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Tabulo is chess meets Balatro and it's out now

Liam Dawe — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 15:04:42 +0000

Is it chess? Is it Balatro? It's both, sort of. Tabulo is a pretty clever mixture of gameplay elements that looks set to hook you in.

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Masters of Albion from Peter Molyneux / 22cans arrives in April

Liam Dawe — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 13:30:59 +0000

Peter Molyneux and 22cans return in April with their latest god sim attempt, Masters of Albion.

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OpenXcom Extended takes over from OpenXcom for the classic X-COM / UFO: Enemy Unknown

Liam Dawe — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 12:20:45 +0000

Remember the classic X-COM / UFO: Enemy Unknown? It's one of my favourite strategy games from the 90s, and now the open source OpenXcom is switching hands.

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Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown gets a combat deep dive and release date

Liam Dawe — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 15:15:31 +0000

Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown is getting ready for warp speed with a new combat deep dive trailer, and they've announce a release for February 18th.

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Based on Transport Tycoon Deluxe, OpenTTD gets some big new features in v15

Liam Dawe — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 12:55:37 +0000

Keeping classic video game ideas alive, OpenTTD is based on Transport Tycoon Deluxe. It's free, open source and now better than ever with v15 out now.

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The excellent free Command & Conquer - Combined Arms gets more missions and co-op

Liam Dawe — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 12:27:54 +0000

Command & Conquer - Combined Arms is an excellent free and standalone classic RTS game, with release 1.08 out now adding plenty new.

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Free and open source Settlers-like, Widelands v1.3 is out with market trading and new maps

Liam Dawe — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 12:05:44 +0000

Widelands continues to grow as a great free and open source Settlers-like strategy game, with a brand new holiday release out now.

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Heroes of Might and Magic 2 project fheroes2 version 1.1.13 has been released

fheroes2 — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 10:49:59 +0000

Just in time for the holidays, we are happy to announce a new version of the fheroes2 engine for Heroes of Might and Magic 2 on modern systems.

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Continuing to make things weird Two Point Museum and Revenge of the Savage Planet do crossovers

Liam Dawe — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 16:20:34 +0000

They did a Vampire Survivors update, so sure why not Revenge of the Savage Planet too? Two Point Museum has expanded again in a free update.

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Total War: THREE KINGDOMS gets a GOG release along with various DLC

Liam Dawe — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 14:53:35 +0000

Just like they promised after adding some classic Total War games to GOG, another has arrived with Total War: THREE KINGDOMS now on the DRM-free store.

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Rogue Legacy developer's next game is Neath, an eldritch roguelike tactical RPG

Liam Dawe — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 14:35:22 +0000

One missed from earlier this month is Neath, a roguelike tactical RPG set in a decaying world shadowed by an irradiated, inverted tower.

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Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II to release in Spring 2026

Liam Dawe — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 12:34:50 +0000

Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II from Bulwark Studios and Kasedo Games has a release window now set for sometime in Spring 2026.

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Open Fodder, an open source port of the classic Cannon Fodder v2.0 released

Liam Dawe — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 12:22:50 +0000

Cannon Fodder is a retro action-strategy gem from 1993 that was originally released on my old love the Amiga, and the modern open source port just got upgraded.

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The classic Plague Inc: Evolved gets a new free daily Outbreak Mode

Liam Dawe — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 11:33:54 +0000

Plague Inc: Evolved is a game about infecting the world by evolving a deadly global plague, and now there's new ways to play it.

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The incredibly complex sci-fi grand strategy game Terra Invicta has a release date

Liam Dawe — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 14:48:37 +0000

From the team that created the Long War mod for XCOM, the rather complex grand strategy game Terra Invicta now has a full release date.

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Fantasy city-builder with huge battles Songs of Syx gets a major upgrade with a focus on war

Liam Dawe — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 17:35:50 +0000

Rated Overwhelmingly Positive from users on Steam, war is the focus of a major upgrade that just arrived for fantasy city-builder Songs of Syx.

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Paradox have hopefully fixed the Vulkan performance in Crusader Kings III

Liam Dawe — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 14:31:41 +0000

At the release of the Crusader Kings III: All Under Heaven expansion and free update, the Linux and macOS versions were problematic but it should now be fixed.

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Total War: MEDIEVAL III announced by Creative Assembly

Liam Dawe — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 13:22:47 +0000

Creative Assembly recently held their 25th Anniversary Showcase for the Total War series, with Total War: MEDIEVAL III being announced.

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Four Total War classics join GOG in their Preservation Program with more on the way

Liam Dawe — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 14:45:21 +0000

GOG have announced today that as part of the 25th anniversary of the series, four classic Total War games are now on GOG in their Preservation Program.

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Pixel-art RTS game TFC: The Fertile Crescent joins with MicroProse Software and it's now Steam Deck Verified

Liam Dawe — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 12:09:46 +0000

Now freshly Steam Deck Verified and with MicroProse Software backing it as publisher, TFC: The Fertile Crescent has a big upgrade out now.

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A retro Acorn RISC OS gem returns with Exodus: The Colonization of Space now on Steam

Liam Dawe — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 15:35:46 +0000

A bit of gaming history returns to modern platforms with the release of Exodus: The Colonization of Space now available on Steam.

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If you're starving for more Advance Wars styled games check out Apes Warfare

Liam Dawe — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 11:18:39 +0000

More turn-based strategy goodness inspired by Advance Wars? Yes please. Apes Warfare gives us another spin on the classic genre out now in Early Access.

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God game Reus 2 adds full Steam Deck / SteamOS support in the latest update

Liam Dawe — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 11:22:07 +0000

Reus 2 from Abbey Games recently had a big upgrade, and now it's Steam Deck Verified / SteamOS Compatible with full support from the developer.

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Play dice against the guardian of the underworld in Dice of Kalma

Liam Dawe — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 14:36:18 +0000

Dice of Kalma challenges players to descend into the Underworld and face the Finnish god of death, Kalma, in a high-stakes game of luck and skill.

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If you own Total War: WARHAMMER I or II you'll soon get Total War: WARHAMMER III Immortal Empires free

Liam Dawe — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 16:49:10 +0000

For owners of either Total War: WARHAMMER I or Total War: WARHAMMER II, soon you'll get Total War: WARHAMMER III - Immortal Empires and more free.

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Earth 2140 remake on OpenRA engine OpenE2140 gets a first release

Liam Dawe — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 10:41:54 +0000

OpenE2140 is bringing back Earth 2140, the classic RTS with it being powered by the OpenRA engine and a first release is out now.

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Below the Crown is an curious brew of chess and dungeon crawling out now

Liam Dawe — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 14:33:09 +0000

Out now in Early Access, from the minds that gave us the excellent Duskers, Below the Crown is a mixture of chess-like pieces and moves in a dungeon crawler.

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Pill-popping medical horror Side Effects from Free Lives arrives November 21

Liam Dawe — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 16:37:37 +0000

I love the idea of Buckshot Roulette meets medical horror, so I'm keen to see what all the pill-popping fuss is about with Side Effects.

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Instead of racing in Backseat Champions you manage an AI driver like an auto-battling racer

Liam Dawe — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 16:31:43 +0000

Backseat Champions has a pretty clever idea, bringing the worlds of auto-battlers and roguelites to racing games with you managing an AI driver.

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Crimson Freedom could be one to watch for single-player RTS fans

Liam Dawe — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 16:42:59 +0000

Do you like single-player RTS games with a proper narrative to go with it? You may want to keep a close eye on the upcoming Crimson Freedom.

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Battlestar Galactica Deadlock is getting delisted starting November 15

Liam Dawe — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 12:43:56 +0000

Slitherine / Black Lab Games have announced that the excellent strategy game Battlestar Galactica Deadlock is going to be removed from all stores.

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Inspired by Advance Wars, the new Earth vs Mars from Relic Entertainment is out now

Liam Dawe — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 11:47:42 +0000

A smaller team at Relic Entertainment under the Relic Labs umbrella have released Earth vs Mars, a homage to some classic strategy games like Advance Wars.

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Northgard Definitive Edition announced for December with expanded content

Liam Dawe — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 11:08:07 +0000

Shiro Games have revealed they're giving their strategy game Northgard the Definitive Edition treatment in December, with a whole bunch of new content planned.

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Civilization VII set for a big change to allow you to play as one civ continuously

Liam Dawe — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 10:26:46 +0000

Firaxis Games have heard your cries, and so Civilization VII is getting an update at some point to let you play as one civ continuously through the Ages.

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Check out the demo for Turnbound, a clever haunted boardgame inventory battler

Liam Dawe — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 16:19:16 +0000

Turnbound looks like it could be a really good one, a PvP inventory management auto-battler that does things quite differently to others in the genre.

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You can grab 911 Operator for free to keep on Steam

Liam Dawe — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 10:59:14 +0000

A free game to start your week? Wonderful. 911 Operator from Jutsu Games is currently free to claim and keep on Steam.

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New trailer for Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown has a rather bald Borg crew member

Liam Dawe — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 11:07:14 +0000

Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown showed promise from the demo with some rough edges, but the new trailer has me excited about the journey.

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Surviving Mars: Relaunched arrives November 10 with two expansions planned

Liam Dawe — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 10:50:03 +0000

Paradox Interactive have announced that Surviving Mars: Relaunched is now set to blast off on November 10th with a discount for owners of the original.

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Grab the new demo for Tiny Auto Knights, a pretty chill and fun looking PvP auto battler

Liam Dawe — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 11:40:40 +0000

Tiny Auto Knights is an upcoming release from Mumpitz Games with a demo now available that now has Native Linux support for it.

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Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown gets a first demo

Liam Dawe — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 16:22:06 +0000

Clearly still a work in progress but a taste of things to come, Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown now has a public demo available.

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Build a living city on rails in Steel Artery: Train City Builder

Liam Dawe — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 12:38:22 +0000

Set in a steampunk fantasy world with many different races, Steel Artery: Train City Builder is an interesting looking take on a city-builder.

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Unique RTS game Moduwar fixes the oversized cursor on Linux

Liam Dawe — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 10:42:13 +0000

Moduwar is an adaptive organic RTS where you control an alien creature, it's quite unique and looks really interesting.

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Retro Brazilian RTS game Outlive returns with Outlive 25

Liam Dawe — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 14:02:28 +0000

Outlive 25 is a remaster of the classic 2000 RTS game rebuilt by the original developers, and a demo is just about to drop too.

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Dying Breed could end up being a real gem for RTS fans - once it's a bit further along

Liam Dawe — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 13:19:03 +0000

Welcome back, commander. Dying Breed is a new retro-inspired real time strategy game from Sarnayer / MicroProse Software out now in Early Access.

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Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II gets a first demo live now

Liam Dawe — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 11:31:09 +0000

What will no doubt be a popular release, Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II from Bulwark Studios and Kasedo Games now has a demo available.

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Below the Crown from the developer of Duskers arrives November with a demo live now

Liam Dawe — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 06:31:11 +0000

Misfits Attic developers of the excellent Duskers have revealed their quirky blend of genres in Below the Crown will hit Early Access on November 10th.

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Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown gets a first gameplay trailer and you can keep Tuvix

Liam Dawe — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 11:54:54 +0000

Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown is one game that I am extremely excited for, and the first gameplay trailer is now here.

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CHARK is a smooth Balatro-inspired chess roguelike and I've become an instant fan

Liam Dawe — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 12:43:50 +0000

Balatro started another clear trend in gaming, with multiple games spawning like it and CHARK seems like it could end up being a real gem.

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Exciting train combat deckbuilder roguelite Fogpiercer gets a new trailer and publisher

Liam Dawe — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 11:49:05 +0000

Fogpiercer was a highlight here on GamingOnLinux back in April, and now it's coming back stronger with a brand new trailer and they've found a publisher.

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The golden age of real-time strategy returns? Dying Breed releases October 7

Liam Dawe — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 10:07:37 +0000

Made in the spirit of Westwood classics like Command & Conquer and Red Alert, Dying Breed really does look awesome and it's releasing October 7th.

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