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The latest '7 Days to Die' experimental build allows more graphics tweaking, running nicely

By Liam Dawe, May 27, 2019

The Fun Pimps have released a new experimental build of their survival game 7 Days to Die, with it some new options you can tweak to get a much better experience.

Second Earth, the prototype base-building game from the developer of Broforce has a big new build up

By Liam Dawe, May 27, 2019

Free to play currently while in development, Second Earth is an incredibly promising base-building and defence game from Free Lives (Broforce).

Very cool deck-building roguelike Dicey Dungeons alpha ending soon, last chance for early price + updated

By Liam Dawe, May 24, 2019

Dicey Dungeons might just be one of my favourite indie games this year, a unique blend of an usual roguelike with an ability system powered by cards and dice rolls.

Vagrus - The Riven Realms, a turn-based dark fantasy strategy RPG is now in "Open Access"

By Liam Dawe, May 9, 2019

Vagrus - The Riven Realms from the studio Lost Pilgrims is a turn-based RPG experience they claim is like "Sunless Sea meets Darkest Dungeon", set in a post-apocalyptic fantasy world.

Jumpai, the Mario Maker inspired creative platformer with online play is coming along nicely

By Liam Dawe, May 7, 2019

Jumpai is another creative platformer that has you build and play levels created by the community, a little like DASH. However, Jumpai is going to remain free and it has online play.

Boldly going where no block has gone before in Space Impossible

By Liam Dawe, May 1, 2019

Tea, Earl Grey, Hot. These are the voyages of the starship Venture in Space Impossible, an open-world sandbox space adventure where every block matters.

Dwarf Fortress inspired space station building 'Starmancer' now in alpha with new footage

By Liam Dawe, Apr 29, 2019

I go a little bit crazy for building sims, especially when they have a space sci-fi elements like Starmancer and the style is simply amazing.

Elsewhere is an in-development game of crafting, exploration and survival that could be interesting

By Liam Dawe, Apr 23, 2019

For those who love their Minecraft-like games, Elsewhere from the developer of Hearthlands might be one to keep an eye on.

The action-RPG 'Last Epoch' has a huge new build out, plenty of new features

By Liam Dawe, Mar 29, 2019

Last Epoch is turning out to be an impressive action-RPG with good Linux support, with a developer I've been impressed with and a huge new feature-filled build is out.

In the puzzle game Flux Caves you will be pushing around blocks to play with large marbles

By Liam Dawe, Mar 22, 2019

If you like puzzle games and marbles today is your lucky day as I came across Flux Caves, which merges them into one game.

King under the Mountain, a settlement-building strategy game now has an alpha up on itch.io

By Liam Dawe, Jan 28, 2019

After a mildly successful Kickstarter, King under the Mountain, a fantasy settlement-building strategy game now has an alpha available on itch.io.

Volcanoids, the steampunk survival game with massive drills has a Linux version ready for Early Access

By Liam Dawe, Jan 12, 2019

As promised by the developers of Volcanoids, the Linux version of their very interesting first-person steampunk survival game is live and ready for when they hit Early Access.

Snowtopia, an in-development ski resort sim to keep an eye on has Linux support

By Liam Dawe, Jan 10, 2019

One game that could be worth keeping an eye on is the ski resort building and management sim Snowtopia.

Eleventh Hour Games have shown some great Linux support with their action RPG 'Last Epoch'

By Liam Dawe, Jan 7, 2019

Last Epoch, a very promising Action RPG that was funded on Kickstarter already supports Linux, and my recent interactions with their team have been great.

7 Days to Die experimental alpha 17 due next week and it's a massive overhaul to the game

By Liam Dawe, Nov 17, 2018

Developer The Fun Pimps is finally about to release the much anticipated experimental alpha 17 of 7 Days to Die, which should be early next week.

The free FPS 'Urban Terror: Resurgence' now has some updated footage

By Liam Dawe, Nov 6, 2018

Urban Terror: Resurgence, the revamp of the classic free FPS Urban Terror has some fresh footage of the alpha that's running on Unreal Engine.

Alchemic Cutie is a very sweet looking 2D adventure RPG where you capture wild Jellies

By Liam Dawe, Nov 6, 2018

Jellies, yes Jellies. Little wobbly creatures not too different to the slimes from Slime Rancher. Alchemic Cutie isn't just a cute name, it's a sweet looking game.

PlayOnLinux has a new alpha release out with an overhaul of the interface

By Liam Dawe, Sep 24, 2018

PlayOnLinux, a program which helps Linux users manage games run in Wine has a new release out aimed at giving the project a new life.

Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor has come a long way since the Kickstarter, Early Access soon

By Liam Dawe, Sep 13, 2018

Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor, as the name might suggest, has you building drones, which you can directly control or give them some autonomous features. The closed alpha is extremely promising and a lot of fun to play with.