Article category: Simulation - page 6

Build up, command and fight with a big walking colony in Trailblazers: Into the March

By Liam Dawe, 7 Jun 2024

Another one shooting to the top of my wishlist from the Guerilla Collective Showcase is Trailblazers: Into the March, I've not seen a colony-sim strategy game quite like it.

Sink your teeth into capitalism after a 500-year slumber in Brocula out now

By Liam Dawe, 9 May 2024

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What if you took a bit of Stardew Valley but you're a Vampire rudely awoken from a deep 500 year nap and now you have to deal with capitalism? That's your problem in Brocula.

The huge life-sim Life by You from Paradox hits Early Access on June 4

By Liam Dawe, 1 May 2024

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What could potentially be a The Sims killer, Paradox Interactive plan to finally launch Life by You into Early Access on June 4th after multiple delays.

Open source evolution sim Thrive gets upgraded to Godot 4

By Liam Dawe, 29 Apr 2024

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A game engine upgrade across a major version is quite a big thing, and it initially proved a little problematic for the open source evolution sim Thrive but it is done.

Factorio devs detail their 'Linux adventures' in a new blog post

By Liam Dawe, 26 Apr 2024

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Factorio from Wube Software currently has an expansion and big update on the way, with regular blog posts going over all that's coming. The latest has some fun behind the scenes info on their Linux adventures.

Adventure Mode Beta out now for Dwarf Fortress

By Liam Dawe, 17 Apr 2024

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Dwarf Fortress on Steam from Bay 12 Games and Kitfox Games has a fresh Beta now available containing the new Adventure Mode.

OpenTTD 14.0 brings a scalable font, a new ship pathfinder, social platform integration

By Liam Dawe, 15 Apr 2024

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Twenty years after the first release, OpenTTD 14.0 has been made available bringing with it some really useful sounding features to enable new ways to play.

RimWorld - Anomaly expansion and big free update out now

By Liam Dawe, 12 Apr 2024

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Ludeon Studios just released RimWorld - Anomaly, a huge new expansion to the colony-building sim filled with all sorts of crazy looking horrors.

Aquapark Tycoon is a waterpark building sim from the dev of Avorion

By Liam Dawe, 10 Apr 2024

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Boxelware, developer of space sim Avorion just revealed Aquapark Tycoon, that's set to deliver a unique fusion of creativity, strategic planning and park management offering you the chance to design, build, and oversee your very own water park.

Dwarf Fortress hits 800,000 sales and no sign of it stopping

By Liam Dawe, 8 Apr 2024

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Dwarf Fortress on Steam and itch.io has been a mega success for Bay 12 Games, a deserved success, given their previous free release supported and updated for a long time. Now the developers have confirmed it's closing in on a million sales.

Space sim X4: Foundations is getting another huge free update with added accessibility

By Liam Dawe, 5 Apr 2024

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Egosoft continue expanding and improving their space sim X4: Foundations, with the next big free upgrade nearly ready. They've announced 7.00 is now available as a public Beta with a new features trailer.

Mini Airways is like Mini Metro / Mini Motorways but for aircraft

By Liam Dawe, 25 Mar 2024

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After a interesting take on the strategy management sim? Taking a heavy dose of inspiration and naming from the very popular Mini Metro and Mini Motorways, a completely different developer is doing their take with Mini Airways.

Funselektor (art of rally) and Strelka Games (Hell is Others) announce Golden Lap

By Liam Dawe, 20 Mar 2024

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Golden Lap is a new minimalistic racing strategy game announced by the developers Funselektor (art of rally) and Strelka Games (Hell is Others).

RimWorld horror-themed Anomaly expansion and update 1.5 announced

By Liam Dawe, 14 Mar 2024

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This sounds really fun! RimWorld is getting a new horror-themed expansion named Anomaly, plus a free v1.5 update due at the same time.

Adventure Mode for Dwarf Fortress enters Beta on April 17

By Liam Dawe, 8 Mar 2024

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Bay 12 Games / Kitfox Games have announced that the Adventure Mode for Dwarf Fortress will be entering a Beta on April 17th. Anyone who owns it on Steam will be able to test it out!

KeeperRL 1.0 is out now, merging Dungeon Keeper and a little Dwarf Fortress

By Liam Dawe, 7 Mar 2024

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Something around 11 years later, KeeperRL 1.0 has officially been released! A good choice perhaps for people who find Dwarf Fortress a little too much, and enjoy dungeon building.

shapez 2 demo is sticking around for another month - you need to try this

By Liam Dawe, 27 Feb 2024

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shapez 2 is absolutely going to be a big success when it hits Early Access later this year, and you can try out the demo for a good while longer now so the developer can ensure they get it right.

Free and open source evolution sim Thrive gets big new gameplay features in v0.6.5

By Liam Dawe, 27 Feb 2024

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Thrive is a free and open source evolution sim from Revolutionary Games Studio that's currently in-development, and a new release has rolled out with v0.6.5 bringing some gameplay additions.

Paradox confirm no Linux support for Prison Architect 2 but investigating Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 14 Feb 2024

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Prison Architect 2 from Double Eleven and Paradox Interactive was recently revealed with an entirely new look, and while the original has full Native Linux support, the sequel will not.

Open source simulation game OpenTTD has a big new v14 update coming

By Liam Dawe, 6 Feb 2024

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OpenTTD, an open source simulation games based on Transport Tycoon Deluxe is getting close to a big new release, with version 14 bringing many new features and improvements.

Category: Simulation