I’m looking for recommendations for my Linux setup. But shattered pixel dungeon is amazing on android
Mindustry is neat if you like tower defenses and factory/automation games.
This was the first thing I thought of when I saw the title of the post. Mindustry is awesome, I got so addicted to it for a bit haha
Mindustry is great! I’ve put a ton of hours into it and I’ve gotten my kids into it. Super active dev and good community.
I prefer it to factorio
Github link for convenience
https://github.com/Anuken/Mindustry
Not a very original answer, but I still enjoy The Battle for Wesnoth after many years.
I’m surprised hardly anyone else has mentioned Wesnoth yet. I last played it over a decade ago, so I’m not sure if it’s still as well-known now as it used to be, but it’s one of the highest-quality open-source games out there.
It’s a turn-based fantasy strategy game that feels like a combination of Advance Wars, Fire Emblem, and D&D. And I suppose it was a lot more unique back in the 2000’s when there weren’t a dozen indie games out there that fit the same description.
Open source game based on Transportation Tycoon Deluxe.
I wish it had a modern GUI though. The old one is almost unusable even though they’ve made an attempt to implement DPI scaling.
Nethack! It’s basically the original roguelike, if you liked shattered pixel dungeons then you’ll like nethack. There are also several other open source rogelikes to check out as well… including the original Rogue!
Mindustry and Shattered Pixel Dungeon, I played those a lot of my phone but haven’t done so in quite a while! I think both of those are available on desktop Linux too, Shattered Pixel Dungeon even works on my Linux phone.
ScummVM works really well in linux, if youre a fan of classic point and click adventure games.
0AD! It’s similar to age of empires
Beautiful. Also reminds me of Widelands
The graphics are beautiful too!
3 out of 4 begin with “Super”!
I’m a big fan of Thrive!
I haven’t tried thrive in a while. I hear they’ve switched engines again, to Godot this time. Is it playable? Is it fun? Do they have more than the single-cell phase?
I’ve spent a solid 30-40 hours playing it since December last year so I’d say it’s pretty fun and playable! IIRC it has prototypes up to the interplanetary phase though only the single-cell and multicellular stages were really playable when I last gave them a go.
- Asuna
- Lord of the Test
- 0 A.D.
- Xbill
- SuperTuxKart
- Sonic Robo Blast
- The various Doom mods
- Konquest
- SuperTux
- Endless Sky
Another shout-out for Sonic Robo Blast! I absolutely love that game.
- Doom Roguelike if you want a roguelike with simple, action-oriented gameplay.
- Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead (lemmy instance) if you want one with complex, simulation-oriented gameplay.
Cataclysm DDA is amazing if you are into this stuff.
I haven’t played in over a year, but I really spent some hours in Veloren the last time I picked it up!
veloren! also my favorite game too to play with my friend
Cortex Command Community Edition