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  1. News
    Corey Hardt, 18 June 2025

    The Incident at Galley House is a newly announced remaster of an eerie mystery game from the creators of The Roottrees are Dead

    After the success of the big commercial Steam launch of Roottrees, the developers have announced they're hard at work on their next project: a remake of another popular detective webgame called Type Help.

  2. Feature
    Dayten Rose, 16 June 2025

    Thinky Direct 2025: City of Voices is an upcoming mystery game from Golden Idol collaborators

    A new mystery game by Rise of the Golden Idol collaborator Kini Games and artist Matt Frith—and one that comes highly recommended by the makers of the Golden Idol series itself.

  3. News
    Corey Hardt, 14 June 2025

    Assembly-line automation game Kaizen: A Factory Story sets July 14th release date, demo out now

    The next game from acclaimed designer Zack Barth has a launch date, and it's not far away: a few weeks from now on July 14th you'll be able to dive into your new job, constructing assembly lines for various products being manufactured in a factory in 1980s Japan.

  4. News
    Corey Hardt, 11 June 2025

    Get schooled in the art of puzzles in the newly announced Escape Academy 2

    A new trailer debuted at Summer Game Fest showing off Escape Academy 2, a new sequel to the popular co-op escape room game, this time taking place on a big open campus for you to explore.

  5. Feature
    Sergiu Dumitriu, 9 June 2025

    We played all of the 84 Cerebral Puzzle Showcase demos (yes, really)

    Looking for your next thinky game? Here's a big list of demos from the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase you should play!

  6. News
    Corey Hardt, 6 June 2025

    The Switch 2 is out now — here are the best backwards compatible thinky games from the Switch catalogue

    The launch lineup of games for Nintendo's newest console aren't the most exciting in terms of puzzly offerings. But the Switch 2 boasts almost perfect backwards compatibility, meaning that any of these time-tested classics are available if you're getting one soon.

  7. Feature
    Devin Stone, 6 June 2025

    Thinky Direct 2025: Cryptic glyphs and xenobiology collide in upcoming metroidbrainia EMUUROM

    Get to know the local wildlife and seek secrets worth deciphering.

  8. News
    Corey Hardt, 5 June 2025

    Thinky Direct 2025: Curate and sell cryptic occult objects in the new demo for Strange Antiquities

    A new demo dropped today for the sequel to the popular Strange Horticulture, this time around focusing less on plants and more on magical relics and artefacts, the uses of which you'll need to deduce and identify in order to satisfy customers.

  9. News
    Corey Hardt, 4 June 2025

    Get a pack of new scratch-off puzzle games from the creator of Zachtronics

    Zach Barth is best known as the founder and namesake of the studio Zachtronics, developers of such popular automation-programming games as Opus Magnum, Spacechem and Infinifactory. This time around he's on Kickstarter to produce an unusual physical game: a set of scratch-card puzzles you reveal as you play.

  10. Feature
    Dayten Rose, 4 June 2025

    Thinky Direct 2025: Parallel Experiment proves that getting locked in a deadly puzzle room is better with friends

    Parallel Experiment combines the escape room web games of the Flash era with in-person escape rooms, creating a cooperative real-time puzzle experience for two.

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