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Colony building sim Maia surprises with a big feature release, gets ray-marched shadows

By Liam Dawe, 26 Jan 2021

I always have a soft spot for Maia, a colony building sim from Simon Roth of Machine Studios with its very different take on building up a space colony on a distant world.

Prison Architect: Going Green announced for release on January 28

By Liam Dawe, 14 Jan 2021

Paradox Interactive and Double Eleven have announced the next expansion and free update for Prison Architect with the Prison Architect: Going Green DLC launching on January 28.

Kerbal Space Program 1.11 is out with an EVA Construction Mode

By Liam Dawe, 18 Dec 2020

A little repair and reconstruction while doing a space walk? That's now a thing in the latest free expansion to the spaceship building simulation game Kerbal Space Program.

Transport Fever 2 adds Vulkan API support in the latest Beta

By Liam Dawe, 16 Dec 2020

Want to test out another Linux game that uses the Vulkan API? Prepare to lose a lot of your free time with Transport Fever 2 as they've just enabled it.

Oxygen Not Included - Spaced Out! released into Early Access

By Liam Dawe, 8 Dec 2020

Klei are back with their great space colony sim with the Oxygen Not Included - Spaced Out! expansion now available in Early Access with Linux support.

You can now build a theme park online with others in Parkitect

By Liam Dawe, 8 Dec 2020

After being out for two years, Texel Raptor have now added online multiplayer to the theme park builder Parkitect.

Take care of the bees in the latest demo of the super sweet APICO

By Liam Dawe, 5 Dec 2020

APICO is a game you absolutely have to try if you love casual farming, building and exploration. It's simply wonderful as you run around collecting and breeding bees to build up an apiary.

Real-time grand strategy fantasy city-builder Songs of Syx arrives on GOG

By Liam Dawe, 4 Dec 2020

Songs of Syx, a title currently in development and available as Early Access has now officially arrived on the DRM-free store GOG if that's where you prefer your games.

Village builder Odd Realm is now available DRM-free on GOG

By Liam Dawe, 3 Dec 2020

If the GOG store is your preferred place to grab some games, go and check out the latest release with Odd Realm.

Sky Haven is a new airport tycoon building sim available in Early Access

By Liam Dawe, 3 Dec 2020

A new promising building tycoon sim has entered the race why Sky Haven from developer Real Welders, so far it seems to be quite promising too.

The latest update to hybrid tower-defense sandbox factory game Mindustry is amazing

By Liam Dawe, 2 Dec 2020

It's free, it's open source and it's absolutely awesome. Mindustry just had an almighty update bringing with it huge changes and it's just as awesome as ever.

Factory Magnate is a new upcoming factory-building tycoon sim

By Liam Dawe, 1 Dec 2020

Game developer Rising Tail have confirmed they're working on Factory Magnate, their own take on the factory building and mining strategy sim with a tycoon style to it.

Theme park building game Parkitect is getting 8-player online multiplayer

By Liam Dawe, 26 Nov 2020

With the second year release anniversary of the great theme park building game Parkitect coming up, Texel Raptor had a quite a huge surprise ready.

Kerbal Space Program 1.11 will let you fix up your craft during a spacewalk

By Liam Dawe, 26 Nov 2020

Kerbal Space Program 1.11: Some Reassembly Required will be arriving later this Winter, with it some major new features and it sounds super exciting.

Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead is a huge amount of fun

By Liam Dawe, 19 Nov 2020

A mashup that we never expected but it's here, Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead from ClockStone and Headup is out now and it's actually great.

Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead releases November 19 with Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 11 Nov 2020

Along with getting a new trailer, it's now confirmed that Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead will be releasing on November 19 with official Linux support.

Get building in RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 with a new release of OpenRCT2

By Liam Dawe, 2 Nov 2020

Build up and maintain an amusement park in the classic RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 in the free and open source modern game engine OpenRCT2.

Go and cure Director's Gut in the Two Point Hospital: Culture Shock DLC out now

By Liam Dawe, 21 Oct 2020

I sure do love a good pun and the Two Point Hospital: Culture Shock DLC that's out now is full of it, with plenty of new illnesses that you need to conquer. No laughing at the patients please.