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  1. News
    Corey Hardt, 2 December 2024

    The Confounding Calendar has begun! Come play a free mini puzzle game each day of December

    Join us for an exciting community activity that returns every winter: each day of December you'll find a new, tiny, playful puzzle on the Calendar page.

  2. News
    Joseph Mansfield, 2 December 2024

    Thinky Awards 2024: Public nominations now open

    Nominations for the second edition of the Thinky Awards are now open. Let us know which games you'd love to see highlighted as some of the best puzzly, problem-solving games from the past year!

  3. News
    Corey Hardt, 23 November 2024

    New roguelike sequel 868-Back from visionary designer Michael Brough crowdfunding now

    Just announced is an upcoming project that you'll want to keep tabs on if you enjoy thinky, compact roguelike games with unique twists and lots of strategic depth.

  4. News
    Corey Hardt, 20 November 2024

    Build an entire operating system out of colorful circuits in the newly released ABI-DOS

    This new automation-programming game gives quite a first impression and looks like it would fit right in with the popular Zachtronics catalogue.

  5. News
    Corey Hardt, 14 November 2024

    The Steam Turn-Based Carnival showcases strategy and boardgames for the next week

    A big sale event started on Steam yesterday, and it's got a big overlap with the world of thinky games: the Turn-Based Carnival runs from November 13th to 20th featuring lots of deals on games that let you take your time.

  6. News
    Corey Hardt, 13 November 2024

    The Button Effect is an upcoming first-person puzzler inspired by The Witness and The Talos Principle

    The minimal and intriguing presentation of the little museum-exhibit world of The Button Effect has definitely caught my attention.

  7. News
    Corey Hardt, 11 November 2024

    Four DLC chapters announced for The Rise of the Golden Idol (yes, the one that's not even out yet)

    The sequel to The Case of the Golden Idol comes out later this week, and the team has just announced that throughout 2025 we will see multiple expansions, each containing multiple cases, almost doubling the size of the base game.

  8. News
    Corey Hardt, 8 November 2024

    Draknek & Friends announce new podcast interviewing puzzle developers, first 2 episodes out now

    The puzzle experts at studio/publisher Draknek & Friends have just announced and debuted a new podcast where they'll be chatting with a range of notable puzzle designers and devs.

  9. News
    Corey Hardt, 7 November 2024

    The 4th annual Confounding Calendar is now taking submissions!

    Come be a part of a seasonal community project: an advent calendar of tiny puzzle surprises each day of December.

  10. News
    Rachel Watts, 1 November 2024

    Return of the Obra Dinn's Lucas Pope has released a free pocket-sized game about helping your trapped friends escape a creepy mansion

    Lucas Pope of Papers, Please and Thinky Game favourite Return of the Obra Dinn has released a free pocket-sized game on itch.io called Moida Mansion.

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