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Alan Hazelden's Thinky Third Thursday — January 2025 (2024 GOTYs)

Alan Hazelden, 18 Jan 2025

  1. Review
    Rick Lane, 15 January 2025

    The Roottrees are Dead review — bough to your new favourite detective game

    An elegantly designed sleuthing sim capable of absorbing your attention for hours on end

  2. Feature
    Mairi Nolan, 13 January 2025

    The House of Tesla demo captures the electrifying feeling of scientific discovery

    The demo for The House of Tesla offers something unique whilst capturing the spirit of scientific discovery that drove one of history’s most fascinating inventors.

  3. News
    Corey Hardt, 12 January 2025

    Game lineup revealed for the 2025 Draknek New Voices puzzle grant

    The puzzle-game experts at Draknek & Friends have announced the latest cohort of 6 in-development games that will be supported this year by their New Voices grant program.

  4. News
    Corey Hardt, 11 January 2025

    A new mystery game coming soon from one of the designers behind The Rise of the Golden Idol

    City of Voices is an upcoming puzzle mystery where you'll investigate and deduce answers at a secondary school in rural England.

  5. News
    Corey Hardt, 8 January 2025

    Finspan, aquatic sequel to hit boardgame Wingspan, announced for 2025 release

    The bird-obsessed engine-building game Wingspan is one of the best selling tabletop games of the last decade, and after its draconic sequel Wyrmspan last year, its getting a new fish-centric spin-off in early 2025.

  6. Feature
    Megan Bidmead, 7 January 2025

    Enjoy organised chaos in the hidden-object job simulator Lost But Found

    Reunite passengers with their lost items, arrange your desk, and try not to panic in the frantic Lost But Found.

  7. News
    Corey Hardt, 2 January 2025

    Play a huge free Baba is You level pack made by students

    Baba is Cool 3 was recently released, the 3rd in a series of large packs of custom puzzle levels made for Baba is You by students 10-12 years of age studying programming and game development.

  8. News
    Corey Hardt, 1 January 2025

    Heaven's Vault developer inkle teases new project in 2025 with cryptic message

    The studio has posted a message ending in the words "Coming, 2025" but the body of the text has to be translated from the in-game symbol language.

  9. Feature
    Rachel Watts, 20 December 2024

    Phonopolis’ 3D cardboard puzzles aren’t just brainteasers to be solved but objects to be admired

    Amanita Design effortlessly pleases players with its hand-crafted worlds and lightweight puzzles, and it looks like the studio’s upcoming puzzle game Phonopolis is no different.

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