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God sim sandbox 'WorldBox' has a huge release out with lots of fun new toys

By Liam Squires-Hand, 17 Jun 2021

WorldBox gives you a pixel-art god game all about doing whatever they hell you want. It's actually fantastic and a new release is out now.

Online sandbox adventure Elteria Adventures gets a huge overhaul and opens up a Playtest

By Liam Squires-Hand, 10 Jun 2021

Want to try what could potential end up as the next big thing? Elteria Adventures is an upcoming creative online sandbox adventure game and they're accepting testers on Steam through the Playtest feature.

Caves & Cliffs Part I is out for Minecraft with Axolotls, Goats and tons of blocks

By Liam Squires-Hand, 9 Jun 2021

The day many have been waiting for, the first part of the huge Caves & Cliffs update is out now for Minecraft.

sSSSsss BOOM! The Minecraft Caves & Cliffs: Part 1 update releases on June 8

By Liam Squires-Hand, 31 May 2021

Pick up your sword, your shovel and prepare for an almighty headbutt as Minecraft Caves & Cliffs: Part 1 has been confirmed for release on June 8.

Terraria has officially turned 10 years old with a small celebration update

By Liam Squires-Hand, 17 May 2021

Terraria, the 2D pixel-art sandbox survival adventure has now officially turned 10 years old and it's going as strong as ever.

Sandbox god sim 'WorldBox' now has a Linux build available and it's seriously fun

By Liam Squires-Hand, 30 Apr 2021

Do you like watching a world evolve over time? Or perhaps you like watching pure chaos unfold. WorldBox is an in development sandbox god sim and now it has a Linux build too.

Check out the latest trailer for Stardeus, a space base building colony management sim

By Liam Squires-Hand, 19 Apr 2021

Sprinkle in a little RimWorld, Space Haven, Starmancer and more together and you get what looks like Stardeus.

Mojang split the Minecraft Caves & Cliffs upgrade into two parts but both this year

By Liam Squires-Hand, 15 Apr 2021

Mojang say that the Caves & Cliffs update for Minecraft is "the most ambitious one we've ever developed" and so they're going to need a lot more time to finish it.

Theme park builder 'Parkitect' gets a Beta for cross-platform multiplayer

By Liam Squires-Hand, 2 Apr 2021

This is wonderful! Texel Raptor, developer of the absolutely fantastic theme park building game Parkitect have announced a new Beta is available that brings in cross-platform online multiplayer.

Terraria makes modding even easier with Steam Workshop support

By Liam Squires-Hand, 30 Mar 2021

Need to spice up your Terraria a little? It's now easier than ever, if you have it on Steam that is, as Steam Workshop support is now hooked up with the latest upgrade.

Terraria hits another milestone with 35 million sold, the number 1 user rated Steam game

By Liam Squires-Hand, 22 Mar 2021

Despite being nearly 10 years since the full release, Terraria appears to show absolutely no signs of slowing down with more milestones being hit and a tease of more content to come.

Spaceship building co-op sandbox Avorion teases a massive 2.0 update

By Liam Squires-Hand, 11 Mar 2021

Boxelware did exceptionally well with Avorion, a space exploration sim that lets you build ships together with blocks and they've teased a massive 2.0 update to come.

Survival game Vintage Story gets an official mod database, improved Wayland support

By Liam Squires-Hand, 3 Mar 2021

Out for your next survival game that isn't Valheim? Do give Vintage Story a go, which on the surface looks like Minecraft but it's so much more interesting and far deeper mechanically.

Free and open source voxel game engine Minetest 5.4 is out, makes mods easier for users

By Liam Squires-Hand, 24 Feb 2021

Minetest, the Minecraft-like voxel game engine (and a basic game that comes with it) has a big new release out with Minetest 5.4.0 and it's worth trying again.

Urban sandbox city-building GTA-like sim Voxel Turf is back with a big new release

By Liam Squires-Hand, 5 Feb 2021

Grand Theft Auto style mechanics blended in with some Minecraft blocky style and city-building, that's sort-of a basic overview of what you can expect in Voxel Turf.

FOSS soft-body physics simulator Rigs of Rods has a new release

By Liam Squires-Hand, 4 Feb 2021

In need of a new fun physics sim? How about one that's free, open source and can be played in multiplayer? Rigs of Rods might be what you're after and they have a new release.

Viking open-world survival game Valheim enters Early Access

By Liam Squires-Hand, 2 Feb 2021

After a promising Alpha release on itch.io back in 2018, the day has finally come to enter purgatory in Valheim.

Minetest 5.4.0 to make downloading mods and games a lot easier

By Liam Squires-Hand, 1 Feb 2021

Minetest is the free and open source voxel game engine, inspired originally by Minecraft it's gradually becoming bigger and better with lots of available games for it.

Virtual Reality voxel building game cyubeVR will be supporting Linux in a future build

By Liam Squires-Hand, 12 Jan 2021

Minecraft in VR that's a bit more hands on? cyubeVR (pronounced Cube VR) looks absolutely delightful, and the developer has confirmed their full intention to support Linux too.