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Alan Hazelden's Thinky Third Thursday — February 2025

Alan Hazelden, 20 Feb 2025

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    Corey Hardt, 19 February 2025

    Construct shapes within shapes in the newly released puzzle-automation game Block Shop

    This new game of conveyor belts and geometry combination is getting some attention — use your limited space to build the shapes required, with the goals becoming more complex as you progress.

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    Corey Hardt, 18 February 2025

    Draknek's monster returns in The Electrifying Incident, with a demo available now

    A new "mini-expedition" has just been announced by the puzzle veterans at Draknek & Friends, a short new adventure featuring the protagonist we know and love from A Monster's Expedition.

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    Joseph Mansfield, 13 February 2025

    Swampy Boots: the puzzle so fiendish it has its own dedicated community

    A short history of one of puzzle gaming's greatest foes.

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    Corey Hardt, 13 February 2025

    Portal meets Stray in the new demo for Schrodinger's Cat Burglar

    We've had our eye on this one a while, and you can finally sample the quantum-kitten puzzle game in the new demo on Steam: play as mittens and split yourself into two possible states, contending with all the ramifications of being in two places at once.

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    Corey Hardt, 11 February 2025

    New thinky releases from January 2025

    We're one month through the new year! And here's a new list to celebrate. All the newly released games that got our attention in the month of January, collected in one place. The much-anticipated Roottrees remake, a few games built around paper puzzles, a popular Minesweeper variant and much more.

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    Dayten Rose, 11 February 2025

    While Waiting is a quiet appreciation of life’s slow moments

    Puzzle minigame collection While Waiting is out now and it trades intense puzzle solving for a funny, delightful riff on boredom

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    Corey Hardt, 10 February 2025

    Make sure everyone's happy in the new demo for Is This Seat Taken? — an interview with the developers

    We talked with the creators of the adorable preference-satisfying puzzle game Is This Seat Taken? published by Wholesome Games, asking them about inspiration, designing puzzles, and their new demo that's out today on Steam.

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    Kaan Serin, 10 February 2025

    Solve an Outer Wilds-style mystery through puzzles inspired by GeoGuessr in Locator

    Geoguessing meets deduction-based detective work in this spellbinding mystery about a woman missing on an alien world.

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    Corey Hardt, 9 February 2025

    The latest sequel to hit city-building card game Sprawlopolis is on Kickstarter now

    Button Shy are the makers of tiny 18-card wallet-size card games, and their flagship title Sprawlopolis has spawned a new, Vegas-themed spin-off game: Casinopolis is crowdfunding now.

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