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Jupiter Hell has a new crazy trailer ahead of the Early Access release on August 1st

By Liam Dawe, Jul 25, 2019

ChaosForge have managed to craft something quite special here with Jupiter Hell. Saying it's a turn-based roguelike DOOM would be a reasonably fitting description, but you need to play it to appreciate it.

The unique dice-rolling, deck-building roguelike "Dicey Dungeons" is releasing on August 13th

By Liam Dawe, Jul 25, 2019

Dicey Dungeons from Terry Cavanagh (Super Hexagon and VVVVVV), chipzel, and Marlowe Dobbe now has a confirmed release date of August 13th.

The Between Dimensions DLC for Moonlighter is out now, over 1 million players

By Liam Dawe, Jul 24, 2019

Moonlighter, the curious mix of gameplay that has you be both a shopkeeper and a dungeon crawling adventurer has a new DLC out named Between Dimensions.

Space Grunts 2 announced, fusing together fast turn-based gameplay with a card battle system

By Liam Dawe, Jul 22, 2019

Developer Orangepixel is working on another new game in addition to the upcoming Gunslugs:Rogue Tactics. Space Grunts 2 will be combining turn-based gameplay with a card-based battle mechanic.

Possession, a roguelike where you're a ghost that needs to possess others to survive

By Liam Dawe, Jul 22, 2019

Certainly a fun sounding idea! Possession from developer Weirdfellows is a traditional turn-based roguelike, made on Linux and it just recently released.

The merciless roguelike "Jupiter Hell" goes Vulkan, with another free demo weekend now up

By Liam Dawe, Jul 19, 2019

Jupiter Hell from ChaosForge is the successor to DoomRL (Doom the roguelike, now DRL after lawyers came knocking), it's a brutal and atmospheric roguelike and you can try it out again.

Roguelike dungeon crawler "Emberlight" sounds like it has an interesting gameplay loop

By Liam Dawe, Jul 16, 2019

Emberlight, a roguelike dungeon crawler from Quarter Onion Games is releasing with Linux support on August 13th and it does sound like it could be interesting.

Fate Hunters, another roguelike card-game with Linux support is leaving Early Access soon

By Liam Dawe, Jul 13, 2019

Another possible game to look at if you enjoy the likes of Slay the Spire, as Fate Hunters from Tower Games has Linux support.

Ready your pickaxe for "UnderMine", releasing with Linux support on August 20th

By Liam Dawe, Jul 10, 2019

Confirmed to be coming to Linux at the Early Access release on August 20th, UnderMine looks like a fantastic action-adventure roguelike.

Single-player roguelike deck-builder "Roguebook" from the developer of Faeria is fully funded

By Liam Dawe, Jul 8, 2019

That's a tick in the box for another game confirmed to be coming to Linux, as Abrakam's single-player roguelike deck-builder "Roguebook" has been fully funded.

You can try the awesome demo of Jupiter Hell again this weekend

By Liam Dawe, Jul 5, 2019

Jupiter Hell, the atmospheric and quite brutal roguelike from ChaosForge is opening the doors for another weekend, so you can try out the demo before it goes public.

Co-op submarine adventure game "We Need To Go Deeper" is releasing on August 1st

By Liam Dawe, Jul 4, 2019

After being in Early Access for over two years, We Need To Go Deeper from developer Deli Interactive is gearing up for an official release on August 1st.

You can now try the pre-release demo of the brutal roguelike Jupiter Hell for the weekend

By Liam Dawe, Jun 21, 2019

ChaosForge are giving you a chance to play the demo of Jupiter Hell before everyone else, just for the weekend.

Himno - The Silent Melody announced, as a standalone combat expansion of the first peaceful game

By Liam Dawe, Jun 21, 2019

After the success of the peaceful platformer Himno, David Moralejo Sánchez and GrabTheGames have now formally announced the next game Himno - The Silent Melody.

Roguelike deck-building game 'Nowhere Prophet' releasing on July 19th, looks very interesting

By Liam Dawe, Jun 20, 2019

Deck-building card-based games really are all the rage now! I'm okay with this, as I love them and I am excited to see what more developers do with it. Nowhere Prophet is one that looks great and it's out next month.

Non-Euclidean roguelike HyperRogue just had a huge update and you can now play in first-person

By Liam Dawe, Jun 19, 2019

HyperRogue absolutely melts my brain and yet I still keep coming back to it! It just had a huge update too, allowing you to play it in some interesting new ways.

CreatorCrate, a unique roguelike 2D platformer made on Linux is looking for funding

By Liam Dawe, Jun 8, 2019

Jori Ryan of CreatorCrateGames emailed about their roguelike 2D platformer CreatorCrate. It's being developed on Linux (primarily on Manjaro) and so they're aiming for same-day Linux support with it.

Roguelike deck-builder 'Roguebook' announced set in the Faeria universe, will support Linux

By Liam Dawe, Jun 6, 2019

Looks like we have the next trend for developers to jump on, as another card game deck-builder has been announced. This time it's Roguebook, set in the Faeria universe from Abrakam.

Cultist Simulator Priest & Ghoul DLCs out along with a new full edition, plus BOOK OF HOURS announced

By Liam Dawe, May 30, 2019

Weather Factory have today released the final set of DLC for Cultist Simulator, their crazy roguelike narrative card game. Along with a new Anthology Edition that includes everything! Additionally, their next game BOOK OF HOURS has been announced.