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Spooky creature photography game Penko Park gets Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
A bit like a slightly creepier Pokemon Snap, the indie hit Penko Park from developer Ghostbutter has just released Native Linux support.

Charming monster collector Cassette Beasts is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Cassette Beasts is the second full release from Bytten Studio following Lenna's Inception. It's a rather sweet evolution on the Pokémon-like monster catching games.

Monster collecting fusion game Cassette Beasts releasing in April

By Liam Dawe,
Ready to collect creatures? How about transforming into them? Okay how about fusing them together? Cassette Beasts is what you need then.

Pokemon-like 'Coromon' finally has big FPS problem fixed for Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Coromon is another attempt to make a Pokemon styled game and while it is a lot of fun, the game had a major frustrating problem on Steam Deck and Linux desktop with Proton that has now been solved.

Steam Deck wins Best Gaming Hardware at the 40th Golden Joystick Awards

By Liam Dawe,
The 40th Golden Joystick Awards present by GamesRadar is over and in the Best Gaming Hardware category, the Steam Deck won.

Nintendo goes after SteamGridDB, likely for people doing emulation on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
It seems with all the people emulating games on the Steam Deck and how popular doing so has become, Nintendo has continued to take notice and fired off some DMCA requests to have images taken down.

Cassette Beasts is a wonderful take on monster catching

By Liam Dawe,
It needs to hurry up and be 2023 so I can play the full game of Cassette Beasts, an upcoming monster catching / creature collection game from Bytten Studio and RawFury.

Paper Animal RPG takes inspiration from Paper Mario and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon

By Liam Dawe,
Paper Animal RPG is a rather cute looking upcoming game. Currently in development from Cuddling Raccoons Studio it's a mixture of exploration, dungeon crawling, combat and a little relaxation by the campfire too.

Kitsune Zero, prequel to upcoming LGBTQ+ platformer Kitsune Tails, releases September 12

By Liam Dawe,
Kitsune Zero is being released on September 12 as a paid DLC for the free platformer Super Bernie World. This will act as a prequel to the upcoming standalone game Kitsune Tails.

Terminal-based game inspired by Pokémon gets a big upgrade with audio

By Liam Dawe,
Pokete is a game we introduced you too recently that's inspired by Pokémon but you play it in a terminal. A new release is out bringing some nice advancements.

Pokete is a Pokemon-like game for your terminal

By Liam Dawe,
Fancy catching some creatures? How about directly in your terminal window? Pokete is a free and open source Pokemon-like.

The Steam Deck hit me over the head with feelings of nostalgia

By Liam Dawe,
Something happened to me recently while playing the Steam Deck, that I felt the need to share with you.

Coromon is pretty much Pokemon for the Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Love monster catching and want a bit of a Pokemon-like game for the Steam Deck (or any Linux desktop too)? Check out the newly released Coromon.

Kitsune Tails gets an all-star voice cast

By Liam Dawe,
Kitsune Tails is an upcoming LGBTQ-focused retro story platformer from Kitsune Games and MidBoss, LLC. that's due out later this year. Looks great for platformer fans and it's going to have quite the voice cast.

Merging a roguelike with monster catching, Siralim Ultimate is out now

By Liam Dawe,
With thousands of unique creatures, plenty of dungeons to explore and roguelike mechanics, Siralim Ultimate definitely looks like a game you can spend a lot of time with and enjoy.

Capture monsters and explore dungeons in Siralim Ultimate on December 3

By Liam Dawe,
Thylacine Studios have announced that their dungeon-crawling and monster-catching roguelike RPG, Siralim Ultimate, which leaves Early Access on December 3.

Monster Crown is the next-generation of retro monster catching out now

By Liam Dawe,
Monster Crown takes the idea of the older Pokemon games and blends in some fancy new ideas, along with a darker story to make a game that will suit fans of monster catching games nicely.

Card-collecting action RPG with tile-based combat Hero.EXE plans Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Blending together what seems like quite a few genres Hero.EXE caught my attention recently from Mystery Egg Games and publisher Top Hat.

This upcoming indie game is basically My Little Pony meets Pokemon and I want it

By Liam Dawe,
I don't know how we missed this but Battle Gem Ponies from Yotes Games only has a few days left on Kickstarter, it's fully funded and it's pretty much My Little Pony styled creatures in a Pokemon style RPG.

Pokémon for adults? Monster Crown to release in full on October 12

By Liam Dawe,
The monster taming and battling game Monster Crown is set to leave Early Access on October 12. This follows their Kickstarter campaign in 2018 and then little over a year in Early Access.
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