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Mining sandbox adventure Core Keeper update The Desert of Beginning is live

By Liam Dawe, 10 Nov 2022

Core Keeper is a total gem of a game and now it's much bigger, with The Desert of Beginning update out now.

Streets of Rogue 2 gets a Steam page with some early screenshots

By Liam Dawe, 4 Oct 2022

Excuse me for being overly hyped about this one but HECK YES! Streets of Rogue 2 is coming along in development, with a Steam page up now.

I hate to admit it but I like Disney Dreamlight Valley — works well on Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe, 12 Sep 2022

Well here's a game I didn't expect to like or actually be any good. It's Disney Dreamlight Valley from Gameloft, a game that's a mixture of Harvest Moon and Stardew Valley but for Disney fans.

Core Keeper's first major update The Sunken Sea is out now

By Liam Dawe, 17 Jun 2022

An absolute gem of a game this and now perhaps a good time to go back and spend some proper time with it, as the rather large The Sunken Sea update is out now.

APICO is a very relaxing beekeeping game out now

By Liam Dawe, 20 May 2022

Available now with Native Linux support, APICO from TNgineers and Whitethorn Games might be one of my new favourite was just to chill-out.

Core Keeper gets dedicated servers, upcoming Sunken Sea Biome sounds huge

By Liam Dawe, 12 May 2022

Core Keeper is another big indie hit and for good reason, it's a total gem and it's expanding to become a lot bigger.

Mistlands in Valheim will have strange structures — and Hares

By Liam Dawe, 29 Apr 2022

As work continues on the major Mistlands update for Valheim, Iron Gate have given us another teaser of what's to come for their co-op survival game.

2013 classic Proteus gets an update for Linux and Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 20 Apr 2022

Proteus, a relaxing casual exploration game from Ed Key and David Kanaga (with porting by Ethan Lee) was recently upgraded for Linux and the Steam Deck due to some graphical problems.

No Man's Sky got a huge 'Outlaws' update and works well on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 13 Apr 2022

No Man's Sky, a Steam Deck Verified title that also works great on Linux desktops with Steam Play Proton recently got another massive free update.

A Short Hike gets Steam Deck Support, and a 99 player multiplayer mod

By Liam Dawe, 4 Apr 2022

You can now go on A Short Hike wherever you want with the Steam Deck and perhaps bring along a whole lot of friends too.

Core Keeper is the latest indie hit with over 250,000 sales in one week

By Liam Dawe, 16 Mar 2022

With gameplay that's a fun mix of Stardew Valley, Minecraft and survival games it seems Core Keeper has become an instant hit on Steam.

Relaxing jelly-taming RPG Alchemic Cutie is out now on Steam

By Liam Dawe, 12 Nov 2021

Fancy exploring a cute pixel-art land filled with wild bouncing jellies? Alchemic Cutie is a very sweet casual RPG and it's officially out now on Steam.

Relax and rebuild a campsite in the chilled-out Haven Park out now

By Liam Dawe, 5 Aug 2021

Haven Park is a short and casual experience for people who love to do a little exploring, while also doing a little building and repair work too.

A Prologue demo for IRIS: A Colorful Dream shows off the unique world

By Liam Dawe, 3 Aug 2021

IRIS: A Colorful Dream is an upcoming 3D exploration platformer about restoring colour to the world. It looks simply wonderful and you can play a small unique slice of it right now.

Alchemic Cutie will have you catch and farm jellies this September

By Liam Dawe, 22 Jul 2021

You've played Slime Rancher and loved it we're sure but what if it was a 2D RPG with pixel art? Alchemic Cutie is looking like it will answer that and then some.

Survival platformer Residual gets a new demo on Steam

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jul 2021

Residual from Orangepixel and publisher Apogee Entertainment is getting close to release and so to pull you in they've put up a new demo with an exclusive planet to explore.

Awesome survival game Vintage Story sees the Homesteading update out now

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jul 2021

After multiple Release Candidates, the Homesteading update (which is huge) is out now for Vintage Story, one of the best survival games available for Linux.

Free and open source space trading game Endless Sky gets a 0.9.14 polishing release

By Liam Dawe, 14 Jul 2021

Bringing the fun of the original Escape Velocity series, the free and open source Endless Sky has another release out with version 0.9.14 with an aim to polish it up a little.

Try out the new world generation in a Caves & Cliffs: Part II test for Minecraft

By Liam Dawe, 14 Jul 2021

Caves & Cliffs: Part II is in development at Mojang as the next major Minecraft upgrade and you can now test the new world generation is a special build.