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Laughing Manatee Games @laughingmanatee.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I see a lot of folks excited about a new sokoban game releasing in a few days. But why wait? Puzzle Depot has hundreds of rooms, very funny writing, a lovable cast... and it's on sale! store.steampowered.com/app/3108190/... Honor Sokobacchus the Orthogonal One by playing Puzzle Depot! #indiegame

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A box-pushing, bug-squishing, post-apocalyptic adventure awaits you in Puzzle Depot! Challenge hundreds of meticulously designed rooms that expand on classic sokoban gameplay with new and creative mec...

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Portponky @portponky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This is awesome so I cut one out of wood and made a double sided puzzle.

Wooden puzzle of star shape made from 7 pieces

Other side of wooden puzzle with square shape, same 7 pieces, partially assembled

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Alan Hazelden @alanhazelden.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

As Order of the Sinking Star is coming out next month, in advance of review coverage coming in I wanted to add one thing to my last statement about the game: bsky.app/profile/drak... (note: at that time I didn’t have a separate personal account)

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Bobby Vanden @danga.games · 02/09/2026

HE WHO WATCHES IS OUT NOW! Please go check it out if you are at all interested in puzzle games. It is a banger (self certified) and something that I really put my heart into. Day one reviews go so freaking far, if you like the game please do leave a review! I even narrated a trailer for it 😬

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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 10/08/2026

Me and the thinky pals checking out this new puzzle book prototype from @portponky.bsky.social 👀

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Amicable Animal - New CRT7 demo OUT NOW! 🦝🏳️‍🌈 @amicableanimal.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Next up we'll have the (I think) World Premiere of Puzzle Tracks by @portponky.bsky.social! A physical game about laying down railway tracks across 100ish puzzles! Use different transparent tiles to finish incomplete tracks. Choo choo! Come try it for free soon: buytickets.at/mdesingames/...

A photo of a ring bound A4 book and a black velvet bag, both on a purple sheet. The book has a blue cover with the titles Puzzle Tracks by Portponky on it. The bag has some transparent perspex tiles spilling out of it. They are laser cut and engraved to show different arrangement of railway tracks on them.

A photo of a ring bound A4 book and a black velvet bag, both on a purple sheet. The book is open showing 4 puzzle grids with scattered rocks on them, as well as tracks entering each of them. The bag is over one of the grids, and transparent perspex tiles are arranged on one of the puzzles. They are laser cut and engraved to show different arrangement of railway tracks on them, matching up with ones printed on the puzzle itself.

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Greg Egan @gregegansf.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

While the Fields Medal celebrates the under-40s, the mathematician Joan Birman has, at the age of 99, solved a major open problem in representations of the Braid groups, a topic she has worked on for more than 60 years.

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Blaž Urban Gracar (Letibus Design) @letibus.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Oh, what's that? Famous @tombrewster.bsky.social of the famous @shutupshow.bsky.social just released a new review video that, among other games, also covers a silly little sliding puzzlOH GOD IT'S HERD, IT'S HERD, A GAME THAT I MADE. THANK YOU TOM. 🤟 www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOiq...

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5 MORE Great New Board Games! [Rattlesnake, Yonder, Bomb Busters, Herd, and No Loose Ends]

YouTube video by Shut Up & Sit Down

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Portponky @portponky.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I don't use AI in any capacity. It's unethical garbage. I can make shoddy looking games without the need for the plagiarism slot machine.

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Cerebral Puzzle Showcase (May 28 - June 4 2026) @puzzleshowcase.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

🔴 NOW LIVE🔴 Our final livestream of the day is with @authorblu.es who will be playing through @portponky.bsky.social's Recursed and @pipapogames.bsky.social's Map Map. Head to the Steam homepage to check it out! store.steampowered.com/sale/Cerebra...

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FLEB @flebpuzzles.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Two new games coming 2027: "Some Puzzles" is a game that has some puzzles. store.steampowered.com/app/4013910/... And "Lock In" is a game where you unlock locks. store.steampowered.com/app/4013930/... Thank you to Thinky Games for allowing me to participate in the Thinky Direct!

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Lock In on Steam

An escape-the-room puzzle game. Solve locks to unlock locks. Unlock locks to unlock more locks. Lock in.

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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 18/05/2026

🎉 Aw yeaaah, Thinky Direct is back for 2026! Over 40 exclusive trailers for upcoming puzzle and problem-solving games! It's gonna be freakin amazing! 📺 Watch live on Thursday May 28 🕕 10am PDT / 1pm EDT / 6pm BST thinkygames.com/direct2026/

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Patrick Traynor @cwpat.me · 06/05/2026

I made a small 1-level puzzle game about recursive bubbles! A variation on the mechanics of Patrick's Parabox, COCOON, Recursed, etc. I wanted to explore letting you easily visualize and modify the nested structure of rooms. Hope you enjoy! :) patrickgh3.itch.io/bubble-sort

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Coincidence @coincidence.games · 04/05/2026

U.V.S. Nirmana is now available on Steam! Set off on a journey of uncountable eons toward the edge of the universe. Stop by distant worlds and ancient civilizations, helping them as part of your pilgrimage with your companions, the Renunciants. store.steampowered.com/app/2536720/...

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Coincidence @coincidence.games · 29/04/2026

New game, available next week! U.V.S. NIRMANA Set off on a journey of uncountable eons toward the edge of the universe. Stop by distant worlds and ancient civilizations, helping them as part of your pilgrimage with your companions, the Renunciants. store.steampowered.com/app/2536720

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U.V.S. Nirmana on Steam

U.V.S. Nirmana is a engineering puzzle game from Coincidence, the creators of Kaizen: A Factory Story and the inventors of the Zach-like. Set off on the Unreturning Void Ship Nirmana as it continues a...

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gate @gate.itch.io · 02/04/2026

Derelict Star is OUT NOW! Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3641010/... Itch: gate.itch.io/derelict-star

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Amicable Animal - New CRT7 demo OUT NOW! 🦝🏳️‍🌈 @amicableanimal.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

This is a zoom of the SOLAS 128 world in the editor. We used Tiled (which is amazing) to make the entire thing as one big tile map, piece by piece, with the programmer art above. I have the full map (also below) printed out on a canvas and honestly it looks amazing, like a mad puzzle cross-stitch.

A zoomed in screenshot of the SOLAS 128 tile art in-situ in the tile editor, Tiled. The image is mostly a mid-grey with a grid on it, with black squares shaping out rooms. White mirror and door icons are visible, alongside coloured spaces for emitters and receivers used in the game, and prism pieces too.

A screenshot of the full world of SOLAS 128, showing every single last tile across the entirety of the game world. At the bottom it shows obvious discrete rooms joined together, with branches to the left and right that both reach dead ends. Towards the top the levels seem to break down into noise, before becoming more solid and understandable above that where it branches into two directions again.

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increpare @increpare.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Oeuf /uːf/: a 3D precision-platformer where you are an egg. Go on an adventure, play with friends, have fun in the level editor! store.steampowered.com/app/3831080/... #OeufGame OUT NOW

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3D physics-platformer where you are an egg! Roll, hop and slide your way back home.

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FLEB @flebpuzzles.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

My next game will be "20 More, Somehow Even Smaller, Mazes". It will be free. Wishlist it today! store.steampowered.com/app/4428890/...

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20 More, Somehow Even Smaller, Mazes on Steam

A puzzle game with twenty small mazes.

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Amicable Animal - New CRT7 demo OUT NOW! 🦝🏳️‍🌈 @amicableanimal.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Dissimulation is out now! It's a short rule discovery dungeon crawling puzzle game. It's by me & @m-enderbug.bsky.social, will take about 20 minutes to play, is totally free, and can be played with a MIDI Controller or normal inputs! 👉 amicableanimal.itch.io/dissimulation #IndieDev #Free #Puzzle

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Dissimulation by Amicable Animal, Menderbug

A rule discovery puzzle playable on a Launchpad Pro MK3

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Portponky @portponky.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

I made a game with @shookloose.bsky.social for the Big Mode jam 2026. It's about selling and crashing cars and uses some dubious accounting. shookloose.itch.io/bubs-budget-...

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Bub's Budget Beaters by Shook Loose, ashleypox, SoBad

We break it, you buy it.

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Amicable Animal - New CRT7 demo OUT NOW! 🦝🏳️‍🌈 @amicableanimal.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

I'm sorry for anyone who worked on *that* new game, but there is no way I'm going anywhere near it. I'm not going to support a game led by someone who believes that lots of amazingly talented people in the games and thinky space shouldn't exist. Why would I? I can support cooler people directly.

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increpare @increpare.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

just learned an elite @godotengine.org hack

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JohnLee Cooper @johnleeerg.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

I'm givin a lil talk at "ThinkyCon 2025" tommorow at 5 PM EST! about Trail Mix and Life in Captivity, and how there's no undo/rewind in either of them and how that effects the design and response to each game. Tune in! Doing it live so who knows what could happen! Very Nervous!

little thinkycon advert with my face and a nice scarf and the title of the talk "Is a Puzzle Game Without an Undo Still a Puzzle Game?"

Screenshot of Trail Mix, the level "Richard" to be precise. a colorful village full of our iconic pilsbury dough boy guys.

A screenshot of Life in Captivity. Green squares and brown walls and spongebob fish in the bg for some reason

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Portponky @portponky.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Wolftown comes out today. There's going to be a release party in my discord server at 4:30 UTC. I assure you, it's all very exciting.

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Hempuli @hempuli.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

This has been floating in my brain for a bit

Moominpappa looking ponderous and saying "Just according to suunnitelma", with the text "Translator's note: suunnitelma means plan" in parenthesis at the top, in reference to a classic meme about a Death Note anime translation

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Portponky @portponky.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Oh cool, 20% off Only Sliding. It's cheap anyhow so slide it into your shopping cart or don't store.steampowered.com/app/3575260/...

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Save 20% on Only Sliding on Steam

A puzzle game with one mechanic (sliding).

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Corey Martin 🍉 @toboggan.work · 29/09/2025

wahooo All my games are on sale now for the Steam Autumn sale, Sept 29th to Oct 6th 🍂 :) store.steampowered.com/search/?deve...

Birdigo - 20% Off
Bonfire Peaks - 65% Off
Pipe Push Paradise - 75% Off
Hiding Spot - 75% Off

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Ian MacLarty @ianmaclarty.com · 26/09/2025

After over 2 years cooking in Steam Early Access, Mars First Logistics 1.0 is finally here! Engineer your little rover and deliver lots of silly stuff!

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Ian MacLarty @ianmaclarty.com · 24/09/2025

Mars First Logistics, our open world physics game about building rovers and delivering stuff is coming out of Steam Early Access in 2 days with a big update! Tag your favourite influencial person who you think might enjoy it!

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Alexander (TOTAL RELOAD game creator) @torshock.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Hi Bluesky! The diagram for puzzle lovers. Save it so you can find these games on Steam later 🎮💥 #puzzle #games #Steam #indiegames #puzzles #game #indiegame #gamedev #indiedev #streamers #youtubers #streamer #YouTuber #stream #twitch #youtube

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FLEB @flebpuzzles.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Okay, Strange Jigsaws is released. Have fun! store.steampowered.com/app/2702170/...

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Save 10% on Strange Jigsaws on Steam

A game of strange jigsaws.

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Amicable Animal - New CRT7 demo OUT NOW! 🦝🏳️‍🌈 @amicableanimal.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

We'll also have Only Sliding by PortPonky (@portponky.bsky.social) – a logic puzzle game with only one mechanic (sliding). Solve puzzles in discrete areas to unlock pieces that can slide about the world you're moving through. Very clever, definitely tricky, and liable to give your brain a workout!

A screenshot from Only Sliding. The left half of the screen shows a discrete puzzle with large 'l' style tetris pieces (and one single green block), only the long legs are 5-tiles long instead of 3. There are four of them and it looks like you are supposed to move them onto yellow and black hazard-striped spaces! On the right is a monochrome area where the blue player is sitting that looks little like a complicated maze.

Another screenshot from Only Sliding - this time it is quite reminisent of the sandy levels of Lemmings. There are beige pillars and six different plus pieces, three of which are free to move and three of which aren't. There are three exits from the screen (plus one that you can't get to), one near the player in the top right, one to the top left the player can get to, and one bottom right which seems to require the plus pieces to access.

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Portponky @portponky.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

I've been making a jackbox-style werewolf game and it's coming along pretty well. I'm running playtests on saturday evenings in my discord server (top secret, accessed from my website) so come along if this is your sort of thing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoiF...

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Wolftown alpha trailer thing

YouTube video by Portponky

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Blaž Urban Gracar (Letibus Design) @letibus.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

I've been keeping track of all the puzzle books that came in the recent puzzle book indie wave. I love what's happening in the scene. I'll probably post the following list every few months or so with updated titles, but this is what we've got so far (alphabetically) (links in replies):

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Walfie @walfie.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Hello!! I spent the past few months learning game development and just released my first game on itch․io (it's free)! Vacuous Sugar Quest, a platformer featuring climbing and gliding mechanics! #GodotEngine #Vacu0usly

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torcado @torcado.com · 22/10/2024

I made Scritch, a simple, fully customizable media player designed for music artists 🎵 Originally made in response to Epic's acquisition of Bandcamp, I realized @itch.io would be a perfect place for musicians to distribute their albums. The only thing missing was a media player... So I built one!

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Amicable Animal - New CRT7 demo OUT NOW! 🦝🏳️‍🌈 @amicableanimal.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Guess what!? Upfall will launch in just 2 weeks time on the 19th of May! 🫧 Bounce off bubbles 🚨 Avoid glowing hazards 🎨 Unlock loads of customisations 🌊 Return to the sea 💲 Totally free Please share and wishlist here: store.steampowered.com/app/3570280/... #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #freegame

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Gwen Frey @diregoldfish.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

🎉 LAB RAT is out now!! 🎉 - A comedic puzzler that satirizes your favorite games - Over 100 puzzles - At least 10 good belly laughs 👇 Check it out Here 👇 store.steampowered.com/app/1304610/...

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Lab Rat - Official Launch Trailer [4k]

YouTube video by Klei Entertainment

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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 04/04/2025

Only Sliding is out now! 🎉 If you like sliding puzzles or enjoyed Recursed and want to see what else @portponky.bsky.social is up to, go check it out! thinkygames.com/game...

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Only Sliding · Thinky Games

Explore a network of caves featuring difficult sliding puzzles.

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Portponky @portponky.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

btw my game 'Only Sliding' comes out in 24 hours if I remember to press a button ok bye store.steampowered.com/app/3575260/...

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Only Sliding on Steam

A puzzle game with one mechanic (sliding).

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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 02/04/2025

Explore caves and solve difficult sliding puzzles in Only Sliding, which is today's #WishlistWednesday! Only 3 days left until it's out! thinkygames.com/game...

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Only Sliding · Thinky Games

Explore a network of caves featuring difficult sliding puzzles.

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Portponky @portponky.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

I made a puzzle game which I will release soon. It's called Only Sliding, and it's about sliding and not much else. store.steampowered.com/app/3575260/...

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Only Sliding on Steam

A puzzle game with one mechanic (sliding).

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Amicable Animal - New CRT7 demo OUT NOW! 🦝🏳️‍🌈 @amicableanimal.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

I'm so excited to announce a side project! Shares/wishlists appreciated 🧡 Upfall is a game about bouncing, dodging, and dying. Burst bubbles to progress upwards, but be careful to dodge the hazards in the depths 🔊 A totally free game coming very soon: store.steampowered.com/app/3570280/...

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Hempuli @hempuli.bsky.social · 10/03/2025