
It’s that time of the year again! We’re ready to announce the winners of the latest Thinky Awards. Our 3rd edition of this amazing annual event celebrates the very best thinky games that were released in 2025.
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This archival mystery drama is as tense as it is dense.
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Her Trees: Puzzle Dream is like a magic eye poster. Shift your perspective, and everything will come into focus.

You can play a demo now for Spellsy, a new word game where you'll push letters around the board and use their abilities to line up words and clear them.

Welcome to Thinky Third Thursday, curated by Alan Hazelden of Draknek & Friends – a monthly roundup of thinky puzzle games that have caught my eye.

The stakes are high when it comes to thinky games, since one big spoiler can often ruin the experience. Where should you turn for hints, and is it even possible to play a game knowing absolutely nothing about it?

The latest genre Steam is collecting together to showcase in a big themed sale is Detective Games: from now through Jan 19 you can get some good deals on favorites in addition to some newer stuff.

The next big game from the studio behind The Witness has been revealed: Order of the Sinking Star is a grand puzzle adventure that expands and smashes together a bunch of great small & free puzzle games from the past.

Lunarch Studios are veteran puzzle game makers, and their latest endeavor of pretty, rainbow logic grids has just been revealed.

Type Help blends the moody atmosphere of And Then There Were None with the deduction gameplay of The Roottrees Are Dead, whose developers are working on a remaster for 2026.
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