Native Linux gaming news

Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II gets a first trailer and you can get a free copy of Gladius

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

Even more Warhammer news for you coming out of the Warhammer Skulls event. We have the first trailer for Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II. Plus, you can get a free copy of Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War to keep.

Deck-builder meets auto-shooter in Hordes of Fate : A Hand of Fate Adventure - demo now live

By Liam Dawe, 2 days ago

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From the original creative team behind the Hand of Fate series, Hordes of Fate : A Hand of Fate Adventure is a mixture of deck-building and auto-shooting as yet another developer attempts to put their own spin on Vampire Survivor-like action.

Try out the Steam Playtest for Gobutiko and become the greatest dice-rolling goblin merchant

By Liam Dawe, 2 days ago

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In the upcoming game Gobutiko you are a goblin merchant, and of course being greedy you will haggle with your customers by rolling dice to wear them down and push the prices (hopefully) in your favour.

Ninja action-RPG adventure Katana Dragon recently added Linux and Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe, 2 days ago

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Currently in Early Access, the action-RPG adventure Katana Dragon from Tsunoa Games recently added Native Linux and Steam Deck support.

Lead a team of mercenaries in the tactical top-down shooter Regulators out now

By Liam Dawe, 3 days ago

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Originally called Regulator City and now just Regulators, it's the latest action game from indie developer Orangepixel known for the likes of Gunslugs, Heroes of Loot, Residual and more.

The Wandering Village 1.0 due in July with a price rise coming real soon

By Liam Dawe, 3 days ago

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Stray Fawn Studio just announced that The Wandering Village, a city-builder on the back of a giant walking creature, will fully release on July 17th.

Nexus Mods cross-platform app v0.11.1 brings full Cyberpunk 2077 support for Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 4 days ago

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The Nexus Mods team just launched the latest update to their in-development cross-platform open source Nexus Mods app. This is the one that will eventually replace Vortex, and now it has full Cyberpunk 2077 support.

Steel Swarm: APOCALYPSE is a tank-battling MOBA set for Early Access in June

By Liam Dawe, 4 days ago

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Steel Swarm: APOCALYPSE is an upcoming tank-battling MOBA that I'm pretty excited about for the huge battles and map destruction. And now the developer has revealed it's set to release in Early Access on June 24th.

Create a pocket-sized garden inside a magical toy in Tiny Garden out now with Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 4 days ago

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Tiny Garden released at the start of April, with a fresh update that just released adding in controller support and Native Linux support. Looks like another very sweet casual game to relax with.

Cosy vertical tile-stacking nature-building puzzle game Preserve is out now

By Liam Dawe, 4 days ago

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Preserve from developer Bitmap Galaxy is a nature-building puzzle game where you build tiles in an interesting mix of horizontal and vertical gameplay that's just left Early Access.

Ludaro is a deck-building roguelike spin on Ludo with a demo out now

By Liam Dawe, 4 days ago

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I wrote about Ludaro back in mid April, and now you can try this new chaotic spin on Ludo yourself, as they've just released a first demo for it.

You are the final boss in Noobs Are Coming, an over the top arena roguelike

By Liam Dawe, 5 days ago

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Solo developer Overboy has announced that Noobs Are Coming, their chaotic over the top arena roguelike, is set for release in 2025 with full Native Linux and Steam Deck support.

Chaotic spider-physics sandbox A Webbing Journey is out now in Early Access

By Liam Dawe, 5 days ago

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A game that finally made me think a Spider could be adorable? Nah, they still terrify me, but A Webbing Journey really is wholesome. Great idea for a game too with some fun physics and web-slinging.

Beyond All Reason, a free and open source RTS gets a big visual overhaul

By Liam Dawe, 5 days ago

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Beyond All Reason is an incredibly impressive free and open source RTS, with The Lightbringer update out now that's a huge advancement for the visuals. If you love massive battles you need to play this one.

Check out the Steam Playtest for SWAPMEAT, a co-op body-part swapping third-person shooter

By Liam Dawe, 16 May 2025

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SWAPMEAT is an upcoming roguelite third-person shooter where you tear through alien worlds, harvesting body-parts to steal their powers.

Minecraft will finally let you craft saddles instead of hunting for them

By Liam Dawe, 15 May 2025

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In a future Minecraft release that's now in testing, you won't need to hunt or fish for a saddle, as it's finally going to be an item you can just craft.

PartyDeck is a split-screen game launcher for Linux / SteamOS

By Liam Dawe, 15 May 2025

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Now this is some seriously cool software and I love to see it. PartyDeck is a new tool that can help you run various games in local split-screen, even if they don't actually support it.

Popular stress-testing app OCCT is coming to Steam and includes a special build for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 15 May 2025

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OCCT recently released a supported Native Linux version of their popular fully featured stress-testing application, and now they've announced it's coming to Steam as part of a wider expansion.

Frogspin is a chaotic platformer where you spin a slot machine for crazy level modifiers

By Liam Dawe, 15 May 2025

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Frogspin pulled my in by the colourful and inviting sweet visuals but reading more into it, the game sounds like it becomes pure hilarious chaos due to the slot machine modifier mechanics.

Rogue Worlds is a free chaotic tactical roguelite platformer out now with Linux and Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe, 14 May 2025

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Rogue Worlds is a new free chaotic tactical roguelite platformer that's a spin-off of Aura of Worlds, a paid bigger game from developer Cognitive Forge. It looks really good and can't argue with that price.

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