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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 1h
This is such a great analysis of how some clever deckbuilders break their genre's conventions!
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Good deckbuilders follow the rules. Great ones break them. · Thinky Games
From flamboyant courtrooms to festering caverns, Gwen C. Katz tours the deckbuilder fringes to investigate why, in a genre obsessed with rules, disobedience breeds delight.
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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 2h
Here's Joe playing the super cute, gravity-defying platformer Nomori!
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Portal puzzles but kawaii as heck
I tried out a demo of Nomori a few years back and thought it'd be good to check out what it's like now that it's finally out. The gameplay is much like I remember - solving large puzzle-chamber levels where you can pass through rotated portals to change which walls you're walking on - but clearly a
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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 29/09/2026
Even in between fights, there's monsters to deal with in this roguelike by @teamlazerbeam.bsky.social!
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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 29/09/2026
Dicevaders is out now! Lead an alien invasion with strategic dice rolls in this roguelike deckbuilder set in the StarVaders universe!
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Dicevaders · Thinky Games
Assemble strategic alien hordes and trigger attacks against the solar system through fine-tuned dice rolls.
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Dicevaders @dicevaders.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
DICEVADERS IS OUT NOW! 👽 Roll the dice, build your alien army, and break the game. Play now!: Steam: tinyurl.com/2t3d9p8f Nintendo Switch: tinyurl.com/yrauhn93 Watch the trailer: youtu.be/eZRlAwco398 #dicevaders #roguelike #deckbuilder
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Chao @chao-c.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A little update: Chomp Garden is now Very Positive on Steam! 🌱 51 reviews, all positive!! Thank you so much for all the support! 💚 #indiegame #solodev #puzzle
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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 28/09/2026
Just two more days to submit ThinkyCon talk proposals! We'd love to hear from puzzle game developers and enthusiasts alike!
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ThinkyCon 2026 · Thinky Games
Puzzle design, art, development, production — learn about every aspect of crafting thinky games.
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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 28/09/2026
Joe checked out this unique roguelike that gives you two decks!
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This roguelike deckbuilder has two decks! (Shroom and Gloom)
It feels like the boom in roguelike deckbuilders is starting to slow a bit, but Shroom and Gloom shows there's still some interesting innovations happening. It's a really great looking game, with an interesting core twist to the deckbuilder formula: in this game, you have an extra deck of cards that
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Echtrae @echtrae.itch.io · 27/09/2026
📝 The Rule-Discovery Paper Puzzle Game Jam has officially ended ✨ Thank you to everyone who participated, and a big congratulations to everyone who submitted! Take some time to try out the games, show the creators some support, and leave some feedback. itch.io/jam/rule-dis...
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The Rule-Discovery Paper Puzzle Game Jam
A game jam from 2026-09-18 to 2026-09-27 hosted by Echtrae. Welcome to the Rule-Discovery Paper Puzzle Game Jam! Your goal: to create and submit a rule-discovery paper puzzle within the length of the ...
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borb 🐌 play EMUUROM already @borbware.itch.io · 28/09/2026
somehow completely missed a sequel to my GOTY of last year :O
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pqRachel @pqrachel.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Two months and ~50hrs of actual solving later I finally finished @skepticalmario.bsky.social's Sudokuvania 2! This puzzle is a behemoth and definitely the biggest, most difficult sudoku puzzle I've ever solved. (Tho it's technically like 40 hard af puzzles in one.) Truly an incredible experience!
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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 27/09/2026
And if you need a refresher on previous seasons, someone in our Discord made this super helpful compilation of the art and story so far! trianguloy.github.io...
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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 27/09/2026
So excited to see Mouse return for Season 4 of our daily puzzle game! Try out this puzzle here: thinkygames.com/dail...
"Friends Reunited!
Letter Friends by Prasanna Seshadri"
Our thinky hero stands next to their suitcase, looking at a puzzle with their friend Mouse!"Friends Reunited!
Letter Friends by Prasanna Seshadri"
There is a grid with some letters on it and a word bank with the words "HONK," "HORN," "LORRY," "SQUEAL," "TRUCKS," and "WHEEL."
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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 26/09/2026
We got up to some silly shenanigans while we were separated in Big Walk by @househouse.com!
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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 25/09/2026
Are mazes thinky? Corey suggests looking for the answer in these free puzzles!
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Are mazes "thinky"? I know 40+ completely free ways you can find out · Thinky Games
FLEB recently released another free game on Steam packed full of 20 more small, silly, innovative and charming mazes. (Plus some bonus maze content from the community.)
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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 25/09/2026
These Big Walk puzzles really put our team's communication skills to the test!
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Team Thinky play hot potato in a labyrinth (Big Walk #2)
This is the second part of our stream playing Big Walk, an open world co-operative puzzle game from the creators of Untitled Goose Game. Our whole team - Joe, Cay, Corey, Devin, Oriane, and Luis - explored more of the world and found a labyrinth! @JoePlaysPuzzleGames and Team Thinky play Big Walk b
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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 24/09/2026
In this sokoban by @miracletea.bsky.social, hugs are strategic!
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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 24/09/2026
Stream is starting now! twitch.tv/thinkygames
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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 24/09/2026
You can solve this Thinky Dailies puzzle for yourself here: thinkygames.com/dail... 2/2
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Puzzle 4-10: Things Of The Past · Thinky Dailies
A Guide Arrow puzzle designed by Prasanna Seshadri for Thinky Dailies.
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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 24/09/2026
Struggling with today's Guide Arrow puzzle? Joe has put together this short video showing a few techniques for solving it! www.youtube.com/watc... 1/2
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How to solve a simple Guide Arrow puzzle
Catch up on Thinky Dailies here: https://thinkygames.com/dailies/ Start season 4: https://thinkygames.com/dailies/puzzles/4/ Solve this puzzle: https://thinkygames.com/dailies/puzzles/4-10/ 0:00 Intro 0:30 Guide Arrow rules 1:48 Solve 5:11 Outro #thinkygames #puzzlegame #dailypuzzle ThinkyGames.
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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 23/09/2026
You have to uncover an inverted world to solve this math problem!
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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 23/09/2026
Chomp Garden is out now! Collect fireflies in a garden full of strange plants that react to your movement in this puzzle game with cute, retro-arcade art.
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Chomp Garden · Thinky Games
Collect fireflies in a garden full of strange plants that react to your movement.
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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 23/09/2026
Rotate portals and record object movement to navigate a cute, whimsical spirit world in Nomori by @enchantedworks.nl, out now!
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Nomori · Thinky Games
Rotate portals and record object movement to navigate a whimsical spirit world.
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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 23/09/2026
Joe will be checking out Shroom and Gloom, Nomori, Chomp Garden, Hazard Pay, and Satelital on stream tomorrow! Tune in at 4:00pm BST / 8:00am PDT / 11:00am EDT / 5:00pm CEST here: www.twitch.tv/thinky...
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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 23/09/2026
Check out these two new releases that are both escape-themed and set in the future!
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Escape from a near-future apocalypse or a far-future space station in two new releases this week · Thinky Games
Rivage is a first-person space-station exploration puzzle game out today alongside a new DLC for Escape Simulator 2 that features a range of post-apocalyptic puzzle rooms.
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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 22/09/2026
Finally, this recent release is full of beautiful hand-drawn art and is about a forest spirit helping animals and trees prepare for winter!
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Tukoni: Forest Keepers · Thinky Games
Discover gentle puzzles as a forest spirit helping animals and trees to prepare for the winter.
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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 22/09/2026
Luis suggests the classic point-and-click adventure Machinarium and the surreal puzzle game Birth for games with autumnal color palettes! thinkygames.com/game...
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Birth · Thinky Games
Curb urban loneliness through bizarre puzzles.
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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 22/09/2026
For Devin, September is a month for mystery games! He recommends The Painscreek Killings, which is an investigation game set in an eerie, abandoned town.
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The Painscreek Killings on Steam
Investigate an infamous cold case in the eerie, abandoned town of Painscreek. Search for evidence, connect the dots and uncover who killed Vivian Roberts. Can you expose the truth behind this town’s dark secrets?
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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 22/09/2026
Altered is full of challenging grid-based puzzles, some of which have an autumnal theme!
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Altered · Thinky Games
Solve grid-based puzzles by changing the shape of your characters.
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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 22/09/2026
Joe played Cat Squeeze a couple months ago, which has an autumnal area full of cute, clever puzzles about an exploding cat!
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This cat explodes when it squeezes through pipes! (Cat Squeeze)
I'd tried the demo of Cat Squeeze already, but it was fun to jump back in, replay a few levels, and see some new stuff. It's just a really neat little sokoban game! I'm curious what other mechanics get introduced later in the game (I've seen a few things in screenshots), but already the core mechani
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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 22/09/2026
Cay has been loving all the fall colors in Nurikabe World and picked up Outer Wilds again! Both games have such wonderful, relaxing music! thinkygames.com/game...
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Nurikabe World · Thinky Games
Create islands and connect rivers to solve relaxing Nurikabe logic puzzles.
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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 22/09/2026
Happy autumn (to those who live in the Northern Hemisphere)! 🍂 What puzzle games is everyone playing to get into the cozy spirit?
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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 22/09/2026
Explore puzzling, atmospheric rooms of a space station stuck in orbit in Rivage, out now!
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Rivage · Thinky Games
Explore the puzzling rooms of a space station stuck in orbit with limited power.
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Raw Fury | RIVAGE OUT NOW @rawfury.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🌀💫RIVAGE IS NOW OFFICIALLY RELEASED💫🌀 Our long-awaited puzzle adventure game, filled with mysterious atmosphere and secrets, is out now with a 10% off on Steam✨ See more & get it here! bit.ly/4y1Lc80 #IndieGame #PuzzleGame #SciFi #RivageGame @rivagethegame.bsky.social @exnilostudio.bsky.social
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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 22/09/2026
Joe explored this platformer full of cryptic math puzzles!
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Platforming, combat, and... math puzzles! (Néro & Sci ∫ Integral Edition)
I wanted to check out Nero and Sci specifically because it was a little tricky to understand what kind of game it is from its store page. In particular, I wanted to know exactly how it explores math puzzles through its gameplay. So it turns out it's ultimately a level-based platformer with a variety
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Jagriff @jagriff.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I'm excited to see all of the talks this year! Also I've just submitted my proposal 🐧
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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 21/09/2026
There's a new DLC out for Escape Simulator 2 that adds 4 new challenges set in in a deserted, post-apocalyptic world!
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Escape Simulator 2: Apocalypse · Thinky Games
Face additional escape room challenges in a deserted, ruined near-future world.
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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 20/09/2026
It's a little sad saying goodbye to the yeti, but can't wait to see what other characters our Thinky Dailies team introduce us to this season! Solve this square jam puzzle here: thinkygames.com/dail...
"A Fond Farewell, Square Jam by Murat Can Tonta"
The image shows the yeti saying goodbye to our thinky hero."A Fond Farewell, Square Jam by Murat Can Tonta"
The image shows a grid with the numbers 2, 3, and 4 on it.
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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 20/09/2026
We make some small adjustments each year based on feedback and our own thoughts on how we can improve it. Some of the categories were just renamed for clarity but ultimately represent the same thing. I think it'll change less over time.
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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 19/09/2026
Why would we solve a puzzle by using our brains when we can just brute force it?
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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 18/09/2026
Check out the newly updated database page for Theta and Paralldox on Worldlines, a sokoban with a huge amount of metapuzzles!
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Theta and Paralldox on Worldlines · Thinky Games
Split into copies of yourself to clear puzzles inspired by modern physics and parallel worlds.
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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 18/09/2026
Miss you Rachel! 😂💛
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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 18/09/2026
We had a blast solving puzzles in Big Walk (and maybe trying to cheese one of them)!
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Can Team Thinky solve puzzles together? (Big Walk #1)
For this special stream, we got the whole Thinky Games team together - me, Cay, Corey, Devin, Oriane, and Luis - to try out Big Walk, a new open world co-operative puzzle game from the creators of Untitled Goose Game. In this first part, we get ourselves familiar with the game, explore a little, sol
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FLEB @flebpuzzles.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Okay, it's out! 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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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 17/09/2026
This open-world metroidbrainia looks so cool!
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Gorgeous metroidbrania MONOMOON sets a release date of 1111 · Thinky Games
This upcoming exploration game is about "uncovering hidden truths" with "no proper instructions." Consider our interest piqued.
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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 17/09/2026
20 More, Somehow Even Smaller, Mazes which is the third in a series of delightful, playful puzzle games from FLEB, is out now!
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20 More, Somehow Even Smaller, Mazes · Thinky Games
Each maze includes a unique mechanic that turns it into a sweet puzzle treat.
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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 17/09/2026
Playing kropki sudoku with a metroidvania twist!
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Monster Couch @monstercouch.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Welcome to town, Flamekeepers! ✨🧡 Flamecraft is available now on #Steam, #PlayStation5, #XBOX, and #NintendoSwitch! We can't wait to see you around! #flamecraft
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Rusty Lake 🚣 Servant of the Lake out now! @rustylake.com · 17/09/2026
1️⃣ Month of Servant of the Lake 🦐 Take a trip down memory lane and revisit your weekend at the Vanderboom Estate. 🥣 Thank you so much for playing Servant of the Lake. We appreciate your endless support. 🖤 What was your favourite level? Let us know below. 👇
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Bad Viking Games (Rob & John). Strange Antiquities OUT NOW! @badvikinggames.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Wow, Strange Antiquities turns one today! Which means that, in the fast-moving world of video games, it is now officially old. Thanks to everyone who’s played, reviewed and recommended it over the past year. Still Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam. Not bad for an antique. ❤️
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