September's here, and a new month means a new list of thinky releases. Not all of these are curated selections that we've played ourselves; think of this as more of a catch-all for any significant puzzle-adjacent games we could find that were published last month.
World of Goo 2
Build bridges, grow towers, terraform terrain, and fuel flying machines in the stunning followup to the multi-award winning World of Goo.
(Windows, MacOS, Linux) — $29.99
(Windows, MacOS) — $29.99 Also available on Nintendo Switch
Bee Magic
A game about moving around to cast spells.
(This was a recent recommendation in our Thinky Games Club!)
itch.io (Web) — Free
Decipher the Deck
Decipher The Deck is a rule discovery puzzle game that turns traditional playing cards into interesting puzzle mechanics. Discover the secrets of cards, their abilities, and much more in 70 hand-crafted levels.
(Windows) — $4.99
Transition
Aka The Temporal Temple
A very clever and tricky PuzzleScript game.
itch.io (Web) — Free
Leximan
Craft spells by combining floating fragments of words in Leximan, a whimsical adventure that uses creative wordplay to summon countless weird and wonderful solutions to puzzles. Alongside an awkward assembly of basement-wizards, save Academy Elementinia and become the hero nobody asked for!
(Windows) — $14.99
Tactical Breach Wizards
In Tactical Breach Wizards, you lead a team of renegade wizards in kevlar through turn-based battles to unravel a modern conspiracy plot. Combine their unique spells in clever ways, or rewind time to try every crazy plan you can think of to punch a Traffic Warlock through a 4th story window.
(Windows) — $19.99
Dungeon Divers
Dungeon Divers is a dungeon-themed roguelike puzzle game about clearing derelict dungeons. As the newest employee of Dungeon Divers Inc., you must advance through multiple levels, use your wits, and tools you acquire along the way to get to the core to defuse it and bring home the cash.
(Windows, Linux) — $4.99
SAY>HI
SAY>HI is a puzzle game with programming elements. With some Sokoban-liked block pushing, you can create meaningful instructions, which in turn will help you solve all those challenging puzzles.
(Windows) — $1.00
Maxwell's puzzling demon
"Thermodynamic" puzzle where Maxwell's demon does work of block-pushing. Deal those hot blocks with cold blocks so that the demon doesn't get burnt.
(Windows) — $14.99
Reliquia Park
Discover strange relics left behind by the previous inhabitants of the forest, and learn how they work through a collection of over 200 puzzles!
(Web) — Free
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