Open source evolution sim Thrive adds a new cell to grow with
Currently in Early Access, Thrive is an impressive scientific evolution sim developed in Godot Engine that continues to mature with a new version up.
Category: Open World
Dying Light 2 Stay Human is out and works well on Linux
Dying Light 2 will be easily one of the biggest releases this year and the good news is that it works on Linux without any messing around.
Free and open source space sim Pioneer gets a big UI upgrade
Pioneer started off life as a basic spiritual successor to Frontier: Elite II and nowadays it continues being upgraded, to give fans of classic 3D space exploration something fun.
Valheim getting Steam Deck tweaks, more new content teased
Valheim, absolutely one of the best games available natively for Linux is going to get some upgrades for the Steam Deck. Oh, there's also some teased new content so that's cool too.
Minetest 5.5.0 is out, forked their own rendering engine with IrrlichtMT
Minetest 5.5.0 has rolled out, with a switch over from Irrlicht to their own fork of the rendering engine IrrlichtMt designed to have special enhancements just for Minetest.
X4: Foundations 5.00 gets a Beta with AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR)
Egosoft continue upgrading their space sim X4: Foundations with the big 5.00 version now in Beta, readying up for the new X4: Tides of Avarice expansion.
Ahead of Dying Light 2, the original Dying Light gets a big event
You have to appreciate the effort Techland has put into supporting Dying Light, giving it new updates and events 7 years after release and now a fresh big event is live.
Survival game Vintage Story gets another huge upgrade with improved combat
Vintage Story continues to impress with not just the rate they can churn out updates, but also how much they manage to stuff into each of them.
Project Zomboid has big plans for 2022 and beyond, with NPCs on the way
After a great many years in Early Access, Project Zomboid has finally hit the big time with it regularly seeing multiple tens of thousands of players and they have some big plans.
Project Zomboid is finally getting the player recognition it deserves
Project Zomboid has been hanging around in Early Access on Steam since the first year that Early Access was even thing, and after a long development period it seems it's finally seeing its popularity explode.
The classic Naev, a free and open source space sim version 0.9 released
Time to explore space once again? Naev is an absolute classic. It's free, open source and it continues to mature with some more modern features available in the new 0.9 release.
2D open-world sandbox action-adventure Necesse released for Linux
A weird love-child mixture of games like Minecraft, Stardew Valley and Terraria we have Necesse that's currently in Early Access and a Linux version is now available.
Death Stranding absolutely sold me and you should play it
I don't actually often play the big AAA games but for Death Stranding, I finally took the plunge and thanks to Steam Play Proton running it on Linux was a fantastic experience overall.
Alpha 20 goes live for survival game 7 Days to Die
The Fun Pimps have promoted Alpha 20 of 7 Days to Die to the stable release builds making in the new official update and it's a big one again.
Well that's a surprise, Project Zomboid's MASSIVE overhaul is out now
Not long at all after putting up a special Beta for testing, The Indie Stone have now set the massive Build 41 overhaul for the Zombie survival game Project Zomboid up as the official new version.
Project Zomboid reintroduces multiplayer with the newest Beta build
After multiple years working on Build 41 of Project Zomboid, The Indie Stone have now finally hooked up multiplayer for it and you can test it yourself now.
Valheim gets christmassy, armour stands and silences tamed wolves
Iron Gate have given Valheim players an early Christmas present with a fresh update adding in a couple of seasonal bits and some free content.
The Long Dark gets another big upgrade to the survival mode
Hinterland Studio has released another free upgrade to their game The Long Dark, this time focusing on the survival mode.
7 Days to Die gets Alpha 20 out in Experimental, lots of shiny new additions
8 years of Early Access and 7 Days to Die shows no signs of slowing down on the major upgrades, with Alpha 20 Experimental out now on Steam.
Caves & Cliffs: Part II has arrived for Minecraft
Caves & Cliffs: Part II is out now for Minecraft, bringing with it some huge changes to the world generation to make the exploration much more interesting.
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