Category: Sandbox

The only aim in Rust is to survive. To do this you will need to overcome struggles such as hunger, thirst and cold. Build a fire. Build a shelter. Kill animals for meat. Protect yourself from other players. Create alliances with other players and together form a town. Whatever it takes to survive.

Entropy is an open-universe science fiction MMO with a strong focus on freeform gameplay and large-scale space combat. Explore a hostile galaxy filled with over a hundred solar systems, each completely explorable, where you can hunt, trade, mine and salvage in order to survive.

NeonXSZ "Juice II" Update Released with a new demo, new screenshots, new video and a load more content!

NEO Scavenger is a game where you must survive in the wasteland long enough to figure out who you are. Each turn, you must decide where to go, how to scavenge for supplies, and how to deal with anything and anyone you encounter.

Described as an addictive hybrid of Super Metroid and Terraria, SteamWorld Dig is a platform mining adventure. Take the role of Rusty, a lone mining steambot, as he arrives at an old mining town in great need. Dig your way through the old earth, gaining riches while uncovering the ancient threat that lurks below...

Starbound the game I have probably been most excited about this year is due to drop into public beta in less than an hour, are you ready to rock?

Dyscourse, the new psychological survival adventure game from Owlchemy Labs (Snuggle Truck, Jack Lumber), will be completing its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter in only three days.

Starbound the ever increasingly fun looking sandbox game is due to head into beta around the 4th of December.

Cat Banana Studios is proud to announce the launch of the Kickstarter and Steam Greenlight campaigns for Imagine Nations. Imagine Nations is a sandbox game (think Minecraft or Cube World) that combines elements from all of your favorite games in a procedurally generated universe.

Build a prosperous colony, fill it with magnificent factories worked by oppressed labourers, and harness the awesome power of steam through fearsome machines invented by determined men and women of Science!

Double Fine did a blog entry about them support Linux with their games, makes for a nice read so I thought I should highlight it for you.

The developers behind Starbound the in-development 2D sandbox game have detailed how the beta will be released.

You wake up in a desolated and dangerous world, where almost everything is a deadly trap. Will you be fast and clever enough to survive? This game mixes several classical gameplay-styles such as Tower Defense, Multi-player cooperation, Destructible world and Economics.

Rust the survival game from FacePunch the creators of Garrys Mod is heading to Steam with a rough Linux version.

Klei Entertainment are super awesome aren't they? Releasing so much extra content for free for Don't Starve.

The latest major update to Minecraft (1.7.1) and one of it's biggest yet is about to drop on our plates!

Don't Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. You play as Wilson, an intrepid Gentleman Scientist who has been trapped by a demon and transported to a mysterious wilderness world. Wilson must learn to exploit his environment and its inhabitants if he ever hopes to escape and find his way back home.

The developer of Void Of Darkness let us know that the game is now available on Desura for Linux and it's currently in Alpha with a full release expected later this year. The game itself is a 2D space exploration game with combat, trading and a ship-load more.

A new voxel based action, adventure and creation game. Big focus on player created content such as characters, items, weapons, monsters, NPCs, quests, etc.

FacePunch Studios have announced via the Rust website that we should see a Linux version in future of their new survival game.