10 new thinky releases from December 2023

Joseph Mansfield, 4 January 2024

Happy new year, everyone!

I know we were all busy playing the Confounding Calendar puzzles throughout December (I still need to finish them!), but a bunch of neat games were also released that you might have missed. Here's your summary of all the new commercial thinky games we noticed, including some familiar puzzle friends in mech suits, a haunted operating system, some portalling snakes, and much more. Enjoy!

Against the Storm

Developed by Eremite Games, published by Hooded Horse

A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.

The Enjenir (Early Access)

Developed by PeatyTurf

Put your engineering and problem solving skills to the test in this sandbox physics building game! Enjoy the freedom of completely gridless 3D sandbox building combined with hilarious ragdoll third person controls, offering a truly unique and hilarious "Enjeniring" experience!

Chessarama

Developed by Minimol Games

Chessarama is a collection of chess-inspired puzzle and strategy games that use chess pieces and their established move sets, then reimagines their goals and themes. Solve challenges, unlock collectibles, and compete against each other on the leaderboards. Welcome to Chessarama!

Endure the Swarm

Developed by Ternary Designs

You can't run, you can't fight. The Swarm is coming. Use your wits and your environment to try and survive The Swarm in this turn based twist on the block pushing genre.

PortalSnake

Developed by bcat112a

Puzzle game about portals and snakes.

Hexle

Developed by PUNKCAKE Délicieux

An original take on Sudoku with hexadecimal numbers and binary restrictions, presented in a minimalist artstyle.

Crossroad OS

Developed by Daisy Games and Guy

Explore the mysterious operating system Crossʀoad OS. Adventure through its decaying programs, solve puzzles, collect items and meet strange creatures.

Mobile Suit Baba

Developed by Hempuli

A mysterious force is out to steal all the Fruit! Help Baba & friends foil their plans by maneuvering gigantic mech suits around. Features tactical puzzling action, heart-wrenching storytelling and extra challenges over a total of 43 missions.

SquareLogic

Developed by New Dawn Game Studio

Square Logic is a minimalist puzzle game about coloring the grid with squares and rectangles, respecting the number of each cell.

Exp10sion

Developed by Exp10sion Studio

"Exp10sion" is a pixel-art puzzle platformer. You'll play as a bomb that explodes within 10 seconds. Each explosion respawns the bomb, starts a new round, and generates a "Time Shadow" of your last round. Use your shadow wisely to solve the puzzles!