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Confessions of a Brogue junkie

By Nezchan, 25 Mar 2018

I am, sadly, a Brogue addict. It’s true. This game got its hooks into me and refused to let go. This is my confession.

Slay the Spire adds a new daily challenge mode, like I need any more reasons to play it

By Liam Dawe, 2 Mar 2018

Like I needed any more reasons to play more Slay the Spire, but they've added a daily challenge mode along with more music.

Turn-based tactics roguelike Depth of Extinction adds expanded exploration options and more

By Liam Dawe, 1 Mar 2018

Depth of Extinction is one turn-based tactics game I'm incredibly excited about and their progress is amazing.

Have you played HyperRogue? A non-Euclidean roguelike that combines a free and paid model

By Liam Dawe, 14 Feb 2018

HyperRogue is a non-Euclidean roguelike that has not only messed with my brain, it also combines a free and paid development model with code that's under the GPL.

Pretty and welcoming roguelike 'Tangledeep' has left Early Access

By Liam Dawe, 2 Feb 2018

Tangledeep is now ready for the masses, as it's officially left Early Access. This roguelike is not just pretty, it's also very welcoming to new players.

Tangledeep, the rather pretty dungeon crawler is leaving Early Access next month

By Liam Dawe, 22 Jan 2018

Tangledeep is a game we haven't covered a lot here, even though it's actually a rather good dungeon crawler. It's now set to leave Early Access on February 1st.

Slay the Spire fuses together a roguelike with a card game, it's rather fun

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jan 2018

What do you get when you throw cards at a roguelike? Slay the Spire answers that question and then some!

Depth of Extinction, a turn-based tactics roguelike with RPG elements set underwater, it's good

By Liam Dawe, 15 Jan 2018

Depth of Extinction is a retro-styled turn-based tactics game with RPG elements. It’s got a very interesting setting, so I took a look.

Like Roguelikes? How about Tower Defense? Dead Ground merges them together

By Liam Dawe, 5 Jan 2018

Another night endlessly browsing for new Linux games and I came across Dead Ground, a game that blends a Roguelike with Tower Defense.

Streets of Rogue has to be one of the funniest co-op gameplay experiences I've had lately

By Liam Dawe, 4 Jan 2018

Street of Rogue is a fantastic game, especially when played in co-op, what our livestream viewers jokingly called a 'co-nope' experience.

You better watch those corners, as aliens can now come through the floor in Xenomarine

By Liam Dawe, 4 Jan 2018

Xenomarine, the early access sci-fi dungeon crawler has been updated again, it's not a huge update but it's a fun one.

Development of roguelike 'Jupiter Hell' sounds like it's going well

By Liam Dawe, 18 Dec 2017

Jupiter Hell, the kickstarted roguelike/RPG being developed by the creator of DoomRL (now called DRL) is coming along well.

Sci-fi roguelike 'Xenomarine' has a huge update with 40 new alien types

By Liam Dawe, 13 Dec 2017

Xenomarine feels quite a bit like playing a 2D roguelike version of the old Alien Trilogy game and it just had a huge content update.

Haque, a rather great glitch fantasy roguelike has released with Linux support, also something about Penguins

By Liam Dawe, 11 Dec 2017

Haque looks like a rather unique roguelike with a suspiciously talkative narrator, cute monsters and a world that's falling apart.

Darkest Dungeon: The Color of Madness DLC announced, new quest type and faction

By Liam Dawe, 7 Dec 2017

Darkest Dungeon is about to get darker with a new DLC 'Darkest Dungeon: The Color of Madness' involving an alien shard that's crashed into old Miller’s farm.

MidBoss, the roguelike that sees you possess the bodies of your dead enemies had a big update

By Liam Dawe, 25 Nov 2017

Not many games see you kill things and then take over their body, MidBoss being one such game and it's great. It's being continually improved too.

Classic Roguelike 'ADOM' is getting a revamp named Ultimate ADOM

By Liam Dawe, 15 Nov 2017

Eyes up roguelike fans, as the classic ADOM is set to get a revamp named Ultimate ADOM that will release next year and it will have Linux support.

Nuclear Throne has a huge update with tons of improvements, Linux version currently broken (updated)

By Liam Dawe, 6 Nov 2017

Nuclear Throne, the fast-paced post-apocalyptic roguelike-like (that's how they describe it!) top-down shooter had a big update today.

Spaceship survival sim 'Shortest Trip to Earth' inspired by FTL and Firefly needs funding, demo available

By Liam Dawe, 1 Nov 2017

Top-down spaceship simulator 'Shortest Trip to Earth' inspired by FTL and Firefly is now on IndieGoGo and it has a Linux demo. I've tested it and loved it.