Indie games & game development
Independent games, releases worth noticing and the craft of making games. For players who look beyond blockbusters and for indie developers.
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Inspired by 1930s & 1940s animations, Moylo looks supremely cool
Moylo is a hand-drawn action game featuring melee combat and challenging boss battles inspired by 1930s & 1940s animations. Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
Thief: The Dark Project Remastered from Nightdive gets a new trailer
Thief: The Dark Project Remastered from Nightdive Studios has a new trailer that was shown off during the PC Gaming Show 2026. Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess PC port Dusklight 2.0 brings modding, a randomizer and more
More retro Nintendo goodies for you with The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess reimplementation Dusklight version 2.0 bringing major new features. Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
dwproton-11.0-13 brings fixes for Goddess of Victory: NIKKE, Aniimo and more on SteamOS / Linux
A fresh release is here of the community Proton build dwproton-11.0-13, which focuses on keeping various Anime games working on SteamOS / Linux. Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
Wine 11.18 released with more NTOSKRNL support for kernel drivers
The Windows compatibility layer Wine 11.18 development release is out now with an assortment of feature additions and bug fixes. Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
Factorio gets a full ARM64 Linux port to play anywhere - especially nice for the Steam Frame
Wube Software gave Factorio something players have been asking for 11 years - a full ARM64 Linux port to play anywhere, which is ready for the Steam Frame. Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
Extraction shooter EVE Vanguard starts Alpha in November - Linux supported with the anti-cheat
Online extraction shooters are still a genre pretty lacking on SteamOS / Linux, but EVE Vanguard will be another you can add to your wishlist. Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
Factory defence in BELTFED looks juicy as you take down millions of bugs
A genre blending roguelike that casts players as a rogue AI automating an escalating war against waves of bugs - BELTFED is an instant wishlist. Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
Dune: Awakening v1.5 brings a full single-player mode and much more customization
A big day for what was previously an MMO, Dune: Awakening version 1.5 has been released expanding the game to let you play however you want. Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
Nuke your neighbours in the massively multiplayer RTS game ‘OpenFront’ now on Steam
OpenFront has jumped over from being a browser game to a Steam release, and I can see it easily sucking away lots of my time firing off nukes at my neighbours. Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
Canonical improving Ubuntu Linux Desktop stability under memory pressure
Canonical developers have been working to improve Ubuntu Linux Desktop performance, specifically when under memory pressure making it a bit smarter. Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
Raw Fury to publish Dungeon Automata, auto battler meets logic-based visual scripting
Raw Fury announced they're publishing the very unique looking Dungeon Automata, that blends dungeon crawling with visual scripting for auto battling. Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
Gears of War: E-Day final system requirements revealed
Gears of War: E-Day has gone gold, making it ready for release - and now the final system requirements have been revealed. Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
Build a city on top of a giant creature in The Crab is Walking
From the developers of the rather good The King is Watching, an apocalypse city-builder with giant creatures! The Crab is Walking sounds fun. Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
SteamOS 0.3.0 for Steam Frame released
Valve are now beginning to announce SteamOS updates for the Steam Frame, with the first public notification being SteamOS 0.3.0 for Steam Frame. Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
VR shooter Forefront adds Steam Frame support
Forefront is a multiplayer first-person shooter from Triangle Factory, and now they've upgraded it with support for Valve's Steam Frame. Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
Free-to-play, next-gen creature-catcher Aniimo arrives on Steam, needs a Proton tweak to run on SteamOS / Linux
Aniimo from Pawprint Studio has arrived on Steam as a new free-to-play, next-gen creature-catcher and it can work on SteamOS / Linux. Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
Minecraft Java Edition 26.3 ‘Wilderness Bound’ update released
The latest content drop is out now with Minecraft Java Edition 26.3 'Wilderness Bound' update released. Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
Harbour Masters release ‘PaperBoat’ their Paper Mario 64 PC port
Another Nintendo game has a new unofficial PC port with PaperBoat from Harbour Masters for Paper Mario 64. Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
Lepton from Valve to run Android games on Linux is now open source
Valve have officially opened up the source code for Lepton, their compatibility layer to run Android games on Linux for the Steam Frame. Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
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