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Satellite Reign, Class-based Strategy Game Released In Early Access For Linux

By Liam Dawe, 7 Jan 2015

Satellite Reign had us all very excited, and somehow we missed the bloody release! Satellite Reign officially launched into early access last month, and early reviews are "Very Positive".

Chaos Reborn Turn Based Strategy Now Available In Early Access On Steam

By Liam Dawe, 26 Dec 2014

Chaos Reborn is the brand new game from Julian Gollop, the designer of the original, award-winning XCOM (A game I am a massive fanboy of).

Distance, A Survival Racing Game Released On Steam Early Access

By Liam Dawe, 22 Dec 2014

A little late on this, apologies. Distance the excellent looking and well reviewed survival racer is now available for anyone to try out on Steam.

Interstellar Marines Update 16 “Assault On Starcrown Aerospace” Is Live

By Samsai, 17 Dec 2014

One of my favourite tactical FPS games on Linux just released an update that adds the second campaign map to the game, along with some gameplay fixes.

Hearthlands City Builder Now On Steam For Linux

By Liam Dawe, 17 Dec 2014

Hearthlands is the fantastic looking city builder in early access that we took a look at recently, and it is now on Steam.

Roguelike 19th Century Exploration Simulator 'Curious Expedition' Available In Web Alpha

By flesk, 15 Dec 2014

The full game will be available as an offline DRM free version next summer, but the developer, Maschinen-Mensch, has released an alpha to gather player feedback to help balance procedural aspects of the game.

Reassembly Is The Space Game I've Been Waiting For

By Liam Dawe, 10 Dec 2014

Reassembly has just released the Linux version of their spaceship building and exploration game. We have tested it out and found it to be one of the most fun 2D space games around.

The Deer God, A Beautiful Pixel Art Platformer Now On Linux

By Liam Dawe, 2 Dec 2014

The Deer God has arrived on Linux, and it's in the early access section. With that out of the way, the game does look stunning.

Shroud Of The Avatar: Forsaken Virtues RPG Released On Steam For Linux

By Liam Dawe, 24 Nov 2014

Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues aims to be a rather massive RPG. I say it aims to be as it's currently in early access, and it has a long way to, but it looks great already.

Voice Of Pripyat, Multiplayer First Person Shooter In Early Access

By Liam Dawe, 21 Nov 2014

Voice of Pripyat is a multiplayer first person shooter that has popped up on Steam thanks to Greenlight, it looks like it could be interesting too in a stupidly crap way.

Soul Axiom, A Sci-fi Action Adventure On Steam

By Liam Dawe, 21 Nov 2014

Soul Axiom is a fantastic looking mix of a sci-fi story, action, and adventure wrapped up in a neat early access package.

Tactical Strategy Game MASSIVE CHALICE Released In Steam Early Access

By flesk, 13 Nov 2014

Massive Chalice has been available to Linux backers of the Kickstarter campaign since 1st November. This week it was released in Steam Early Access, and judging by initial impressions it looks like a potential hit for Double Fine.

GOL Cast: Stealing Jewellery in The Masterplan

By Samsai, 5 Nov 2014

Feeling rebellious? Want to make some quick virtual fake money? Well, I might just have a game for you. Let's see how masterful our heists are going to be in The Masterplan.

Design & Battle With Your Own Spaceship In BossConstructor

By Liam Dawe, 5 Nov 2014

BossConstructor is an indie game I've been waiting on for quite a while, and the Early Access release is upon us. Read on for some thoughts on this epic space game

Clockwork Empires City Builder Linux Build Due Soon

By Liam Dawe, 4 Nov 2014

Clockwork Empires is the latest game from the developers behind Dungeons of Dredmor. It looks great and they are working on the Linux & Mac versions right now.

GOL Cast: Trying to Strike a Profit in Merchants of Kaidan

By Samsai, 19 Oct 2014

I talk a lot about Early Access, because the majority of games sent to us are on there. The games there range from awesome to awful, and Merchants of Kaidan has a bit of both.

The Hive - A Real-Time Strategy Might Release On Linux

By Cpukiller, 11 Oct 2014

The Hive, a story-driven real-time strategy game, was launched on Thursday on Steam Early Access for Windows, but according to the developers it should be available for Linux at a later date.

Raze The Tower! Kerbal Space Program 0.25: Economic Boom Released

By neffo, 8 Oct 2014

Kerbal Space Program has always been about building things. It has always been about those things exploding. Now - as part of the 0.25 update - it's about buildings exploding. (And plenty more besides.)

Dex, A Side-scrolling Open-world RPG Now On Linux

By Liam Dawe, 1 Oct 2014

Dex is a beautiful looking side-scrolling RPG from Dreadlocks Ltd that has just landed on Linux. It's currently in Early Access, so remember to watch out for those bugs!