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From Project Zomboid modders - the survival-horror Dandelion Void will have multiplayer

Liam Dawe — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 16:00:25 +0000

Now I'm even more interested in Dandelion Void! It looks like Project Zomboid in space with plant-based horrors and now it will get multiplayer.

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Multiple years later Terraria 1.4.5 has a release date for January 27th

Liam Dawe — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 14:26:18 +0000

Wow, they've been cooking for a while on this one huh? Terraria 1.4.5 will officially arrive January 27th and it's going to be massive.

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Minecraft is getting a cute overhaul of baby mobs

Liam Dawe — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 09:44:17 +0000

Minecraft has a new testing build out that ups the cute factor by a lot, with an overhaul of various baby mobs and you get pet nametags now too.

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Evolution sim Thrive hits the 1.0 release completing the microbe stage

Liam Dawe — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 11:02:02 +0000

Thrive is an open source evolution sim that plans to add many different stages of life with the microbe stage now considered actually ready.

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Arriving early next year, Dune: Awakening - Chapter 3 is sounding great

Liam Dawe — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 15:15:33 +0000

Dune: Awakening from Funcom is getting a big free Chapter 3 update early next year, with the details of it now being revealed along with a paid DLC.

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The Home Sweet Home update for Palworld with the ULTRAKILL crossover is out now

Liam Dawe — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 18:28:09 +0000

Palworld just levelled up with a big new free Home Sweet Home update as Pocketpair work towards finishing up the game for a full release next year.

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Mounts of Mayhem released for Minecraft with new mobs, weapons and more

Liam Dawe — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 15:13:49 +0000

One missed from earlier this week with the onslaught of news - Mounts of Mayhem released for Minecraft as the latest major update for the popular sandbox game.

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The huge Project Zomboid build 42 finally gets multiplayer just in time for the holidays

Liam Dawe — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 17:49:38 +0000

Wow - that sure took a while! A year since the first part of build 42 released and just in time for the holidays, Project Zomboid build 42 finally goes online.

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Blending classic survival games with automation - ORMOD: Directive sounds interesting

Liam Dawe — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 14:04:56 +0000

ORMOD: Directive is a very interesting recent announcement that blends classic action survival gameplay mechanics with automation.

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Bioflux - Horde is a survival game where the infected numbers look insane

Liam Dawe — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 18:38:16 +0000

Coming across it by pure chance recently, Bioflux - Horde is an upcoming survival game with enemy numbers that actually look like true hordes of infected.

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Surviving each day is a fierce battle in the upcoming Primal Survival

Liam Dawe — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 13:32:08 +0000

Primal Survival is an upcoming prehistoric game about surviving as Homo habilis or Homo erectus, and it really sounds interesting with the dangerous world.

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Final Sentence is a unique horror battle royale where you're all on typewriters

Liam Dawe — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 16:06:27 +0000

Type accurately and fast, as your life depends on it in Final Sentence. It's a unique blend of battle royale and horror with typing game mechanics.

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Mass Effect's SSV Normandy SR1 Returns to No Man's Sky with a re-run of previous expeditions

Liam Dawe — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 16:10:15 +0000

Hello Games are giving us all another chance to grab some cool stuff in No Man's Sky, like Mass Effect's SSV Normandy SR1 with various expeditions.

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Open source evolution sim Thrive adds graphics improvements and more planet customization

Liam Dawe — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 19:47:01 +0000

Giving evolution a little bit more visual flair, Thrive is a scientific open source sim about surviving and growing as a tiny creature.

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ARK: Survival Ascended gets bumped up to Steam Deck Verified

Liam Dawe — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 11:30:24 +0000

ARK: Survival Ascended entered Early Access in 2023, and while it worked well enough on Linux / Steam Deck - Valve noted it was Unsupported until now.

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The brutal survival horror Darkwood is getting a sequel with Darkwood 2 from Hooded Horse

Liam Dawe — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 13:30:21 +0000

Publisher Hooded Horse recently revealed Darkwood 2 is coming from the developers of the Pathologic series.

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The new survival game VEIN looks awesome with intelligent AI and interactions with nearly everything

Liam Dawe — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 12:40:50 +0000

Just released into Early Access with Native Linux support, VEIN could be the next big survival game with a whole lot of features that just look and sound great.

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MISERY is a new rogue-lite Stalker-like co-op survival game

Liam Dawe — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 12:28:02 +0000

A rogue-lite Stalker-like to play with friends designed to look like a game from retro consoles? You can sign me up for some MISERY right now.

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Cronos: The New Dawn now has a demo available on Steam

Liam Dawe — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 15:14:59 +0000

If you were interested in Cronos: The New Dawn but weren't sold on picking it up yet, you can now try the demo that's recently released.

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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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Death Road to Canada gets a major free update with new game modes

Liam Dawe — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 11:13:38 +0000

9 years after the original release, Death Road to Canada is still going with a major update released with fun new game modes.

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Grounded 2 gets a major update and brings some Steam Deck improvements

Liam Dawe — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 14:00:32 +0000

Grounded 2 from Obsidian Entertainment and Eidos-Montréal recently had quite a big upgrade, and now it should work better on the Steam Deck too.

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Bloober Team announce a Native Steam Deck release for Cronos: The New Dawn

Liam Dawe — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 13:19:15 +0000

Cronos: The New Dawn is the latest survival horror from Bloober Team that arrived September 5th, and they just announced a Native Steam Deck release.

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More major updates coming to Minecraft - some highlights from Minecraft Live (September 2025)

Liam Dawe — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 11:26:56 +0000

Minecraft Live has again come and gone (twice a year now), so here's just some of what's coming to the popular open-world game with major updates planned.

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Cronos: The New Dawn gets performance improvements and a Linux HDR fix

Liam Dawe — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 11:02:23 +0000

Cronos: The New Dawn is the latest horror game from Bloober Team, and with the latest update it should work a lot better for everyone.

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Palworld 1.0 arrives next year with a huge update and plans to fix all the jank

Liam Dawe — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 10:21:59 +0000

Pocketpair have revealed that Palworld 1.0 will arrive next year, with updates being quieter for the rest of the year while they fix all the quirks and jank.

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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Legends of the Zone Trilogy gets a big upgrade and Steam Deck improvements

Liam Dawe — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 09:57:25 +0000

GSC Game World continue improving the recent S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Legends of the Zone Trilogy release, with version 1.3 out for all three titles.

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The big Call to Arms update for Valheim is out now

Liam Dawe — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 14:51:37 +0000

Valheim has been upgraded with the Call to Arms update bringing in new content along with entirely new gameplay mechanics, while we all wait for a new biome.

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ScummVM gets support for the survival horror Penumbra Overture from the Amnesia developers

Liam Dawe — Mon, 01 Sep 2025 12:53:01 +0000

Penumbra Overture was the first survival horror game from Frictional Games released all the way back in 2007, and now ScummVM is getting support for it.

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No Man's Sky Voyagers free update released with modular Corvette ships you build yourself

Liam Dawe — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 14:27:37 +0000

Hello Games launched another huge free update for the open world space survival game No Man's Sky, with a big new Corvette ship class you piece together.

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Brutal survival game Vintage Story gets another huge update, plus work on an Adventure Mode announced

Liam Dawe — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 10:48:32 +0000

Vintage Story has some of the most interesting game mechanics I've seen in a survival game, but it's a little brutal - so I'm keen for this new Adventure Mode.

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Valheim: Call To Arms major update announced with new combat mechanics and lots of new items

Liam Dawe — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 11:34:13 +0000

Iron Gate AB have been cooking! Valheim: Call To Arms is the next major update to the popular survival game and it's available to test right now.

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With a flooded world, survival-crafting sim Oceaneers is getting a proper demo September 25

Liam Dawe — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 13:40:34 +0000

Oceaneers is definitely one of the games I'm most excited to see, with it's interesting take on survival and colony building across a flooded world.

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Oceaneers is a survival-crafting adventure set in a flooded world of sinking islands

Liam Dawe — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 14:06:24 +0000

Arriving later in 2026, Oceaneers has a really fun sounding idea. It's a survival-crafting adventure in a flooded world of sinking islands.

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The Alters gets patched to replace AI generated bits, fix a Steam Deck crash and more

Liam Dawe — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:19:12 +0000

The Alters from 11 bit studios appears to be doing very well, apart from the controversy over the AI generated bits. A new patch is out to fix it up.

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Palworld is now Steam Deck Verified and SteamOS Compatible

Liam Dawe — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 16:59:51 +0000

With the latest updates to the popular Palworld, Valve have now bumped it up to Steam Deck Verified and SteamOS Compatible.

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7 Days to Die gets a game-changing update with Storm's Brewing

Liam Dawe — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 09:51:39 +0000

Storm's Brewing is the newest update for the zombie survival game 7 Days to Die, and it's one that really changes the game.

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Palworld - Tides of Terraria crossover update is out with fishing, new islands, a new Pal trust mechanic and more

Liam Dawe — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 11:31:27 +0000

A huge update for Palworld has arrived with the Tides of Terraria crossover. It's a lot more than just adding bits of Terraria though.

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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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The Alters from 11 bit studios is out now and Steam Deck / SteamOS playable

Liam Dawe — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 16:00:27 +0000

The Alters is a brand new sci-fi game with a blend of survival, adventure, and base-building elements from 11 bit studios.

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Spooky 2D co-op submarine sim Barotrauma is getting a big Home & Harbor expansion

Liam Dawe — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 06:50:07 +0000

Daedalic Entertainment and developers Undertow Games and FakeFish recently revealed the Home & Harbor expansion for Barotrauma.

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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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Dandelion Void from Project Zomboid modders will offer up plant-based horrors

Liam Dawe — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 11:17:05 +0000

Originating from a team of Project Zomboid modders, Manzanita Interactive announced Dandelion Void featuring deadly plant-based creatures.

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System Shock meets Dino Crisis, I'm totally sold on Athanasia

Liam Dawe — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 10:46:46 +0000

I need this. Athanasia has jumped right to the top of my wishlist for some Dino Crisis meets System Shock vibes in an immersive sim.

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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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Luanti (Minetest) v5.12 brings SDL2, keybind settings, reviews in the content browser

Liam Dawe — Mon, 26 May 2025 11:31:00 +0000

Luanti (formerly named Minetest) has a big new release out with v5.12 bringing SDL2 for the Window and Input Handling along with numerous other big additions. This release has been years in the making for the switch to modern SDL2, away from the very outdated Irrlicht.

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Minecraft will finally let you craft saddles instead of hunting for them

Liam Dawe — Thu, 15 May 2025 15:21:08 +0000

In a future Minecraft release that's now in testing, you won't need to hunt or fish for a saddle, as it's finally going to be an item you can just craft.

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Saleblazers mixes shopkeeping and co-op survival with a fresh patch adding UI scaling for Steam Deck

Liam Dawe — Tue, 13 May 2025 12:41:06 +0000

Saleblazers is an Early Access survival game that seems to be a little more on the unique side, with it adding in a shopkeeper element and now it should play better on Steam Deck and perhaps from your sofa on a living room PC too.

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Open source evolution sim Thrive adds currents, bioluminescence, additional environmental events and more

Liam Dawe — Mon, 05 May 2025 08:08:07 +0000

Quite a big release for the open source evolution sim Thrive, with some major new features being added to the latest release of this scientific survival game.

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Frostrail from the devs of Barotrauma 'eager' to support Linux with a 'tentative yes'

Liam Dawe — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 14:01:05 +0000

Barotrauma devs FakeFish recently revealed Frostrail during the Triple-I Initiative event, and they're giving a "tentative yes" for Linux support.

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