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Forsaken Castle is a Castlevania-inspired platformer that’s being crowdfunded, has a demo available

By BTRE,
With it’s very unsubtle and unambiguous nods and stylistic references to both classic Castlevanias and metrodvanias, this game has tickled my fancy.

Hot Guns, a fast-paced action platformer that reminds me of Broforce

By Liam Dawe,
I absolutely adored Broforce after completing it, so I'm really happy that Hot Guns supports Linux as it does remind me of it. The game released recently without much fanfare, which is a shame as it's great.

Be the villain in Nefarious, an action platformer about kidnapping princesses

By Liam Dawe,
Want a chance to be the villain? Wish granted! Nefarious, an action platform about kidnapping princesses has a Linux version and it's not bad.

A Story About My Uncle looks like it might finally arrive on Linux soon

By Liam Dawe,
A Story About My Uncle showed signs of coming to Linux back in 2015, but never did. Fresh activity on SteamDB shows signs that it might finally be coming.

A look at 'Meganoid', the platformer with roguelike elements from Orangepixel

By Liam Dawe,
Orangepixel's latest game 'Meganoid' is a platformer with randomly generated levels. I tried it out and here's some thoughts.

Some thoughts on 'Hollow Knight', an incredibly rich and unexpectedly great game

By Liam Dawe,
I knew Hollow Knight was going to be impressive when going into it, but I didn't realize how impressive it was.

Beautiful action platformer Rise & Shine ready to release on Linux, waiting on the publisher

By Liam Dawe,
The developers of the beautiful action platformer Rise & Shine have posted on Steam to note that the Linux version is ready, it's just waiting on final approval from the publisher.

Better late than never, GOG now has the Linux version of La-Mulana

By Liam Dawe,
La-Mulana, the free roaming exploration platformer has had a Linux version since early last year on Steam, but now GOG have it too.

Yooka-Laylee released with day-1 Linux support, some quick initial thoughts

By Liam Dawe,
Yooka-Laylee, the 3D platformer from Playtonic Games has been released with day-1 Linux support, here's some initial thoughts.

Shovel Knight’s 3.0 patch lands, with plenty of new content

By BTRE,
The fun and charming platform inspired by 8-bit era visuals has gotten a shiny new campaign. This isn’t the only major addition and there’s plenty other new content available to enjoy.

Manipulated, a short puzzle-platformer where you need some brains

By Liam Dawe,
Manipulated is a short puzzle-platformer that warns you about having to think. It's certainly not wrong.

Putty Squad from Virtual Programming officially released for Linux, some thoughts

By Liam Dawe,
Virtual Programming have release their latest Linux port with 'Putty Squad'. It's a remake of the 1994 platformer that shares the same name, but the updated release has crispier high resolution visuals. VP provided me a copy last night, so here's some thoughts.

Nongünz, an action platformer with a clever visual style will come to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
We certainly aren't short on action platformers, but Nongünz looks like it could easily stand out with the unique visual style.

Meganoid, a challenging platformer with roguelike elements releases soon with Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
The latest game from Orangepixel, Meganoid, will launch soon with day-1 Linux support and I have to say for a platform it looks really damn good.

Sumoman, the hilarious UNIGINE-powered puzzle platformer with physics is now out on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Sumoman is a brand new and rather hilarious puzzle platformer powered by the UNIGINE engine. It released with day-1 Linux support and I took a look. There's also a video of my failures included.

Hollow Knight, the fantastic looking action adventure game has a Linux build being tested

By Liam Dawe,
Hollow Knight, an incredibly stylish action and adventure game recently launched for Windows, but it seems Linux gamers won't be left waiting for too long.

Sumoman, a rather hilarious looking puzzle platformer with some interesting physics is coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Sumoman is confirmed to be coming to Linux and after watching the trailer I'm officially sold on it. We do have a great variety of platformers, but the physics at play here looks hilarious.

VThree, an Early Access run and jump speed-running platformer now on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
I've spent a bit of time flailing about in VThree, a new Early Access run and jump game based on speed-running to the end of a level. It's fun, but difficult.

Fossil Echo, an adventure game about a boy's wordless journey is now on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
I only wrote about signs of Fossil Echo finally coming to Linux yesterday, but it has already seen a release!

Fossil Echo, the gorgeous platformer may finally land on Linux soon

By Liam Dawe,
Doing my usual perusing of SteamDB while something is uploading or compiling I came across Fossil Echo. A game that was supposed to be on Linux quite some time ago, but it looks like it's finally happening.
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