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Elevator Down claims to be Papers, Please meets The Good Place

By Liam Dawe,
Announced today is Elevator Down, a game the developer claims is like Papers, Please blended with The Good Place.

Descent 3 open source project gets a first release

By Liam Dawe,
After getting open sourced back in April and now run as a community project, the Descent 3 open source engine has a first release available.

Canonical bring more Steam Snap improvements, also hiring more Desktop Software Engineers

By Liam Dawe,
Canonical developers continue working towards Ubuntu 24.10, the next release of the popular Linux distribution, and thankfully more fixes are coming for the Steam Snap package.

August 19 Steam Beta brings a Remote Play crash fix

By Liam Dawe,
A small Beta update landed for Steam Desktop and Steam Deck, bringing in a few needed fixes so here's what's new from the August 19th update.

Check out the fancy new trailer for Beyond All Reason a really great free and open source RTS

By Liam Dawe,
Beyond All Reason is quietly building up to be one of the best real-time strategy (RTS) games around. It's free, open source and it has a fancy new trailer.

FINAL FANTASY XVI comes to PC on September 17 - demo available

By Liam Dawe,
Finally. After over a year of waiting, FINAL FANTASY XVI is now confirmed to be releasing on PC on September 17.

Portable Linux distro winesapOS v4.1.0 out now with dual-boot support - good for handhelds

By Liam Dawe,
While most people generally talk about ChimeraOS, Bazzite and at times HoloISO, another choice for your handheld Linux gaming is winesapOS that just had a huge new release.

Linux system performance optimizer GameMode v1.8.2 out now fixing hybrid CPU core pinning

By Liam Dawe,
Started off by porting studio Feral Interactive, the Linux system performance optimization tool GameMode v1.8.2 is out now.

Get ready to collect some Rabbits in Usagi Shima: Bunny Island

By Liam Dawe,
Usagi Shima: Bunny Island is a game I've been following for quite some time, as it looks adorable (and as a Rabbit owner I couldn't resist) and it finally has a Steam page.

Colony building sim Odd Realm is officially out now

By Liam Dawe,
After being in Early Access for a few years, Unknown Origin Games have now fully launched their mystical colony sim Odd Realm.

GOG confirm Resident Evil 2 re-release date for August

By Liam Dawe,
Good news retro game lovers, as GOG have now confirmed that Resident Evil 2 is due to get its re-release on August 27th.

shapez 2 is an absurdly great and accessible factory-building game out now

By Liam Dawe,
Time to cut some shapes, and I don't mean on the dance floor. Factory-building sim shapez 2 is out now in Early Access with Linux support.

Vampire Survivors gets free content in The Darkasso update, online co-op still in development

By Liam Dawe,
The game that started it all and has been cloned repeatedly, Vampire Survivors has another free update out with The Darkasso update.

Get ready to paint the world in tracks with Super Loco World from the Farlanders creator

By Liam Dawe,
The developer of Farlanders, Andriy Bychkovskyi, has revealed their next game with Super Loco World, a train building management and automation sim.

These new Factorio enemies coming in Factorio: Space Age look horrifying

By Liam Dawe,
Factorio is a game about building and automating, but it's also all about defending from vicious aliens and the new lot coming in Factorio: Space Age look like the stuff of nightmares.

Chilled castle doodling game Tiny Glade releases September 23 and the demo is back

By Liam Dawe,
Tiny Glade is a wonderful idea, letting you just chilled out and doodle castles with their fantastic tools and it's now set to launch on September 23.

Free classic RTS OpenRA mod 'Command & Conquer - Combined Arms' has a huge overhaul

By Liam Dawe,
If you love your classic RTS games, especially those from Westwood like Command & Conquer and Red Alert, you need to play the OpenRA mod Command & Conquer - Combined Arms.

Steering Wheel Manager oversteer adds support for more wheels and Flatpak

By Liam Dawe,
If you have a Steering Wheel, oversteer feels like an essential tool on Linux to allow you to configure it properly and a new release is out with version 0.8.3.

Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged releases September 19

By Liam Dawe,
Ready to go on an adventure? Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged from Revolution Software Ltd is ready to release on September 19.

Hunt: Showdown 1896 broke on Linux / Steam Deck, here's the quick fix for now

By Liam Dawe,
Hunt: Showdown had a huge update and rebranded to Hunt: Showdown 1896, but the update came with breakage on Linux Desktop and Steam Deck.
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