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Virtual Cottage is a sweet little chill-out app with a timer reminiscent of Kind Words

By Liam Dawe, 13 Oct 2020

Need to get something done and remove distractions? Virtual Cottage is a real sweet idea for a screen-saver style application that gives you tunes and a timer.

Save a village on the brink of destruction in Lonesome Village - confirmed for Linux

By Liam Dawe, 12 Oct 2020

Developer Ogre Pixel is currently running a successful crowdfunding campaign for Lonesome Village, a puzzle-solving adventure with social simulation and town-building that's now confirmed for Linux.

Vircadia is an in-development free and open source decentralized 3D social space

By Liam Dawe, 12 Oct 2020

Remember social games like Second Life? Vircadia, was created from a failed spiritual successor to it and it's free and open source too.

Frick, Inc. is a clever puzzle game where you drive trucks with on-screen controls out now

By Liam Dawe, 10 Oct 2020

Drive funny little trucks across difficult tracks using only your mouse in Frick, Inc. which is out now with Linux support, plus you get some free game assets as an extra.

Farmer Supreme offers a very different and super adorable take on the casual sim

By Liam Dawe, 5 Oct 2020

Do you have what it takes to become Farmer Supreme? This isn't another Stardew Valley, as Farmer Supreme offers up a genuinely unique looking take on the casual farming sim.

Minecraft is getting another big upgrade with the Caves & Cliffs Update

By Liam Dawe, 3 Oct 2020

Minecraft Live happened today and there were plenty of exciting announcements about the future of Minecraft, like the next major free upgrade with the Caves & Cliffs Update.

Go on a journey to find riches in Silk Roads: Caravan Kings out now

By Liam Dawe, 2 Oct 2020

Silk Roads: Caravan Kings is a merchant simulator set on the Medieval Silk Roads during the time of Marco Polo.

Farming and creature battler Ova Magica gains an impressive new tech demo

By Liam Dawe, 2 Oct 2020

A little farming, a little egg hatching and perhaps a battle or two? That's on the cards today with Ova Magic, which has a fresh tech demo available to try.

Chaotic co-op game Overcooked! 2 gets another great free content expansion

By Liam Dawe, 2 Oct 2020

After something to play this weekend? How about trying out some more Overcooked! 2, the completely chaotic multiplayer cooking game.

A bit like Stardew in space, One Lonely Outpost is fully funded and on the way to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 30 Sep 2020

Space, sci-fi and farming - what more could you want? One Lonely Outpost is like Stardew Valley for fans who want something a little bit more out there.

SkateBIRD gets a demo for Tokyo Game Show 2020 try it now

By Liam Dawe, 25 Sep 2020

Megan Fox of Glass Bottom Games announced that SkateBIRD has a demo up again, to celebrate being included in the Tokyo Game Show 2020 and you can play until September 28.

Driving with on-screen controls in Frick, Inc. looks hilarious - releasing October 10

By Liam Dawe, 23 Sep 2020

Frick, Inc. has you use on-screen controls to drive funny little trucks across short, challenging little maps and it looks simply wonderful and also as the name suggests - probably frick-ing frustrating.

Everafter Falls looks like another absolutely charming casual crafting adventure

By Liam Dawe, 16 Sep 2020

Another game coming to Linux that mixes in cute graphics, a casual theme, plenty of crafting and something about eating cards? Everafter Falls looks like another absolutely charming casual crafting adventure.

Slime Rancher hits 3 million copies sold, gets a big discount

By Liam Dawe, 16 Sep 2020

Slime Rancher is quite possibly one of the sweetest games around, and it's clearly something a lot of people enjoy.

Kind Words, the game about writing nice anonymous letters gets a little sweeter

By Liam Dawe, 14 Sep 2020

2019's Kind Words from Popcannibal is probably one of the sweetest ideas for a game ever made, and with it being a year old the developer went back to give it a bit of an upgrade.

With PAX Online here, you can try out the demo of zen-puzzler Unpacking

By Liam Dawe, 12 Sep 2020

After a long day hack away at some code, a game about unpacking a bunch of boxes would usually be the last thing I would want. However, Unpacking (the actual game) is genuinely lovely.