Category: Building Sim

Paradox and Double Eleven have announced the Prison Architect: Gangs expansion, along with the free Kite update. Here's what to expect from it.

Theme Hospital! What an absolute classic! The free and open source game engine reimplementation CorsixTH v0.66-beta1 is out now, bringing with it lots of improvements.

Hive Time from developer Cheeseness is a mixture of hive-building and bee management and it recently had a rather sweet update for World Bee Day.

Available now with Native Linux support, APICO from TNgineers and Whitethorn Games might be one of my new favourite was just to chill-out.

Probably one of the most important creatures on Earth and now you'll be looking after them in APICO on May 20, 2022.

Core Keeper is another big indie hit and for good reason, it's a total gem and it's expanding to become a lot bigger.

Transport Fever 2, the building and transport route sim from Urban Games and Good Shepherd Entertainment just got a fresh major upgrade.

Now you have a chance to build up and run your own tavern, with the positively reviewed Tavern Master now having a Native Linux build released.

Work that has been ongoing for some time now, OpenRCT2 the free and open source reimplementation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 version 0.4.0 is out now and it's big.

Fancy a fresh take on building up a space station? orbit.industries from LAB132 and Klabater is out now.

Released into early access on April 21, Terraformers is a game about growing and developing a network of cities on Mars, with the eventual goal of (what else) terraforming it.

Ludeon Studios have updated RimWorld, tweaking lots of areas to improve their support of the Steam Deck.

Good news space sim colony-building fans, as Space Haven just got a fresh upgrade and now it's Steam Deck Verified.

Playing Factorio on Steam Deck and low screen resolutions gets better, with a fresh update out now for all players.

While there is the popular OpenRCT2 for an open-source re-implementation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2, it does rely on the original data files, and so the FreeRCT project aims to be a completely free and open source inspired game.

Building up a settlement on the go is going to be a reality soon for RimWorld fans, as a fresh Beta version is now available and ready for testing with the Steam Deck.

Stormworks: Build and Rescue is a popular sim where you design, create and pilot your own air sea rescue service and now it should work a lot better on Steam Deck and gamepads in general.

With gameplay that's a fun mix of Stardew Valley, Minecraft and survival games it seems Core Keeper has become an instant hit on Steam.

Two Point Studios might be currently working on Two Point Campus but they're not done with their modern take on Theme Hospital with the Two Point Hospital: Speedy Recovery DLC out now.

Possibly one of the best starts for a game I've seen in Early Access for some time, Core Keeper seems like an absolute delight so far.