The community has made lots of tiny puzzle surprises, and they're being curated and released one at a time for you to enjoy on The Confounding Calendar homepage. It's all on the web and totally free.
Our big awards show returns for its 3rd year, a celebration of all the finest new games that really made us think this year. Starting today you can nominate any game that you believe should be considered for the 2025 awards.
We've been singing the praises of LOK for years now: first there was a physical puzzle book, then a digital Steam adaptation, and now a whole new group of players will be able to discover this cryptic little language on Nintendo Switch.
The name may be as basic as possible, but the upcoming digital-sleuth game CD-ROM looks like it has lots of layers happening in the puzzle department. You'll dig through files and photos to extract the info you need to unlock the next disc.
After getting lots of attention in the 2025 Game Maker's Toolkit game jam, the knowledge-based-platformer Sisyphus Is a Bug has now released in an expanded version on Steam.
The Apothecary of Trubiz and Once Glorious Artahk both released in the last few weeks, and both feature strange symbols and alphabets you must decipher while centering around very different kinds of puzzle gameplay.
In case you missed any of our 2nd annual online convention centered around the making of the games we love so much, every presentation from ThinkyCon 2025 has now been uploaded to our YouTube channel so you can pick and choose what to watch whenever you like.
The most puzzle-packed Calendar around is back for a 5th year running: The Confounding Calendar is a big community event that takes place every November-December and involves everyone getting together to make bite-sized, single-level puzzle treats that are then slowly released over the course of a month.
Come make a small game over the course of a week, taking inspiration from one of the talks at this year's ThinkyCon, and potentially even participate in some interesting university research.
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