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  1. News
    Corey Hardt, 1 November 2025

    Get this new movement-recording pixel-art platformer in a bundle with 2 other recent puzzle favorites

    Motion Rec released this week, a cute new puzzle platformer with a lo-fi pixel art style that lets you record big chunks of moving and jumping around to play back in loops. It's available in a Steam bundle with the beloved exploration platformer Öoo and CATO: Buttered Cat.

  2. Feature
    Megan Bidmead, 31 October 2025

    Stick to the shadows, look for clues, and try not to get too creeped out in Gothic detective game The Séance of Blake Manor

    Who is Evelyn Deane? What happened to her? And why would someone want to harm her? It's your job to find out and you're up against the clock.

  3. Feature
    Megan Bidmead, 29 October 2025

    A cozy pathbuilder with skeletons and lo-fi beats, Grooveyard is the perfect way to wrap up spooky season

    A pathbuilding game set in a graveyard with cute graphics and great puzzles: Grooveyard is definitely one to watch for puzzle and cozy game fans.

  4. Feature
    Dayten Rose, 27 October 2025

    Desktop Explorer uses its Windows 2000-inspired interface to tell a ghost story

    Expertly designed and creatively utilized, Desktop Explorer's puzzles don’t seem likely to run out of steam.

  5. News
    Corey Hardt, 25 October 2025

    The Roguelike Celebration 2025 kicks off today: a weekend full of designer talks with an accompanying Steam sale

    An annual event all about the procedural, grid-based dungeon-crawling world of roguelike games is happening this weekend. There are full schedules of talks from gamedev speakers on Saturday and Sunday that you can watch virtually, and a Steam event page showcasing featured games and sales.

  6. Review
    David Brownman, 22 October 2025

    Spooky Express review: An excellent Halloween-themed pathfinding game from experienced puzzle mongers

    The superb Halloween theme of Spooky Express acts as conductor for its train puzzles, bringing the whole game together into a seasonally-appropriate, varied, and delightful outing.

  7. News
    Corey Hardt, 21 October 2025

    A big genre update to celebrate the one year anniversary of our Thinky Games Database!

    It's been exactly one year since we launched our big ambitious catalogue of thinky games, and we've been constantly adding to it ever since. Today a huge batch of visual novel detective games have landed, greatly expanding our coverage of the genre.

  8. News
    Corey Hardt, 20 October 2025

    Solve jigsaw puzzles made of crosswords in the fresh daily puzzle game Tiled Words

    Starting this week you'll be able to play a new Tiled Words puzzle daily in your browser or on mobile: use crossword-style hints to figure out how these broken words fit back together.

  9. News
    Corey Hardt, 18 October 2025

    The eerie, atmospheric Rusty Lake series returns with a new demo for Servant of the Lake

    The latest game in the creepy point-and-click mystery series is due out sometime next year, but you can play a demo now on Steam and experience the prequel story as a housekeeper for the Vanderboom family.

  10. Feature
    Alan Hazelden, 17 October 2025

    Alan Hazelden's Thinky Third Thursday — October 2025 (Next Fest Highlights)

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

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