Can of Wormholes crowned Game of the Year as The Talos Principle 2 awarded Community Choice: Game of the Year at Thinky Awards 2024
14 other winners were also awarded at the event as a Steam sale featuring amazing deals on all of the winners and nominees goes live TODAY.
February 27, 2024
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Organized by Thinky Games, a community dedicated to games all about thinking carefully through puzzles and challenges, the Thinky Awards aim to celebrate the absolute best of these games from the past year.
With an eclectic selection of 57 games and content creators across 16 categories, this event shines a spotlight on the brilliance that the thinky genre has to offer.
To help more players find their next favorite games, the Thinky Awards event is accompanied by a Steam sale featuring amazing deals on many of the nominees, running from Tuesday February 27th through Saturday March 2nd.
“As a huge fan of the thinkiest games, I am delighted to have the opportunity to showcase so many wonderful games in the Thinky Awards,” says Joseph Mansfield, manager of Thinky Games. “These games are often overlooked, but feature some of the most impressive game design, creativity, and mind-blowing aha moments that you’ll find in all of gaming. Our hope is that highlighting just a few of the very best games will encourage a wider audience to explore this amazing genre further.”
Full summary of nominees and winners:
- GAME OF THE YEAR
- Winner: Can of Wormholes
- Runners-up: Chants of Sennaar, COCOON, Headlong Hunt, Magicube, Paquerette Down the Bunburrows, Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew, Shogun Showdown, Storyteller, The Talos Principle 2, Void Stranger
- COMMUNITY CHOICE: GAME OF THE YEAR
- Winner: The Talos Principle 2
- Runners-up: Can of Wormholes, Chants of Sennaar, COCOON, Headlong Hunt, Magicube, Paquerette Down the Bunburrows, Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew, Shogun Showdown, Storyteller, Void Stranger
- MOST APPROACHABLE GAME
- Winner: Storyteller
- Runners-up: Billy Bumbum: A Cheeky Puzzler, Chants of Sennaar, COCOON, Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, Puzzmo, Remote Planets, Station to Station
- MOST CHALLENGING GAME
- Winner: Can of Wormholes
- Runners-up: Alephant, Confusion Conveyed, Magicube, N Step Steve: Part 2, Paquerette Down the Bunburrows
- BEST “AHA” MOMENT
- Winner: Can of Wormholes
- Runners-up: Bonfire Peaks - Lost Memories, Chants of Sennaar, Headlong Hunt, Paquerette Down the Bunburrows, The Talos Principle 2, Viewfinder, Void Stranger
- MOST CURSED GAME
- Winner: Void Stranger
- Runners-up: Can of Wormholes, Fractal Factory, Paquerette Down the Bunburrows
- MOST INNOVATIVE GAME
- Winner: Viewfinder
- Runners-up: Can of Wormholes, Chants of Sennaar, COCOON, Paquerette Down the Bunburrows, Storyteller
- BEST PRESENTATION
- Winner: COCOON
- Runners-up: Abdec, Chants of Sennaar, Jusant, Station to Station, Storyteller, The Talos Principle 2, Viewfinder
- BEST FREE GAME
- Winner: N Step Steve: Part 2
- Runners-up: 12 Word Searches, Confusion Conveyed, Growmi, Magpie, Neurocracy 2.049, The Password Game, The Roottrees are Dead
- BEST DLC
- Winner: Bonfire Peaks - Lost Memories
- Runners-up: A Little to the Left: Cupboards & Drawers, Baba is Cool 2, Golden Idol Mysteries: The Lemurian Vampire, Golden Idol Mysteries: The Spider of Lanka
- MOST ANTICIPATED GAME
- Winner: Isles of Sea and Sky
- Runners-up: ANIMAL WELL, Lab Rat, LOK Digital, Paper Trail, The Rise of the Golden Idol, Tactical Breach Wizards, World of Goo 2
- COMMUNITY CHOICE: MOST ANTICIPATED GAME
- Winner: World of Goo 2
- Runners-up: ANIMAL WELL, Isles of Sea and Sky, Lab Rat, LOK Digital, Paper Trail, The Rise of the Golden Idol, Tactical Breach Wizards
- BEST STRATEGY GAME
- Winner: Shogun Showdown
- Runners-up: Backpack Hero, Cobalt Core, Let’s! Revolution!, Pikmin 4, Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew, Wildfrost
- BEST PEN AND PAPER PUZZLE
- Winner: Abdec
- Runners-up: 12 Word Searches, CERT
- BEST JOURNALIST / CONTENT CREATOR
- Winner: Icely Puzzles
- Runners-up: Alex Diener, Aliensrock, ambierona, Cracking the Cryptic, Dominic Tarason, GothicLordUK, Kuchiwo Tsugumi, Víctor Martínez
- COMMUNITY CHOICE: BEST JOURNALIST / CONTENT CREATOR
- Winner: Víctor Martínez
- Runners-up: Alex Diener, Aliensrock, ambierona, Cracking the Cryptic, Dominic Tarason, GothicLordUK, Icely Puzzles, Kuchiwo Tsugumi
About Thinky Games
ThinkyGames.com is a hub and community for fans of the thinky game genre, providing news, reviews, and other content about all the amazing games in this space.
Thinky games are those that ask you to carefully reason your way through puzzles and challenges; games brimming with curiosity and discovery. If you find yourself thinking through a problem and then, when the insights finally dawn on you, exclaiming “aha!” – you’re probably playing a thinky game.
About the Thinky Game Awards
Thinky Awards is a ceremony dedicated to highlighting the incredible thinky games that boggled our minds over the past year. With these awards, we hope to shine a spotlight on as many thinky games as we can, not just the winners!
Most of the Thinky Awards categories were voted on by a jury of 33 thinky fans, journalists, and content creators from the wider community, alongside three “Community Choice” categories that were voted on by the public.
Thinky Games and the Thinky Awards are funded by the Carina Initiatives, who believe in thinky games for creating a culture of problem solving and encouraging kids towards STEM subjects.
To see more information about The Thinky Awards 2024 and the winners, visit: Website
To check out The Thinky Awards 2024 Steam sale, please visit: Steam Page
To view the Press Kit for Thinky Awards 2024, please visit - Press Kit
For more information, please contact: Joseph Mansfield, manager of Thinky Games, [email protected]