The name may be as basic as possible, but the upcoming digital-sleuth game CD-ROM looks like it has lots of layers happening in the puzzle department. You'll dig through files and photos to extract the info you need to unlock the next disc.
After getting lots of attention in the 2025 Game Maker's Toolkit game jam, the knowledge-based-platformer Sisyphus Is a Bug has now released in an expanded version on Steam.
The Apothecary of Trubiz and Once Glorious Artahk both released in the last few weeks, and both feature strange symbols and alphabets you must decipher while centering around very different kinds of puzzle gameplay.
In case you missed any of our 2nd annual online convention centered around the making of the games we love so much, every presentation from ThinkyCon 2025 has now been uploaded to our YouTube channel so you can pick and choose what to watch whenever you like.
The most puzzle-packed Calendar around is back for a 5th year running: The Confounding Calendar is a big community event that takes place every November-December and involves everyone getting together to make bite-sized, single-level puzzle treats that are then slowly released over the course of a month.
Come make a small game over the course of a week, taking inspiration from one of the talks at this year's ThinkyCon, and potentially even participate in some interesting university research.
Just about an hour from this post our 2nd annual digital convention kicks off: ThinkyCon 2025 is a three-day extravaganza of presentations from gamedev industry speakers on a wide range of subjects relating to the making and production of thinky games.
Motion Rec released this week, a cute new puzzle platformer with a lo-fi pixel art style that lets you record big chunks of moving and jumping around to play back in loops. It's available in a Steam bundle with the beloved exploration platformer Öoo and CATO: Buttered Cat.
An annual event all about the procedural, grid-based dungeon-crawling world of roguelike games is happening this weekend. There are full schedules of talks from gamedev speakers on Saturday and Sunday that you can watch virtually, and a Steam event page showcasing featured games and sales.
It's been exactly one year since we launched our big ambitious catalogue of thinky games, and we've been constantly adding to it ever since. Today a huge batch of visual novel detective games have landed, greatly expanding our coverage of the genre.
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