I really enjoyed this demo! Very playful, approachable, and infused with a love for word puzzles.

It’s spooky season, so our team rounded up a bunch of games to get you in the Halloween spirit! Take a look at this collection or scroll down for the highlights! thinkygames.com/user... 1/13

Echo Weaver is a time loop metroidbrainia with strong platforming mechanics and a sci-fi narrative!

For tomorrow's stream, we'll be checking out Mind Diver, Chronoquartz, My Card Is Better Than Your Card, and revisiting Vextorial now that it's released! twitch.tv/thinkygames @minddivergame.bsky.social @breum.bsky.social @vextgames.bsky.social @infinitestairs.bsky.social @mycard.utustudios.com

I have cool news to share today! 🎉🍣🤖 Sushi For Robots is releasing on consoles later this month (October 23rd). This wouldn't have happened without @mameshibagames.com, who basically remade the game to port it over and is handling its publication. It's very exciting to see this happen!

This Friday is the deadline for ThinkyCon talk proposals! If you're looking for inspiration, check out the talks from last year!

There's a demo puzzle out for an upcoming daily game that combines crosswords and letter-tile games!

The Curse of the Last Reaper, our new swashbuckling adventure and fourth DLC for The Rise of the Golden Idol, is out tomorrow - September 23!

Samorost 2 is free on the Epic Games Store for 3 more days! Solve point-and-click puzzles as a space gnome in a surreal, fantastical world! store.epicgames.com/...

Endless Legend 2 is out now in early access! Compete with other factions and overcome cataclysms to build a new empire on an ocean planet!

Strange Antiquities is a cozy, creepy puzzle adventure that's perfect for dark autumnal nights!

This excellent croquet-themed puzzle game from last year is now out on Android!

The Thinky Games website turns 3 today! 🎉 thinkygames.com/

Very excited to announce that ThinkyCon is back for 2025! 🎉 Join us on 5-7 November for lots of wonderful talks about making thinky games - puzzle design, coding, production, and more. Everyone is welcome! Talk submissions are also now open 👀

Checking out these games in about an hour!

Just nerd sniping the commenters on my Öoo videos.

Working on water electricity interactions. Water can be used to complete any circuits. Wishlist on steam to follow development: store.steampowered.com/app/3664840/... #screenshotsaturday #indiegames #thinkygame #gamedev

Broughlike games — which get their name from indie dev Michael Brough, @smestorp.bsky.social — are roguelikes involving turn-based combat on small, procedurally generated grids, complex strategic gameplay, and rule-discovery! thinkygames.com/list... 1/8

Folks in the community have been saying Glowkeeper is really good! Hearing lots of great things about it.

Announcing my new game, Wolftown, a 4-16 player local multiplayer game. It's delightful, especially if you have a surplus of friends. store.steampowered.com/app/3948350/...

Öoo brings modern minimalism to puzzle platforming, detonating expectations on its way to greatness. Read our review!

Tetrobot is a classic. Really great game.

For the next few weeks we're celebrating 12 years of Draknek & Friends. We've got a few exciting things going on, including: 🎂 The Developer Steam Sale 🎉 A Humble Bundle of all Draknek & Friends games 🎊 12 years, 12 games giveaway

Our word puzzler LOK Digital is now part of a 20% discount “Rule Discovery Games” bundle on Steam together with Strange Jigsaws by @flebpuzzles.bsky.social , Linelith by @cwpat.me and @cipherzerogame.com ! store.steampowered.com/bundle/58431...

GLOWKEEPER IS OUT EVERYONE!!!! store.steampowered.com/app/3410660/... #indiegame #puzzlegame #godot #godotengine #gamerelease

Draknek & Friends Official Podcast Episode 35 featuring Zach Barth from @coincidence.games is out now! Topics include the development of Kaizen, making accessible Zach-likes, and systems design. draknek.org/podcast

Today's new series is a metroidbrainia in Minecraft! www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZyj...

Some fun new stuff on our site! ❤️ You can share your favorite thinky games and your watchlist! 🌟 You can make custom collections and share them too! For example, here's an all-important collection of games featuring bunnies 😌

Tomorrow Joe will be playing Öoo, ZENOMATRIX, Lost Twins 2, and One More Button on stream (3pm UK time, 7am PDT, 10am EDT, 4pm CEST)! Watch on Twitch: twitch.tv/thinkygames

Strange Jigsaws is full of heart, eureka moments, and disguised jigsaw puzzles!

Amazing list of games.

Do game reviews like @thinkygames.com does: no rating, lots of lovely info!!

I wrote an Intro to Puzzle Design article🧩 This covers the usual points I discuss with people who are working on their first puzzle game. Given how some concepts can be quite abstract, I think a written piece allows everyone to digest it at their own pace. www.ludipe.com/2025/08/18/i...

ElecHead has reached 1,000 reviews with Overwhelmingly Positive 🎉 Thank you so much!

We just added a bunch of cryptic rule-discovery puzzles to our database!

The best puzzle games are like magic! They use misdirection…and sometimes make us feel like fools. thinkygames.com/feat...

Remember the site where we all collectively solve every possible 5x5 nonogram (aka. Picross)? Well we're 92.6% of the way there - less than 2 million to go! Time for a big final push! pixelogic.app/every-...

Four new thinky games came out today! 🎉 thinkygames.com/news...

We now have all the DROD games in our database! Deadly Rooms of Death is a 30-year ongoing series of turn-based puzzlers, all about battling through rooms of monsters that move when you move. thinkygames.com/game... 1/12

🎉LUDOCENE LAUNCHED 🎉 So excited (and nervous) to send our game-finder into the world. Ludocene.com If you want a better way to find amazing games that rewards experts and is in the hands of players, this is our shot. Thank you to the 1000's backers and supporters.This is just the beginning.

For this puzzle game all you need is a single image and your imagination! thinkygames.com/feat...

Got myself a copy of Maze - the 1985 puzzle book that inspired Blue Prince! — Joe

Only 5 days left until Öoo releases! 🎉 The full version is easier to get lost than the demo but if a Warp Worm eats you, you’ll see the map and can warp to any one you’ve found!

Word Play, a roguelike blend of Scrabble and Balatro, joins the list of puzzle games for language nerds! thinkygames.com/feat...

Isles of Sea and Sky just released a big update that adds secret meta layers to the game! And it's 66% off for the next 2 weeks! thinkygames.com/news...

Last 6 months have been wild: 🤯We realised game discovery was broken. 🧪We made a prototype game-finder. 🎯We Kickstartered it into reality. 🥘We cooked and cooked with our backers. 🚀On Weds 6th Aug we launch Ludocene.com into the world. 🙏Last chance back/share: www.kickstarter.com/projects/lud...

The Mysterious Update for Isles of Sea and Sky is OUT NOW!!! New puzzles, new areas, new layers of mysterious secrets… Isles of Sea and Sky is 66% off until August 13!!! Now is a great time to pick it up! store.steampowered.com/app/1233070/... #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev

Congrats to @toboggan.work and team on the release of Birdigo! To celebrate, we've made a bundle with Word Play, Wordatro!, and Birdigo - three awesome games about spelling words to score points - store.steampowered.com/bundle/57187...

Birdigo is out TODAY! 🃏 Balatro x Wordle with a dash of Scrabble ⭐ ‘My new favorite word game’ (PC Gamer) ❤️ ‘Glorious’ - (Finger Guns, 9/10) 🐦 Full of adorable birds store.steampowered.com/app/3264170/...

Cipher Zero players starting this journey right now.