Wednesday, February 4th marks the reveal of the winners of this year's Thinky Awards, a celebration of the best games from the last year that fit under our little genre-mash-up umbrella.
Three games debuted in the last few days that are worth highlighting: the board-building cyber-roguelike NET.CRAWL, the play-multiple-realities-at-once deckbuilder Parallel Dungeons, and the lovingly illustrated sushi chef puzzle game Bento Blocks.
The world of puzzle games is filled with new takes and twists on the classic Sokoban formula: here's one where the empty space in your levels will become walls and boxes, and vice versa.
Here's a round up of a few happenings in the world of boardgames: Steam is running a big genre sale for digital tabletop games & a group of games is being recognized as significant to the hobby in BGG's Hall of Fame.
The first season of Thinky Dailies is now over! The 61st and final puzzle in our unusual daily puzzle game, where you get a brand new kind of puzzle every day, is now out, and the next chapter of our thinky hero's journey is on the way. Season 2 will return on March 4!
In the new release Our Journey: The Silent Voice, you and a friend will take on the roles of a body and its spirit, one helping the other navigate the environment by sending abstract messages.
For the third time the Draknek New Voices grant program, lead by designer/publisher Alan Hazelden, is putting money behind some promising up-and-coming thinky games from underrepresented developers.
It’s that time of the year again! We’re ready to announce the winners of the latest Thinky Awards. Our 3rd edition of this amazing annual event celebrates the very best thinky games that were released in 2025.
You can play a demo now for Spellsy, a new word game where you'll push letters around the board and use their abilities to line up words and clear them.
The latest genre Steam is collecting together to showcase in a big themed sale is Detective Games: from now through Jan 19 you can get some good deals on favorites in addition to some newer stuff.
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