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Support BIPOC studios & creators in the Indie Allies 2025 Humble Bundle

By Liam Dawe,
Humble Bundle have launched the Indie Allies 2025 Humble Bundle supporting BIPOC studios and creators via the Xperience Studios charity.

Here's the 20 most-played demos from Steam Next Fest October 2024 edition

By Liam Dawe,
Struggling for what to pick in Steam Next Fest? Valve emailed over a list of the 20 most-played demos overall so here's what you might want to check out.
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Move over Wordle, I'm all about Farmbound now

By Liam Dawe,
Is the hype of Wordle over yet? Okay good. Need something new to try each day? Why not take a little look over at Farmbound.

MATCHO is a unique first-person shooter with match-3 mechanics

By Liam Dawe,
First-person shooting and match-3 together? MATCHO sure does sound strange but it also looks like it could be tons of fun and it's coming to Linux.

A quick look at 2022 7DRL Challenge games

By Dennis_Payne,
The 7 Day Roguelike Challenge was earlier this month with over 200 games submitted. I've spent the past week and half playing various games and I've also seen some streamed. That still means I've tried only a small number of games and Game Jams tend to lead to more experimental games.

Crown of Pain could turn into the next great match-3 RPG

By Liam Dawe,
Do you like Match 3 games? Well, I do! Crown of Pain mixes together the idea of matching tiles but blends in turn-based RPG battles too.

Subsoap released an overhauled Faerie Alchemy with Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Subsoap, developer of the popular Faerie Solitaire series and more has released a brand new overhaul of the classic Match 3 game Faerie Alchemy along with Linux support.

Spirit Swap is an incredible looking narrative-driven match-3 with seriously good beats

By Liam Dawe,
Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 To (the actual full title - what a mouthful!) is an upcoming action-puzzle game set in a lush, narrative-driven world of witchy demons.

Sneak In is a new casual Zuma-like marble shooter out now

By Liam Dawe,
Binogure Studio, developer of City Game Studio have released their casual Zuma-like marble shooter and it seems like another lovely little coffee-break game.

Petal Crash is an absolutely beautiful block-smashing match puzzler out now

By Liam Dawe,
Built like the arcade action-puzzlers of the mid-90s, Petal Crash is a very welcome addition to the block matching genre and is a joy to play.

What have you been playing recently and what's your pick this weekend?

By Liam Dawe,
It's coming to the end of another week on planet Earth. More games have released, tons have seen updates and it's time for another chit-chat.

Troll Patrol is a heavenly mix of an RPG with Match-3 mechanics

By Liam Dawe,
Sometimes picking up a new indie game release on a whim turns into a new love and that's very much the case with Troll Patrol.

Tower Of God: One Wish, a nice casual match-3 game released recently

By Liam Dawe,
A genre Linux surprisingly doesn't have a huge selection in is Match 3 puzzle games, thankfully if you love these casual games a new one is out with Tower Of God: One Wish.

Colour smashing rotating Match 3 puzzle game 3x64 is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Lightning Soft just released 3x64, a casual Match 3 puzzle game that has you chasing the high score in short sessions.

After a casual game for the weekend? Runefall 2 brings some more match-3 to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Just released this week is Runefall 2 from Playcademy and GC Games, a pretty great looking casual match-3 game.

Pushy and Pully in Blockland looks like a fun co-op arcade game coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Pushy and Pully in Blockland from Resistance Studio is a solo and co-op arcade game with a retro visual style, confirmed to be coming to Linux.

Green Sauce Games bring some more match-3 casual fun to Linux gamers with Storm Tale

By Liam Dawe,
Everyone needs a game to relax with, perhaps something a little less demanding during the hot weather. With that in mind, Storm Tale a nice looking match-3 game released with Linux support recently.

Farm Life, the Match 3 game about restoring a farm has been released for Linux and it's lovely

By Liam Dawe,
Great to see another Match 3 game on Linux with Farm Life, ported over by Bearded Giant Games as part of their Linux 1st Initiative.

Bearded Giant Games are bringing some Match 3 fun to Linux with Farm Life

By Liam Dawe,
Farm Life, originally from developer RVL Games is getting ported over to Linux from Bearded Giant Games, bringing some Match 3 gameplay.

ReignMaker 2 combines Match-3 gameplay with Tower Defense and more genres spliced together

By Liam Dawe,
Frogdice, developer of ReignMaker, Stash, Dungeon of Elements and more is back with a new Kickstarter campaign for their genre bending game ReignMaker 2.
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