Clay-animated shoot 'em up Platypus Reclayed releases September 18 gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/clay…

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Clay-animated shoot 'em up Platypus Reclayed releases September 18

Platypus Reclayed revives the classic 2002 claymation shooter for the next-generation. A demo is up now and it's releasing September 18th.

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Inspired by classics like UFO: Enemy Unknown / XCOM - Archrebel Tactics gets MicroProse backing gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/insp…

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Inspired by classics like UFO: Enemy Unknown / XCOM - Archrebel Tactics gets MicroProse backing

Archrebel Tactics looks awesome if you're into challenging sci-fi strategy games, and now it has MicroProse backing it as publisher.

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With a flooded world, survival-crafting sim Oceaneers is getting a proper demo September 25 gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/with…

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

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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Make the biggest mess possible in the local multiplayer game Splatterbot - releasing September 4 gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/make…

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Make the biggest mess possible in the local multiplayer game Splatterbot - releasing September 4

Splatterbot is one you're going to need to stick into your party game rotation, with up to four players trying to make the biggest possible mess.

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Some game developers are far too shameless about generative AI use gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/some…

#AI #IndieGames #PCGaming #Games #Gaming #AIGen

Some game developers are far too shameless about generative AI use

I'm having to be steadily more careful on what I choose to cover here on GamingOnLinux, with more games releasing using generative AI.

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Long-awaited prehistoric multiplayer platformer Dino Run 2 is heading back to Kickstarter with a new demo gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/long…

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Long-awaited prehistoric multiplayer platformer Dino Run 2 is heading back to Kickstarter with a new demo

After some setbacks, Pixeljam are readying a fresh Kickstarter to help fund the prehistoric multiplayer racing platformer Dino Run 2, along with a fresh demo.

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Rogue-lite slot machine nightmare CloverPit launches September 3 gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/rogu…

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Rogue-lite slot machine nightmare CloverPit launches September 3

The demonic lovechild of Balatro and Buckshot Roulette, apparently. CloverPit looks like it will suck away all your time.

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Rising Heat aims to be a next evolution of horde survival twin-stick shooters gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/risi…

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Rising Heat aims to be a next evolution of horde survival twin-stick shooters

A sprinkle of Geometry Wars and other twin-stick shooters, a dash of Vampire Survivors styled upgrades - Rising Heat thinks it's going to be special.

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Repterra is a base-building survival RTS set in a world overrun by dinosaurs gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/rept…

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Repterra is a base-building survival RTS set in a world overrun by dinosaurs

Repterra is a promising upcoming real-time strategy game that has a demo available, and if you love the idea of facing hordes of dinosaurs it's one for you.

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Smash everything with your balls in BALL x PIT releasing October 15 gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/smas…

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Smash everything with your balls in BALL x PIT releasing October 15

Do you have the balls to go deep into a bottomless pit? Well, you'll find out on October 15 when fast-paced fantasy roguelite BALL x PIT releases.

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Dark fairy-tale metroidvania Well Dweller looks incredible, probably a must-have for Hollow Knight fans gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/dark…

#WellDweller #IndieGames #PCGaming #SteamDeck

Dark fairy-tale metroidvania Well Dweller looks incredible, probably a must-have for Hollow Knight fans

Dark fairy-tale metroidvania Well Dweller is the next game from Kyle Thompson who also made the highly rated Crypt Custodian and Islets.

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Is This Seat Taken? is a wonderful cosy logic puzzle game where you move people around gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/is-t…

#Gaming #IndieGames #Linux #PCGaming

Is This Seat Taken? is a wonderful cosy logic puzzle game where you move people around

Is This Seat Taken? is a game I've absolutely adored since trying the demo in February and it's officially out now with Linux support and Steam Deck Verified.

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Become a raging mom trapped in an arcade nightmare in V's Rage releasing in September gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/beco…

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Become a raging mom trapped in an arcade nightmare in V's Rage releasing in September

V's Rage is a hand-drawn arcade adventure inspired by the great arcade classics of the '80s and '90s that has no single genre.

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Solve mysterious murders in Casebook 1899 - The Leipzig Murders with a launch set for September gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/solv…

#Casebook1899 #Gaming #IndieGames #AdventureGames #PCGaming

Solve mysterious murders in Casebook 1899 - The Leipzig Murders with a launch set for September

Casebook 1899 - The Leipzig Murders is a richly atmospheric, retro-inspired point-and-click adventure set in Leipzig, Germany at the dawn of the 20th century.

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Stumble and fall through the free release of FALLSTRUKTUR gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/stum…

#FALLSTRUKTUR #IndieGames #Linux #Gaming #FreeGame

Stumble and fall through the free release of FALLSTRUKTUR

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

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Frostliner announced recently is basically Snowpiercer as a survival city-builder gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/fros…

#Frostliner #IndieGames #Gaming #PCGaming

Frostliner announced recently is basically Snowpiercer as a survival city-builder

Okay, now this is cool. Frostliner puts you in charge of a train in this survival city builder on rails that's practically Snowpiercer.

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Click through the joy of opening up mystery boxes in Unboxathon gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/clic…

#Unboxathon #IndieGames #PCGaming #Gaming

Click through the joy of opening up mystery boxes in Unboxathon

If you love your chilled casual clicker games, Unboxathon could be a good one for you with a demo available to try.

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Dice A Million channels Balatro vibes into game-breaking dice rolling gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/dice…

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Dice A Million channels Balatro vibes into game-breaking dice rolling

With a fresh demo released, Dice A Million looks like it will grab a lot of my time in future.

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Gyro through a collection of handcrafted mazes in the Steam Deck exclusive Game With Balls gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/gyro…

#GameWithBalls #SteamDeck #IndieGames #Gaming #SteamOS

Gyro through a collection of handcrafted mazes in the Steam Deck exclusive Game With Balls

The second game from Geert Verhoeff that's only meant to be played on a Steam Deck is Game With Balls, a collection of handcrafted mazes to gyro through.

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Cerebral psychological horror s.p.l.i.t from the dev of Buckshot Roulette is out now gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/cere…

#Gaming #Linux #SteamOS #IndieGames #PCGaming

Cerebral psychological horror s.p.l.i.t from the dev of Buckshot Roulette is out now

Costing less than £3, here's your chance at some cheap thrills with the release of s.p.l.i.t from Buckshot Roulette developer Mike Klubnika.

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Seriously cool car combat game FUMES has entered Early Access gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/seri…

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Seriously cool car combat game FUMES has entered Early Access

FUMES really impressed me with the demo, and now you can jump in and blow some vehicles up in this fast-paced single-player car combat game.

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The Crazy Hyper-Dungeon Chronicles (TCHDC) combines the ideas of Undertale and Dungeon Master gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/the-…

#IndieGames #Gaming #Linux #PCGaming

The Crazy Hyper-Dungeon Chronicles (TCHDC) combines the ideas of Undertale and Dungeon Master

Due to arrive in October, The Crazy Hyper-Dungeon Chronicles (TCHDC) combines the worlds of Undertale and Dungeon Master.

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Cattle Country the western styled Stardew gets expanded mining and new features gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/catt…

#CattleCountry #IndieGames #Gaming #SteamDeck #LinuxGaming

Cattle Country the western styled Stardew gets expanded mining and new features

Cattle Country is a really nice western styled life and farming sim that's a good pick for fans of Stardew Valley. Now with a big content update!

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HIPS N NOSES is a cafe management sim with magical twists and great looking game mechanics gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/hips…

#IndieGames #PCGaming #Steam #LinuxGaming

HIPS N NOSES is a cafe management sim with magical twists and great looking game mechanics

Cafe management with a magical twist, plus roguelike combat elements and a pretty cool witchy style. HIPS N NOSES is one to keep on your wishlist.

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Look Mum No Computer is a musical twin-stick shooter action-RPG that looks wild gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/look…

#IndieGames #PCGaming #Gaming #Linux #SteamDeck

Look Mum No Computer is a musical twin-stick shooter action-RPG that looks wild

Music meets mayhem in Look Mum No Computer, a twin-stick shooter action-RPG that's out now with Native Linux support.

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Oceaneers is a survival-crafting adventure set in a flooded world of sinking islands gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/ocea…

#Oceaneers #IndieGames #Gaming #PCGaming

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

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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Space Dingus is a spiritual sequel to Death Road to Canada gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/spac…

#SpaceDingus #IndieGames #Gaming #PCGaming

Space Dingus is a spiritual sequel to Death Road to Canada

Death Road to Canada is a lot of fun and so I have great expectations for the next game from Rocketcat Games, which is a spiritual sequel named Space Dingus.

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Co-op climbing game PEAK is a truly great time with friends gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/co-o…

#PEAK #IndieGames #Gaming #PCGaming #Linux #LinuxGaming

Co-op climbing game PEAK is a truly great time with friends

PEAK is another in the list of quality co-op chaos games to add to your collection.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Whimsical exploration-trading adventure Townseek gets a big demo refresh gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/whim…

#IndieGames #Demo #PCGaming #Gaming #Steam

Whimsical exploration-trading adventure Townseek gets a big demo refresh

Townseek is a colourful casual exploration and trading adventure game from developer Whales And Games, with a brand new big upgrade for the demo available.

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Build up a shop and make potions in the cute Penny for Your Potion gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/buil…

#IndieGames #Gaming #PCGaming #LinuxGaming

Build up a shop and make potions in the cute Penny for Your Potion

Penny for Your Potion looks like a nice one for fans of casual crafting and management, with you running your own shop and brewing potions for customers.

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Xenopurge has a great concept and a good start for a tense tactical auto-battler gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/xeno…

#Xenopurge #IndieGames #Steam #PCGaming #Gaming #LinuxGaming

Xenopurge has a great concept and a good start for a tense tactical auto-battler

Xenopurge puts you in the command chair overseeing marines running around various buildings, as you take down the alien threat.

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Space Drilling Station looks fun for building and automation fans - with a new Steam Deck compatible demo gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/spac…

#SpaceDrillingStation #IndieGames #Demo #SteamDeck #Steam #Gaming

Space Drilling Station looks fun for building and automation fans - with a new Steam Deck compatible demo

Space Drilling Station has you manage and automate a drilling station on a distant planet. The developer detailed their Steam Deck work with a new demo.

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Don't have time for Total War and Crusader Kings? Try the new Bellfortis gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/dont…

#IndieGames #PCGaming #StrategyGame #LinuxGaming

Don't have time for Total War and Crusader Kings? Try the new Bellfortis

Bellfortis is a medieval turn-based strategy game for players who love the genre, but don't have as much time to commit their lives to it.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Next-generation brick building sandbox Brickadia is out with Linux / Steam Deck support gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/next…

#Brickadia #IndieGames #PCGaming #SteamDeck #Linux

Next-generation brick building sandbox Brickadia is out with Linux / Steam Deck support

Roblox? LEGO? Who needs it. I'm all about Brickadia life now it's out in Early Access.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Kaizen: A Factory Story is a great return from the Zachtronics team gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/kaiz…

#KaizenAFactoryStory #Gaming #PCGaming #IndieGames

Kaizen: A Factory Story is a great return from the Zachtronics team

Reformed under the new studio Coincidence, the team from Zachtronics have now released Kaizen: A Factory Story with Linux / SteamOS support.

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If you love Brotato you should check out Noobs Are Coming gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/if-y…

#IndieGames #Gaming #Linux #SteamDeck #NoobsAreComing

If you love Brotato you should check out Noobs Are Coming

Noobs Are Coming is a new release that takes the skin of Brotato and puts you in the shoes of a final boss, complete with really weird abilities.

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Handmade stop-motion digging adventure Mashina arrives July 31 gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/hand…

#Mashina #IndieGames #PCGaming #Gaming

Handmade stop-motion digging adventure Mashina arrives July 31

From the team that made Judero, the handmade stop-motion digging adventure Mashina is set to arrive on July 31st.

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2.5D turn-based strategy game Avante! Atlantis gives off Advance Wars vibes gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/2-5d…

#AvanteAtlantis #IndieGames #Linux #SteamDeck #Demo

2.5D turn-based strategy game Avante! Atlantis gives off Advance Wars vibes

Avante! Atlantis is an upcoming turn-based strategy game that looks like you're playing a board game with a clever 2.5D style.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

City-building on the back of a giant creature, The Wandering Village 1.0 is out now gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/city…

#IndieGames #Linux #SteamDeck #TheWanderingVillage

City-building on the back of a giant creature, The Wandering Village 1.0 is out now

The Wandering Village from Stray Fawn Studio is a really unique city-builder that takes place on the back of a giant moving creature.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Silence of the Siren renames to Heroes of Science and Fiction to pull in more HoMM fans gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/sile…

#HoMM #Gaming #IndieGames #PCGaming #LinuxGaming

Silence of the Siren renames to Heroes of Science and Fiction to pull in more HoMM fans

Heroes of Science and Fiction is the new name for Silence of the Siren from Oxymoron Games, as they try to pull in more fans of Heroes of Might and Magic.

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