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Kingdoms and Castles released with day-1 Linux support, some thoughts

By Liam Dawe, 24 Jul 2017

Kingdoms and Castles is the first title to be released after being crowdfunded on Fig and it has day-1 Linux support. This city-builder has a nice style to it, but is it any good?

God game 'The Universim' now has a demo to try on Steam

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jul 2017

God game 'The Universim' now has a demo available on Steam if you're wanting to get an early look of this in-development game.

OpenRCT2, the open source RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 game engine has another update

By Liam Dawe, 19 Jul 2017

A good one to keep an eye on for fans of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2, as OpenRCT2, the open source game engine has been updated again recently.

Get ready to escape again, as 'The Escapists 2' launches next month, looks like it will be on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 14 Jul 2017

The Escapists 2 from Team17 and Mouldy Toof Studios is set to launch on August 22nd and it seems like it will have Linux support at launch.

Starship Theory just launched a Linux version, developer looking for feedback

By Liam Dawe, 11 Jul 2017

Starship Theory, a ship building survival game that resembles FTL a little in style is now on Linux, it's currently unsupported as the developer seeks feedback.

Terroir, a 3D tile-based vineyard tycoon game adds Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 11 Jul 2017

Terroir is an Early Access 3D tile-based tycoon game and it recently added Linux support. In Terroir you are managing your own vineyard and it looks reasonably good.

Prison Architect updated with more staff needs, a morale system and Steam Cloud Saves

By Liam Dawe, 7 Jul 2017

Prison Architect, the prison building and management sim was updated towards the end of last month to bring in more needs for your staff and more.

Sit back and watch a galaxy evolve or take control of an empire in Galimulator

By Liam Dawe, 4 Jul 2017

Galimulator is another fun little find on itch, it's a 'galaxy emulator' where you can watch what happens, or you can decide to take control.

Turn a small company into an empire in 'Rise of Industry', it shows a lot of promise

By Liam Dawe, 3 Jul 2017

Rise of Industry (formerly known as Project Automata) is a neat little find on itch today, a simulation game about building a small company into an industrial and financial empire!

Space colony sim 'Maia' updated with lots of new goodies, screw the damn lava

By Liam Dawe, 26 Jun 2017

Maia, the space colony sim currently in Early Access has another big update with new features, quality of life fixes and bug fixes.

SAELIG, a strategy, role-playing, simulation, and trading game will come to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 22 Jun 2017

SAELIG is a very interesting looking strategy, role-playing, simulation, and trading game that is planning a Linux release. It's seeing a slight delay, but the communication from the developer has been great.

Bounty Train, a game about the Wild West and trains, is set to come to Linux

By BTRE, 26 May 2017

With detailed equipment and management aspects, Bounty Train also has plenty of thrills and chaotic fighting. It’s being ported to Linux and should be coming out sometime soon.

Reus finally updated for Linux bringing it out of Beta, now properly supported

By Liam Dawe, 21 May 2017

Reus landed on Linux in some form of Beta quite some time ago, but the game has been updated today to bring it in line with the Windows version with official support.

Pizza Connection 3 simulation and management game to release with Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 19 May 2017

Pizza Connection 3 is a new simulation and management game from Gentlymad and Assemble Entertainment, it will release next year with Linux support.

Cities: Skylines - Mass Transit released, probably the best expansion to the game yet

By Liam Dawe, 18 May 2017

Cities: Skylines gets bigger again, as Mass Transit is now out with slick new transport options. I had advance access and have some thoughts to share.

Block’hood, the neighborhood-building simulator, has launched out of Early Access

By BTRE, 12 May 2017

After spending quite some time in Early Access, the vertically-focused neighborhood builder is now officially out.

Haemimont Games & Paradox announce 'Surviving Mars', a management strategy game

By Liam Dawe, 12 May 2017

Surviving Mars, from developer Haemimont Games and publisher Paradox is a brand new management strategy game about colonizing the red planet.

Limit Theory, an ambitious space game, is still being developed and has quite a few beautiful screenshots to show off

By BTRE, 11 May 2017

Originally crowdfunded nearly five years ago, it’s taken a long time for Limit Theory to shape up. Development is cruising along now and there’s more news of what the developers are up to.