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Sky Racket mixes together a shoot 'em up with a block-breaker and it's really fun

By Liam Dawe, 29 Jul 2019

Releasing sometime later this year, Double Dash Studios have merged together a block-breaker with a shoot 'em up to create something a little odd but it's very fun.

Flippin Kaktus is an absolutely mad looking action-platformer coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 29 Jul 2019

As a huge fan of games like Broforce, I'm always on the look out for another good action-platformer with over-the-top craziness and Flippin Kaktus looks pretty sharp.

The merciless roguelike "Jupiter Hell" goes Vulkan, with another free demo weekend now up

By Liam Dawe, 19 Jul 2019

Jupiter Hell from ChaosForge is the successor to DoomRL (Doom the roguelike, now DRL after lawyers came knocking), it's a brutal and atmospheric roguelike and you can try it out again.

Netherguild, a promising team-based turn-based strategy about adventuring deep underground

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jul 2019

Netherguild is a recent discovery that's currently in development from David Vinokurov. It's a turn-based rogue-lite strategy game, about sending a team deep below ground.

Ciel Fledge, an Anime-styled sim about raising an adopted daughter

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jul 2019

Quite a peculiar game this one, Ciel Fledge from Studio Namaapa and PQube Games has you adopt a strange child found on the surface of a ruined planet and raise her.

Help test the new demo of Devader, a very intense twin-stick shooter that's coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 12 Jul 2019

Developer Falkenbrew notified us of a new demo available for their crazy twin-stick shooter Devader, as they're looking for feedback on it.

Street Uni X, an extreme sports unicycling game will support Linux that's on Kickstarter

By Liam Dawe, 12 Jul 2019

I will be honest, unicycling is not something that comes to mind when I think about any kind of sports but it's apparently quite big. So big in fact, a game is being made called Street Uni X as a homage to classic sports games.

Psyonix continue to celebrate Rocket League's fourth birthday, with it now free to play for a few days

By Liam Dawe, 10 Jul 2019

You too can now get in on the Radical Summer event fun, as Psyonix have opened the floodgates since Rocket League is now free to play until Monday.

MineRalph is a reaction-based rolling platformer that might make you rage, demo available

By Liam Dawe, 9 Jul 2019

Chop Chop Games seem to have created a game that might frustrate the best of gamers with MineRalph, a rolling platformer.

You can try the awesome demo of Jupiter Hell again this weekend

By Liam Dawe, 5 Jul 2019

Jupiter Hell, the atmospheric and quite brutal roguelike from ChaosForge is opening the doors for another weekend, so you can try out the demo before it goes public.

Synergia, a cyberpunk thriller visual novel will support Linux and it has a demo - it's quite impressive

By Liam Dawe, 4 Jul 2019

Ready to get engrossed in another Visual Novel? Synergia looks promising, with a futuristic cyberpunk setting. Giving off some Ghost in the Shell vibes, it's actually quite impressive.

The impressive first-person metroidvania puzzler "Supraland" now has Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 3 Jul 2019

After promising Linux support for Supraland with the launch of the Kickstarter campaign for a sequel, Supra Games have now delivered!

Sci-fi point and click adventure "Encodya" now has a demo now freely available on itch.io

By Eike, 2 Jul 2019

We've talked about Encodya before, a beautiful science fiction point and click in the making. The demo was given out to newsletter subscribers first, but as of today it is freely available to everybody on itch.io.

You can now try the pre-release demo of the brutal roguelike Jupiter Hell for the weekend

By Liam Dawe, 21 Jun 2019

ChaosForge are giving you a chance to play the demo of Jupiter Hell before everyone else, just for the weekend.

Vengeful Heart, a revenge-themed visual novel styled like old PC-98 visual novels

By Liam Dawe, 21 Jun 2019

It takes something a little different to get me interested in a Visual Novel since it's not my usual preference and Vengeful Heart is one such game.

Hive Quest, an upcoming real-time strategy game where you guide a tribe of insects

By Liam Dawe, 19 Jun 2019

Currently in development from solo developer Rod Tyson from Golden Heart Games, Hive Quest is inspired by the likes of Black & White (LionHead Studios) as well as folklore & fairy legend it looks like a pretty sweet game.

GIGABUSTER, an action platformer inspired by Mega Man Zero and Mega Man X will support Linux

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jun 2019

Available to help fund on Kickstarter, GIGABUSTER is an action platformer taking inspiration from Mega Man Zero and Mega Man X.

Science Fiction point-and-click Encodya has a demo released, will go to Kickstarter

By Eike, 18 Jun 2019

ENCODYA follows the adventures of the little orphan Tina and her big clumsy guardian robot SAM-53. The two are on a mission that could change forever the dark world they live in.

SkateBIRD has flown past the Kickstarter goal, Linux demo now available

By Liam Dawe, 14 Jun 2019

Get ready to explore a bird-sized skatepark, as SkateBIRD has not only flown right past the initial goal on Kickstarter, it also now has a Linux demo for you to flap your wings in excitement with.