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Remembering an indie gem with Osmos over 10 years later

By Liam Dawe, 10 Jul 2020

Ah Osmos, what an absolute gem that was back when it released for Linux in 2010. Looking back, it's one of the first set of new-wave indie games to kick-start Linux gaming.

Short-form narrative game 'We should talk.' arrives July 16

By Liam Dawe, 29 Jun 2020

It's not what you say, it's how you say it. We should talk. is an upcoming short-form narrative game about having a chat and it looks delightful.

Open source shape-factory building sim shapez.io is now on Steam

By Liam Dawe, 15 Jun 2020

After discovering shapez.io on the game store itch.io recently, and finding out it was open source, I fell a little in love with the idea and now it's on Steam.

Have some physics fun with Poly Bridge 2, now released for Linux

By Liam Dawe, 12 Jun 2020

After a short delay, Poly Bridge 2 from Dry Cactus has now released for Linux so you can begin building bridges and playing with the fun physics system.

Depanneur Nocturne is a short and sweet game about finding a gift

By Liam Dawe, 10 Jun 2020

Depanneur Nocturne is a short, sweet and experimental game from KO_OP about finding a gift for a special someone in a store that's soon to close.

Supply Chain is a free game about understanding just-in-time supply chains

By Liam Dawe, 9 Jun 2020

Supply Chain, a free and open source game developed to hopefully generate some thought and discussion about supply chains and their issues.

Bots & Belts looks like Overcooked but you're making toys

By Liam Dawe, 9 Jun 2020

Bots & Belts is an upcoming title from developer PopPlay that looks like a fun twist on the chaotic gameplay found in the likes of Overcooked.

Onsen Master is a hot spring customer management game

By Liam Dawe, 28 May 2020

You've built cities, managed theme parks and run across kitchens to prepare dishes but have you managed a hot spring before? I sure haven't and Onsen Master looks and sounds amusing.

Try the updated free alpha of ski resort builder Snowtopia

By Liam Dawe, 27 May 2020

Snowtopia, currently in development with a free version available while it's early on continues to be a promising new building sim that has you build a ski resort.

Slime Rancher adds more treasure to find, more adventures coming

By Liam Dawe, 27 May 2020

Slime Rancher, the absolutely adorable game about adventuring and catching little (and sometimes big) slimes has a fresh update and a tease about future content.

Prepare your tee as Golf With Your Friends has released

By Liam Dawe, 19 May 2020

Golf With Your Friends, a lovely mini-golf game from developer Blacklight Interactive and Team17 has now left Early Access ready for you to catch a birdie.

Explore the beautiful Canadian wilderness in Ruth's Journey

By Liam Dawe, 18 May 2020

Ruth's Journey is an upcoming prologue for another bigger upcoming game called The Long Way Home from Nifty Llama Games. The trailer they just put out is quite mesmerising.

Roots of Pacha brings the village farming RPG sim back to the stone age

By Liam Dawe, 1 May 2020

You've played modern life farming sims, you've played high fantasy versions but what about one set in prehistorical times? Roots of Pacha is coming to Linux from Soda Den and Crytivo.

You can now play the chaotic train-track building game Unrailed! in single-player

By Liam Dawe, 27 Apr 2020

Unrailed! is a fantastic local and online co-op experience, one where you will be shouting and screaming with laughter at your partner and now you can play it in single-player too.

Get ready to putt as 'Golf With Your Friends' releases on May 19

By Liam Dawe, 23 Apr 2020

Blacklight Interactive and Team17 have announced that their super fun casual sports game, Golf With Your Friends, is leaving Early Access on May 19.

Relaxing bird flying and exploration sim 'Fugl' adds more polish and an evolution feature

By Liam Dawe, 13 Apr 2020

Quite possibly one of the most relaxing games I've ever played, and a real treat for when you're forced to stay inside, Fugl is all about slowing down and exploring.

Plastris is a 'hyper casual' puzzle game with a wonderful style out now on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 9 Apr 2020

Plastris from developer Khud0 is a 'hyper casual' puzzle game, where all you need to do is fill all the tiles on the screen with simple clicks and it's so weirdly satisfying.

The wonderful and relaxing town-building RPG 'Littlewood' is now DRM-free on GOG

By Liam Dawe, 7 Apr 2020

Littlewood is a relaxing casual town-building RPG, a very peaceful game where there's no combat needed as it blends together lots of different gameplay elements including farming, crafting, mining, gathering and so on.

The brilliant 'Golf With Your Friends' has another massive content update

By Liam Dawe, 6 Apr 2020

A good time for an update with ton of people at home, and what a great game to play with others too! Golf With Your Friends just recently had a 'Volcanic Update' with quite a lot of new content.