There remains a scarcity of commercial games available for Linux with the big game companies rarely venturing into the Linux world. The main reason cited continues to be that its market share does not warrant high ticket-price games being ported
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Penumbra: Requiem – expansion pack
Penumbra: Requiem is an expansion pack to the game Penumbra: Black Plague. Requiem is an exploration-based adventure game that takes place from a first-person perspective and final installment of the main series. Unlike Black Plague and Penumbra: Overture, the focus
Read moreAwesome Soccer World 2010 – football game
Awesome Soccer World 2010 is a modern day homage to the legendary Sensible Soccer and Kick Off 2 footie games. Features include: Highly customizable: Team editor. Formation editor. Kit designer. Badge designer. ‘Awesome Aftertouch System’ which enables you to bend
Read moreSun Blast – 3d space shooter
Sun Blast is a cross-platform, independent sci-fi themed action-arcade space shooter game. In this game you will feel like you are immersed in the arcade action, as space debris, enemy vessels, and menacing star ships all take aim at you.
Read moreAtom Zombie Smasher – action-packed game
Atom Zombie Smasher is an action-packed game that plays out across a number of missions where your goal is to evacuate zombie-infested cities with a helicopter and groups of mercenaries. The undead apocalypse is upon us and all eyes are
Read moreCastle Vox – Axis & Allies meets Diplomacy game
Castle Vox is a next generation, turn-based strategy game which mixes elements of Diplomacy with Axis and Allies. Think of it as Risk with more depth. The objective of Castle Vox is to capture all the enemy Castles on the
Read moreBraid – 2D platform and puzzle video game
Braid is a critically acclaimed 2D platform and puzzle video game developed by independent software developer Jonathan Blow. It is a platform game in painterly style where you manipulate the flow of time to solve puzzles. Every puzzle in Braid
Read more18 Extra Hot Linux Commercial Games (Part 2 of 3)
It cannot be denied that there remains a paucity of games for Linux produced by the large well known gaming companies. It is sometimes perceived that part of the reason rests with Linux gamers themselves. Given the number and variety
Read moreTiny & Big in: Grandpa’s Leftovers – fun game
Tiny & Big in: Grandpa’s Leftovers is set in a land, where common physics apply but everything else looks different. You are Tiny, a little, technophile guy with a ray cutter, a gripping device, a bad habit and a fine
Read moreAmnesia: The Dark Descent – action adventure, survival horror game
Amnesia: The Dark Descent (previously known as Lux Tenebras or Unknown) is an action adventure, survival horror game by Frictional Games. Amnesia is an exploration-based adventure horror game played from a first-person perspective. The game retains the physical object interaction
Read moreOsmos – physics-based gameplay
Osmos is a puzzle video game developed by Canadian developer Hemisphere Games. Enter the ambient world of Osmos: elegant, physics-based gameplay, dreamlike visuals, and a minimalist, electronic soundtrack. Your objective is to grow by absorbing other motes. Propel yourself by
Read moreSpaceChem – design-based puzzle game
SpaceChem is a cross-platform addictive, design-based indie puzzle game about building machines and fighting monsters in the name of science! Take on the role of a Reactor Engineer working for SpaceChem, the leading chemical synthesizer for frontier colonies. Construct elaborate
Read moreFamily Farm – game of 19th century farmsteading
Family Farm is an innovative and fun tycoon game in the setting of 19th century farmsteads. It’s a simulation of a farmstead experienced in stories which span a generation. Clicking cows won’t earn you any cash! You control characters with
Read moreMinecraft – sandbox construction indie video game
Minecraft is a sandbox construction indie video game where you can build anything imaginable. It is also about blocks and collecting. The game is inspired by Infiniminer, a block-based digging/building game, Dungeon Keeper and Dwarf Fortress. The game involves players
Read more18 Extra Hot Linux Commercial Games (Part 1 of 3)
One of the things we really want to witness is Linux making a significant penetration in the desktop market share. Whilst most supercomputers use the Linux platform, it is lamentable that the vast majority of desktops continue to run Microsoft
Read moreWhere is M13? – 3D galactic atlas
Where is M13? helps you visualize the locations and physical properties of deep sky objects in and around the Galaxy. Using paired face-on and edge-on views of the Galaxy, this application shows you where that cluster or nebula is actually
Read moreQLandkarte GT – versatile tool for GPS maps
QLandkarte GT is a versatile tool for GPS maps in GeoTiff format as well as Garmin’s img vector map format. QLandkarteGT is the successor of QLandkarte. Among various improvements (e.g. 2D/3D map rendering and reduced resource requirements) the major difference
Read moreGpsDrive – map-based navigation system
GpsDrive is a vehicle (car, bike, ship, plane) map-based navigation system that displays the current position provided by an NMEA capable GPS receiver on a zoomable map. Maps can be downloaded from different map providers or rendered on-the-fly using the
Read moretangoGPS – mapping application
tangoGPS is an open source lightweight user friendly map and GPS application. It uses the gpsd daemon to obtain data from the GPS receiver. With gpsd, multiple GPS client applications can share access to devices without contention or loss of
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JVGS – minimalistic platform game
JVGS is a free, minimalistic platform game. It takes place in a world much like ours, which has started fading away.
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