Widelands, the open source Settlers-like devs plan to ban all AI generated contributions gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/wide…

#Widelands #PCGaming #Gaming #AI #AIGen #FreeGame #OpenSource

Widelands, the open source Settlers-like devs plan to ban all AI generated contributions

Widelands is a free and open source Settlers-like strategy game, and their developers appear to be setting a firm stance against an AI generated contributions.

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Opus Magnum from Zachtronics is getting a big new 'De Re Metallica' DLC gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/opus…

#OpusMagnum #Zachtronics #Gaming #PCGaming

Opus Magnum from Zachtronics is getting a big new 'De Re Metallica' DLC

Easily my favourite game from Zachtronics, Opus Magnum is making a return with a big new DLC that's set to arrive on March 17th.

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Free and open source RTS 0 A.D. release 28 "Boiorix" is live gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/free…

#RTS #FreeGame #Linux #PCGaming #OpenSource

Free and open source RTS 0 A.D. release 28 "Boiorix" is live

The first release of 0 A.D. that doesn't have an "Alpha" label attached, as the free and open source RTS has grown up with their faster release schedule.

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Bend the market to your will in the roguelike Insider Trading gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/bend…

#InsiderTrading #IndieGames #Godot #PCGaming #Gaming

Bend the market to your will in the roguelike Insider Trading

Insider Trading is a roguelike deckbuilder where you bend the market to your will. Stack synergies, trigger price swings, and trade wisely.

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From the creators of SpeedRunners, a demo of Sprint City is live now gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/from…

#SprintCity #Gaming #IndieGames #PCGaming #SpeedRunners

From the creators of SpeedRunners, a demo of Sprint City is live now

Coming from the original creators of the popular competitive platformer SpeedRunners, a first playable demo for Sprint City is live on Steam.

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Creature collector EvoCreo 2 gets a demo on Steam gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/crea…

#EvoCreo2 #Linux #PCGaming #Demo

Creature collector EvoCreo 2 gets a demo on Steam

Ahead of Steam Next Fest which is quickly approaching, the creature collector standalone sequel EvoCreo 2 has a demo live now.

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Minecraft Java is switching from OpenGL to Vulkan for the Vibrant Visuals update gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/mine…

#Minecraft #Vulkan #Gaming #PCGaming

Minecraft Java is switching from OpenGL to Vulkan for the Vibrant Visuals update

Work continues for the Vibrant Visuals update to come to Minecraft Java, and as part of that they're switching the rendering from OpenGL to Vulkan.

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Hytale gets a huge Patch 3 update with Animal Taming, Map Markers and lots of new content gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/hyta…

#Hytale #IndieGames #PCGaming #Linux

Hytale gets a huge Patch 3 update with Animal Taming, Map Markers and lots of new content

Hypixel Studios continue building up Hytale during Early Access with Patch 3 out now that adds in a ridiculous amount of additions to the game.

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Earth vs Mars the Advance Wars-like from Relic Entertainment gets Steam Deck Verified gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/eart…

#EarthvsMars #PCGaming #Linux #Steam #SteamDeck

Earth vs Mars the Advance Wars-like from Relic Entertainment gets Steam Deck Verified

Relic Entertainment produced their own Advance Wars-like strategy game with Earth vs Mars from a smaller team, and now it is updated to be Steam Deck Verified.

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SCOPECREEP is a curious mix of tower defense and active incremental where you collect souls gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/scop…

#SCOPECREEP #IndieGames #Demo #PCGaming #Gaming #Godot

SCOPECREEP is a curious mix of tower defense and active incremental where you collect souls

Go through exorcisms to collect souls and repeatedly click through a vast network of additional upgrades and abilities in SCOPECREEP.

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Astro Protocol is a tactical space 4x game designed for people with little time gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/astr…

#AstroProtocol #4x #PCGaming #Gaming #Demo

Astro Protocol is a tactical space 4x game designed for people with little time

I sure do love 4x strategy games, but they really can take forever - which is where Astro Protocol is different with its tactical approach.

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Brotato gets a major update with Paws & Claws adding pets gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/brot…

#Brotato #IndieGames #SteamDeck #PCGaming #Gaming #Linux

Brotato gets a major update with Paws & Claws adding pets

With Evil Empire now in control of updates to Brotato as the original dev has moved on, a major Paws & Claws free upgrade has rolled out adding in pets.

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Space strategy game Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes has a demo out now gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/spac…

#BattlestarGalactica #Gaming #PCGaming

Space strategy game Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes has a demo out now

Battlestar Galactica is one of the best space sci-fi series around, and now you have a chance to explore more in Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes.

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ABIDE is an extreme stop-motion horror game from the devs of Judero and Mashina gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/abid…

#ABIDE #Horror #PCGaming #StopMotion #IndieGames

ABIDE is an extreme stop-motion horror game from the devs of Judero and Mashina

Set in a secluded community retreat that uses various therapeutic techniques to try and rehabilitate its residents, ABIDE certainly looks to be different.

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Get some quality horror in the Love You to Death Humble Bundle gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/get-…

#GameBundle #PCGaming

Get some quality horror in the Love You to Death Humble Bundle

The Love You to Death Humble Bundle has some highly rated scarier experiences for cheaps, here's your usual run over what games you can get in it.

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Clean the infected family PC in the new Antivirus Survivors 2003 Professional demo gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/clea…

#Demo #IndieGames #PCGaming #Linux #SteamDeck

Clean the infected family PC in the new Antivirus Survivors 2003 Professional demo

Antivirus Survivors 2003 Professional takes the idea of Vampire Survivors and everything similar, and turns you into a mouse cursor inside an infected PC.

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Thoroughly strange dungeon crawler Pluto is all about constructing spells and using your fingers gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/thor…

#Pluto #IndieGames #PCGaming #Gaming

Thoroughly strange dungeon crawler Pluto is all about constructing spells and using your fingers

With a pretty creepy looking style, the dungeon crawler Pluto is all about experimentation as you construct spells and wiggle your fingers.

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The clever ASCII animated Stone Story RPG is getting a full standalone sequel gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/the-…

#StoneStory #PCGaming #Gaming #ASCII

The clever ASCII animated Stone Story RPG is getting a full standalone sequel

Stone Story Ascension was recently revealed as the full standalone follow-up to the impressive Stone Story RPG.

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Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown demo upgraded with voice-over gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/star…

#StarTrek #Voyager #Gaming #PCGaming

Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown demo upgraded with voice-over

Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown has an upgraded Steam demo ahead of release, with a teaser of new voice-overs and the proper music.

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OldUnreal add new installers for Unreal Tournament 2004, Unreal Tournament: GOTY and Unreal Gold gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/oldu…

#UnrealTournament2004 #UnrealTournament #EpicGames #PCGaming #FreeGames

OldUnreal add new installers for Unreal Tournament 2004, Unreal Tournament: GOTY and Unreal Gold

Along with their new installers for each classic game, they have a big Unreal Tournament 2004 patch in preview with overhauled Linux and macOS support.

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You can now add hardware details to Steam reviews, and give more feedback on Steam Deck Verified gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/you-…

#Steam #Valve #SteamOS #SteamDeck #Gaming #PCGaming

You can now add hardware details to Steam reviews, and give more feedback on Steam Deck Verified

A new Steam Beta update for Desktop and Steam Deck / SteamOS allows you to add hardware details for reviews and give more Steam Deck Verified feedback.

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Death Stranding 2 for PC and lots more from Sony State of Play (February 2026) gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/deat…

#DeathStranding2 #PCGaming #Gaming #StateofPlay

Death Stranding 2 for PC and lots more from Sony State of Play (February 2026)

Sony State of Play for February 2026 happened last night, and we finally got the Death Stranding 2: On the Beach PC release announcement. Plus various others.

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Gothic 1 Remake gets a June release date gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/goth…

#Gothic #Gothic1Remake #Gaming #PCGaming

Gothic 1 Remake gets a June release date

THQ Nordic have just revealed that the Gothic 1 Remake is now set for release on June 5th.

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How Many Dudes does it take to beat 1 horse-sized duck and 75 duck-sized horses? This game answers your dumb questions gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/how-…

#HowManyDudes #Gaming #IndieGames #Demo #PCGaming

How Many Dudes does it take to beat 1 horse-sized duck and 75 duck-sized horses? This game answers your dumb questions

If you love games that are a bit on the stupid side, the auto-battling roguelike How Many Dudes? may answer a few of your dumbest questions.

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Diablo II: Resurrected – Infernal Edition gets released on Steam and Steam Deck Verified gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/diab…

#DiabloII #Steam #PCGaming #Linux #SteamOS

Diablo II: Resurrected – Infernal Edition gets released on Steam and Steam Deck Verified

Blizzard released Diablo II: Resurrected - Infernal Edition on Steam, a newly upgraded version of the classic action RPG and it's Steam Deck Verified too.

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No Man's Sky Remnant update brings a fancy gravity gun and customizable trucks gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/no-m…

#NoMansSky #Gaming #PCGaming #Linux #SteamDeck

No Man's Sky Remnant update brings a fancy gravity gun and customizable trucks

No Man's Sky is gradually turning into a playground, and now you can mess with physics in the No Man's Sky Remnant update.

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Overwatch has returned with new heroes and a new UI gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/over…

#Overwatch #FPS #Gaming #PCGaming

Overwatch has returned with new heroes and a new UI

Overwatch has returned with the "2" now in the bin, along with a big content update with new heroes and a new lobby UI.

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Retro Macintosh games Return to Dark Castle and Beyond Dark Castle arrive on Steam in March gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/retr…

#ReturntoDarkCastle #Retro #Gaming #PCGaming #Steam

Retro Macintosh games Return to Dark Castle and Beyond Dark Castle arrive on Steam in March

Return to Dark Castle and Beyond Dark Castle are classic Macintosh games from the 80s, and they're getting a bundled definitive edition re-release on Steam.

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Valve fix up rumble related controller latency in the latest Steam Beta gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/valv…

#Steam #Gaming #PCGaming #Linux #SteamDeck

Valve fix up rumble related controller latency in the latest Steam Beta

A small but useful Steam Beta update has arrived and it's an especially good one for controller players that have rumble enabled.

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Clever auto-battling racer Backseat Champions has a demo out now gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/clev…

#BackseatChampions #Gaming #PCGaming #IndieGames

Clever auto-battling racer Backseat Champions has a demo out now

Taking some of the fun elements of survivor-likes and putting them into a tactical F1 game, Backseat Champions has a really fun idea with a demo out now.

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Physics building game Besiege heads into space with The Broken Beyond expansion gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/phys…

#Besiege #PCGaming #Gaming

Physics building game Besiege heads into space with The Broken Beyond expansion

Besiege is going to the final frontier with the newly announced The Broken Beyond expansion.

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Motorsport Manager revived with a break from SEGA gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/moto…

#MotorsportManager #Gaming #PCGaming

Motorsport Manager revived with a break from SEGA

Playsport Games announced they've got the rights to Motorsport Manager back from SEGA, and they're already working on updates to the game.

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The Khronos Group celebrate 25 years of open standards gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/the-…

#OpenGL #Vulkan #Linux #LinuxGaming #PCGaming

The Khronos Group celebrate 25 years of open standards

The Khronos Group have released a series of videos today to celebrate 25 years of open standards like OpenGL, Vulkan and more.

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Steam game People Playground hit by malware via the Steam Workshop gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/stea…

#PeoplePlayground #PCGaming #Steam #Malware

Steam game People Playground hit by malware via the Steam Workshop

Oh dear. People Playground from mestiez / Studio Minus recently had a major problem with malware pretending to be a mod in the Steam Workshop.

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Steam Early Access games can now have a planned release date listed gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/stea…

#Steam #PCGaming #Valve

Steam Early Access games can now have a planned release date listed

Answering calls from developers, Valve have tweaked Early Access game pages to allow developers to add a full release date.

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Beaver city-builder Timberborn confirmed for launch on March 5 gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/beav…

#Timberborn #CityBuilder #Gaming #PCGaming

Beaver city-builder Timberborn confirmed for launch on March 5

Easily one of the best city-builders around, Timberborn is set to leave Early Access on March 5th with a big update to the game.

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Butcher by day, people hunter by night - ZOMBUTCHER sounds like a fun but gruesome sim gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/butc…

#ZOMBUTCHER #IndieGames #PCGaming

Butcher by day, people hunter by night - ZOMBUTCHER sounds like a fun but gruesome sim

As a butcher you serve people meat, but what if the meat is also people? You can't help it in ZOMBUTCHER, since you're a Zombie.

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In the deck-builder Voraxis you're a parasite that eats through a living planet gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/in-t…

#Voraxis #IndieGames #DeckBuilder #PCGaming

In the deck-builder Voraxis you're a parasite that eats through a living planet

Voraxis is a really interesting take on deck-building that has you play cards to eat through a living planet, with gameplay that really captured me.

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Hollow Knight gets a patch adding 21:9 & 16:10 resolution support and more gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/holl…

#HollowKnight #SteamDeck #Linux #Gaming #PCGaming

Hollow Knight gets a patch adding 21:9 & 16:10 resolution support and more

Team Cherry have given the original Hollow Knight a fresh coat of paint with a new patch out now to improve various parts of the classic metroidvania.

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Check out the demo for Wireworks, a tower defense where you wire up modules to make weapons dance gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/chec…

#Wireworks #TowerDefense #IndieGames #PCGaming #Demo

Check out the demo for Wireworks, a tower defense where you wire up modules to make weapons dance

Wireworks might be the most unique tower defense game I've ever played, with you building up weapons from modules you wire up to different logic blocks.

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