Tile Tactics is a roguelike tower defense game where everything is a tile and you gamble for new tiles gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/tile…

#TileTactics #IndieGames #PCGaming #TowerDefense #Linux

Tile Tactics is a roguelike tower defense game where everything is a tile and you gamble for new tiles

I simply love how indie developers constantly come up with new weird and wonderful combinations. Tile Tactics looks like it will properly hook me in.

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From the devs of Minami Lane, their next game Milki Delivery is a cosy delivery game gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/from…

#MilkiDelivery #IndieGames #CosyGames #PCGaming #LinuxGaming

From the devs of Minami Lane, their next game Milki Delivery is a cosy delivery game

Love your shorter and more cosy games? Milki Delivery is the latest from the developers of the popular Minami Lane and it looks to be another wholesome one.

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Third-person mech-action shooter roguelike RIG Riot gets a demo gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/thir…

#RIGRiot #IndieGames #PCGaming #Gaming #Demo

Third-person mech-action shooter roguelike RIG Riot gets a demo

Give me some of that sweet mech combat action - RIG Riot looks pretty fantastic, and now there's a demo available for you to try.

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Tabulo is chess meets Balatro and it's out now gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/tabu…

#Tabulo #IndieGames #PCGaming #Steam #Linux

Tabulo is chess meets Balatro and it's out now

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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Less Miserables is an upcoming point-and-click parody of Les Misérables gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/less…

#LessMiserables #IndieGames #AdventureGames #Linux #PCGaming

Less Miserables is an upcoming point-and-click parody of Les Misérables

A point-and-click parody of Les Misérables. Could be a fun one to keep an eye on if you love classic adventure games with modern touches.

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Multiple years later Terraria 1.4.5 has a release date for January 27th gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/mult…

#Terraria #IndieGames #Linux #Gaming #PCGaming

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

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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Check out the demo for CiniCross if you enjoy roguelikes and nonogram styled puzzles gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/chec…

#CiniCross #IndieGames #PCGaming #PuzzleGames #Roguelikes

Check out the demo for CiniCross if you enjoy roguelikes and nonogram styled puzzles

Is it a roguelike? Is it a puzzle game? CiniCross is both, taking place in a retro-styled dark fantasy universe it looks rather interesting.

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Get ready to enter Winnie's Hole when it arrives January 26 gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/get-…

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Get ready to enter Winnie's Hole when it arrives January 26

Infection is progression in Winnie's Hole. The roguelite is set to enter Early Access on January 26, and judging by the previous demo it's going to be good.

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Medieval kingdom builder Earth of Oryn finally arrives in Early Access on January 19 gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/medi…

#EarthofOryn #IndieGames #PCGaming #Gaming

Medieval kingdom builder Earth of Oryn finally arrives in Early Access on January 19

After a Kickstarter success back in 2022, the medieval kingdom builder Earth of Oryn is set to enter Early Access on January 19th.

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Dev of Steam game 'Hardest' will delete it after new girlfriend made them realize AI is bad gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/dev-…

#IndieGames #AI #GenAI #Steam #Gaming

Dev of Steam game 'Hardest' will delete it after new girlfriend made them realize AI is bad

Hardest is getting removed from Steam by the developer at the end of the month, as they say "AI is bad" and "AI is evil" - oh my.

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Eat creatures and grind them into pieces or use them as weapons in autobattler Dunderbeck gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/eat-…

#Dunderbeck #Godot #GodotEngine #IndieGames

Eat creatures and grind them into pieces or use them as weapons in autobattler Dunderbeck

I quite enjoy inventory management and autobattlers and Dunderbeck definitely takes the cake as one of the absolute weirdest I've played.

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Adventure game The Drifter adds new localisations with support for fan translations gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/adve…

#TheDrifter #IndieGames #PCGaming #Gaming

Adventure game The Drifter adds new localisations with support for fan translations

A truly excellent point and click adventure game The Drifter is now more easily playable thanks to some official translations, and support for fan additions.

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Command your crew and roll the dice in the tactical roguelike DeckWrecking Pirates gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/comm…

#DeckWreckingPirates #IndieGames #PCGaming #SteamDeck

Command your crew and roll the dice in the tactical roguelike DeckWrecking Pirates

DeckWrecking Pirates appears to have a fun blend of various features that fans of turn-based strategy games and deck-builders will no doubt appreciate.

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Nightwater looks like a curious blend of secrets, exploration, crafting and automation gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/nigh…

#Nightwater #IndieGames #PCGaming #Gaming

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

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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The striking-looking number puzzle game Stip is more than meets the eye gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/the-…

#Stip #IndieGames #PCGaming #Gaming

The striking-looking number puzzle game Stip is more than meets the eye

Stip already pulled me in with the interesting and clean looking visuals, but now I want to know more about what's really going on here.

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Bingo Betty is basically a crazy Balatro-fied version of Bingo gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/bing…

#BingoBetty #Godot #IndieGames #PCGaming

Bingo Betty is basically a crazy Balatro-fied version of Bingo

This is not your grannie's Bingo, this is underground Bingo that clearly takes some fun elements of Balatro to make things a bit nuts.

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City-builder Nova Roma from the devs of Kingdoms and Castles delayed until March gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/city…

#NovaRoma #IndieGames #PCGaming #Linux #LinuxGaming #Unity

City-builder Nova Roma from the devs of Kingdoms and Castles delayed until March

Kingdoms and Castles was great, and Nova Roma is shaping up to be a great city-builder but the developers at Lion Shield need more time to get it right.

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Developer of popular drug-dealing sim Schedule I expands thanks to the success gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/deve…

#ScheduleI #IndieGames #PCGaming #Gaming

Developer of popular drug-dealing sim Schedule I expands thanks to the success

Always nice to see an indie success story, with Schedule I developer TVGS expanding the team as work goes on towards mod support.

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Bosslords and Architect of Ruin from Hooded Horse look great as they refuse to sign AI "art" gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/boss…

#Gaming #PCGaming #IndieGames #HoodedHorse

Bosslords and Architect of Ruin from Hooded Horse look great as they refuse to sign AI "art"

Game publisher Hooded Horse have recently revealed another two titles with Bosslords and Architect of Ruin that looks awesome, as they fight against AI "art".

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Sprint City from the creators of SpeedRunners sounds like a great spiritual successor gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/spri…

#SprintCity #Gaming #IndieGames #PCGaming #SpeedRunners

Sprint City from the creators of SpeedRunners sounds like a great spiritual successor

Sprint City has been revealed by the original creators of SpeedRunners, a new movement-focused racing platformer that looks and sounds great.

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MicroProse recently revealed the first-person mecha sim Steel Bounty gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/micr…

#SteelBounty #IndieGames #MicroProse #Gaming #PCGaming

MicroProse recently revealed the first-person mecha sim Steel Bounty

The newer MicroProse are picking up some good stuff lately, and one I missed during December was the announcement of first-person mech sim Steel Bounty.

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1-4 player co-op hack-n-slash dungeon crawler Dungeon Rampage gets revived on Steam gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/1-4-…

#DungeonRampage #IndieGames #PCGaming #Steam

1-4 player co-op hack-n-slash dungeon crawler Dungeon Rampage gets revived on Steam

A once popular Flash game has returned and it's now available on Steam, all thanks to a superfan who didn't want to let it die.

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Wire up various modules to survive in Wireworks - a base-defense roguelike auto-battler gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/wire…

#Wireworks #IndieGames #Linux #PCGaming

Wire up various modules to survive in Wireworks - a base-defense roguelike auto-battler

Wireworks went straight into my wishlist, I couldn't click it fast enough. Love the idea with this base-defense roguelike auto-battler.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Keep creatures fed in the deck-builder Hungry Horrors when it arrives January 19 2026 gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/keep…

#HungryHorrors #IndieGames #PCGaming

Keep creatures fed in the deck-builder Hungry Horrors when it arrives January 19 2026

Inspired by British and Irish folklore, Hungry Horrors is a deck-builder with an unusual purpose - to have you feed the monsters to keep them away.

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Luxman Moonlit Market brings 'Balatro-inspired power-up management' to strategic tile-placement roguelikes gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/luxm…

#IndieGames #Demo #PCGaming #Linux #Gaming

Luxman Moonlit Market brings 'Balatro-inspired power-up management' to strategic tile-placement roguelikes

Luxman Moonlit Market is a strategic tile-placement roguelike with Balatro-inspired power-up management according to the developer, and it looks quite fun!

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Become the piece you capture in the chess-inspired Mate'Morphosis on January 9 2026 gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/beco…

#Chess #IndieGames #PCGaming #PuzzleGames #Demo

Become the piece you capture in the chess-inspired Mate'Morphosis on January 9 2026

Twisting the classic chess into a strategy game where you become the piece you capture, as you try to outsmart the board on January 9, 2026.

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Horror incremental dungeon crawler Horripilant gets a new demo and release date gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/horr…

#Horripilant #Gaming #IndieGames #PCGaming

Horror incremental dungeon crawler Horripilant gets a new demo and release date

The creepy incremental dungeon crawler has just released an updated trailer, demo and an official release date for February 13th 2026.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Evolution sim Thrive hits the 1.0 release completing the microbe stage gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/evol…

#Linux #Gaming #PCGaming #IndieGames #OpenSource #Godot

Evolution sim Thrive hits the 1.0 release completing the microbe stage

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

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Quarantine Zone: The Last Check set for release on January 12 2026 gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/quar…

#Gaming #PCGaming #IndieGames

Quarantine Zone: The Last Check set for release on January 12 2026

Devolver Digital announced that Quarantine Zone: The Last Check from Brigada Games is now set for release on January 12, 2026.

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The excellent BALL x PIT is getting three major updates in 2026 gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/the-…

#BALLxPIT #Gaming #PCGaming #IndieGames

The excellent BALL x PIT is getting three major updates in 2026

One of my favourite games released in 2025, BALL x PIT from Kenny Sun and Friends / Devolver Digital has sold well enough that it's getting free upgrades.

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Rogue Legacy developer's next game is Neath, an eldritch roguelike tactical RPG gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/rogu…

#Neath #PCGaming #Roguelikes #IndieGames

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

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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Tingus Goose is completely absurd and possibly 2025's strangest game gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/ting…

#TingusGoose #IndieGames #Gaming #PCGaming

Tingus Goose is completely absurd and possibly 2025's strangest game

Tingus Goose has released recently and after being mystified by the demo, I took a look at the full game and I honestly still have no idea what is going on.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Poly Bridge developer’s next game is Poly Bricks - a LEGO-like cozy, creative brick-building game gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/poly…

#PolyBricks #IndieGames #PCGaming

Poly Bridge developer’s next game is Poly Bricks - a LEGO-like cozy, creative brick-building game

Riding the wave of more cozy games, developer Dry Cactus (Poly Bridge series) is working on their next game titled Poly Bricks that will come to Linux.

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From Ruins – A Detective Adventure looks worth keeping an eye on gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/from…

#Gaming #PCGaming #IndieGames #AdventureGames

From Ruins – A Detective Adventure looks worth keeping an eye on

From Ruins – A Detective Adventure caught my eye recently with it's interesting premise and some pretty slick looking pixel-art for point and click fans.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

The results are in - Bullet Heaven moves forward to be an official genre gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/the-…

#BulletHeaven #Steam #PCGaming #IndieGames #Gaming

The results are in - Bullet Heaven moves forward to be an official genre

The results are in, game developers look to move forward to create Bullet Heaven as an official genre spawned from Vampire Survivors.

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The popular Megabonk gets a mega update with new content gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/the-…

#Megabonk #IndieGames #Gaming #PCGaming #Linux #SteamDeck

The popular Megabonk gets a mega update with new content

New content for Megabonk? As if I needed more reasons to load it up. The absolute indie gem survivor-like bullet heaven just got even bigger.

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Fantasy city-builder with huge battles Songs of Syx gets a major upgrade with a focus on war gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/fant…

#SongsofSyx #IndieGames #PCGaming #CityBuilder

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

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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Dog merging roguelike deckbuilder Dogpile is out now and it's wonderful gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/dog-…

#Dogpile #IndieGames #PCGaming

Dog merging roguelike deckbuilder Dogpile is out now and it's wonderful

Dogpile was one of my absolute favourites during Steam Next Fest in October, and as a surprise it released yesterday.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Factorio mod developer and Hooded Horse reveal new automation game Substructure gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/fact…

#Substructure #IndieGames #PCGaming #Automation

Factorio mod developer and Hooded Horse reveal new automation game Substructure

This is going to be horrible for my free time. Substructure sounds like a real interesting entry into the factory building automation genre.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Epic and Steam banned it but HORSES is out now on other stores gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/epic…

#HORSES #IndieGames #Gaming #PCGaming

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

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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