GamingOnLinux Article RSS For: Exploration

Nightwater looks like a curious blend of secrets, exploration, crafting and automation

Liam Dawe — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 14:40:36 +0000

One to stick into your list to keep an eye on is Nightwater, an open world exploration game that mixes in crafting and automation in a strange world.

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Co-op adventure, town-building and survival game Necesse hits the big 1.0

Liam Dawe — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 12:04:01 +0000

Necesse is a blend of quite a lot of genres that can end up a bit like a top-down Terraria, it's awesome and it's finally out properly.

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Open world exploration game Outbound looks super cosy and hit over 1 million Steam wishlists

Liam Dawe — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 11:30:57 +0000

Outbound looks like a game I need right now, a chilled cosy open-world exploration game about living off-grid and building up your dream minivan.

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Check out the new trailer for Goeland where you play as a mischievous seagull

Liam Dawe — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 14:46:16 +0000

From former Eidos Montréal developer solo dev Bryan Martinet of Maarti Games released a new trailer for their comedy exploration adventure Goeland.

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The Crazy Hyper-Dungeon Chronicles (TCHDC) combines the ideas of Undertale and Dungeon Master

Liam Dawe — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 16:16:33 +0000

Due to arrive in October, The Crazy Hyper-Dungeon Chronicles (TCHDC) combines the worlds of Undertale and Dungeon Master.

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Cattle Country the western styled Stardew gets expanded mining and new features

Liam Dawe — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 14:17:30 +0000

Cattle Country is a really nice western styled life and farming sim that's a good pick for fans of Stardew Valley. Now with a big content update!

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Co-op climbing game PEAK is a truly great time with friends

Liam Dawe — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 12:26:57 +0000

PEAK is another in the list of quality co-op chaos games to add to your collection.

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Whimsical exploration-trading adventure Townseek gets a big demo refresh

Liam Dawe — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 08:52:28 +0000

Townseek is a colourful casual exploration and trading adventure game from developer Whales And Games, with a brand new big upgrade for the demo available.

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Handmade stop-motion digging adventure Mashina arrives July 31

Liam Dawe — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 10:03:09 +0000

From the team that made Judero, the handmade stop-motion digging adventure Mashina is set to arrive on July 31st.

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Klei Entertainment announced Away Team, a new Oxygen Not Included adventure

Liam Dawe — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 12:34:42 +0000

Klei Entertainment have revealed Away Team, a new adventure set in the world of the popular base-builder Oxygen Not Included but it's a little different.

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Move over Stardew, it's time for Cattle Country

Liam Dawe — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 12:12:22 +0000

Ready for your next casual game after Stardew Valley? Cattle Country is a good choice with a big sense of adventure.

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No Man's Sky Beacon is another huge free update

Liam Dawe — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 08:57:59 +0000

There seems to be no stopping Hello Games with updates to No Man's Sky, with the Beacon update now available free.

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The Long Dark gets a big free visual enhancement update out now

Liam Dawe — Fri, 30 May 2025 10:49:16 +0000

The Long Dark from Hinterland Studio just got a big free update to enhance many parts of the visuals for high-end systems.

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3rd person narrative horror MEGANAUT from the dev of Lorn's Lure gets a demo

Liam Dawe — Mon, 26 May 2025 13:16:19 +0000

The developer of the exploration climbing game Lorn's Lure is working on a new game named MEGANAUT, a 3rd person narrative horror and now there's a demo available with Linux support.

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A retro goodie rebuilt from 1994, Ironseed 25th Anniversary Edition recently added Linux support

Liam Dawe — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:27:30 +0000

Ironseed from 1994 is not one I'm familiar with, I only know if I had seen it when I was small I probably would have played it for hours. Ironseed 25th Anniversary Edition is a modern 2020 remake and now it has a Native Linux version.

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Please don't distract me I'm trying to dig a big hole over here

Liam Dawe — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:53:48 +0000

Can you truly call yourself a "gamer" if you haven't at least spent a good few hours doing nothing but digging a hole? I have answered the call and my hole has been dug.

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Spooky drone-operating derelict spaceship explorer Duskers is getting a sequel

Liam Dawe — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 11:09:52 +0000

Misfits Attic who made A Virus Named TOM and the more popular spooky drone-operating derelict spaceship explorer game Duskers have released a video going over three new games, one of which is a sequel to Duskers.

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No Man's Sky - Worlds Part II brings Gas Giants, New Story Missions, Trillions of New Planets

Liam Dawe — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 16:03:47 +0000

Hello Games have given us another almighty whopper of an update to No Man's Sky here. The scale was already impressive and now it's just completely ridiculous.

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over the hill is an offroading exploration game announced by the art of rally devs

Liam Dawe — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 14:37:35 +0000

The devs of art of rally, Funselektor Labs along with Strelka Games have announced over the hill, a new offroading exploration sim where you can bring a friend along for the ride.

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Cubic Odyssey announced as a fusion of Minecraft and No Man's Sky

Liam Dawe — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 15:45:58 +0000

With a style that's a fair bit similar to Minecraft with an expansive universe seen in the likes of No Man's Sky, the recently announced Cubic Odyssey from Atypical Games and Gaijin Network Ltd looks pretty darn fun.

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VoxeLibre the free and open source Minecraft-like v0.88 brings huge improvements

Liam Dawe — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 16:01:04 +0000

VoxeLibre continues advancing towards helping you replace Minecraft with a free and open source alternative. The next release v0.88 is out now and it's a big one.

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MMO interplanetary crafting adventure SpaceCraft from Shiro Games (Northgard, Wartales) announced

Liam Dawe — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 13:03:32 +0000

Shiro Games developer of Northgard, Wartales and Dune: Spice Wars have announced SpaceCraft, and my space-nerd brain is now very excited.

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Check out the new trailer for Truckful, a driving adventure mystery game

Liam Dawe — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 16:26:14 +0000

Truckful was revealed back in July, and the idea of it had me really intrigued and now they have a new trailer up for this driving action-adventure mystery game.

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EVERSPACE 2 fixes videos playback on Linux and Steam Deck with Proton

Liam Dawe — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 10:46:46 +0000

In the latest little update to EVERSPACE 2, it's a good one for players on Desktop Linux and Steam Deck, as it includes an important fix.

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Little Big Adventure – Twinsen's Quest a remake of the original classic is out now

Liam Dawe — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 11:24:17 +0000

Little Big Adventure – Twinsen's Quest from [2.21] and Microids is out now. It's a remake of the original classic with a graphical makeover and modernized gameplay.

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With lovely artwork, go prospecting in the wild west one tile at a time in ColdRidge

Liam Dawe — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 16:33:54 +0000

ColdRidge is a tile-based exploration strategy game that puts you in the wild west. As a prospector, you'll pick contracts and venture out to do some exploring.

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AutoForge is Terraria mixed with Factorio, devs plan Steam Deck and controller support soon

Liam Dawe — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 11:10:13 +0000

Blending the mining and side-scrolling from Terraria, with the building and automation from Factorio — AutoForge looks interesting. Maybe this will scratch an itch you didn't know you had.

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Pinball Spire is a wonderful reinvention of what Pinball can be

Liam Dawe — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 14:24:18 +0000

There's been a few attempts to update Pinball into something new, and Pinball Spire is the latest that's out now. It's Steam Deck Verified and works great on desktop Linux with Valve's Proton.

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Jump and climb through huge structures in the creepy and atmospheric Lorn's Lure

Liam Dawe — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 15:56:41 +0000

Lorn's Lure is a thoroughly odd game. It's all about jumping and climbing your way through these huge structures, with a creepy and lonely atmosphere it's certainly a unique experience not found elsewhere.

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In Thyria you enter dreams to combat demons in this unique party-based RPG

Liam Dawe — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 08:55:10 +0000

I need of a new party-based RPG with dynamic exploration, turn-based combat and a fun gameplay loop? Thyria looks like a good one to pick up.

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Wild West exploration strategy game ColdRidge releases October 28

Liam Dawe — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 09:58:43 +0000

ColdRidge from Frog Collective, Bark Games and Doyoyo Games looks like a real gem, where you step into the boots of a prospector and venture into the untamed wilderness.

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Minecraft is getting a real creepy new biome and mob, plus item bundles

Liam Dawe — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 09:12:13 +0000

Minecraft Live 2024 has been and gone and with it we've been given details on the next new biome and mob coming.

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Din's Champion is dynamic rogue-lite RPG styled like Terraria from Soldak Entertainment

Liam Dawe — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 14:26:21 +0000

Soldak Entertainment make some pretty quirky RPGs with a good few die-hard fans, and now they're trying something a bit different with Din's Champion.

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Len's Island survival ARPG gets a UI and controls overhaul for Steam Deck players

Liam Dawe — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 09:57:42 +0000

Flow Studio recently released a big update for Len's Island, a big open world survival crafting ARPG to make sure it works better on Steam Deck.

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Mojang give an update on the future of Minecraft development

Liam Dawe — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 11:01:45 +0000

Minecraft is closing in on 15 years now, and so Mojang have given an update on where things stand and what their plans are for future development.

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Year Unknown is a mysterious story-focused exploration game about finding purpose

Liam Dawe — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 11:32:48 +0000

Set in the very far future, a time where we've conquered the stars, Year Unknown is a story-focused exploration game about finding purpose.

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No Man's Sky adds fishing, a fishing skiff, a new expedition, deep-sea diving and loads more

Liam Dawe — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 16:20:15 +0000

Can someone tell Hello Games it's all good now, everyone is over the poor launch? Actually don't, I want to see just how far they will keep pushing No Man's Sky. The latest update is a goodie too.

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

Liam Dawe — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 14:13:21 +0000

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.

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Minishoot' Adventures developers rebuilt their UI to get it Steam Deck Verified

Liam Dawe — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 15:58:01 +0000

Well, SoulGame Studio certainly have my attention for their effort on getting Minishoot' Adventures up to Steam Deck Verified. Plus, the game looks really entertaining.

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The huge graphics overhaul for settlement survival sim Necesse is out now

Liam Dawe — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 13:08:12 +0000

Mixing together elements of RimWorld and Terraria, the open world survival crafting game Necesse has a huge graphics overhaul update out now.

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Prehistoric farming life sim Roots of Pacha 1.2 is out now, plus a 'massive' update on the way

Liam Dawe — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 09:03:12 +0000

Roots of Pacha from Soda Den has a fresh free update out now in version 1.2, and they're not slowing down with more big free updates planned.

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Enshrouded gets AMD FSR 3 and Steam Deck stability and performance upgrades

Liam Dawe — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 16:10:00 +0000

Might be time to jump back into Enshrouded, as it should run better than ever no matter what system you're on, but especially Steam Deck players.

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Combining exploration, city-building and complex resource management, Scorchlands 1.0 is out now

Liam Dawe — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 14:32:54 +0000

Available now with Native Linux support and full Steam Deck support with the 1.0 release, Scorchlands has left Early Access.

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Check out the demo for ColdRidge a Wild West turn-based exploration game

Liam Dawe — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 13:04:21 +0000

Made with Godot Engine, ColdRidge is a cowboy themed Wild West turn-based exploration game that looks really worth your time.

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Codename: Ocean Keeper takes Dome Keeper and puts you in an underwater twin-stick mech

Liam Dawe — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 13:14:34 +0000

Take the mining and defense idea from Dome Keeper, stick you in an underwater mech with exploration and twin-stick shooting and you've got Codename: Ocean Keeper.

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No Man's Sky - Worlds Part I is out now and drastically transforms the planets

Liam Dawe — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 14:28:54 +0000

Ah hell, here we go again. Hello Games just released another massive free update to No Man's Sky with Worlds Part I out now.

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Palworld's Sakurajima update brings a new island, battle arena, a new raid and more

Liam Dawe — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 09:34:04 +0000

Palworld has just expanded in a rather big way with the Sakurajima Update, giving players a lot of new content to play through and it sounds pretty awesome.

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Guide a caravan of adventurers through hostile environments in Sandwalkers

Liam Dawe — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 11:32:07 +0000

A bit of a blending of Curious Expedition and Vagrus - The Riven Realms we have here with Sandwalkers, a roguelike turn-based exploration game where you guide a caravan across hostile environments.

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The Tricky Trials update is live now for Minecraft

Liam Dawe — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 09:50:18 +0000

Another big Minecraft update is live now with Tricky Trials bringing with it new decorative blocks, hostile mobs, items, weapons, paintings and the trial chambers.

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Sun Haven is for Stardew Valley fans that want more and it now has controller support

Liam Dawe — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 10:10:53 +0000

Sun Haven is a multiplayer fantasy farming sim with dragons, magic, a main questline, RPG-style skill progression and a whole lot more.

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