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  1. Feature
    David Brownman, 20 August 2025

    Try to solve a series of interconnected puzzle rooms in the demo for Looking for Fael

    Try finding your lost roommate in an apartment with ever-changing rooms.

  2. Feature
    Megan Bidmead, 18 August 2025

    Take a dip into other people's memories in Obra Dinn-inspired puzzle game Mind Diver

    In Mind Diver, it's your job to swim through other people's memories, make connections, plug memory gaps, and help solve an urgent case.

  3. Feature
    Devin Stone, 11 August 2025

    How some of the best puzzle games are a lesson in magic and misdirection

    Puzzle games don’t make us feel smart, nor inspire us to 'be smart', but quite the opposite. They make fools of us. Dazzled, starry-eyed fools. And with ignorance comes bliss. Well…most of the time.

  4. Feature
    Corey Hardt, 5 August 2025

    Tired of Wordle and Connections? Try these 7+ fun daily puzzle games that will get you thinking

    The Mastermind-deduction-word-game Wordle inspired a tidal wave of similar designs following its stripped-down, simple approach to making a daily, sharable puzzle that you could solve in a few minutes a day while competing with friends. Here are a few of our favorite Wordle-likes.

  5. Feature
    Corey Hardt, 3 August 2025

    This new free, sprawling, cryptic puzzle game is played with only a single image and your imagination

    0PLAYER is a recently released experimental puzzle game project for those who like a challenge: this free game, available for download on itch.io, consists of only a single large image that looks like the interconnected map of a typical puzzle videogame. And the rest is up to you to figure out...

  6. Feature
    Dayten Rose, 31 July 2025

    A linguist’s guide to thinky games that play with language

    Word Play is a new roguelike blend of Scrabble and Balatro from Game Maker’s Toolkit. It joins games like Baba Is You, LOK Digital, and Heaven’s Vault as a great game for language nerds.

  7. Feature
    Rachel Watts, 24 July 2025

    ElecHead dev’s upcoming game Öoo is Bomberman meets exploration puzzle platformer

    Discover clever ways to use bombs in this cute puzzle platformer - the demo is available to play over on Steam.

  8. Feature
    Alan Hazelden, 18 July 2025

    Alan Hazelden's Thinky Third Thursday — July 2025

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

  9. Feature
    Megan Bidmead, 17 July 2025

    Puzzles, murder, and a secret plot - it's time to knuckle down in 1970s detective game The Ratline

    Solve puzzles, make connections, and hunt down Nazis as a 1970s detective in the upcoming detective thriller game The Ratline, from Owlskip Games.

  10. Feature
    Joseph Mansfield, 15 July 2025

    Metroidbrainia: An in-depth exploration of knowledge-gated games

    Thinky Games presents a definitive guide to metroidbrania games: What they are, how different games explore the idea in their own way, and a list of our favorites.

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