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One of the best puzzle games ever, Baba Is You gets a final big update

Liam Dawe — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 12:43:26 +0000

Baba Is You remains as one of my all-time favourite puzzle games and the developer looks to be moving on, with what should be the final big update for it.

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If you need a new retro boomer shooter check out Ctesiphon

Liam Dawe — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 10:48:02 +0000

Released in November, Ctesiphon puts you in the role of a Galactic Bounty Hunter extraordinaire in a fresh retro styled futuristic boomer shooter.

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Classic roguelike top-down shooter Nuclear Throne major update 100 out now

Liam Dawe — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 11:36:20 +0000

A lovely blast from the past of 2015, Nuclear Throne from the revived Vlambeer has update #100 out now with some major additions and improvements.

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Epic and Steam banned it but HORSES is out now on other stores

Liam Dawe — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 13:23:11 +0000

From Andrea Lucco Borlera / Santa Ragione, HORSES has proven to be a highly controversial title with both Epic Games and Steam banning its release.

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There's now an AI warning notice browser plugin for itch.io as well as Steam

Liam Dawe — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 14:29:12 +0000

The developer behind the useful AI notice browser plugin for Steam has now done the same for itch.io, and they've made it easier to use the extensions.

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itch.io is hosting a creator day today where they take no fee from developers

Liam Dawe — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 11:19:19 +0000

On top of doing their own Black Friday sale, the indie store itch.io has its Creator Day today as well where they take no cut from developers.

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Checkmage! is a casual, free-form chess RPG with sandbox deck-building elements

Liam Dawe — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 11:29:22 +0000

A unique blend of genres I have for you here on GamingOnLinux today. Checkmage! blurs the lines between an RPG, chess and deck-building.

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The Play for Peace - Games for Palestine 2025 Charity Bundle is live on itch.io

Liam Dawe — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 09:51:48 +0000

The Play for Peace - Games for Palestine 2025 Charity Bundle is now live on itch.io, giving you a chance to grab some cool stuff while supporting charity.

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Help more get noticed with the Game Devs of Color Support Bundle on itch.io

Liam Dawe — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 12:08:08 +0000

Containing over 100 items, the Game Devs of Color Support Bundle is now live on itch.io.

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Stumble and fall through the free release of FALLSTRUKTUR

Liam Dawe — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 11:22:39 +0000

FALLSTRUKTUR is a new free 3D platformer game that sees you descend through a world of dream-like geometry.

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Check out the demo for Cult of PiN, a pinball roguelike

Liam Dawe — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 09:23:37 +0000

Cult of PiN has a seriously cool style that merges pinball with roguelikes, and now you can try it out early.

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Queer Games Bundle 2025 is live on itch.io

Liam Dawe — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 10:12:36 +0000

At a time where supporting creators of anything that might be deemed adult content or NSFW is more important than ever, the Queer Games Bundle 2025 is live.

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itch.io to reindex free adult content as they search for new payment processors

Liam Dawe — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 15:53:38 +0000

The ongoing saga of payment processors pushing game stores continues, with itch.io now reindexing free adult content but some issues remain.

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Game store itch.io has "deindexed" adult content due to payment processor scrutiny

Liam Dawe — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 14:41:46 +0000

Just like Valve's Steam had issues recently with payment providers, game store itch.io are facing the same problems with certain types of adult content.

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DOGWALK is a free casual game from the Blender Studio out now

Liam Dawe — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 08:30:34 +0000

The Blender Studio team have now released DOGWALK, a free casual game made with Godot Engine.

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Freaky incremental dungeon crawler Horripilant gets a demo

Liam Dawe — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 17:23:41 +0000

Horripilant is a thoroughly unusual dungeon crawler that will make you feel quite uneasy blending in some elements from idler, puzzle and autobattler games.

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Rock Crusher is an incremental clicker with a huge transformational skill tree

Liam Dawe — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 12:07:35 +0000

I have, admittedly, spent far too long playing the demo of Rock Crusher. An upcoming incremental clicker with Leaf Blower Revolution vibes.

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Utopia Must Fall is easily one of the best modern arcade shoot 'em ups

Liam Dawe — Mon, 19 May 2025 13:01:09 +0000

Utopia Must Fall from developer Pixeljam has absolutely absorbed my attention recently. It's easily one of the best modern arcade shoot 'em ups I've ever played with a great moody atmosphere.

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The 'Crips for eSims for Gaza Bundle' on itch.io has lots of games, TTRPGs and more

Liam Dawe — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 11:35:46 +0000

The itch.io store is hosting another big charity bundle full of video games, TTRPGs, zines, books, soundtracks, and asset packs in support of eSims and Crips for eSims for Gaza.

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Snailshock is Pool but with Snails, with Dice for extra moves and Cards to mess with them

Liam Dawe — Mon, 21 Apr 2025 09:43:24 +0000

Love your weird and quirky indie games? You'll want to check out Snailshock Grand Supreme Tournament, which answers a question no one asked - what if Pool but Snails?

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Iron Village is a sweet super-casual city-builder and railway manager out now

Liam Dawe — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 12:27:38 +0000

If you prefer your games a bit cosier and sweeter perhaps Iron Village might be your next one to pick up. Especially if you like building and management sims.

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The Beekeeper's Picnic - A Sherlockian Adventure point and click adventure out now

Liam Dawe — Thu, 27 Mar 2025 10:47:46 +0000

The Beekeeper's Picnic - A Sherlockian Adventure from Afoot Games looks like a wonderful casual point and click adventure for you to relax with. Out now with Native Linux support and it even has proper voice acting too, seems like a quality game worth your time.

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Dawnfolk is a must-play if you like chilled unique city-builders

Liam Dawe — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 11:58:49 +0000

If you like your games that try to break the mold, you should definitely check out the recently released Dawnfolk from Darenn Keller.

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The California Fire Relief Bundle is live on itch.io

Liam Dawe — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 10:51:39 +0000

Necrosoft Games have organised a big California Fire Relief Bundle that's hosted on itch.io. Your chance to get a whole load of games while supporting relief efforts.

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To mark 10 years this indie game changes price every hour to London's temperature

Liam Dawe — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 16:48:05 +0000

As far as publicity stunts and indie dev anniversary celebrations go, this is both clever and quite amusing for A Good Snowman Is Hard To Build.

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Feed the demons, don't fight them in the deckbuilder Hungry Horrors

Liam Dawe — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 11:02:37 +0000

Do you love deck-builders? Hungry Horrors is quite an inventive take on the genre where instead of fighting them, you cook for them!

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Check out the demo for retro styled isometric solve 'em up Blackford PI

Liam Dawe — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:36:21 +0000

BitGlint Games have released a demo for Blackford PI, a retro styled isometric detective adventure that looks really charming.

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Put your thinking cap on for Fallacy Quiz a game that will test your reasoning skills

Liam Dawe — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 12:06:39 +0000

Released back in December that I missed, developer Tim Krief put up Fallacy Quiz, a game that tests your ability to identify misleading or incorrect reasoning.

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Awesome free retro RPG Moonring gets another big update - looking good on Steam Deck

Liam Dawe — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 10:43:02 +0000

Moonring originally released back in 2023 from the co-creator of the Xbox's Fable series, it's free, has a lot of good reviews and now it should be even better for all players.

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Horizons: The End Of Words is a clever space-exploration word game out now

Liam Dawe — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 13:46:29 +0000

For puzzle word game fans, this is quite a unique one! Horizons: The End Of Words is an open-world space-exploration word game.

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Funko issue a statement about the itch.io take-down, while also apparently calling itch founder's mom

Liam Dawe — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 09:47:04 +0000

Recently I wrote about how the much loved itch.io store got taken down by Funko (as in Funko Pop figures). The situation seems thankfully sorted with itch back up, but things got a little weird.

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itch.io store was taken down by Funko due to "trash AI Powered" phishing report

Liam Dawe — Mon, 09 Dec 2024 11:47:38 +0000

This was an interesting one to come back to today. Game store itch.io was taken offline recently, due to a "bogus Phishing report to our registrar".

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itch.io Creator Day is live today where they take no cut from devs, along with their Autumn Sale

Liam Dawe — Fri, 29 Nov 2024 12:26:36 +0000

itch.io Creator Day is live right now, where the store will not take any cut at all from sales developers make.

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itch.io store now requires AI generated content disclosures for assets

Liam Dawe — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 10:02:49 +0000

With AI generated content continuing to spread everywhere, the itch.io store has made a change to now require AI generated content disclosures.

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Epic roguelike Caves of Qud now has a proper tutorial

Liam Dawe — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 15:32:37 +0000

Gearing up for the final 1.0 release on December 5, the sci-fi fantasy epic roguelike Caves of Qud now has a proper tutorial released.

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COVEN is a fresh 'hyper-violent' retro FPS now in Early Access

Liam Dawe — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 15:50:39 +0000

Developer Gator Shins and Hellforge Studios have released the first 10 blood-soaked levels of COVEN, a really fresh new retro FPS.

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itch is hosting another Queer Halloween Stories Bundle for 2024

Liam Dawe — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 10:57:40 +0000

Another chance for you to support queer indie developers, authors, and artists. The Queer Halloween Stories Bundle for 2024 is now live on itch.io.

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Nazi Zombies: Portable is a free and open source Call of Duty: Zombies demake

Liam Dawe — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 11:23:46 +0000

I'm surprised I hadn't heard of this one before! A few developers have been building Nazi Zombies: Portable, a Call of Duty: Zombies demake powered by various enhanced forks of the Quake engine.

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Epic roguelike Caves of Qud gets a tutorial Beta and the price goes up soon

Liam Dawe — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 09:08:53 +0000

Caves of Qud is easily (and I keep saying this) one of the best roguelikes ever made, and with the latest Beta it's a lot easier to get into. You might also want to buy it soon before the price rises.

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Moon Watch is a time-stopping horde survival deck-builder from the devs of Backpack Hero

Liam Dawe — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 15:53:01 +0000

The team behind the popular Backpack Hero, Jaspel, have revealed their new game Moon Watch. Combining together elements of recent popular games like Vampire Survivors for the basic idea, but blending in deck-building too with the ability to stop time.

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Oxenfree is being completely removed from itch.io in October

Liam Dawe — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 11:20:39 +0000

Night School Studio sent out an email to owners of Oxenfree on itch.io, to notify that it's going to be completely removed from the store on October 1st.

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Devour famous paintings in the classic Snake-ish game ART for Snakes

Liam Dawe — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 10:12:04 +0000

Remember the classic game Snake? Well this is ART for Snakes, a "snake-ish" game about eating the most expensive paintings you can before the time runs out.

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A love letter to the Monster Tamer genre, Battle Gem Ponies is out now

Liam Dawe — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 16:34:08 +0000

After a successful Kickstarter back in 2021, Battle Gem Ponies from Yotes Games has officially released as a love letter to the Monster Tamer genre.

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Colony building sim Odd Realm is officially out now

Liam Dawe — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 15:38:53 +0000

After being in Early Access for a few years, Unknown Origin Games have now fully launched their mystical colony sim Odd Realm.

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Save a town from paranormal infestation in the point and click adventure The founders of [redacted]

Liam Dawe — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 10:00:44 +0000

Love your point and click adventures? Here's a fresh one for you! The founders of [redacted] from Relatively Painless Games looks like a great addition to your gaming library.

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Super cosy slice of life sim The Garden Path is out now

Liam Dawe — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 13:18:06 +0000

The Garden Path from developer carrotcake is a slice-of-life sim about the joy of gardening, designed to be picked up and played in short and sweet bites. It's a real cosy gem you should take a look at.

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Apple design award winner Afterplace just released on PC with Linux support

Liam Dawe — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 16:37:14 +0000

Originally a mobile game that won an Apple design award, Afterplace is an open world adventurous retro game for those who like to get lost. Today it released on PC with full Native Linux support.

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Open-ended physics building-puzzler Captain Contraption's Chocolate Factory is out now with a demo

Liam Dawe — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 12:04:46 +0000

Build various contraptions in an almost Zachtronics-like automation puzzle game, Captain Contraption's Chocolate Factory is quite reasonably priced and is available now with a demo you can try too.

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Try the demo for Pest Apocalypse a horde survival game where you deliver pizza in a van

Liam Dawe — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 15:35:42 +0000

VANpire Survivors. I know, I already did that joke before, but it's a good one. Pest Apocalypse is an upcoming chaotic horde survival game where you drive a vehicle to deliver pizza for hungry survivors.

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Tech-noir musical tactics game All Walls Must Fall is now permanently free

Liam Dawe — Mon, 08 Jul 2024 09:24:40 +0000

Developer inbetweengames announced that their game All Walls Must Fall from 2018 is now permanently free.

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