The Cerebral Puzzle Showcase is underway! Check out some of the news from Draknek and Friends below~
The Cerebral Puzzle Showcase is back for 2025, promising a lineup of over 300 of the world’s best puzzle games on Steam.
Event Start: Thursday May 29th at 10am PDT
Event End: Thursday June 5th at 10am PDT
Now in its fourth year, the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase has become a staple for gamers who enjoy a cerebral challenge. The showcase celebrates and showcases puzzle games of all sizes and scopes, for all audiences. The Cerebral Puzzle Showcase shows players who may have only played one or two puzzle games that there’s so much more to enjoy in the space.
The 2025 showcase is bigger and better than ever with over 300+ games taking part. During the showcase, players can expect a whole host of brand new releases, discounts on popular puzzle titles, curated genre-specific bundles, and exclusive, brand-new demos from some of the most innovative studios.
The brand new games launching into the showcase include:
- Pup Champs (May 19)
- Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping (May 22nd)
- Gentoo Rescue (May 22nd)
- Mad Experiments: Escape Room – Sanctuary (May 26th)
- Shrink Rooms (May 28th)
- TRAILS (May 29th)
- Kiko’s Apple Adventure (May 29th)
- Projected Dreams (May 29th)
- The Parallel Experiment (June 5th)
- Axona (TBC)
In addition, the following games are releasing new, exclusive demos for the showcase:
- Spooky Express
- City of Voices
- Shape Sender Deluxe
- Schrodinger’s Cat Burglar
- Agent of Veil
- HAMSTERMIND
- Trifolium
- A Little Perspective
- Lucky Me
- Lost Twins 2
- Memory’s Reach
- The Button Effect
- Sliding Hero
- Öoo
- Puzzle Spy International
- Strange Antiquities (June 5th)
And the following released games have new content updates for the showcase:
- Railbound – Level Editor
- Hackshot – Content Update
- Isles of Sea and Sky – Content Update
- Way of Rhea – Content Update
- Chroma Zero – New Languages
For a full list of all participating games in the showcase:
Last but not least, this year will also have a number of official bundles releasing into the showcase, including:
- Metroidbrania
- Escape Room
- Not What You’d Expect
- Detective
One of the highlights of the showcase is the official opening livestream, which will run from 10am – 4pm PDT on May 29th to June 1st on the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase homepage. The livestream will feature gameplay, developer interviews, and sneak peeks at demos. It’s the perfect opportunity to see the puzzle games in action.
For more information and updates:
Website: www.cerebralpuzzleshowcase.com
Email: hello@cerebralpuzzleshowcase.com
Official 2025 Assets: www.cerebralpuzzleshowcase.com/assets
The Cerebral Puzzle Showcase is an official Steam festival and is organised by Draknek & Friends.
About Draknek & Friends
Founded in 2013, Draknek & Friends is a developer and publisher of lovingly crafted puzzle games including award-winning and beloved titles such as A Monster’s Expedition, Bonfire Peaks, Sokobond, A Good Snowman is Hard to Build, and Cosmic Express.
Committed to creating games that elevate the puzzle genre to new, unexplored heights, Draknek & Friends creates and publishes high quality, rewarding, and elegant puzzle games. For over a decade, they’ve been crafting bespoke, lovingly designed puzzle experiences that take a theme, mechanic, or ludicrous idea and push it to its natural conclusion.
