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Promising spaceship colony sim 'Space Haven' Alpha 7 out with a Sandbox Mode, Early Access this year
Bugbyte continue expanding their in-development spaceship colony sim, Space Haven, with a huge new Alpha release available.
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Set in a sinister, slowly decomposing land the action-RPG 'Crumbling World' has a demo out
Releasing later this year on May 21, Crumbling World definitely has a curious setting. An action-RPG where the world is just falling apart and decomposing around you.
Selfless Heroes, a sweet programming-puzzle game where you help heroes in a dungeon - with source code available
A wonderful little programming-puzzle game here with Selfless Heroes, tasking you with helping heroes travel through a dungeon and avoid dangers.
The AI generated text adventure 'AI Dungeon' can now be played online with others
AI Dungeon is absolutely fascinating. Every single adventure is different, as it's all powered by a fancy AI and now you and friends can join up for an adventure you're never going to forget.
Linux game manager 'Lutris' has a sweet new build up - better Wine support, new DXVK handling
Lutris is probably in my top 5 of free and open source Linux apps, as it's made gaming outside of Steam many times easier on Linux.
Couch-based Linux 'GamerOS' shows how SteamOS could be done - with a new release up
While SteamOS had a nice idea to bring Linux gaming to the living room, it's currently on hold (although Valve may return to it). Now, there's another choice with the simply named GamerOS.
Looks like 'Sword of the Necromancer' will be coming to Linux, as it's fully funded on Kickstarter
Dungeon-crawler action RPG 'Sword of the Necromancer' is currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter, with quite a long time left to go they've been fully funded and it will be coming to Linux.
Slash Roll replaces cards with throwing dice and it's actually an interesting idea
Slash Roll, a new Early Access indie game from NiankSoft recently appeared and it has a fun idea. It aims to be a 'pouch builder', that replaces card deck-building with collecting dice.
Free and open source Master of Orion clone 'Remnants of the Precursors' has a Beta release
Remember the original Master of Orion? Remnants of the Precursors is a strict feature clone of the 1993 classic. It's free, open source and a Beta version is out now.
Humble 2K's Game Together Bundle went live with a few Linux games
Humble Bundle has a new set of games ready with the Humble 2K's Game Together Bundle, there's a few nice picks for Linux gaming fans in it and more if you use Steam Play Proton.
Gun simulating first-person shooter 'Receiver 2' is out now
Wolfire Games have released 'Receiver 2', their brand new first-person shooter that takes gun simulation to an interesting level that makes it different to other traditional shooters.
Challenging roguelike spaceship simulator 'Shortest Trip to Earth' released for Linux
Shortest Trip to Earth takes elements of FTL, and then sprinkles in a huge amount more to make it have a lot more depth and quite a lot of challenge to it.
UNIGINE 2 Community is a new edition of the powerful cross-platform game engine that's free to use
Are you a game developer or an enthusiast looking to use a cross-platform and powerful game engine? UNIGINE 2 is now available in a 'Community' edition that's FREE to use.
Voice actor of the Team Fortress 2 'Soldier' Rick May, has died
Some sad news to share today as Rick May, known to some PC gamers as being the voice of the Soldier class in Team Fortress 2 has died after catching the Covid-19 Coronavirus.
Cure a city in the semi-educational strategy game 'rZero. Virus Outbreak Simulation' - try the free early build
Developer Simon Roth (Maia) decided instead of worry about the Covid-19 outbreak, they would channel some energy into creating a new semi-educational strategy game named 'rZero. Virus Outbreak Simulation'. You can try the free early build now.
Explore ancient caverns filled with mysterious machinery in 'The Long Gate' - releasing this year
The Long Gate from developer and author David Shaw is an upcoming puzzle and exploration game, one where the puzzles are based on real-world tech with 'accurate depictions of quantum circuits and a 4-bit quantum computer'.
Procedural 2D open-world action-RPG 'Mystiqa' fully funded on Kickstarter - demo available
Up for a new pixel-art action-RPG adventure? Mystiqa from developer Julian Creutz is currently crowdfunding with around two days left and it's fully funded, with a demo available to try too.
Valve detail more changes planned for Artifact 2.0
Artifact is coming back, and this time Valve are being more chatty about their plans for it after it died a quick death originally. So far, their plan sounds quite good.
Platform bouncing competitive game 'Jumpala' heading to Steam soon
Jumpala is a very unique take on competitive multiplayer platforming, I've had a huge amount of fun with it and now it's getting close to a Steam release.
Valve announces the return of the Steam Game Festival for you to try games, starting June 9
The Steam Game Festival is returning for another round, starting on June 9 developers will be able to show off their games on Steam.
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