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Creature-building survival-action game 'Sipho' has a new breed in the latest update

By Liam Dawe, May 21, 2019

Sipho is another pretty interesting indie game I'm following, one where you construct an organism from various parts and attempt to survive. The latest update adds an entirely new breed and it's pretty fun.

Deadly Days, the strategic zombie group-survival rogue-lite keeps on improving

By Liam Dawe, May 17, 2019

I'm really starting to like what Deadly Days is turning into. It's an Early Access game about directing a group of survivors through a Zombie apocalypse and it's really taking shape now.

Don't Starve: Hamlet expansion has officially left Early Access

By Liam Dawe, May 15, 2019

Klei Entertainment have expanded their weird and wonderful survival game with Don't Starve: Hamlet, which has now left Early Access.

Minecraft can now be downloaded from Flathub on Linux using Flatpak

By Liam Dawe, May 14, 2019

For those of you who prefer downloading things and keeping them up to date using Flatpak, you can now grab Minecraft on Flathub.

The Long Dark 'Steadfast Ranger' update out, working great on Linux now

By Liam Dawe, May 7, 2019

The Long Dark, a survival game from Hinterland Studio that offers up both a story mode and a sandbox survival mode just got another big update and it's looking good now.

Vintage Story, the impressive crafting and survival game has a huge update

By Liam Dawe, May 5, 2019

Called the Worldgen and Geology Update, version 1.9 of Vintage Story has hit stable and brings with it a number of new additions to the already in-depth game.

Planet Nomads has left Early Access and feels like a big missed opportunity

By Liam Dawe, May 3, 2019

Planet Nomads had my interest for a long time, as I sat hoping it would blossom into something special. Sadly, it released today and it has not.

Facepunch Studios have given an update on the future of Rust for Linux, issues with "third parties"

By Liam Dawe, May 2, 2019

For those hanging on hoping Facepunch will go back to officially supporting Linux with Rust, you might want to sit down. They've made a comment on it on their latest blog post.

Survival strategy game 'Overland' announces a Fall 2019 release with a new trailer

By Liam Dawe, Apr 25, 2019

Overland from developer Finji is a game I've mentioned a few times here on GOL, it looks good and already plays good and the final release really is soon now.

Minecraft just had a seriously huge update named Village & Pillage

By Liam Dawe, Apr 23, 2019

It was only recently I saw someone say that Minecraft was stagnating, well it's smelling pretty fresh today with the massive Village & Pillage update out now.

Elsewhere is an in-development game of crafting, exploration and survival that could be interesting

By Liam Dawe, Apr 23, 2019

For those who love their Minecraft-like games, Elsewhere from the developer of Hearthlands might be one to keep an eye on.

Steampunk first-person survival game 'Volcanoids' has gone through a small evolution

By Liam Dawe, Mar 29, 2019

The developer of Volcanoids has just pushed out a huge upgrade to their Early Access steampunk survival game and it's pretty impressive stuff.

Don't Starve Together adds a new character with an animated short, major update due next month

By Liam Dawe, Mar 29, 2019

Don't Starve Together, the incredibly stylish survival game from Klei Entertainment has a new updated out adding in the Wortox character.

Creature-building action and survival game 'Sipho' had a huge update, we have keys to give away

By Liam Dawe, Mar 28, 2019

Sipho from developer All Parts Connected is a very interesting action and survival game, one where you create a creature from blocks inspired by Siphonophorae.

No Man's Sky runs very nicely on Linux with Steam Play, huge online feature update and VR support coming

By Liam Dawe, Mar 26, 2019

No Man's Sky from Hello Games had a pretty iffy launch, with many not happy with it but Hello Games stuck at it and continued expanding it. They’ve announced more huge free updates coming and it works very well on Linux with Steam Play.

The impressive squad-based survival strategy game Overland to release this autumn

By Liam Dawe, Mar 25, 2019

Overland from Finji is a beautiful looking and impressive squad-based strategy game and they've now announced a release window.

Cataclysm - Dark Days Ahead, a free and open source turn-based survival game had a huge update

By Liam Dawe, Mar 19, 2019

It occurred to me today, that no one here at GOL seems to have ever written about the free and open source turn-based survival game Cataclysm - Dark Days Ahead.