Thinky Games

1 month ago | thinkygames.com | Mairi Nolan

There’s something delightfully off-kilter about watching a rabbit in a tuxedo perform magic tricks. Even more so when you know, based on past experience with Rusty Lake games, that said rabbit might, at any moment, whip out a knife, sword, saw or… Tiger? Yet here I am, sitting in the front row of The Mr. Rabbit Magic Show, enjoying the latest free offering from Rusty Lake to celebrate their 10th anniversary.

1 month ago | thinkygames.com | Dayten Rose

Murder at the Birch Tree Theater, an upcoming detective title from composer Mike Pettry, is not quite an homage to the Golden Idol series. It can’t even really be called a love letter. It’s more of a shrine to the now-legendary Color Gray game, snipped apart and pasted back together, candlelit in the back corner of a dressing room closet. Whether or not Birch Tree stands on its own two legs feels somewhat beside the point.

2 months ago | thinkygames.com | Megan Bidmead

, 29 April 2025 The words 'Welcome Tester' ominously greet you when you boot up TEST TEST TEST for the first time. Playing as an average office employee, you wake up on the floor of your apartment, your phone blaring next to you. It's the mysterious Director. 'It's 11.45, and you just woke up?' they say. It turns out the deadline for the test is today, and you need to bring them three test reports by 12 PM. Or you're fired.

2 months ago | thinkygames.com | Rachel Watts

, 11 April 2025 Blue Prince is well on its way to being the best puzzle game of 2025, but that doesn’t mean the game is free from certain quirks. Dogubomb’s puzzle enigma can often be as frustrating as it is fascinating. The game’s RNG can feel like it’s working against you, cryptic clues can seem impossible to solve, and the shapeshifing design of the game means you’re constantly having to find your feet. This sentiment hits hardest when you’re first starting out, and believe me, I’ve been there.

2 months ago | thinkygames.com | Dayten Rose

, 10 April 2025 Editor's Note: The following article contains light spoilers for Blue Prince. If you’re looking for a speedy way to uncover the secrets of Dogubomb’s mystery mansion puzzler Blue Prince, then I’ve got awful news for you: not even developer Tonda Ros has all the answers. Of course, supposing those answers were available in the first place, I’m not sure he would have told me during our chat.