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Top 20 hottest articles over the last 7 days

Here's our 2025 GOTY picks

By Liam Dawe,
The year is almost over and so it’s time to let you know what we enjoyed the most this year while gaming on Linux.

Proton Experimental brings improvements for Farlight 84, CHRONO TRIGGER and more

By Liam Dawe,
A little holiday update for Proton Experimental from Valve to improve Windows games on Linux, Steam Deck / SteamOS systems.
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Linux Mint 22.3 gets a Beta release with lots of new features

By Liam Dawe,
Linux Mint 22.3 is set to be the next long-term supported release and a Beta is now here you can test, with a surprising amount of new features.

Siren is an awesome looking Aliens inspired Doom II conversion

By Liam Dawe,
Taking a slower approach with inspiration taken from the likes of Aliens, the Doom II conversion named Siren looks really awesome for retro FPS fans.

Free and open source Settlers-like, Widelands v1.3 is out with market trading and new maps

By Liam Dawe,
Widelands continues to grow as a great free and open source Settlers-like strategy game, with a brand new holiday release out now.

GE-Proton 10-27 brings fixes for Star Citizen, The First Descendant and more tweaks

By Liam Dawe,
The popular community-made compatibility layer GE-Proton version 10-27 is out now with the usual assortment of game fixes and other improvements.

Heroes of Might and Magic 2 project fheroes2 version 1.1.13 has been released

By fheroes2,
Just in time for the holidays, we are happy to announce a new version of the fheroes2 engine for Heroes of Might and Magic 2 on modern systems.

Become the piece you capture in the chess-inspired Mate'Morphosis on January 9 2026

By Liam Dawe,
Twisting the classic chess into a strategy game where you become the piece you capture, as you try to outsmart the board on January 9, 2026.

Keep creatures fed in the deck-builder Hungry Horrors when it arrives January 19 2026

By Liam Dawe,
Inspired by British and Irish folklore, Hungry Horrors is a deck-builder with an unusual purpose - to have you feed the monsters to keep them away.

Horror incremental dungeon crawler Horripilant gets a new demo and release date

By Liam Dawe,
The creepy incremental dungeon crawler has just released an updated trailer, demo and an official release date for February 13th 2026.

Evolution sim Thrive hits the 1.0 release completing the microbe stage

By Liam Dawe,
Thrive is an open source evolution sim that plans to add many different stages of life with the microbe stage now considered actually ready.

Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from GamingOnLinux

By Liam Dawe,
We're just about to hit the full swing of the holiday season, and so GamingOnLinux will go into its usual holiday hibernation to spend time with family.

Luxman Moonlit Market brings 'Balatro-inspired power-up management' to strategic tile-placement roguelikes

By Liam Dawe,
Luxman Moonlit Market is a strategic tile-placement roguelike with Balatro-inspired power-up management according to the developer, and it looks quite fun!

Quarantine Zone: The Last Check set for release on January 12 2026

By Liam Dawe,
Devolver Digital announced that Quarantine Zone: The Last Check from Brigada Games is now set for release on January 12, 2026.