Factory Balls, a game about using all manner of odd tools to paint spheres in specific patterns, was a big hit in the Flash era of the internet. After its big expanded re-release in 2019, the game is getting an all-new sequel next month.
This Tuesday brought us a bounty of new releases all lining up on the same day: the stained-glass logic puzzle quest Artisan of Glimmith, the Nazi-hunting detective sim The Ratline and after nine years, the Zachtronics automation game Opus Magnum gets its first official DLC in De Re Metallica.
Both debuting this week, two puzzle games featuring immediately attractive premises: a literal puzzle platformer that lets you connect the levels together at will and a spell crafting adventure with wide open options for creativity.
Taking place in a Latin American town that mysteriously vanished off the map, this upcoming indie detective game emphasizes first-hand exploration of a non-linear web of interconnected events, going back in time to discover for yourself the true secret history of this place.
A massively anticipated game and a recent awards favorite both broke new ground this week: the deckbuilding sequel Slay the Spire 2 is now available to play in early access on Steam, and the super popular Blue Prince has released on Nintendo Switch.
Our own in-house flavor of daily puzzles have returned after a break between seasons: Thinky Dailies are different every day, charmingly illustrated, and tell a cute little story as you follow our characters from day to day. But best of all: they're 100% free.
20 More, Somehow Even Smaller, Mazes is expected sometime soon in 2026. It's the third game in a playful little series from the boundary-pushing designer FLEB, following 20 Small Mazes and Strange Jigsaws.
After a great first season of our overly-ambitious daily puzzle game, in which you get a new kind of handcrafted puzzle every day, we're finally ready to open the doors to everyone! If you haven't started yet, now is the perfect time to catch up before season 2 begins next week.
868-Back is the sequel to 868-Hack, a compact and thinky roguelike from one of the best developers working in the genre, and it's playable for the first time now.
Puzzle players are having fun with a new demo this past week: Tiling Forest is the preview version of Tiling Town, which contains its own set of unique pathway-laying puzzles.
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