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Sci-fi building and crew management sim Space Haven Alpha 14 is out

By Liam Dawe, 11 Feb 2022

Space Haven from Bugbyte Ltd. continues building up towards something truly special with it blending together spaceship building, exploration and crew management. Alpha 14 is out now with lots of new goodies.

Developer of Netherguild looking for Alpha testers

By Liam Dawe, 10 Feb 2022

Netherguild is an upcoming turn-based tactical roguelite dungeon-crawler that will be offering native Linux support, and you can try out the Alpha version right now.

Tiny Life is an upcoming pixel-art take on experiences like The Sims

By Liam Dawe, 7 Jan 2022

Tiny Life is an upcoming game trying to capture the essence of games like The Sims, but in an isometric pixelart style.

Plan ahead and heist away in Spirited Thief, with an open Alpha on Steam

By Liam Dawe, 16 Nov 2021

Need something fresh this week? How about scouting out and planning for a heist? That's what you'll be doing in Spirited Thief and you can get in on the action early.

Fly Dangerous is an open source love-letter to the Elite Dangerous racing community

By Liam Dawe, 8 Oct 2021

Racing is apparently a thing people do in Elite Dangerous and so one developer has decided to make a game as a love-letter to the community called Fly Dangerous.

Kingdoms and Castles gets an Alpha version with AI Kingdoms

By Liam Dawe, 4 Aug 2021

Kingdoms and Castles is a medieval fantasy city-builder that's getting closer to a colossal-sized update, and now you can try the Alpha version with AI factions.

Online sandbox adventure Elteria Adventures gets a huge overhaul and opens up a Playtest

By Liam Dawe, 10 Jun 2021

Want to try what could potential end up as the next big thing? Elteria Adventures is an upcoming creative online sandbox adventure game and they're accepting testers on Steam through the Playtest feature.

Retro Commander is a "4X post-apocalyptic RTS" that now has an Alpha available

By Liam Dawe, 29 May 2021

Want to try your hand at an in-development RTS that has some potential? Check out Retro Commander, from Noble Master Games ( Age of Conquest IV, Demise of Nations).

First-person hack and slash Lichenvale has an Alpha Demo available

By Liam Dawe, 2 Feb 2021

Enjoy classic hack and slashers? Lichenvale looks like it could be promising and you can try out an early build now.

Try the pre-alpha of Hyperspace Harvest and run a farm on top of a giant space mammal

By Liam Dawe, 7 Jan 2021

Top marks for originality and total quirkiness here. Sleeper Games have a pre-alpha build out and available for Linux of their new title Hyperspace Harvest.

Shield Cat is a thoroughly charming in-development action-adventure with a free demo

By Liam Dawe, 14 Dec 2020

With a strange otter/cat as the protagonist, Shield Cat seems like one to keep on your watch list with some really charming visuals and you can try the free demo.

In the 2D survival game Underlings, you're a monster trying to live a peaceful life

By Liam Dawe, 22 Sep 2020

Underlings is a new Early Access 2D survival game where the protagonist is a former monster, trying to get away from their past life and start fresh.

Mindustry, one of the best open source games around has a huge upgrade in testing

By Liam Dawe, 17 Sep 2020

Mindustry, a game that mixes in Factorio with Tower Defence and then goes wild from there is a fantastic example of how good a free and open source game can be.

Ova Magica blends Harvest Moon, Stardew Valley and Pokemon in the tech demo

By Liam Dawe, 24 Jul 2020

Currently available as a tech demo with the developer needing feedback, Ova Magica looks like a promising start of a new casual sim blending lots of different gameplay features.

EVERSPACE 2 sure does look shiny in the new Alpha footage

By Liam Dawe, 13 Jun 2020

Open-world space action sim EVERSPACE 2 from ROCKFISH Games has shown off plenty of new footage across multiple events recently and it looks seriously shiny.

Social deduction hacking game Untrusted looking for stress-test players

By Liam Dawe, 8 Jun 2020

Untrusted, an upcoming online indie game of hacking and social deduction inspired by the likes of Werewolf/Mafia genre and others similar is running a free stress-test soon.

Try the updated free alpha of ski resort builder Snowtopia

By Liam Dawe, 27 May 2020

Snowtopia, currently in development with a free version available while it's early on continues to be a promising new building sim that has you build a ski resort.

Verdant Village puts a high-fantasy spin on Stardew Valley styled gameplay - try it free

By Liam Dawe, 24 Apr 2020

Currently in development with it classed as being in an "alpha state", Verdant Village seems like a sweet and promising high fantasy alternative to Stardew Valley with some new themes.

Promising spaceship colony sim 'Space Haven' Alpha 7 out with a Sandbox Mode, Early Access this year

By Liam Dawe, 15 Apr 2020

Bugbyte continue expanding their in-development spaceship colony sim, Space Haven, with a huge new Alpha release available.

Untrusted is an upcoming online multiplayer social deduction game about hacking

By Liam Dawe, 9 Mar 2020

Untrusted is similar in idea to other social deduction games like Mafia/Werewolf (amongst plenty of others), only this time it's a bit more nerdy and technical with the hacking idea.

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