The 3rd Annual Thinky Awards, February 4th, 2026 The image shows our thinky protagonist with a map, surrounded by arrow signs.

The 3rd Annual Thinky Awards are now live! 🏆

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YouTube video by Thinky Games Announcing the winners of the 3rd annual Thinky Awards!

Locator's been nominated for Most Anticipated Game at the Thinky Awards, they're streaming the results right now if you wanna check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cwr...

The Roottrees are Dead - One Year of Roottrees - Steam News Looking back at the year we've had since releasing The Roottrees are Dead

The Roottrees are Dead is now a year old! In this post we take a look back at all the cool stuff that's happened since.

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Announcing the nominees for the 2025 Thinky Awards! · Thinky Games Our annual awards show is returning for another year: you can now see the nominees in every category and cast your vote for the various audience awards.

Announcing the nominees for the 2025 Thinky Awards! 🎉

Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant The Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant is a grant opportunity for game developers from traditionally underrepresented groups and backgrounds who are interested in designing and developing puzzle games.

There's one week left to apply for the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant ⏰‼️

If you're thinking of applying, make sure you get your applications in before next Sunday in order to be considered.

Grant: $15,000 USD
Deadline: Sept 28th
Link: grants.draknek.org

This is so cool, makes me want to try out an equivalent tool for notetaking/design.

Also feels very Psychonauts-y to get a glimpse of your literal mental map for the game.

We're excited to announce that applications are open for the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant 2025 🎉

The grant will award $15,000 to five thinky puzzle game developers from all over the world, and a year's mentorship with genre veterans.

Deadline: September 28th
More info 👇
grants.draknek.org

Thinky Direct · Thinky Games The first ever Thinky Direct, with exclusive trailers and announcements for some of the most exciting thinky games.

If you didn't catch the live premiere of our Thinky Direct on Thursday, you can head over to our website to see all the exciting news!
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Map Map - A Game About Maps on Steam In this game YOU make the maps! Embark on a treasure hunt as cartographer of an adventure crew. Orientate yourself on uncharted islands and measure distances to mark locations as accurately as possibl...

A new Geoguessr-like just dropped! Just played through the demo, very cool to see another cartography focused game with spatial reasoning as a core mechanic.

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I'm 90hrs in and still uncovering new layers of secrets. Playing it over the last couple of weeks has had me like this

I got the chance to play Blue Prince early - like many of my favorite games I really can't describe what makes this game so special without spoiling the experience. If you're a fan of Outer Wilds or games best played with notepad handy then this one is for you!

Proof we don't actually live in the worst timeline.

Sending this to a buddy who works on RL, they don't understand the power they wield.

this one ticks all the boxes for me 😩🤌

@thinkygames.com has nominated Locator for "most anticipated game" in the Thinky Awards, along with some other great games. Results go live Thursday if you wanna check it out!

Key art de Locator

Capture de Locator

Et c'est un immense coup de cœur pour la démo de LOCATOR, mélange d'Obra Dinn, Geoguessr, Outer Wilds et Myst dont la démo s'essaie sur Steam.

🔥On est en plein âge d'or du jeu d'enquête 🔥

Solve an Outer Wilds-style mystery through puzzles inspired by GeoGuessr in Locator · Thinky Games Geoguessing meets deduction-based detective work in this spellbinding mystery about a woman missing on an alien world.

Geoguessr meets deduction-based detective work in Locator📌🛸 thinkygames.com/feat...

Locator on Steam A Geoguessr-inspired detective game set on an alien planet. Pinpoint the exact locations of photos to track down missing archeologist Abigail Lidari. Cross-reference journal entries, decipher cryptic ...

Really enjoyed @emptyexhibit.bsky.social's Locator demo. You're trying to retrace the movements of a missing archeologist on an alien planet by figuring out where photos are taken and marking them on a map

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Locator on Steam A Geoguessr-inspired detective game set on an alien planet. Pinpoint the exact locations of photos to track down missing archeologist Abigail Lidari. Cross-reference journal entries, decipher cryptic ...

Locator lives up to the hype - can't wait for the full game to come out. store.steampowered.com/app/2459030/...

“Geoguessr meets Obra Dinn” read a bit silly to me at first, but I just played through this demo and it was both spot on and really cool!

Definitely recommend any puzzle fans check it out, certainly on my watchlist going forward.

New Crewcast!! I plugged the demo for Locator on this episode - it bangs!

A tight, hour-long detective-style GeoGuessr game that'll have you feeling incredibly smart and painfully dumb multiple times. I can't wait for the full thing! Check it out:

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On The Radar: Locator, Airborne Empire, And Monster Meals The full spectrum of release states.

Sharing 3 very promising #indigames to keep on the radar.
#Locator, #AirborneEmire, #MonsterMeals

Locator on Steam A Geoguessr-inspired detective game set on an alien planet. Pinpoint the exact locations of photos to track down missing archeologist Abigail Lidari. Cross-reference journal entries, decipher cryptic ...

Played and loved the demo for Locator. A puzzle game with the basic premise of Geoguessr but on a alien planet. Reminded me a lot of Obra Dinn and Strange Horticulture. Really excited for the full game now.

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The video game Locator - a Geoguessr puzzle game set on an alien planet. Screen shows a table with maps and photos.

Today I play Locator: a Geoguessr-inspired detective #videogame about puzzles, perspective, life on an alien planet. It's pretty crazy how you walk away from the demo feeling like you just explored a whole new world.

If you like Maps, Myst, Obra Dinn, Outer Wilds, check it.

🔗 youtu.be/tyj0NyaX8eI

Locator Is Geoguessr If It Was Return Of The Obra Dinn Geoguessr if it was a detective game.

"I’m an avid puzzle lover, and Locator scratches all the right parts of my brain." www.thegamer.com/locator-is-g...

Thanks for the excellent writeup @tessakaur.bsky.social, glad to hear you enjoyed the demo!

YouTube video by Aliensrock GeoGuessr, But It's on an Alien Planet - Locator

Excited to see how much Aliensrock enjoyed Locator!

"This is 100% getting a series when the full game comes out."
-Aliensrock

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After The Beginner's Guide I would happily play anything Davey Wreden makes without question. The trailer shows a twist of sorts, but I bet that's just the start.

Just checked out the demo and it is exactly my shit. If you like playing GeoGuessr or enjoy a good deductive/spatial puzzle, this early slice of Locator is really satisfying!

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The Locator demo just passed 50 reviews, 100% positive! Thank you to everyone who's taken the time to leave a review. Hoping with some more we can hit the Trending Free tab on Steam 🤞

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Thanks for including it in the feed, you can go ahead and add me to the list. Thanks :)