Category: Arcade

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StarCrossed, an action arcade game with a magical girl aesthetic will have Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 1 Oct 2018

For those of you who like your more casual action-arcade type games StarCrossed does look pretty sweet.

Pig Eat Ball has you quite literally barf your way through the game, it's completely insane

By Liam Dawe, 27 Sep 2018

Pig Eat Ball from Mommy's Best Games is frankly one of the most utterly bonkers games I think I've ever played.

Pig Eat Ball is one of the weirdest games I've seen for a while, releasing with Linux support this month

By Liam Dawe, 16 Sep 2018

I've seen a lot of games in my time, yet developers somehow still find ways to surprised me. Pig Eat Ball looks totally weird, but also quite fun.

Subsideria aims to modernise classic space shooters, releasing with Linux support on August 24th

By Liam Dawe, 17 Aug 2018

Are you a fan of arcade space shooters? Subsideria might be your cup as the developer said their aim is to put a modern spin on it with boss battles, different game modes and so on.

The shoot 'em up 'Super Galaxy Squadron EX Turbo' is now available on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jun 2018

Super Galaxy Squadron EX Turbo is probably one of the most insane shoot 'em ups I've ever played and it's now on Linux.

Local multiplayer shooter 'Hyper Ultra Astronautics' is now in beta

By Liam Dawe, 8 Jun 2018

Hyper Ultra Astronautics from FRACTiLE Games is a local multiplayer space shooter for 1-16 players and it's now in Beta.

Retro-styled 3D vector shooter sphereFACE is confusing, but quite good

By Liam Dawe, 4 Apr 2018

sphereFACE is an arcade shooter that will send your mind in spirals and it's actually pretty darn good.

Clawface, a completely free twin-stick shooter released with Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 15 Mar 2018

For those in the mood for twin-stick madness but your wallet is empty, you might want to check out Clawface which is completely free and has Linux support.

Way of the Passive Fist is out and it’s finger-aching fun

By Liam Dawe, 6 Mar 2018

Way of the Passive Fist is not the type of brawler I expected it to be, but it’s still a very fun experience.

BYTEPATH is an arcade shooter with a huge skill tree, retro visuals and it's insane

By Liam Dawe, 26 Feb 2018

If you took Asteroids, gave it a retro text-terminal menu along with a huge skill tree and some slick music what do you get? BYTEPATH.

Breaking apart massive bosses in the Breakout-like 'Puppet Kings', some thoughts

By Liam Dawe, 9 Jan 2018

I have fond memories of Breakout as a child, my son even has a rather low quality version on his 'kids camera' and Puppet Kings is an interesting take on it.

Split-screen shoot 'em up 'Dimension Drive' has officially released with Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 18 Dec 2017

Need more shoot 'em ups? Dimension Drive released recently and it came with Linux support. It looks absolutely nuts too!

In the mood for a free game? DEATHBASE 900,000,000 is currently free on itch for today

By Liam Dawe, 10 Dec 2017

DEATHBASE 900,000,000 from Charlie's Games is currently free on itch for today, go grab it while you can and enjoy this crazy collect-em-up.

Son of Scoregasm from Charlie's Games is absolutely insane, out now for Linux

By Liam Dawe, 29 Nov 2017

Son of Scoregasm, the latest arcade shooter from Charlie's Games is now out for Linux and it's nuts.

The rather flashy shoot 'em up 'PAWARUMI' is now on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 20 Nov 2017

PAWARUMI is a modern take on the classic shoot 'em up formula, with explosive visuals and explosions literally everywhere. As of today it's officially on Linux.