up is now on Linux, it's rather good

By Liam Dawe, 6 Feb 2017

The developer of Ellipsis sent in a key for us to check out what they call an Avoid ’Em Up and it's surprisingly good.

Taking on the universe in Avorion, my thoughts on this new sandbox spaceship building game

By Liam Dawe, 2 Feb 2017

The developer of Avorion accepted my request for a key, so I took Avorion for a spin. It’s in Early Access, so keep that in mind.

Owlboy, is now available for Linux and it has completely won me over, it's also on sale

By Liam Dawe, 27 Jan 2017

Owlboy, the popular 2D adventure game from D-Pad Studio is now officially available on Linux. I gave it a run-down to see if it's worthy of your bucks.

Farting on everyone in 'CropDuster Supreme' now available on Linux, it's actually hilarious

By Liam Dawe, 17 Jan 2017

The aim of the game in 'CropDuster Supreme' is to fart on people, now you may think this sounds terrible — but it's actually quite amusing! I know, I'm shocked too.

If you act fast you can grab a key for the demo of Disgaea 2 and it runs on Linux already

By Liam Dawe, 6 Jan 2017

A GOL follower sent word that Alienware are giving out limited keys to a Disgaea 2 demo test. The good news is I got one and it seems the demo already runs on Linux.

Some thoughts on 'Dead Age', the zombie survival game with turn-based combat and multiple endings

By Liam Dawe, 15 Dec 2016

I'm a sucker when it comes to Zombie games, so I've tried out the recently released Dead Age and written some thoughts down on it.

Political Animals, a cute political strategy simulator is now on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 14 Dec 2016

Political Animals, a cute looking political strategy game from Squeaky Wheel and Positech Games is now available for Linux.

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

By Liam Dawe, 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.

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

By Liam Dawe, 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.