9 new thinky releases from July 2023

Joseph Mansfield, 17 August 2023

With all the hustle and bustle of the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase last week, you'd be forgiven for not realizing so many great games had come out in July. To start with, long-awaited world-bending photography game, Viewfinder, is finally out! You'll also be able to play Let's! Revolution!, a vibrant Minesweeper-inspired strategy roguelike that you might have seen during our recent stream. Check out the full list below for more great games to wrap your head around.

Also worth a highlight: last year's acclaimed recursive puzzler, Patrick's Parabox, is now also available on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5, so make sure to grab that if you haven't played it yet!

You'll notice that this month we're experimenting with a new format, separating the more experimental free games out from the commercial releases — we hope this makes it a little clearer what you're looking at! We'll have the list of free games with you soon — follow us to make sure you don't miss it!

Viewfinder

Developed by Sad Owl Studios, published by Thunderful Games

Challenge perception, redefine reality, and reshape the world around you with an instant camera. Viewfinder is a new single player game offering gamers hours of interesting and fun experiences while uncovering the mysteries left behind.

Let's! Revolution!

Developed by BUCK and Antfood

Let’s! Revolution! is a colorful roguelite puzzle mashup about stopping a narcissistic King from ruining your world. Flip tiles to uncover the hidden path to the King. Use deductive reasoning to avoid his cronies or take them all down in strategic turn-based combat.

Cramped Room of Death

Developed by Hafiz Mohd Rozlan, published by Nicalis

A puzzle adventure in close quarters! Use your spear to defeat enemies and collect treasure, but plan your moves carefully—each room has tight turns, deadly traps and no margin for error.

The Master's Pupil

Developed by Pat Naoum Games

The Master’s Pupil is a hand painted puzzle adventure game set inside Claude Monet's eyeball

Bilattice

Developed by Starmaps, LLC

Bilattice is a massive puzzle game featuring over 300 hand-crafted levels and tons of unique mechanics. The mechanics interact with each other in endlessly interesting ways to produce hours of mind-bending content. The sheer number of clever gimmicks offered by this game is hard not to appreciate.

Whispers in the West

Developed by Infinite Whys

Whispers in the West is a point-and-click murder mystery game that supports online co-op for 1-4 players. Each story is an hour-long intriguing mystery waiting to be solved. You can either work solo or team up with your friends to solve the cases. Things may get heated!

Gravity

Developed by Tiny Castle Games

Gravity is a challenging, physics-based puzzle game. Move objects around then turn Gravity on. Beat each level by getting the red ball to the exit. Get there quickly to unlock prizes.

Sands of Solaris

Developed by Rome Renner

Discover the magic within the sand of solaris as you complete calm & beautiful puzzles by transporting light through a variety of solar machines.

Lovux

Developed by Mindlabor

Lovux is a minimalist puzzle game where you try to break all glasses on the screen using different glass types and mechanics wisely. It offers a rich puzzle experience thanks to new mechanics added approximately every 13 levels.