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In '39 Days to Mars' you and a friend will go to Mars in the 19th century's most unreliable spaceship

By Liam Dawe, Mar 20, 2018

I had to double-check I read the info right for this one! A released date has just recently been announced for the couch co-op adventure 39 Days to Mars.

Starmancer, the space station sim inspired by Dwarf Fortress is fully funded and coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe, Mar 19, 2018

I do love a good success story. Starmancer, the space station sim inspired by Dwarf Fortress has been successfully fully funded and it's coming to Linux.

Space station building sim 'Starmancer' has smashed through some fun stretch-goals on Kickstarter

By Liam Dawe, Mar 16, 2018

It's certainly no secret I'm impressed with Starmancer, the Dwarf Fortress inspired space station sim. It has a Linux demo and the funding is still coming in, the stretch goals they've reached sound fantastic.

Kerbal Space Program: Making History Expansion is out expanding the game quite a lot

By Liam Dawe, Mar 16, 2018

Kerbal Space Program: Making History Expansion is the first expansion for the amusing rocket-building sandbox game and it adds some pretty decent content.

Martian city-builder ‘Surviving Mars’ released with day-1 Linux support

By Liam Dawe, Mar 15, 2018

Martian city-builder Surviving Mars is the latest strategy game from Haemimont Games and it’s now available on Linux.

Sandbox space exploration game 'Space Impossible' has a Linux test build that works well

By Liam Dawe, Mar 15, 2018

I'm such a sucker when it comes to games involving space travel, exploration and building a ship. Turns out that Space Impossible has a Linux version on Steam.

Kingdoms and Castles has expanded with much bigger maps, Merchant Ships and more

By Liam Dawe, Mar 13, 2018

I liked Kingdoms and Castles when I tried out the initial release, but it really did have an issue of not having enough of anything. This latest update really does make the game feel better.

Dwarf Fortress inspired space station sim 'Starmancer' fully funded, demo updated with colonists

By Liam Dawe, Mar 10, 2018

Starmancer is a space station sim I'm pretty excited about, it's currently on Kickstarter with six days left and they're fully funded. It has Linux support already and the demo has been updated.

Cities: Skylines has sold over five million copies on PC, minor free content on the way

By Liam Dawe, Mar 8, 2018

Paradox has announced that Cities: Skylines, which was a day-1 release for Linux, has sold over five million copies.

Shooty Skies from the creators of Crossy Road is now on Steam with Linux support, it's nuts

By Liam Dawe, Mar 7, 2018

Shooty Skies is an endless-arcade shooter that's free to play from the creators of Crossy Road, it's now on Steam and it has Linux support.

Sunless Skies to officially leave Early Access in September, also now has gamepad support

By Liam Dawe, Mar 5, 2018

Sunless Skies, the steampunk exploration RPG from Failbetter Games is to officially leave port in September.

Space-cat survival sim 'MewnBase' updated with research, carports and more

By Nezchan, Mar 4, 2018

Last week saw a major update to space-cat survival and base-building sim MewnBase. There are quite a few new goodies, including a suit upgrade, a garage for your buggy, and improved inventory. But the focus is on the brand-new research system.

Surviving Mars from Haemimont Games & Paradox announced for a GOG release

By Liam Dawe, Mar 1, 2018

For those wanting to colonise Mars, but you don't buy from Steam you can rejoice as GOG have announced they will have Surviving Mars too!

The developer of 'Rise to Ruins' has shared some Linux sales and players data

By Liam Dawe, Feb 26, 2018

Rise to Ruins, the rather excellent indie godlike village simulator is a favourite of mine and here's some information on how it's doing on Linux.

Deep Sixed is another game that shows some promising early sales on Linux

By Liam Dawe, Feb 25, 2018

One of the people behind the recently release Deep Sixed has been talking about Linux sales for their title, turns out it's been worth it so far.

Madcap Castle is a retro-inspired puzzle platformer that’s not for everyone

By BTRE, Feb 23, 2018

Proudly showing off its Game Boy aesthetics and high level of difficulty, Madcap Castle seeks to fill its own niche. I gave the game a whirl and have a few thoughts to share.

Stellaris 2.0 'Cherryh' patch & Stellaris: Apocalypse expansion released, over 1.5 million copies sold

By Liam Dawe, Feb 22, 2018

Stellaris: Apocalypse, the latest expansion for the grand space strategy game from Paradox Development Studio is out. The big 2.0 'Cherryh' patch is also now available.

Hardcore first-person adventure game 'Far Out' released with Linux support

By Liam Dawe, Feb 22, 2018

Another sci-fi adventure game has been released with Linux support, this time it's the hardcore 'Far Out' with a dynamically changing futuristic environment.