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Open source Theme Hospital game engine CorsixTH v0.67 gets a first Beta

By Liam Dawe, Jun 27, 2023

Oh goodie, goodbye again free time. Remember the classic Theme Hospital? CorsixTH is a free, open source and cross-platform game engine to keep it looking good on modern systems and a new release is getting close.

Factorio adds controller support in experimental update

By Liam Dawe, Jun 16, 2023

Good news for Steam Deck and gamepad fans, as official controller support is coming to Factorio and you can try it out right now.

Physics be damned, go build some crazy stuff in Poly Bridge 3

By Liam Dawe, May 31, 2023

Dry Cactus have now released Poly Bridge 3, the latest in their multi-million selling physics-based bridge-building puzzle game series and it looks to be the wildest yet.

Sci-fi colony building sim Stardeus gets a big planetary expansion

By Liam Dawe, May 19, 2023

If dwarves aren't your thing and you want to do some building in space, Stardeus is worth a look and it just recently had a pretty huge upgrade.

Dwarven colony builder Mountaincore is out now

By Liam Dawe, May 19, 2023

Enjoy games like RimWorld, Dwarf Fortress and The Settlers? You'll likely quite enjoy dwarven colony builder Mountaincore as well.

Prison Architect has a final free update out now

By Liam Dawe, May 18, 2023

Prison Architect is officially done. The final update has rolled out with The Sunset Update, as Paradox Interactive and Double Eleven have said they're finished with it.

RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 re-implementation OpenRCT2 now lets trains go backwards

By Liam Dawe, May 10, 2023

Another wonderful update to OpenRCT2 is live, the re-implementation of the classic RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 bringing some new features and plenty of fixes.

Open source physics-based tabletop sim 'Tabletop Club' gets an official release

By Liam Dawe, May 4, 2023

After a bunch of early testing builds, the developer of the free and open source tabletop sim Tabletop Club has announced the first stable release.

Publisher of King under the Mountain backs out so it's re-releasing as Mountaincore

By Liam Dawe, Apr 17, 2023

King under the Mountain was a pretty nice colony-building game from Rocket Jump Technology, and it was going through a huge upgrade. Sadly, their publisher cancelled on them so they're having to re-release as Mountaincore.

Oxygen Not Included gets a new animated short, plus fun with Meteors

By Liam Dawe, Apr 3, 2023

Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony builder and probably one of the best. Space is dangerous and of course there's going to be Meteors but now you can have a bit more fun with them.

Open source RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 'OpenRCT2' v0.4.4 out now

By Liam Dawe, Apr 3, 2023

The first release this year for OpenRCT2, the open source re-implementation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 has landed with version 0.4.4.

WorldBox - God Simulator adds in alliances, ages, clans and more

By Liam Dawe, Mar 17, 2023

WorldBox - God Simulator is a fun way to spend a coffee break, giving you a little world to mess about with and a big new update is out now to give it a little bit more depth.

Space colony building sim Starmancer gets a huge content upgrade

By Liam Dawe, Mar 16, 2023

After quite a while of waiting, Ominux Games have released The Wilderness update for space colony building sim Starmancer.

Transport Fever 2 has a big free upgrade, plus Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe, Mar 9, 2023

Transport Fever 2 is going strong since the release in 2019. They just launched a console version, and upgraded the PC release with some massive improvements too.

Build magical colonies and manage resources with lasers in Scorchlands

By Liam Dawe, Mar 8, 2023

Set in a fantasy world of magic and talking animals, Scorchlands is a peculiar city-builder now in Early Access.

Factorio gets official Wayland support on Linux

By Liam Dawe, Mar 3, 2023

Are you a Wayland user? Do you play Factorio? The latest update should make things a lot smoother for you.

Colony builder Maia gets big optimizations, along with controller and Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe, Feb 7, 2023

A name I've not heard for a while that I seemed to miss some emails on recently. Colony building sim Maia, from developer Simon Roth, had a rather big upgrade.

Open source Transport Tycoon Deluxe remake OpenTTD v13.0 is out now

By Liam Dawe, Feb 6, 2023

Another classic free and open source game continues getting better, with the Transport Tycoon Deluxe remake OpenTTD version 13.0 out now.

Prison Architect: Jungle Pack releases soon with another free update

By Liam Dawe, Feb 3, 2023

Paradox continue the DLC train here with Prison Architect: Jungle Pack announced for release on February 7th along with a free update for all players.