Category: Sandbox

We have been waiting with a keen eye for ARK: Survival Evolved to arrive on Linux. It’s a very popular survival game with dinosaurs that is constantly in the top-10 on Steam, so how is it?

The sandbox factory puzzler by SpaceChem and TIS-100 developer Zachtronics has left Early Access after five months of tweaks and bug fixing.

Tabletop Simulator launched after over a year of Early Access. As a fan of board games and tabletop RPGs, I felt compelled to take a look.

Some of you might remember this open, procedurally generated space exploration / exploitation game that was kickstarted in late 2012. The project has now woken up from extended, months-long cryosleep.

VoidExpanse is a good looking and fun space RPG game from AtomicTorch Studio. It has recently been through some major updates, and they finally sorted a proper Linux structure for their data files.

Looks like an early birthday present is on its way to me, as the Terraria developers have officially stated Linux & Mac builds should be out in July.

LEGO Minifigures Online originally appeared on SteamDB back in March, but the developers Funcom said to us directly Linux wasn't planned. Their official site, and Steam store page now officially mention Linux as a supported platform. Bring on the bricks.

RimWorld is the surprisingly awesome colony building sim from Ludeon Studios and Tynan Sylvester, and it has a big new alpha. The new trailer isn't half bad too.

ARK: Survival Evolved has now set an official date as the 25th of June for the release of the Linux (and Mac) versions.

The latest expansion to the popular grand strategy series has been released. With a plethora of changes and additions, it is one of the most comprehensive expansions for the game yet.

If you own Don't Starve you will now have access to Don't Starve Together, the standalone multiplayer version!

I am always hesitant to cover any crowdfunding campaigns, but I think Voxelnauts has just won me over. All development is done on Linux, they have video's showing it, and it looks like a great game.

Cities: Skylines is undoubtedly our best city builder on Linux, and the new content update makes it even sweeter.

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

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.

Banished is a highly rated city-builder from Shining Rock Software that is coming to Linux, and the developer has a new blog post detailing how it’s going.

The developers of Terraria have recently commented on a reddit post, and they mentioned Linux is still planned for the game.

Maia is certainly an interesting take on the colony building genre, but it has been lacking in things to do. This new major release aims to help with that, and it brings fire.

Starbound is the epic singleplayer and multiplayer 2D sandbox game from Chucklefish. They have just pushed out a massive new stable release.

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.