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The narrative-based game 'Death and Taxes' puts the grim reaper in an office job - demo available

By Liam Dawe, Feb 13, 2020

Inspired by the likes of Papers, Please, Animal Inspector, Beholder and Headliner we now have 'Death and Taxes', a game with plenty of hard choices and a morally gripping story with a rather stylish grim reaper.

FS2 Open for playing Freespace 2 on modern systems had a big update

By Liam Dawe, Feb 11, 2020

One I'm genuinely surprised I missed (Hat tip to Timo) is a big update to FS2 Open, the project that continues updating the game engine for Freespace 2 - one of the best space action games ever.

Open source sim 'OpenTTD' enters feature freeze for the next major version

By Liam Dawe, Feb 11, 2020

The classic free and open source sim OpenTTD, based upon the popular Microprose game "Transport Tycoon Deluxe" has now entered a feature freeze period with the first Release Candidate out for the upcoming major update.

Inspired by Master of Orion, free and open source 'FreeOrion' has a new release up

By Liam Dawe, Feb 10, 2020

The free and open source space strategy sim FreeOrion has a new release out, the first in quite some time.

Mess with everything in the physics sim 'Universe Sandbox' now DRM-free on GOG

By Liam Dawe, Feb 8, 2020

Originally Universe Sandbox 2, Giant Army has since stopped selling the original and the 2 was wiped from the name. A massive space simulation game about screwing with physics, creating and destroying.

Impressive space sandbox 'Avorion' leaving Early Access on March 9

By Liam Dawe, Feb 7, 2020

Boxelware have officially set a date for their spectacular space sandbox game, Avorion, to leave Early Access.

Build massive circuits in 'Logic World' (prev. The Ultimate Nerd Game) releasing in March

By Liam Dawe, Feb 7, 2020

Logic World (previously known at TUNG - The Ultimate Nerd Game), a game about building circuits and making fun machines with them now has a release date.

City-building god sim 'The Universim' enters Beta, full release this year

By Liam Dawe, Feb 5, 2020

After a long road since the Kickstarter in 2014, Crytivo's city-builder that mixes in some god sim elements The Universim is now considered to be in Beta with a huge update.

Isometric university management game 'UniverCity' development stops - goes open source

By Liam Dawe, Feb 3, 2020

UniverCity from Matthew Collins sadly didn't sell too well and now the developer has a new job, so they decided to fix it up a bit - add some extra modding support and open source the code.

Huge new Dwarf Fortress release out with villains and interrogations - you can also pet animals

By Liam Dawe, Jan 29, 2020

Dwarf Fortress, a single-player fantasy game that's quite a complex mix of genres has a big new release now available.

Business and trading sim 'Merchant of the Skies' approaching full release - price to increase

By Liam Dawe, Jan 27, 2020

Merchant of the Skies, the mix of exploration and a base-building/tycoon game has improved a huge amount since the first few Early Access builds and the full release is coming closer.

Plague Inc: Evolved hits new all-time high on player count due to the Coronavirus outbreak in China

By Liam Dawe, Jan 25, 2020

Plague Inc: Evolved, a strategy/simulation mix that supports Linux, has seen a sudden surge in popularity recently as China has a real-life Coronavirus outbreak people are testing it out in the game.

Action-packed drone building game 'Nimbatus' has a huge update, we have 3 copies to give away

By Liam Dawe, Jan 15, 2020

We've teamed up with Stray Fawn Studio again to give away three copies of their space drone construction game, Nimbatus, plus there's a massive update out now.

You can now easily grab all the extra items for Two Point Hospital from The Superbug Initiative

By Liam Dawe, Dec 30, 2019

The Superbug Initiative in Two Point Hospital is a pretty sweet social feature, where people come together to solve big goals and it then unlocks special items for you.

Laminar Research readying Vulkan support for an upcoming public beta with X-Plane 11.50

By Liam Dawe, Dec 27, 2019

Release the Vulkans! Laminar Research are pushing forwards with their plan to upgrade X-Plane 11 with Vulkan support.

The Sapling, a plant and animal design and evolution sim is now in Early Access

By Liam Dawe, Dec 19, 2019

While rather rough around the edges, The Sapling has a good idea and the groundwork done to become an interesting evolution sim where you design plants and animals.