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Learn about eating enemies in the new Bite the Bullet trailer

By Liam Dawe, 8 Nov 2019

The upcoming run and gun game Bite the Bullet from Mega Cat Studios is looking really good in the latest feature trailer.

Alwa's Legacy the successor to Alwa's Awakening announced with a Kickstarter campaign

By Liam Dawe, 7 Nov 2019

Alwa's Awakening was released back in 2017 to some rather good reviews, so Elden Pixels are back with the successor Alwa's Legacy.

Wilderness survival game Wayward has a massive feature update

By Liam Dawe, 6 Nov 2019

Seemingly stranded on an unknown island, Wayward is an indie pixel-art game of surviving in the wilderness.

Vertebreaker, a new pixel-art side-scroller from former Sonic Mania developer Headcannon

By Liam Dawe, 5 Nov 2019

Headcannon might not be a name too familiar to a Linux gaming focused audience but they're quite well-known for helping with Sonic Mania development and they're now making their own game with Vertebreaker.

Tower Defense? How about Trap Defense with the newly released Rats, Bats, and Bones

By Liam Dawe, 1 Nov 2019

Rats, Bats, and Bones from Mark Begenisich looks like a great retro-styled strategy game, one that takes the gameplay idea of Tower Defense and replaces it with Traps.

Face a dying realm of the gods in the 4x strategy Fantastic Creatures out November 14

By Liam Dawe, 1 Nov 2019

Developer Blue Callisto announced today that their fascinating 4x strategy game, Fantastic Creatures, is releasing with Linux support on November 14.

Xeno Crisis is a true action-packed retro throwback worth your time and it's out now

By Liam Dawe, 28 Oct 2019

Xeno Crisis was originally funded on Kickstarter to create a brand new action-packed Sega Mega Drive game, today it released on PC with Linux support right away.

Devour all humans in the gruesome preview of CARRION

By Liam Dawe, 26 Oct 2019

CARRION makes it so good to be bad and if the new demo is anything to go by, the full game is certainly going to be entertaining.

Noir-inspired detective adventure 'Backbone: Prologue' now supports Linux

By Liam Dawe, 25 Oct 2019

Backbone: Prologue, acting as the demo of an upcoming much larger game from developer EggNut has finally added Linux support today a few months after releasing for Windows.

The Drifter, a new pulp adventure thriller from the developer of Crawl

By Liam Dawe, 23 Oct 2019

Powerhoof, developer of Crawl and Regular Human Basketball have teased their new game called The Drifter. A point and click adventure thriller and it sounds awesome.

Sky Racket is a brilliant and colourful mix of a shoot 'em up and a block breaker, out now

By Liam Dawe, 22 Oct 2019

Sky Racket combines two styles of gameplay in such a fantastic way, with beautiful bright colours and feel like a classic Sega Mega Drive (Genesis) game. It's out today and it's a huge amount of fun.

Godlike village sim 'Rise to Ruins' has officially left Early Access with a huge upgrade

By Liam Dawe, 14 Oct 2019

Rise to Ruins (formerly Retro-Pixel Castles) is a great blend of genres, pulling in inspiration from the likes of Black and White, Rimworld, and Dwarf Fortress to make something entirely unique.

Some thoughts on Police Stories, the recently released slower tactical top-down shooter

By Liam Dawe, 3 Oct 2019

Released earlier this month, Police Stories attempts to slow down the top-down shooter genre with a more tactical approach and most of the time it works quite well.

Drawn Down Abyss mixes an action-platformer with card abilities and it's out now

By Liam Dawe, 3 Oct 2019

A thoroughly odd experience this. Drawn Down Abyss from developer DaFluffyPotato looks like an ordinary pixel-art action-platform except it's also thoroughly different due to the card-based abilities.

The absolutely crazy Streets of Rogue is now available on GOG

By Liam Dawe, 27 Sep 2019

If you prefer to pick up your gaming fix from the DRM-free store GOG, you're in luck again. One of the best games all year, Streets of Rogue, is now available there too.

Space Grunts 2 combines a turn-based rogue-like with card-based battles, out now

By Liam Dawe, 24 Sep 2019

Orangepixel just released their latest game Space Grunts 2, keeping a similar approach to the original with the roguelike experience and turn-based battles only this time with cards.

Post-apocalyptic semi open-world RPG 'Death Trash' is now being self-published, Early Access next year

By Liam Dawe, 23 Sep 2019

Death Trash is one of those games that you see it and you feel like you absolutely need to play it. Thankfully, a playable release is now not too far away.

Drawn Down Abyss takes an action platformer and adds in card deck-building for abilities

By Liam Dawe, 20 Sep 2019

Platformers are probably the most common type of game available on any platform and yet, some developers are still able to make them seem a little unique.

Squad-based zombie apocalypse strategic rogue-lite Deadly Days has officially released

By Liam Dawe, 19 Sep 2019

Deadly Days is a game I've played repeatedly over the course of it being in Early Access, it's good fun and it's officially out now with a big update.