Resource distribution puzzle-strategy Mini Countries is out now
Do you enjoy setting up elaborate production chains and resource management tycoon style gameplay? Mini Countries offers up a very curious take on it all.
Reviews & Initial Thoughts
Roboggled is a nice casual Sokoban inspired block pushing puzzler out now
Developed on Linux with the excellent Godot Engine, we have the Sokoban like block-pushing puzzle game Roboggled.
qomp is a brilliant example of minimalist mechanics and a fantastic idea
In the game qomp you are the ball, the ball that has been thrown around games like Pong for a very long time and you've had enough - it's time to escape.
Rogue Star Rescue is a fun mix of twin-stick bullet-hell and tower defence out now
Released out of Early Access as a full game on February 4, Rogue Star Rescue blends together a furiously good mix of twin-stick bullet-hell action with tower defence.
Viking open-world survival game Valheim enters Early Access
After a promising Alpha release on itch.io back in 2018, the day has finally come to enter purgatory in Valheim.
Save the world in the dark sci-fi adventure ENCODYA out now
ENCODYA is an adventure that follows a little girl with a world-changing plan and her big clumsy robot, set in a dark and grey cyberpunk Neo-Berlin it's a pretty bleak future.
Skul: The Hero Slayer is a delightful repeatable head-swapping action rogue-lite out now
After being in Early Access since February 2020, SouthPAW Games have now released their head-swapping rogue-lite action platformer Skul: The Hero Slayer.
Quirky comedy action-adventure Skellboy Refractured is out now
Skellboy Refractured, the new and fresh release from UmaikiGames is out with Linux support as an expanded version to the game that originally released for the Nintendo Switch.
Jumpala is an intense score-fighting highly competitive action-platformer out now
Jump across platforms to turn them your colour, use abilities to mess with your opponents and try to keep platforms your colour as they fall off the screen to score - Jumpala is a lot of fun.
Shot in the Dark is a clever tough platformer where enemies blend into the background
Shot in the Dark needs you to have good platforming skills, good point and click aiming skills and it's a whole lot of fun if you're up for the challenge.
Malmyr is a thoroughly charming city-building logistics puzzler out now
Blending together city-building, resource gathering and logistics into a fine puzzle game Malmyr is worth taking a good look at with a wonderful relaxing atmosphere.
WHAT THE GOLF? is a good question and a highly amusing game
WHAT THE GOLF? A game created by Triband who clearly have no idea what Golf actually is and as it turns out, they created a game that's pretty amazing.
Our top favourite Linux games released in 2020
As 2020 comes to a close, here's a brief look over what games we personally thought truly stood out in 2020 that directly supported Linux.
Glitchangels is a fantastic glitchy retro-arcade shooter out now
Love twin-stick shooters? Need a fresh modern take on retro classics with plenty of upgrades? Glitchangels is pretty much all you need and it's fantastic.
Explore, hatch monsters and train in Monster Sanctuary out now
Monster Sanctuary from Moi Rai Games and Team17 has now left Early Access as a finished game, along with a bunch of extra content in the 1.0 update.
Rogue-lite dungeon crawler Tallowmere 2 is over the top and ridiculously fun
Tallowmere 2 could easily be a contender for my own personal Early Access GOTY as developer Chris McFarland has managed to craft an absolutely brilliant game here.
Crumble might be the best 3D platformer I've played in ages with swinging physics fun
Crumble from BRUTE FORCE is a fast-paced 3D physics platformer, one that released with Linux support on December 4 and it's pretty awesome.
Tricky Towers is a really great game I've discovered far too late
After releasing originally in 2016, it seems Tricky Towers is one game that I just seemed to have forgotten all about and that's such a shame.
Picture logic puzzle game Pixross from Kenney is out now and it's total joy
Kenney, creator of masses of free and paid assets for game developers has released a second game with Pixross. It's a picture logic puzzle game with tons of levels and it's great.
Amnesia: Rebirth is easily one of the scariest and best games of 2020
After a rough launch, Frictional Games have nicely fixed up Amnesia: Rebirth and overall the experience is one we're not going to forget any time soon.