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Make your own planet pet in Planetfriend, now on Linux


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Planetfriend is a peculiar game, built by Laura Michet and Brendon Chung during the first few months of the COVID-19 quarantine.

Amusing building sim Two Point Hospital gets a big update and discount


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Two Point Hospital continues building up more content with ipdate 1.20 - R.E.M.I.X V2 out now and there's quite a big discount going on it.

Poly Bridge 2 arrives on May 28 with fun Twitch integration


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Poly Bridge 2 is the next-generation of bridge-building puzzle sims, expanding on the original in plenty of new and interesting ways.

Dungeons 3 is getting a 'Complete Collection' in June


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Dungeons 3, the delightfully evil strategy game from Realmforge Studios and Kalypso Media is finally complete.

Fighting game Skullgirls should now have much better online play


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Skullgirls might be multiple years old now and Lab Zero Games have since released Indivisible but they're clearly not done improving Skullgirls.

Asymmetrical multiplayer game OBEY pits tiny rabbits against a huge weapon


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You've probably played multiplayer games with different team sizes before but probably nothing like OBEY.

Play Next is live on Steam to remind you of all your unplayed games


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After a short Beta period, the Play Next feature is now live on Steam to remind you of your vast game library you've not touched.

Crusader Kings III launches for Linux on September 1


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Paradox Interactive and Paradox Development Studio today announced that desktop monarchs will be able to attempt to claim vast lands in Crusader Kings III on September 1.

Supporting Linux continues to be worthwhile for ΔV: Rings of Saturn


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Back in September last year the developer of ΔV: Rings of Saturn mentioned how cross-platform support was worth it, and it continues to be the case.

Prison Architect gets Cleared For Transfer and an Island Bound DLC announced


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Prison Architect today expanded with the Cleared For Transfer free DLC, a free 'The Bucket' update for everyone and they've announced Prison Architect: Island Bound.

NVIDIA have now formally announced the Ampere GPU architecture


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Today, NVIDIA released a series of videos with CEO Jensen Huang, taking place instead of the cancelled GTC conference and the Ampere GPU architecture was revealed.

Build a planet devouring mechanized worm in Nimbatus, out today


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Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor is a game for creatives and lovers of a good laser show, giving you a ton of blocks to build some sort of drone and if you wish you can automate them too. Today it leaves Early Access!

The Fertile Crescent, a Bronze Age RTS gets a tutorial and more improvements


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Continuing to be a favourite indie game I keep a close eye on, The Fertile Crescent is a Bronze Age real-time strategy game that's currently entirely free to play.

The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall continues living with Daggerfall Unity


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Daggerfall Unity is a recreation of The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall built on the Unity game engine, with the project source code also available.

Deep Rock Galactic leaves Early Access, works well with Steam Play on Linux


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Deep Rock Galactic from Ghost Ship Games has now left Early Access and thankfully it continues working very well on Linux when played with the Proton compatibility layer for Steam Play.

Radio Commander now has a Linux build ready for some testing


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Much like the recently covered and pretty good Radio General, the slightly older Radio Commander from Serious Sim now has a Linux build that's in need of testing.

Aura of Worlds makes rogue-lite platformers a little more tactical


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A tactical rogue-lite platformer isn't something you see too often. A lot are based on speed and / or power but Aura of Worlds calms things down a bit to make you think and it's now on Linux.

Move over Stream Deck, give me some Stream Pi


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The Stream Deck from Elgato is a nifty little bit of hardware, helping out anyone who does video content have access to a ton of commands at the touch of a button and now it has some more open competition with the Stream Pi.

Europa Universalis IV: Emperor announced for June 9


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Paradox Development Studio and Paradox Interactive today announced Europa Universalis IV: Emperor to release on June 9.

Unreal Engine 5 announced, Epic Online Services are now online


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Today Epic Games released to huge bits of news for game developers, and hopefully for gamers everywhere to get a little excited about.