Survival horror deck-builder Draft of Darkness launches August 23rd
Blending together survival, horror, a deck builder and roguelike dungeon exploration - Draft of Darkness has a little bit of everything.
Category: Early Access
Auto-battling deck-building roguelike 'Hadean Tactics' adds gamepad support
Allowing you to kick-back and relax a bit more, Hadean Tactics the roguelike deckbuilding game fused with an autobattler now has gamepad support.
Valheim has a rather large bug-fix release in testing
Ready for the next bigger patch for survival game Valheim? Developer Iron Gate has a new public test available with lots of fixes.
Rightfully, Beary Arms is an incredibly bizarre bullet-hell shooter
Rightfully, Beary Arms is a weird and wonderfully whacky twin-stick shooter rogue-lite that's now in Early Access with Native Linux support and it works on the Steam Deck too.
The Black Pepper Crew is a promising looking tactical turn-based roguelite
Another tactical turn-based roguelite that looks promising for you is The Black Pepper Crew, now available in Early Access on Steam with Native Linux support.
Dwarf Fortress publisher Kitfox helping roguelike Caves of Qud to release
Caves of Qud from Freehold Games is probably the absolutely wildest roguelike I've ever played and now the developers are teaming up with Dwarf Fortress publisher Kitfox Games to publishing it with the final release in 2024.
Goodbye free time I have discovered Timberborn
A city-building colony-sim where a bunch of Beavers are building a society long after us pesky humans died off is not a thing I thought I needed but Timberborn is properly great.
Devs of Superior: Vengeance detail their Steam Deck support
Superior: Vengeance is an Early Access hyper-stylized superhero third-person co-op shooter, and the good news for Steam Deck players is the developer is ensuring it works great.
Xenonauts 2 is looking good on desktop Linux and Steam Deck
The invasion continues. Xenonauts 2 is now in Early Access from Goldhawk Interactive and Hooded Horse and I've taken a look to see how it runs on desktop Linux and Steam Deck.
The Wandering Village gets a big Ocean Update and you can win a key
The Wandering Village is a wonderful city-builder where you're building on the back of a massive creature. Currently in Early Access, Stray Fawn Studio just released a big watery upgrade.
Starfox meets Vampire Survivors - Whisker Squadron: Survivor out August 21st
Well that's certainly one way to describe it. Whisker Squadron: Survivor is styled very much like the classic rail shooter Starfox but sprinkles in some elements popularised by Vampire Survivors.
Retro-inspired JRPG 'Alterium Shift' enters Early Access
Love your classic JRPG-likes? Alterium Shift is another good looking entry that recently entered Early Access on Steam with Native Linux support.
7 Days to Die gets another huge overhaul in Alpha 21
7 Days to Die has surged in popularity thanks to a huge new upgrade coming amount, with developer The Fun Pimps bringing some pretty surprising stuff to the game.
Evolution sim Thrive v0.6.3 gives a glimpse of the future
Free, open source and scientific! Thrive is an in-development evolution sim, with a new release out now adding in some more big prototypes for later-life stages.
Dwarf Fortress getting close to a Linux release on Steam
Dwarf Fortress from Bay 12 Games and Kitfox Games just had a big tech upgrade, and it sounds like their Native Linux release is coming quite soon.
One Lonely Outpost to get Linux support around the full release
After a bit of a development hiccup changing developers after the crowdfunding campaign, One Lonely Outpost has hit Early Access with Linux support planned later.
The latest Volcanoids update looks electrifying
Volcanoids is pretty great and a game I keep going back to with each major update, and it looks like they're going to sucker me right in again.
Pixel art RTS TFC: The Fertile Crescent adds in factions and dynamic music
TFC: The Fertile Crescent is a great fast-paced pixel-art take on an RTS, a little in the spirit of Age of Empires and similar games. The latest update is the biggest yet adding in a faction system.
New Beta for Valheim adds in world modifiers letting you customize your game
It's here in Beta! A big upgrade for Valheim to let you change how you can play it, so here's a run over what's new and improved.
Soulstone Survivors a great Vampire Survivor-like has a huge skill tree upgrade
Soulstone Survivors is one of my favourite games in the spirit of Vampire Survivors, and it just got a lot bigger with the new Path of Ascension upgrade.