We have just had the Thinky Direct 2026, showcasing dozens of puzzle games! Broken up into tidy chunks themed on the types of trailers shown off, there were plenty of announcements to get puzzle fans hyped!
We’ve collated all the announcements, trailers, demo reveals, and “WORLD PREMIERES” into one place. You can watch the full show below, or you can scroll on and see each individual game announced (in the order they were announced).
Thinky Direct 2026
Where possible, we have included all known platforms, demo availability, release date, and most recent trailer (this may not be the one shown at the showcase).
New Trailers
Colorbound (PC, PS5, XBOX Series X/S, Nintendo Switch & Switch 2)
In Colorbound, color is more than just hue. As Anku, an Aymara boy with a unique gift, you’ll harness the power of color to shape the environment itself, uncovering hidden paths to navigate challenging and complex puzzles.
Colorbound is set to release on PC, Playstation 5, XBOX Series S/X, Nintendo Switch & Switch 2 this year, with a demo available now on PC via Steam.
UVSU: You Vs You (PC)
In UvsU: You vs You,? outsmart your past self in a battle of cause and effect. Explore an interconnected clay world, discover its hidden rules, and uncover the secrets it would rather keep buried.
UVSU: You vs You is set to release on PC this year, with a demo available now on PC via Steam.
Stretchmancer (PC)
STRETCH THE WORLD! In this comedic first-person puzzle adventure, you are The Stretchmancer. Squash and stretch everything around you to solve fiendish puzzles, defeat the Claustro Empire, and save the galaxy!
Stretchmancer is set to launch on PC.
Servant Of The Lake (PC, Mobile)
Begin your new job as a servant at the mysterious Vanderboom estate. Solve puzzles, serve the family and uncover their dark alchemical secrets in Servant of the Lake, a new upcoming single-player point-and-click adventure in the Rusty Lake series.
Servant of the Lake releases on PC in August, 2026, with a demo available now on PC via Steam.
From Ruins (PC)
From Ruins is a new-gen detective adventure combining deduction gameplay with a gripping story full of twists and turns. Gather clues, establish connections, and solve a series of increasingly challenging cases. Will you uncover the feud that began at the end of the world?
From Ruin is slated to release on PC in 2027.
Monomoon (PC)
In MONOMOON, the way forward is reserved for the knowing and the daring. Guided by moonlight, you’ll uncover hidden truths and wander through a tiny and mysterious open world.
Monomoon is set to release on PC this year.
New Demo Trailers
The Granny Detective Society (PC)
Play as a retired granny recruited by the Granny Detective Society (basically the CIA… but with dentures). Investigate a suspicious neighborhood, deduce residents’ names and professions, and uncover secrets in this no-murder detective game.
The Granny Detective Society is set to releases this year, with a demo is available now on PC via Steam.
Memory’s Reach (PC)
Memory’s Reach is a first person puzzle-adventure metroidvania. Explore labyrinthian megastructures, solve mind-bending puzzles, and wield fantastic alien technology in a quest to reveal the legacy of a doomed civilization.
Memory’s Reach is set to release on PC, with a limited time demo is available now on PC via Steam until June 30th.
Outpour (PC)
Outpour is a puzzle game where you redirect flowing water across dreamy cathedral rooftops. Manipulate your surroundings to guide a dynamic water system, traverse high places, and restore harmony to sacred structures.
Outpour is set to release on PC, with a demo is available now on PC via Steam.
Timebound (PC)
An exploration puzzle adventure in mystical ruins. Explore a world filled with puzzles, uncover the magic left behind, discover what’s hidden in plain sight, learn the rules and break them.
Timebound is set to release on PC, with a demo is available now on PC via Steam.
Trifoil (PC)
A puzzle game about drawing lines that cross, merge, and interact in unique ways. Uncover secrets, decipher symbols, and trace paths that satisfy every rule.
Trifoil is set to release on PC this year, with a demo is available now on PC via Steam.
Escape Academy 2: Back To School (PC, XBOX One, XBOX Series X/S)
Class is (back) in session with Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School! Play in solo or co-op and explore an all-new campus, escape life-threatening puzzle rooms, and unravel a conspiracy as old as the school itself — all before the bell rings.
Escape Academy 2: Back to School is set to release on PC, XBOX One and XBOX Series X/S, with a demo available now on PC via Steam.
Compress(space) (PC)
A mind and space-bending puzzle game where you fold space to cheat your way through puzzles. Master space manipulation and reach beyond the stars to uncover the mystery at the end of the universe.
Compress(space) is set to release on PC this year, with a demo is available now on PC via Steam.
Burn With Me (PC)
Burn With Me is a story-centric deckbuilder filled with cozy dread and occultic mysteries. In order to summon a Personal Demon you’ll master inventive gameplay with position-based synergies, and permanently burn your cards and your soul.
Burn With Me is set to release on PC, with a demo is available now on PC via Steam.
Echoweaver (PC, XBOX Series X/S)
A time loop metroidbrainia where time is your best resource and secrets are your only upgrades. You’re the last of the Weavers, a remnant of a ruined society trapped in a glitching time loop. Explore what remains. Uncover the mystery. Perfect the loop.
Echoweaver is slated to release on PC and XBOX Series X/S, with a demo available now on PC via Steam and on XBOX Series X/S.
Hello Again (PC)
Hello Again is a time-looping adventure about mystical ruins, ancient secrets, and goofy weirdos. Play as a hapless ferret shipwrecked on a strange island, stuck inside a strange time loop. Explore forgotten ruins. Befriend silly strangers. Solve time-bound puzzles. Repeat for the rest of eternity.
Hello Again is set to release on PC, with a demo available no on PC via Steam.
Release Date Trailers
Cat Squueze (PC)
Cat Squeeze is a cozy, brain-teasing cat puzzle game. Playing as an explosive kitten, use the extrusion of the pipeline, and navigate a maze to collect fish treats! Solve puzzles with precise blasts to escape, or get trapped by the soft maze.
Cat Squueze releases on PC on July 1st, 2026, with a demo available now on PC via Steam.
Bckpack Boy (PC)
Backpack Boy is off on one of his treks when he discovers a peculiar flashlight that changes the world around him. Explore a seemingly abandoned structure in this puzzle platformer built around using light to shine into the past.
Backpack Boy releases on PC on August 10th, 2026, with a demo available now on PC via Steam.
Trifolium: The Adventures of Gary Pretzelneck (PC)
Discover hidden truths about the world in this 3D adventure about a giraffe with an unreasonably long neck. Figure out the rules, solve strange mysteries, and stumble upon unexpected twists. Choose your own path.
Trifolium: The Adventures of Gary Pretzelneck releases on PC in November, 2026, with a demo available now on PC via Steam.
Bulbo’s Belief System (PC, Nintendo Switch)
Bulbo’s Belief System is a puzzle-platformer where knowledge is both a tool and an obstacle. Bulbo believes everything he’s told, letting him see, move, and interact, but he can forget! Erase walls from existence, ignore gravity and manage conflicting beliefs to solve cute mind-bending challenges.
Bulbo’s Belief System releases on PC and Nintendo Switch in November, 2026, with a demo available now on PC via Steam.
Clover’s Quadrants (PC)
A challenging puzzle game where you are what you eat – and you have four stomachs. Your four directions of movement are also inventory slots, and items in those slots will affect only that direction of movement.
Clover’s Quadrants releases on PC on June 26th, 2026, with a demo available now on PC via Steam.
Light Of Atlantis
Explore the depths of the ocean in this 2D-Puzzle-Metroidvania! Control the water levels and switch between various robots to solve the ancient puzzles of Atlantis.
Light of Atlantis releases on PC in November , 2026, with a demo available on PC via Steam.
Rita
Rita is a cozy adventure where a little chicklet solves word-based puzzles to transform the world around her. Follow her story across generations, meet her grandchicklet, and be a part of her legacy.
Rita releases on PC on July 20th, 2026, with a demo available now on PC via Steam.
More New Trailers
Red Frame (PC)
Red Frame? is a first-person exploration puzzle game in which you navigate the sprawling rooms of a hyperreal mansion buried beneath the earth. Solve intricate puzzles shaped by those who once lived there, and discover the mechanism preserving a family’s legacy.
Red Frame is set to release on PC.
Prophet Margin (PC)
Build thriving settlements. Weave intricate trade routes. Optimize complex supply chains to earn divine boons. Master a meditative City Builder where board-game logic meets deep Resource Management. A relaxing, ‘real-time with pause’ strategy puzzle where every decision is yours to undo.
Prophet Margin is set to release on PC, with a demo available now on PC via Steam.
DEG (PC)
A non-linear pure puzzle game where you solve various puzzles using logical reasoning. Explore unknown puzzles in the game world.
DEG is set to release on PC this Fall, with a demo available now on PC via Steam.
Looking For Fael (PC, PS5, XBOX Series, Nintendo Switch)
Hello, this is Fael… Listen, this is going to sound strange, but… I think I’m lost in the apartment. Right now… I… I don’t know where I am. Can you come and help me?
Looking for Fael is set to release on PC, PlayStation 5, XBOX Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch in the Summer this year, with a demo available now on PC via Steam.
Deductopia (PC)
Explore the scenes, find clues, and sort out people, pets, and belongings in this cozy slice-of-life detective puzzle game. Fans of Duck Detective, Little Problems, and The Case of the Worst Day Ever will enjoy this new deduction game for all ages.
Deductopia is set to release on PC, with a demo available now on PC via Steam.
Pikku Adventure (PC)
A challenging puzzle adventure about learning an alien language. Explore a strange world and meet its cute inhabitants. Decipher the language and earn their trust. With every word learned, you will uncover more secrets. Can you solve the mystery of this world and decide the fate of the Pikku?
Pikku Adventure is set to release on PC this year.
Funeral For The Sun (PC)
Search the ashes of an abandoned Latin American town and uncover 500 years of secrets. A non-linear mystery where you travel back in time and untangle the complex history of a community cursed by supernatural forces.
Funeral for the Sun is set to release on PC this Fall, with a demo available now on PC via Steam.
Exclusive Reveals
Lock In (PC)
Check out this exclusive trailer for Lock In from FLEB Puzzles, the boundary-pushing designer of 20 Small Mazes and Strange Jigsaws!
Lock In is set to release on PC in 2027.
Trooops! (PC)
Command a bizarre crew across a tiny, ever-changing archipelago. Give precise orders, outwit unshapely monsters, and survive the journey one squad at a time.
TROOOPS! is set to release on PC.
Gentoo Rescue 1.2 Update (PC)
A puzzler about sliding penguins and walruses. Pick up items to push, pull, bounce, swap, stop, steal, or explode. Uncover surprising twists hidden in a world of puzzles inside puzzles inside puzzles.
Gentoo Rescue is out now on PC.
Mimic Meadows (PC)
A puzzle game about transforming into animals by mimicking their movement. Discover creative ways to wield this power while solving mind-bending puzzles. And attempt to unearth the many secrets of the meadows.
Mimic Meadows is set to release on PC, with a demo available now on PC via Steam.
The Land Forgotten (PC)
A hand-painted adventure puzzle game where language is magic. Explore a mysterious land, decipher ancient scripts, and solve language-based puzzles to uncover the secrets of a lost civilization.
The Land Forgotten is set to release on PC.
Some Puzzles (PC)
Check out this exclusive trailer for Some Puzzles, the second game featured by ?@FLEBpuzzles? who is the boundary-pushing designer of 20 Small Mazes and Strange Jigsaws!
Some Puzzles is set to release on PC in 2027.
Play It Now Trailers
Map Map – A Game About Maps (PC)
In this game YOU make the maps! Become the cartographer of a small adventure crew and use proper navigation tools like a real explorer. Map the environment to turn unknown islands into a hand-drawn journey toward a legendary treasure.
Map Map is out now on PC, with a demo available now on PC via Steam.
EMUUROM (PC)
A creature-scanning metroidvania. Explore an ancient paradise before it’s lost forever. Study the EMUUROM creatures, document your findings in the EMUUDEX, and use what you learn to unlock new paths.
EMUUROM is out now on PC, with a demo available now on PC via Steam.
Check out our EMUUROM Review for our full thoughts on the game.
Sponsor Spotlight – Draknek & Friends
Dittori (PC)
Dittori is a puzzle game where objects can be in two places at once – anything that happens to the object in one location happens to the other as well. The game is about exploring the vast consequences of this seemingly simple mechanic and using it in creative ways to break the rules of the universe.
Dittori is set to release on PC, with a demo available now on PC via Steam.
He Who Watches (PC)
A first person puzzle game about walking on walls, manipulating gravity, and discovering secrets. Delve deep into a labyrinth of intricate conundrums, seeking the god at the centre of it all.
He Who Watches is set to release on PC, with a demo available now on PC via Steam.
The showcase closed out with a highlight reel of all the games featuring in the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase, which runs from May 28th to June 4th.
That is everything announced at the Thinky Direct 2026! With a nice mix of release dates, demo announcements, and game reveals, alongside the variety of puzzle games shownn off, it’s safe to say there are a lot of great-looking puzzle games to look forward to and play!
Be sure to check out all of the games over on Steam as part of the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase sale event.
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