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  1. Feature
    Megan Bidmead, 14 July 2025

    Running an occult antique store comes with dark complications in Strange Antiquities

    Identify strange objects, help out the locals, explore the town of Undermere, and try to keep your spirits up in the Strange Antiquities.

  2. News
    Corey Hardt, 11 July 2025

    Plan out your perfect island settlement in city-builder sequel Islanders: New Shores, out now

    The popular city-building strategy game Islanders from 2019 just got a follow up: New Shores launched this week, featuring new scoring methods, plenty of new environments and pretty visual options.

  3. News
    Corey Hardt, 10 July 2025

    Follow the brand new Thinky Games curator page on Steam, and join our Steam group

    You can now engage with the Thinky Games team through our new presence on Steam: we've got a big fancy curator page where you can browse lots of game recommendations from our database, and you can also help grow the Steam community group.

  4. News
    Corey Hardt, 9 July 2025

    From the creator of Baba Is You comes a collection of interesting Solitaire card games, on Steam now

    Hempuli is best known for his work on the change-the-rules mind-bender Baba Is You, but he's quite a prolific developer of games. His latest is a collection of playing-card solitaire variants that just launched on Steam today.

  5. Feature
    Andréas Andrieux, 9 July 2025

    Gentoo Rescue may look cute, but this challenging puzzle game hides all sorts of metagame twists

    Gentoo Rescue is special in that it is stuffed with mechanics and special interactions that twist the rules in every way possible.

  6. Feature
    Dayten Rose, 7 July 2025

    Reclaim nature and chart paths through Picross-style puzzles in the demo for Cipher Zero

    Cipher Zero is a Picross-style logic puzzle game that shows nature being reclaimed as you progress through puzzles. Infer the rules of each new mechanic in a vibey post-apocalyptic world.

  7. News
    Corey Hardt, 5 July 2025

    Play over 60 new games created for the Thinky Puzzle Game Jam 5

    The annual community puzzle-making event has come to a close once again: the 5th Thinky Puzzle Game Jam wrapped up last week, and that means there are dozens of new miniature, experimental puzzle games you can play for free right now.

  8. News
    Corey Hardt, 4 July 2025

    Two mega-hit boardgames coming soon to Steam in digital form

    The names Frosthaven and Lost Ruins of Arnak might not mean much to you if you mostly stick to videogames, but in the tabletop world these are some of the most popular releases of the last few years, and they both have digital versions currently in the works.

  9. Feature
    Rachel Watts, 1 July 2025

    Puzzle gaming’s best detective duo are back solving a maritime murder in The Mermaid Mask

    Grimoire and Sally are investigating the murder of a sea captain who has been killed on his submarine.

  10. News
    Corey Hardt, 27 June 2025

    Over 100 thinky & puzzle games on sale now in the Summer Steam Sale

    It can be hard to keep track of all the little Steam events and sales popping up all the time these days, but we've just entered the biggest of them: the Steam Summer Sale. So many games are discounted that we made a list of over 100 that caught our eye.

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