Oh boy — we thought March was already a busy month for thinky games with the Thinkathon kicking us off, but it turns out there was way more to come!
We've kept an eye on new releases over the last month and collected them all together for you to have a look through. This time we have musical games, digital adaptions of escape room board games, a wacky puzzler about worms and a sentient tin can, a game about telling stories, cryptic machines, and so much more.
Alephant
Released: 1st March Developer: Le SloAvailable on: Steam (Windows) — $9.99, itch.io (Windows) — $9.99
Aleph is the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet, and it is generally silent. However, it can be combined with the niqqud (vowels) to make a sound.
Konkan Coast Pirate Solutions
Released: 1st March Developer: chapliboyAvailable on: Steam (Windows) — $9.99
A cozy puzzle game about helping pirate ships do pirate things. Set up the simulations. Watch how the ships behave. Explore how the systems interact.
Blockappend
Released: 1st March Developer: RupourAvailable on: Steam (Windows) — $7.99, Google Play (Android) — $2.99
A 3D isometric puzzle game where you create shapes by appending blocks together. When you flip a block next to a potential block, the potential block lights up and they move as one unit. Progress through the levels and find new and interesting ways to move these little blocks!
Unforgettable Voyage
Released: 1st March Developer: CheddaNinja Games Available on: Steam (Windows, MacOS, Linux) — $4.99
Unforgettable Journey is pirate puzzling adventure game full of treasure, traps, and enemies. Play as different members of a dysfunctional pirate crew and harness each of their unique abilities to solve puzzles, avoid enemies, acquire upgrades, defeat the boss, and get the ultimate treasure.
PolyVita
Released: 1st March Developer: Alejandro Zielinsky Available on: Steam (Windows, MacOS) — $5.99, Google Play (Android) — $1.99, App Store (iOS) — $2.99
Poly Vita is a relaxing puzzle game about helping a lost wanderer named Maya restore her soul. Pick up and place tiles one by one to form pathways and guide Maya through each puzzle. Collect each of Maya's soul fragments, while avoiding dangerous obstacles blocking your path.
Bonfire Peaks - Lost Memories DLC
Released: 2nd March Developer: Corey Martin, Draknek & FriendsAvailable on: Steam (Windows, MacOS, Linux) — $14.99, Epic Games (Windows, MacOS) — $14.99, itch.io (Windows, MacOS, Linux) — $15.00, Nintendo eShop (Switch) — $14.99, PlayStation Store (PS4, PS5) — $14.99
Get ready to fan those embers and rekindle the campfires in Bonfire Peaks: Lost Memories, a 3-part DLC for the critically beloved puzzle game. With new mechanics, thoughtful new puzzle design, and new areas to explore, the Lost Memories DLC has something special in store for all puzzle fans.
Stuffo the Puzzle Bot
Released: 2nd March Developer: Antti TiihonenAvailable on: Steam (Windows) — $9.99, App Store (iOS) — $4.99, Google Play (Android) — $3.49
A laid-back but smart puzzle game. Stuffo is the last remaining puzzle bot stuck in a world filled with bite-sized brain-teasers. Help Stuffo to solve the mind-bending puzzles by using various blocks to climb, push and teleport your way to the exit.
SokoChess White
Released: 3rd March Developer: Daisy GamesAvailable on: Steam (Windows, MacOS, Linux) — $4.99
SokoChess White is a puzzle game about pushing Chess pieces into their destination and overcoming various obstacles. Enjoy 70 different handcrafted levels with a unique twist on the Chess formula.
no stars
Released: 9th March Developer: zuzaAvailable on: itch.io (Web) — free
Push blocks and stairs around to reach the stars!
Blast One Standing
Released: 9th March Developer: Thinky CollectiveAvailable on: itch.io (Web) — free
This is a block pushing game with a unique win condition: destroy all but one block. Start a blast by pushing a block which is connected to another block.
Vlobs
Released: 10th March Developer: Lost MindsAvailable on: Steam (Windows, MacOS) — $3.99
Vlobs is a relaxing casual puzzle game where you build groups of colorful blobs (vlobs) that connect to each other in specific ways. Figure out the mechanics, improve your strategies and see how far you can go before you fill up the board. Get far enough and you'll encounter new colors, new mechanics, mysterious powers and maybe even unlock a second game mode.
Backbeat
Released: 15th March Developer: IchigoichieAvailable on: Steam (Windows, MacOS, Linux) — $29.99, Nintendo eShop (Switch) — $29.99, PlayStation Store (PS4, PS5) — $29.99, Microsoft Store (Xbox One, Xbox Series S|X) — $29.99
A mashup of puzzle and strategy games. Manipulate four threads of time to guide your band through sokoban-style puzzles. Manage squad resources over a set of limited turns. Experience a homage to 1990s ensemble dramedies. Customize the dynamic soundtrack with audio effects.
Growmi
Released: 15th March Developer: Carlos PedrosoAvailable on: itch.io (Web) — free
Growmi entered a portal that took all of its powers away. Now, you'll need to help Growmi regain them back... Start small and grow big to prove to the world that you are the smartest of them all!
EXIT The Game - Trial of the Griffin
Released: 22nd March Developer: Nementic GamesAvailable on: Steam (Windows, MacOS) — $7.99, App Store (iOS) — $5.99, Google Play (Android) — $5.99
An exciting Escape Room experience awaits you! Can you uncover the secrets of Greifenstein Castle and escape?
Storyteller
Released: 23rd March Developer: Daniel BenmerguiAvailable on: Steam (Windows, MacOS) — $14.99, Nintendo eStore (Switch) — $14.99
Storyteller is an award-winning puzzle game about building stories. Start with a title, settings and characters and create a story that fits the story’s description. Play with stories of love, intrigue, crime, monsters, betrayal, and more!
Can of Wormholes
Released: 24th March Developer: munted finger gamesAvailable on: Steam (Windows, MacOS) — $19.99
Push, slice, ingest, flip, and squish worms in this puzzle game in which you play as a little sentient tin can.
An Architect's Adventure
Released: 25th March Developer: maouAvailable on: Steam (Windows) — $9.99
Explore islands, build shapes, Conquer the puzzles. This is a 3D Sokoban puzzle game. Adjacent blocks are connected together. You need to construct the structure required for each level through whimsy to pass the level.
The Mysterious Machine
Released: 29th March Developer: SKYLEAvailable on: itch.io (Web) — free
Hey, remember that machine I was telling you about? Well here it is. I don't know what it's doing under the hood, but I put blocks on it, press submit, and it spits out numbers. Can you do anything with it? Don't forget to take notes with your notebook as you go along. Please contact me somehow if you can solve level 10.
PictoPull
Released: 29th March Developer: Screen SmithAvailable on: Steam (Windows) — $3.99
3D block puzzles built from pixel art! Push, pull, and climb on the blocks of a PictoPull puzzle in order to reach the goal. Create your own puzzles and share them!
Turn on the lights carefully
Released: 29th March Developer: Thedox GamesAvailable on: Steam (Windows, MacOS) — $0.99
Turn on the lights carefully is a disassemble puzzle game that features a recursive mechanics in which the player has to explore micro pieces to connect a circuit and solve the main puzzle.
Jump to it
Released: 29th March Developer: clickmazesAvailable on: itch.io (Web) — free
A set of 12 hand-crafted puzzles that explore the puzzling potential of taking a very simple logic-maze mechanic but then leaving sections of the maze undefined. The challenge is thus to correctly "walk" the missing pathways in order to solve the maze. Can you visualise the missing paths and connections?
Deltatile
Released: 31st March Developer: Rare Toad StudioAvailable on: Steam (Windows, MacOS) — $3.59
Deltatile is a puzzle game based on a unique tile swapping mechanic, featuring 6 different worlds and 65 levels.
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