Category: Sandbox

Pick categories (CTRL+click for multiple): Match any Match all tags

Stellaris: Plantoid Species Pack DLC released, now you can play as spacefaring plants

By BTRE, 4 Aug 2016

The first DLC for the space grand strategy title lets players put down roots, introducing the plant phenotype to the mix of playable species.

Oolite 1.84 released, the open source open-world Elite-like game is maturing

By Liam Dawe, 2 Aug 2016

Oolite 1.84 has recently been released and brings with it a new camera mode which will help make some awesome screenshots and other stuff too.

Mojang working on new launcher for Minecraft, Linux might not see support

By Liam Dawe, 26 Jul 2016

For those still playing Minecraft, you may know that Mojang is working on a new launcher that doesn't use Java (hooray!), but it might not run on Linux (boo!).

Starbound officially released!

By Liam Dawe, 22 Jul 2016

The day I feel like I have been waiting on for an eternity is here. Starbound is now at the big 1.0 release and I've setup a small server.

Terraria 1.3.2 released, time to party with new items

By Liam Dawe, 22 Jul 2016

Terraria 1.3.2 has been released and along with an assortment of bugfixes it includes some fun new items. Having a Terraria party became a bit more fun.

Parkitect updated with new rides, new sounds and more

By Liam Dawe, 7 Jul 2016

Parkitect is a very cool Early Access theme park building sim and the latest alpha is now available with Linux support.

Planet Centauri, another 2D sandbox RPG with crafting available for Linux

By Liam Dawe, 5 Jul 2016

Starbound, Terraria and Crea not enough for you? Planet Centauri is yet another sandbox 2D indie RPG with crafting and digging for you to sink your teeth into.

Factorio 0.13 released, the changelog is massive, much improved networking too

By Liam Dawe, 27 Jun 2016

Factorio is an absolute gem of a sandbox game and I love it. It's another game I'm terrible scared to load up as I will lose days to it, this new update has me inching closer to the play button.

Europa Universalis IV celebrates Midsummer and a million copies sold with a free music DLC

By BTRE, 23 Jun 2016

The Linux-friendly Swedish developers are celebrating a million copies of Europa Universalis IV sold with a collection of traditional music that they’re giving away. Be sure to claim it before July 4th!

The Long Dark survival game updated with a new skills and feats system

By Liam Dawe, 23 Jun 2016

The Long Dark is probably one of the nicest survival games available on Linux right now, it's cold, it's harsh, but it's beautiful.

Clockwork Empires developer reaffirms Linux support will come one day

By Liam Dawe, 12 Jun 2016

I was pretty sad to see that the new game from Gaslamp (developer of Dredmor) Clockwork Empires didn't have a Linux version, but the developer has said again it will.

Cities: Skylines - Match Day, a free DLC to add a Stadium to your city

By Liam Dawe, 12 Jun 2016

Cities: Skylines has a new free DLC named Match Day which adds the ability to add a Stadium to your city.

Crea, a 2D ever-expanding sandbox RPG now fully released with Linux support, some thoughts

By Liam Dawe, 11 Jun 2016

I've kept my eye on Crea for quite a while and while it may seem a lot like Starbound and Terraria it's actually quite different.

Colony building simulation Maia has a major new update

By Liam Dawe, 11 Jun 2016

I absolutely love the style of Maia and it's pleasing to see this gorgeous colony building sim progress. This new update is pretty decent too.

Starbound developer comments on Linux support and their SteamOS icon

By Liam Dawe, 10 Jun 2016

Starbound is a really cool game that has supported Linux for quite some time, but they had their SteamOS icon removed on Steam some time ago. The developer is doing a reddit AMA so I decided to pop two questions that got nice answers.