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Ostriv, a city-builder set in the 18th century will have Linux support

By Liam Dawe, Sep 19, 2017

Ostriv is a city-builder built by one developer and I think it looks reasonably impressive. The developer plans Linux support too.

Stealing cars, helicopters and blowing stuff up in Voxel Turf, some thoughts

By Liam Dawe, Sep 16, 2017

Voxel Turf is the new block based urban sandbox from developer L Twigger, some may see it as a voxel sandbox version of Grand Theft Auto, so here’s some thoughts.

Kingdoms and Castles has a pretty decent free content update

By Liam Dawe, Sep 16, 2017

Kingdoms and Castles, the cute city-building sim from Lion Shield, LLC has a big free update. It sounds like the game will be much better off with it too.

Godlike village simulator 'Rise to Ruins' new unstable version released with 'doggo mobs'

By Liam Dawe, Sep 7, 2017

That's right, Rise to Ruins now has doggos, what everyone these days seems to be calling dogs for some reason.

Paradox Interactive reveal the first gameplay trailer for Surviving Mars

By Liam Dawe, Aug 21, 2017

Surviving Mars, the city-builder from Haemimont Games and Paradox Interactive now has an actual gameplay trailer.

Block’hood, the neighborhood-building simulator, has launched out of Early Access

By BTRE, May 12, 2017

After spending quite some time in Early Access, the vertically-focused neighborhood builder is now officially out.

City builder 'Hearthlands' updated with a small campaign mode and other nice fixes

By Liam Dawe, Apr 15, 2017

Hearthlands is a pretty nice city builder and the developers just released an update to include a small campaign mode.

Block’hood, the upwards focused neighbourhood-building simulator is now on GOG

By Liam Dawe, Feb 7, 2017

If you have been missing out on another building game, never fear, GOG is near! Block’hood is now available on GOG.

Hearthlands, the cute city builder has a final release and it's great

By Liam Dawe, Feb 7, 2017

Hearthlands is a game I've been following for a long time and now this city builder has finally released.

The Linux port of Banished is still alive, the developer plans their next game to launch cross-platform on day-1

By Liam Dawe, Feb 7, 2017

It seems the Linux port of Banished isn't dead, far from it in fact. The developer just so happens to be working on other stuff at the same time.

Block'hood, the neighborhood-building simulator is officially coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe, Dec 16, 2016

I was shared an email from the Block'hood developers today that states their neighborhood-building simulator should arrive on Linux next week.

Cities: Skylines - Natural Disasters expansion announced, mother nature is pissed

By Liam Dawe, Aug 18, 2016

Cities: Skylines - Natural Disasters is another expansion for the hit city builder, prepare for mother nature to come calling.

Looking for a cute city builder on Linux? Try out Hearthlands

By Liam Dawe, May 20, 2016

I've been following Hearthlands for quite some time and I supported them quite early on, so it's really great to see the little city builder evolve. It has a new trailer and update ready.

Thoughts on Retro-Pixel Castles after some major updates, a godlike village simulator on Linux

By Liam Dawe, Apr 12, 2016

I really liked Retro-Pixel Castles when I played it initially last year, and after trying it again now it has had some major updates I have some more thoughts on it.

Banished Linux port is pretty much complete, OpenGL performing well

By Liam Dawe, Mar 30, 2016

The developer of Banished has written an official blog post on the Linux & Mac porting progress, and it's sounding really great.

Villagers, a new town-building game released on Linux, some thoughts

By Liam Dawe, Mar 25, 2016

I love city/town building games like Banished, Settlers and the like, so a brand new one on Linux was too good to pass up. Here we go with Villagers!

Cities: Skylines - Snowfall released

By BTRE, Feb 18, 2016

The second expansion to the highly-successful city builder has arrived, bringing with it snowy tidings. Besides introducing new buildings and features, the expansion is released alongside a patch for all players that adds free content.

Cities: Skylines to get a free Theme Editor, with way more map customization options

By Liam Dawe, Feb 11, 2016

Cities: Skylines looks like it's getting some really great support, and with a free update coming soon we will get access to a new Theme Editor. We also have a video with some of the Snowfall expansion gameplay.

Valhalla Hills, a rather unique city-builder strategy game now on SteamOS & Linux

By Liam Dawe, Dec 3, 2015

I only learnt about Valhalla Hills recently, as they stealth-added a Linux version just before the official release. GOG sent over a key for this interesting Unreal Engine city-builder strategy game, so I took a look.