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Race across the galaxy to save Earth in The Captain releasing October 21

By Liam Dawe, Aug 30, 2021

Ready up for your next space adventure with The Captain. A blending of a point and click adventure, a space sim and much more into one gorgeous looking game.

IXION is a city-building survival game on a huge moving space station

By Liam Dawe, Aug 27, 2021

Coming from Bulwark Studios and Kasedo Games (Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus) we have IXION, a new sci-fi building and exploration game with a trailer where the moon blows up.

Coding History: 3D from Mode7 to DOOM looks like a fun Kickstarter to follow

By Liam Dawe, Aug 27, 2021

Interested in the early history of coding games? Coding History: 3D from Mode7 to DOOM from indie game developer Eniko (founder of Kitsune Games) will walk you through it, while also providing open source code you can use and learn from.

REVO is a neon-soaked twin-stick bullet-hell dream out now

By Liam Dawe, Aug 25, 2021

With a great soundtrack and action that won't let your attention leave it, REVO is a fresh twin-stick bullet-hell that will make you sweat and it's great.

Epic space RPG 'Star Traders: Frontiers' gets Steam Workshop and mod support now live

By Liam Dawe, Aug 25, 2021

Star Traders: Frontiers from Trese Brothers Games, probably one of the best space strategy RPGs around had a huge upgrade and now there's some proper mod support in.

Stardeus is an exciting and expansive space colony management game up on Kickstarter

By Liam Dawe, Aug 16, 2021

Stardeus from studio Kodo Linija (Bloody Rally Show) is an upcoming space colony management game inspired by the likes of RimWorld, Factorio, Dwarf Fortress, Oxygen Not Included, Prison Architect and FTL.

Chaos is the name of the game in CreatorCrate as you devour everything

By Liam Dawe, Aug 12, 2021

CreatorCrate from developer Jori Ryan is all about running around and causing chaos. It's fast, totally ridiculous and a lot of fun to blast through.

Stadia tries to appeal to a younger audience with new family-friendly games

By Liam Dawe, Aug 11, 2021

One thing all stores need is a healthy selection of games of all genres and it seems Google have started to expand the types of games they're now offering with Stadia. There's also some free play days coming for Rainbow Six Siege.

Jupiter Hell shows off how brutal and thrilling a roguelike can be and it's out now

By Liam Dawe, Aug 7, 2021

It's done! Jupiter Hell, the roguelike from ChaosForge is officially out now and it's easily one of the best turn-based action games I've played in some time.

Space station building sim Starmancer has entered Early Access

By Liam Dawe, Aug 5, 2021

After a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2018, Starmancer from Ominux Games and Chucklefish is now actually out and available for all to buy in Early Access.

Get your bag packed for some exploration in the Humble Remarkable Roguelikes Bundle

By Liam Dawe, Aug 4, 2021

Love your roguelikes? Humble have a nice little package waiting for you to pick up with the Humble Remarkable Roguelikes Bundle that's now live.

A fan for the Valve Index? Consider it an essential upgrade purchase

By Liam Dawe, Aug 4, 2021

It's Summer here in the UK, it's bloody hot and that has meant that playing VR has turned into a very sweaty experience.

Get your country to be the first to the moon in Moonshot - The Great Espionage

By Liam Dawe, Aug 4, 2021

Back when the space race was at its peak, the USA and Russia were trying to be first but what about if there was another behind the scenes trying to get the crown?

Humble Choice for August includes Superliminal, ENCODYA, Bloodstained and more

By Liam Dawe, Aug 4, 2021

Looks like the line-up for the monthly Humble Choice for August is actually pretty good, with a bunch of quality indie games included so it's not one to miss.

Orbiter Space Flight Simulator goes open source

By Liam Dawe, Aug 2, 2021

Orbiter Space Flight Simulator is a classic comprehensive 3D space flight simulator and the developer has recently made it open source as they've haven't had enough time for it.

A round-up of popular GamingOnLinux articles through July 2021

By Liam Dawe, Aug 2, 2021

Here is a look back some of the most popular articles on GamingOnLinux for July 2021, an easy way to for you to keep up to date on what has happened in the past month for Linux gaming, open source and other general Linux news that we cover!

Space sandbox game Avorion has a huge 2.0 Beta available now

By Liam Dawe, Aug 2, 2021

Avorion is a single-player or online co-op space survival sandbox game, one where you construct your ships with individual blocks and go explore the galaxy.

Wine 6.14 released with Mono updates, more prep work for GDI syscall interface

By Liam Dawe, Jul 30, 2021

The Wine hackers have today popped open another bottle to let it breathe for a bit, with the development build Wine 6.14 now available for testing.

Steam gets new a Downloads page, new Steam Library manager and Linux improvements

By Liam Dawe, Jul 30, 2021

A fresh Beta update is available for the Steam Client and this time it's a big one. Overhauling the Downloads page, and the Steam Library manager is finally more useful.