Megabonk is Risk of Rain 2 fused with Vampire Survivors and it's glorious gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/mega…

#Megabonk #IndieGames #Linux #SteamDeck #PCGaming

Megabonk is Risk of Rain 2 fused with Vampire Survivors and it's glorious

An unholy fusion of Risk of Rain 2 with Vampire Survivors is what you'll find with Megabonk and it absolutely freaking rocks.

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Cute casual sandbox room designer MakeRoom makes lots of Steam Deck improvements gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/cute…

#MakeRoom #IndieGames #SteamDeck #CasualGaming

Cute casual sandbox room designer MakeRoom makes lots of Steam Deck improvements

From developer Kenney (who makes lots of assets for game developers), MakeRoom is a cute sandbox building game all about building rooms to look sweet.

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Need more metroidvania action? Stardust Demon is an overlooked gem gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/need…

#StardustDemon #IndieGames #PCGaming #LinuxGaming #SteamDeck

Need more metroidvania action? Stardust Demon is an overlooked gem

Finished Hollow Knight: Silksong? Didn't find it punishing enough? You should really take a look at Stardust Demon.

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Scribbly adventure Scrabdackle looks fantastic with a new trailer and demo upgrade gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/scri…

#Scrabdackle #Godot #IndieGames #Demo #Linux #SteamDeck

Scribbly adventure Scrabdackle looks fantastic with a new trailer and demo upgrade

Scrabdackle is an action adventure I've been excited about for years, and now it has a proper fresh trailer along with a big demo upgrade.

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Hollow Knight: Silksong patch 2 is now officially live - here's what's changed gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/holl…

#HollowKnight #Silksong #IndieGames #PCGaming #LinuxGaming #SteamDeck

Hollow Knight: Silksong patch 2 is now officially live - here's what's changed

Team Cherry have now officially released the second patch for Hollow Knight: Silksong, read on to find out everything that's changed and fixed.

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The story-driven Roguelike RPG 'Blanksword' looks absolutely rad with a wild setting gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/the-…

#Blanksword #IndieGames #Gaming #PCGaming #Demo

The story-driven Roguelike RPG 'Blanksword' looks absolutely rad with a wild setting

Sometimes I come across a game that really just immediately jumps out at me as something that could be special, and Blanksword is one of those times.

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Exciting train combat deckbuilder roguelite Fogpiercer gets a new trailer and publisher gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/exci…

#Fogpiercer #IndieGames #LinuxGaming #PCGaming

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

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.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Alabaster Dawn from the devs of CrossCode has a demo out now gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/alab…

#AlabasterDawn #IndieGames #Demo #LinuxGaming #SteamDeck

Alabaster Dawn from the devs of CrossCode has a demo out now

Radical Fish Games known for the awesome CrossCode have just put a demo for their next action-RPG with Alabaster Dawn now available to test.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Hack the system and cause chaos in the explosive top-down shooter DeadWire gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/hack…

#DeadWire #IndieGames #Gaming #PCGaming

Hack the system and cause chaos in the explosive top-down shooter DeadWire

A top-down shooter where anything from cars, cameras, electronics and even enemy implants can be rewired into chaotic chains of destruction in DeadWire.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Use rule-bending books to build a massive score in anagram roguelike Watchword - out now gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/use-…

#Watchword #IndieGames #Gaming #LinuxGaming #Godot

Use rule-bending books to build a massive score in anagram roguelike Watchword - out now

Build words letter by letter, while using magical books to bend the rules potentially in your favour in the anagram roguelike Watchword.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

ZOE Begone! is a fab hand-drawn fusion of bullet hell with a run and gun gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/zoe-…

#ZOEBegone #IndieGames #LinuxGaming #SteamDeck #PCGaming

ZOE Begone! is a fab hand-drawn fusion of bullet hell with a run and gun

Inspired by drawn-on-film animation of the 1930s, ZOE Begone! masterfully blends together a bullet hell with a run and gun shooter and you need to check it out.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Mixing retro Resident Evil vibes with a mystery dungeon, House of Necrosis arrives October gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/mixi…

#HouseofNecrosis #IndieGames #LinuxGaming #SteamDeck #Demo #Gaming

Mixing retro Resident Evil vibes with a mystery dungeon, House of Necrosis arrives October

Looking a lot like a classic Resident Evil game but switching things up to be turn-based, with duneon exploration - House of Necrosis looks genuinely very cool.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Soldat dev releases demo for Jackal, a brutal new top-down action game inspired by Hotline Miami gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/sold…

#Jackal #IndieGames #Linux #SteamDeck

Soldat dev releases demo for Jackal, a brutal new top-down action game inspired by Hotline Miami

From Transhuman Design who made Soldat, King Arthur's Gold and Maniac is a fresh action game with Jackal and you can now try it early with the demo release.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Check out the demo for Kokoro Kitchen, a sweet farm-to-table cooking game gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/chec…

#KokoroKitchen #IndieGames #LinuxGaming #SteamDeck

Check out the demo for Kokoro Kitchen, a sweet farm-to-table cooking game

The 2.0 demo of the casual sweet farm-to-table cooking game Kokoro Kitchen is out now, and it really does look wonderful.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Car combat game FUMES improves support for controllers and Steam Deck gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/car-…

#FUMES #IndieGames #LinuxGaming #SteamDeck

Car combat game FUMES improves support for controllers and Steam Deck

FUMES really is awesome and it has an Overwhelmingly Positive rating on Steam which it gained quickly after release, and the developer keeps improving it.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Mate'Morphosis is an upcoming chess-inspired puzzle game about becoming the piece you capture gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/mate…

#IndieGames #LinuxGaming #PCGaming #PuzzleGames

Mate'Morphosis is an upcoming chess-inspired puzzle game about becoming the piece you capture

What have they done to chess? Mate'Morphosis warps it into a puzzle game where you become the piece you capture where you constantly have to adapt.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Slay the Spire 2 delayed and now arrives March 2026 - nothing to do with Silksong gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/slay…

#SlaytheSpire2 #Gaming #PCGaming #IndieGames #Godot

Slay the Spire 2 delayed and now arrives March 2026 - nothing to do with Silksong

Slay the Spire 2 was originally due in Early Access this year, but the developers have announced it's moving into March 2026.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Nanuka: Secret of the Shattering Moon looks great in the new trailer gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/nanu…

#IndieGames #Linux #LinuxGaming #SteamDeck

Nanuka: Secret of the Shattering Moon looks great in the new trailer

Inspired by the style of 90s animation, Nanuka: Secret of the Shattering Moon really does look great with the blend of action-platforming and some huge enemies.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

The free unusual extreme speed shooter Ecto added Linux support gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/the-…

#Ecto #IndieGames #FPS #Linux #LinuxGaming #SteamDeck

The free unusual extreme speed shooter Ecto added Linux support

Ecto is a very fast-paced shooter playable in solo or online co-op up to 8 players, where you bunny hop around blasting robots with flower guns.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Build a deck of powerful programs in the cyberpunk deckbuilder Into The Grid in November gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/buil…

#IntoTheGrid #IndieGames #Demo #LinuxGaming #PCGaming

Build a deck of powerful programs in the cyberpunk deckbuilder Into The Grid in November

Into The Grid is a cyberpunk roguelike deckbuilder that looked very promising from the demo, and now we have a release window for November.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Harness the power of living books in the upcoming hexgrid tactics deckbuilder Tomebound gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/harn…

#Tomebound #IndieGames #LinuxGaming #PCGaming #DeckBuilder

Harness the power of living books in the upcoming hexgrid tactics deckbuilder Tomebound

A library full of infected living books awaits you in Tomebound, an upcoming hexgrid tactics deckbuilder that plans full Linux support.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Use a mind-controlled spork in Psycutlery, a wild free platformer with lots of gimmicks gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/use-…

#Psycutlery #IndieGames #FreeGames #LinuxGaming #SteamDeck

Use a mind-controlled spork in Psycutlery, a wild free platformer with lots of gimmicks

Here's a free game that you should try out. It's called Psycutlery, an action-platformer where you bring down an abomination of evil with a piece of silverware.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Check out the fantasy comedy point and click adventure Broken Relic gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/chec…

#BrokenRelic #IndieGames #PCGaming #Linux #AdventureGames

Check out the fantasy comedy point and click adventure Broken Relic

Fans of classic point and click adventures will want to check out Broken Relic, a fully voiced fantasy comedy adventure from a solo developer.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Turn everything into a weapon in Rogue Labyrinth a new action-narrative roguelite gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/turn…

#RogueLabyrinth #IndieGames #Linux #SteamDeck

Turn everything into a weapon in Rogue Labyrinth a new action-narrative roguelite

Rogue Labyrinth is a new action-narrative roguelite from Tea Witch Games that gives you the ability to turn everything on the map into a weapon.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

The Boglands DLC and free update for Halls of Torment land October 28 gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/the-…

#HallsofTorment #Gaming #LinuxGaming #SteamDeck #IndieGames

The Boglands DLC and free update for Halls of Torment land October 28

The million+ seller Halls of Torment from Chasing Carrots is set for a sweet free update and content-filled DLC on October 28th.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Sci-fi adventure Ultrasound will bring a different kind of body horror gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/sci-…

#Ultrasound #IndieGames #PCGaming #Gaming

Sci-fi adventure Ultrasound will bring a different kind of body horror

A different kind of body horror as you diagnose bizarre malformations all over a spaceship, Ultrasound is a grim (but great) looking point and click adventure.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Tic Tactic arrives September 18 turning tic-tac-toe / noughts and crosses into a deck-building roguelike gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/tic-…

#Gaming #IndieGames #Demo #DeckBuilder #Roguelike

Tic Tactic arrives September 18 turning tic-tac-toe / noughts and crosses into a deck-building roguelike

Turning noughts and crosses into a deck-building roguelike isn't something I wasn't expecting, but it's real and Tic Tactic releases on September 18th.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Keep an eye on Pitchforks and Daggers - a branching court politics drama, where every choice matters gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/keep…

#PitchforksandDaggers #Gaming #IndieGames #Linux #PCGaming

Keep an eye on Pitchforks and Daggers - a branching court politics drama, where every choice matters

This could be a fun adventure full of choices. Pitchforks and Daggers was recently revealed with a first proper trailer.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Try out the demo for Yesterdreamt, a fresh twin-stick horrorvania gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/try-…

#Yesterdreamt #IndieGames #Demo #Linux #SteamDeck

Try out the demo for Yesterdreamt, a fresh twin-stick horrorvania

A sanity-as-a-resource metroidvania they're calling a horrorvania, Yesterdreamt seems interesting and now it has a Native Linux demo with Steam Deck support.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Mewgenics from the dev of The Binding of Isaac gets a long gameplay video and will be Steam Deck supported at release gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/mewg…

#Mewgenics #IndieGames #SteamDeck #PCGaming

Mewgenics from the dev of The Binding of Isaac gets a long gameplay video and will be Steam Deck supported at release

Mewgenics looks to be very interesting from the creators of The Binding of Isaac, Super Meat Boy and The End is Nigh.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Take down technofascist cyberpunk CEOs with roguelike match-3 tactical combat in Torment Hexus gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/take…

#TormentHexus #IndieGames #PCGaming #Gaming

Take down technofascist cyberpunk CEOs with roguelike match-3 tactical combat in Torment Hexus

I love how indie developers keep coming up with the coolest sounding ideas. Torment Hexus is a recent discover and I can't wait to take down technofascist CEOs.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Checkmage! is a casual, free-form chess RPG with sandbox deck-building elements gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/chec…

#Checkmage #IndieGames #Linux #Gaming #PCGaming

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

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

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

With over 150,000 wishlists Easy Delivery Co. is now Steam Deck Verified gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/with…

#IndieGames #Steam #SteamDeck #SteamOS #PCGaming #LinuxGaming

With over 150,000 wishlists Easy Delivery Co. is now Steam Deck Verified

The mysterious upcoming retro-styled delivery sim Easy Delivery Co. is now Steam Deck Verified, and it's clearly popular with over 150,000 Steam wishlists.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

ICYMI: Sword Hero is an impressive looking upcoming open-world fantasy RPG gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/swor…

#SwordHero #IndieGames #PCGaming

Sword Hero is an impressive looking upcoming open-world fantasy RPG

While it has a rather boring name, Sword Hero looks anything but boring in the new trailer and the combat demo you can try out right now.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

ICYMI: Dome Keeper set for full online and local multiplayer with a new trailer gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/dome…

#DomeKeeper #Godot #IndieGames #Linux #SteamDeck #PCGaming

Dome Keeper set for full online and local multiplayer with a new trailer

Multiplayer is finally coming to the excellent Dome Keeper, in a major upcoming update from developer Bippinbits.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

ICYMI: Quartet is a fresh retro-styled RPG out now with Linux and Steam Deck support gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/quar…

#Quartet #IndieGames #Linux #SteamOS #SteamDeck #RPG

Quartet is a fresh retro-styled RPG out now with Linux and Steam Deck support

Four years after their successful crowdfunding, Quartet from developer Something Classic Games is out now with Linux support and now Steam Deck Verified.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Get some fabulous indie games in the Indie Likes & Lites Humble Bundle

gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/get-…

#Gaming #PCGaming #IndieGames #Linux #SteamDeck

Get some fabulous indie games in the Indie Likes & Lites Humble Bundle

A quality selection of indie games are available in the newly launched Indie Likes & Lites Humble Bundle.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Game Settings is a mystery adventure about a journalist being sent a strange console gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/game…

#GameSettings #IndieGames #Gaming #Linux #PCGaming

Game Settings is a mystery adventure about a journalist being sent a strange console

A mystery adventure where you're a journalist who has received a strange package, which turns out to be a console and a game. Game Settings sounds quite unique.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

3rd person action mech-builder 'Granvir' gets a release date and you can win a Steam Deck gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/3rd-…

#Granvir #SteamDeck #Gaming #PCGaming #IndieGames

3rd person action mech-builder 'Granvir' gets a release date and you can win a Steam Deck

Granvir is a great looking 3rd person action roguelite mech-builder with co-op multiplayer, with a release date announced and a Steam Deck competition.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Check out the new trailer for Goeland where you play as a mischievous seagull gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/chec…

#Goeland #IndieGames #PCGaming #Linux #SteamDeck

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

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

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}