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Meal making automation in the Zach-like 'Neon Noodles' feels great

By Liam Dawe, 11 Mar 2020

Neon Noodles released into Early Access a few months ago and since then, I've been directing my robotic chefs around madly trying to improve on their speed and it's quite engrossing.

Untrusted is an upcoming online multiplayer social deduction game about hacking

By Liam Dawe, 9 Mar 2020

Untrusted is similar in idea to other social deduction games like Mafia/Werewolf (amongst plenty of others), only this time it's a bit more nerdy and technical with the hacking idea.

Oxygen Not Included has another big free update out with Banhi's Automation Innovation Pack

By Liam Dawe, 6 Mar 2020

Oxygen Not Included continues getting bigger, with the free Banhi's Automation Innovation Pack update out now.

Co-op submarine sim Barotrauma has a massive 'Quality of Life Update' out now

By Liam Dawe, 5 Mar 2020

Barotrauma from FakeFish, Undertow Games and Daedalic Entertainment is a 2D co-op submarine sim with survival and horror elements that showed a lot of promise and they're now trying to make it a smoother experience.

Godhood from Abbey Games has the 'biggest update yet' with Newfound Shores out now

By Liam Dawe, 4 Mar 2020

As Abbey Games work to improve their crowdfunded religion building auto-battler 'Godhood', they just released the Newfound Shores update they claim is the biggest yet.

RimWorld's Royalty expansion a 'great success' - more is coming to the game and now on GOG

By Liam Dawe, 3 Mar 2020

Ludeon Studios recently did a surprise Royalty expansion release for RimWorld with the recent patch and it seems it's doing so well that they're going to do more. RimWorld is also now available on GOG.com.

BeamNG.drive needs a developer to port it to Linux and other systems

By Liam Dawe, 2 Mar 2020

BeamNG.drive, a very popular and highly rated soft-body physics vehicle simulator looks like it may come to Linux - if they can find a dedicated developer to join their team.

Logic World release delayed again until May 1st - developer says it's just not ready

By Liam Dawe, 2 Mar 2020

Logic World, the upcoming circuit building simulation game (previously known as TUNG - The Ultimate Nerd Game), has been delayed until May 1st.

The new 'ΔV: Rings of Saturn' hard sci-fi space sim trailer has me itching to play

By Liam Dawe, 25 Feb 2020

ΔV: Rings of Saturn, a top-down hard sci-fi space simulation game backed up by real physics and science has a rather explosive new trailer out.

Swipe right for Socialism in Democratic Socialism Simulator now available on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 21 Feb 2020

Using the swipe left or right mechanic found in titles like the Reigns series (which are good fun), Democratic Socialism Simulator is now available.

2D strategy and business simulator 'Plutocracy' now available on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 19 Feb 2020

Want to have a go at 'big business'? Plutocracy is a 2D strategy and business sim that will let you attempt to build up your business empire along with all the politics that comes with it.

Repair and manage an ecosystem in 'Among Ripples: Shallow Waters' now on Kickstarter

By Liam Dawe, 19 Feb 2020

Acting as a sequel to their free and much smaller game Among Ripples released back in 2015, Among Ripples: Shallow Waters is an eco-tycoon sim that's looking for your funding.

If you think you were done with RimWorld think again - the 1.1 update is in Beta

By Liam Dawe, 17 Feb 2020

Adding in a ton of new content, adjustments and fixed - RimWorld 1.1 is now available in Beta to suck you back into building a colony.

Bee-themed management sim 'Hive Time' has a new amusing trailer

By Liam Dawe, 17 Feb 2020

Released back in December, Hive Time is the rather sweet Bee hive building and management sim from our contributor Cheeseness and it has a new trailer out.

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

By Liam Dawe, 13 Feb 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, 11 Feb 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, 11 Feb 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, 10 Feb 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, 8 Feb 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.