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Be a dancing tentacle alien who murders bosses and wears their skulls in Zapling Bygone

By Liam Dawe, 26 Apr 2021

Well, that certainly is a headline isn't it. I'll admit that the idea and style of Zapling Bygone pulled me in right away, along with the description of what you'll be doing.

Absolutely beautiful 2D platformer rogue-lite Astral Ascent confirmed for Linux

By Liam Dawe, 24 Apr 2021

Hibernian Workshop are currently developing Astral Ascent, a 2D platformer rogue-lite set in a modern fantasy world and it looks simply marvellous.

Colourful and fun 2D action-adventure Unsung Warriors heads back to Kickstarter

By Liam Dawe, 21 Apr 2021

After a failed first attempt, Unsung Warriors is back on Kickstarter with an updated demo Prologue available to play.

Apogee returns as Apogee Entertainment to publish indies with Residual as their first

By Liam Dawe, 21 Apr 2021

Residual, an upcoming game from Orangepixel is confirmed to be finished, and they've lined up a publisher - the reborn Apogee Software which is now Apogee Entertainment.

Stealth puzzle-platformer Moonshot - The Great Espionage looks like it could be amusing

By Liam Dawe, 19 Apr 2021

Moonshot - The Great Espionage from developer NimbleBeasts is looking good, and it's coming to Steam in June along with full Linux support built with Godot Engine.

2D and 3D switching puzzle-platformer Neko Ghost, Jump! has a new demo and release window

By Liam Dawe, 17 Apr 2021

After a successful Kickstarter campaign and an Epic MegaGrant, Neko Ghost, Jump! which combines 2D and 3D platforming together is coming along nicely to release.

Mixing Golf with a platformer, Mage Drops adds a Linux build and a demo

By Liam Dawe, 31 Mar 2021

Available now in Early Access, Mage Drops mixes together the sports game Golf with a platformer to create quite a nice casual experience you can try now.

Looks like Narita Boy from Studio Koba will now not be supported on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 30 Mar 2021

Studio Koba crowdfunded the impressive looking pixel-art action platformer back in 2017, along with a very clear advertisement of Linux support but that's no longer happening.

There's no monkeying around in the new roller game Rolled Out!

By Liam Dawe, 24 Mar 2021

Did you love the classic Monkey Ball or Super Monkey Ball? A hugely popular series that gained something of a cult following and a close spiritual successor is out now with Rolled Out!

Analgesic Productions (Anodyne) announce Sephonie, a story-driven 3D parkour platformer

By Liam Dawe, 17 Mar 2021

Analgesic Productions developer of the Anodyne series and All Our Asias have announced Sephonie, a story-driven 3D platformer with plenty of parkour action and puzzles to solve.

Mario Maker-like platformer MakerKing has a huge update, lets you make mobs

By Liam Dawe, 8 Mar 2021

MakerKing (previously called Jumpaï), is a free to play 2D indie platformer in the spirit of Mario Maker where all players can design their own levels.

Super charming 3D burrowing platformer Mail Mole is out now

By Liam Dawe, 4 Mar 2021

Love 3D platformers? Mail Mole from Talpa Games and Undercoders is out now with its sweet family friendly setting that sees you fire a mole around various different lands.

Team Cherry upgrade the excellent Hollow Knight with Vulkan for Linux

By Liam Dawe, 24 Feb 2021

Team Cherry have given their excellent action-platformer metroidvania Hollow Knight a bit of an upgrade, which you can test out on Steam in a fresh Beta test.

It's officially game over for Rochard with studio Recoil Games shutting

By Liam Dawe, 19 Feb 2021

Recoil Games appear to have filed for bankruptcy a while ago and sadly a casualty of that is their game Rochard, which has now been removed for sale.

Blasphemous: Strife & Ruin free upgrade out now with a Boss Rush Mode

By Liam Dawe, 18 Feb 2021

Blasphemous has another free expansion out now with Blasphemous: Strife & Ruin, pulling in Miriam from Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night along with more free content.

With some epic 8-bit styled artwork Cyber Shadow is out now

By Liam Dawe, 26 Jan 2021

Cyber Shadow from Aarne "MekaSkull" Hunziker and Yacht Club Games is an epic throwback to the likes of Ninja Gaiden and Shadow Of The Ninja and it's out now with Linux support.

Skul: The Hero Slayer is a delightful repeatable head-swapping action rogue-lite out now

By Liam Dawe, 22 Jan 2021

After being in Early Access since February 2020, SouthPAW Games have now released their head-swapping rogue-lite action platformer Skul: The Hero Slayer.

Jumpala is an intense score-fighting highly competitive action-platformer out now

By Liam Dawe, 21 Jan 2021

Jump across platforms to turn them your colour, use abilities to mess with your opponents and try to keep platforms your colour as they fall off the screen to score - Jumpala is a lot of fun.

Space Otter Charlie looks like a truly charming upcoming Zero-G puzzle platformer

By Liam Dawe, 21 Jan 2021

Space Otter Charlie is a Zero-G platformer puzzler with cute characters and visuals, odd weapons and it looks thoroughly charming. It's due out later in this year.