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Dwarf Fortress adds Dwarf Babies, an upgraded Adventure Mode and more but macOS cancelled

By Liam Dawe, Aug 15

There's plenty of good news in the latest Dwarf Fortress update, unless you're a macOS gamer that is. A fresh Beta update is out now.

Two Point Museum announced from the devs of Two Point Hospital / Two Point Campus

By Liam Dawe, Aug 14

Two Point Studios are back with another quirky building and management sim. Following up on the successful releases of Two Point Hospital and Two Point Campus the next in the series is Two Point Museum.

Go capture and breed some Frogs in the Mudborne demo, from the devs of beekeeping sim APICO

By Liam Dawe, Aug 14

Developer ellraiser of TNgineers is back again with another wonderful casual exploration, discovery and breeding sim. While APICO had you do beekeeping, Mudborne has you breed all sorts of Frogs.

Sand in a Box is a fresh modern 'falling sand' playground out now on Steam

By Liam Dawe, Aug 13

Developer Patryk Zieliński of Tiliasoft just released Sand in a Box in Early Access on Steam, a fresh and new falling sand game with a lot of toys to play with.

Real-time air traffic controller sim Mini Airways is out now and will keep you on your toes

By Liam Dawe, Aug 1

What I initially thought would be a bit like Mini Motorways and Mini Metro, it's similar only really in style and name, but Mini Airways is a different and challenging beast that will keep your undivided attention.

Super cosy slice of life sim The Garden Path is out now

By Liam Dawe, Jul 31

The Garden Path from developer carrotcake is a slice-of-life sim about the joy of gardening, designed to be picked up and played in short and sweet bites. It's a real cosy gem you should take a look at.

Besiege: The Splintered Sea Expansion gets more levels in the latest update

By Liam Dawe, Jul 24

Besiege: The Splintered Sea Expansion was already really clever, and now it's just that little bit bigger and better thanks to a recent update.

Huge factory sim Shapez 2 releases on August 15 with over 300k wishlists

By Liam Dawe, Jul 24

It's almost time to get cutting some shapes, with the Early Access release of Shapez 2 coming on August 15.

Deep space colony sim Stardeus gets a massive overhaul in a new update

By Liam Dawe, Jul 23

Get ready to put together a spaceship again, as the deep space colony sim Stardeus has a really massive update out now and it's looking great. Basically, it's RimWorld on a spaceship and it's cool.

Open-ended physics building-puzzler Captain Contraption's Chocolate Factory is out now with a demo

By Liam Dawe, Jul 22

Build various contraptions in an almost Zachtronics-like automation puzzle game, Captain Contraption's Chocolate Factory is quite reasonably priced and is available now with a demo you can try too.

Oxygen Not Included: The Frosty Planet Pack is out now

By Liam Dawe, Jul 22

Oxygen Not Included has a new expansion out with The Frosty Planet Pack, which seems like a chill way to blow through another few hundred hours.

Get a whole lot of Tropico and Railway Empire in this Humble Bundle

By Liam Dawe, Jul 19

The Management Material: Tropico and more from Kalypso Humble Bundle has arrived, and overall it looks like a really nice deal.

Get a bunch of different simulators in the Summer Sims 2 Humble Bundle

By Liam Dawe, Jul 13

For those gamers who love a bit of busywork, the Summer Sims 2 Humble Bundle has some popular simulation games available.

Satisfactory 1.0 is releasing in September

By Liam Dawe, Jul 10

For fans of sprawling building and automation sims, Satisfactory 1.0 is planned to release on September 10th.

From the dev of Parkitect, Croakwood is a chill town building simulation game about frogs and nature

By Liam Dawe, Jul 9

Texel Raptor are moving on from Parkitect now and they recently revealed Croakwood, a relaxed town building simulation game about frogs and nature that looks simply wonderful.

X4: Foundations Update 7.00 and X4: Timelines DLC are out now

By Liam Dawe, Jun 21

X4: Foundations 7.00 Update and X4: Timelines from Egosoft bring some huge changes to the huge space sim and there's never been a better time to try it out.

PVKK from the Dome Keeper devs has you manually control a massive planetary defence cannon

By Liam Dawe, Jun 21

Developer Bippinbits have announced PVKK: Planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandant (yes really) as their next game following Dome Keeper. It looks suspiciously like Dome Keeper is 3D, but it's a lot more than that.

Classic free physics sandbox game The Powder Toy is now on Steam

By Liam Dawe, Jun 17

Remember when falling sand on your screen was all the rage? The Powder Toy is a classic physics sandbox game, which simulates air pressure and velocity, heat, gravity and a countless number of interactions.

Open source evolution sim Thrive adds endosymbiosis, toxin customization, day / night cycle

By Liam Dawe, Jun 17

Thrive just keeps on getting more interesting. An open source evolution sim powered by Godot that allows you to take control of a species from its first steps as a tiny organism.