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Swampy Boots: the puzzle so fiendish it has its own dedicated community

Joseph Mansfield, 13 Feb 2025

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    Corey Hardt, 11 February 2025

    New thinky releases from January 2025

    We're one month through the new year! And here's a new list to celebrate. All the newly released games that got our attention in the month of January, collected in one place. The much-anticipated Roottrees remake, a few games built around paper puzzles, a popular Minesweeper variant and much more.

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    Dayten Rose, 11 February 2025

    While Waiting is a quiet appreciation of life’s slow moments

    Puzzle minigame collection While Waiting is out now and it trades intense puzzle solving for a funny, delightful riff on boredom

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    Corey Hardt, 10 February 2025

    Make sure everyone's happy in the new demo for Is This Seat Taken? — an interview with the developers

    We talked with the creators of the adorable preference-satisfying puzzle game Is This Seat Taken? published by Wholesome Games, asking them about inspiration, designing puzzles, and their new demo that's out today on Steam.

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    Kaan Serin, 10 February 2025

    Solve an Outer Wilds-style mystery through puzzles inspired by GeoGuessr in Locator

    Geoguessing meets deduction-based detective work in this spellbinding mystery about a woman missing on an alien world.

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    Megan Bidmead, 30 January 2025

    Be prepared to enter new levels of zen in calming puzzle game Nurikabe World

    If you want a relaxing game to help you unwind, look no further than the beautiful and zen-like Nurikabe World, which offers calming music and puzzles to stretch your brain

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    Corey Hardt, 23 January 2025

    New thinky releases from December 2024

    A big catch-all list of the significant releases that landed on our radar in the last month of 2024. Featuring the much anticipated digital version of puzzle-book LOK, the 3rd entry in the famous Monument Valley series, the cryptic first-person Chroma Zero, plenty of new block-pushing twists from Hempuli, and more.

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    Dayten Rose, 21 January 2025

    Point-and-click puzzler Reviver looks like Good Night Moon, but plays out like War and Peace

    Point-and-click puzzle game Reviver hides a surprising amount of difficulty behind beautiful hand-drawn art.

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    Alan Hazelden, 18 January 2025

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

    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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    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.

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