We have some exciting news to share:

Spooky Express, the newest game from the developers of Cosmic Express is OUT NOW!

The monsters can\'t wait to eat you er, we mean meet!

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Note: this is a spiritual successor to Cosmic Express, but wed like it to be received as a standalone game more than as a sequel. Spooky Express has deeper mechanics, more approachable puzzles, a helpful hint system, and a story told in comic-style cutscenes.

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Take charge of the Spooky Express; the only rail service willing to carry the undead passengers of deepest, darkest Trainsylvania. In your new role, you\'ll plan routes and lay train tracks to meet your creepy commuters\' demands, and create a rail network spanning more than 200 thoughtfully designed levels.

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Get Spooky Express this spooky season and enjoy a launch discount of 10% off.

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Have you heard the news? This week*is the 12th anniversary of Draknek and Friends!

*technically it\'s tricky to pinpoint the exact date we were founded, but it\'s been 12 years since the first release of our first game, Sokobond . So this seems the most plausible time to celebrate our anniversary!

With the 5 year anniversary of https://store.steampowered.com/app/1052990/A_Monsters_Expedition/\"" style="color:#bb86fc;text-decoration:none;">A Monster\'s Expedition next month too, we have a bunch of exciting things happening this month and next. Check them out:

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12th Anniversary Sale on Steam

To kick things off, here on Steam we\'re running an official publisher sale for the next two weeks.

store.steampowered.com/publisher/draknek/sale/Draknek12Years

This sale includes all the games we\'ve developed, published, and the new demo for our upcoming game, https://store.steampowered.com/app/3352310/Spooky_Express/\"" style="color:#bb86fc;text-decoration:none;">Spooky Express .

It also features some of our deepest discounts yet, so now is an excellent time to pick up a new game.

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Humble Bundle -Draknek & Friends: 12 Years of Great Puzzle Games!

Running until September 19th, this 12th Anniversary Draknek & Friends Humble Bundle is the first time you\'ve ever been able to get all our games in one place this cheaply. These bundles support The Trevor Project - the leading suicide prevention and crisis intervention nonprofit organization for LGBTQ+ young people. Pay what you like, get some great games, and support a charity along the way. The bundles are:

• $5 for4 Draknek & Friends games

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• (Electrifying Incident, Sokobond, Cosmic Express and A Good Snowman)

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12 Years of Draknek, 12 Free Copies of Draknek Games!

To celebrate 12 years, we\'re also giving away 12 copies of Draknek & Friends games. To enter, sign up to our mailing list by heading to this link , and winners will be chosen on Friday 5th September.

In other Draknek & Friends news:

• Spooky Express will be launching October 21st, don\'t forget to https://store.steampowered.com/app/3352310/Spooky_Express/\"" style="color:#bb86fc;text-decoration:none;">wishlist on Steam ,and pre-order on Android oriOS !

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• Bonfire Peaks is taking part in thePlay for Peace - Games for Palestine 2025 Charity Bundle on itch.io

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• Sokobond Express is taking part in theGame Devs of Color Support Bundle on itch.io

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• The Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant is accepting applications until September 28th

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That\'s all for now! Until next time.

Cosmic Express is 70% off in the Steam Summer Sale!

Cosmic Express is a puzzle game about planning the train route for the world's most awkward space colony, from the minds behind A Good Snowman Is Hard To Build and the art of Tyu from Klondike. It's cute, harder than it looks, and guaranteed to give you hours of frustrating fun across hundreds of levels.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/583270/Cosmic_Express/

Or check out the complete Draknek & Friends collection as part of the sale

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1052990/A_Monsters_Expedition"" style="color:#bb86fc;text-decoration:none;">A Monster's Expedition

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3352300/The_Electrifying_Incident_A_Monster_MiniExpedition/"" style="color:#bb86fc;text-decoration:none;">The Electrifying Incident

https://store.steampowered.com/app/316610/A_Good_Snowman_Is_Hard_To_Build/"" style="color:#bb86fc;text-decoration:none;">A Good Snowman is Hard to Build

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1147890/Bonfire_Peaks/"" style="color:#bb86fc;text-decoration:none;">Bonfire Peaks

https://store.steampowered.com/app/290260/Sokobond/"" style="color:#bb86fc;text-decoration:none;">Sokobond

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1701330/Sokobond_Express/"" style="color:#bb86fc;text-decoration:none;">Sokobond Express

https://store.steampowered.com/app/583270/Cosmic_Express"" style="color:#bb86fc;text-decoration:none;">Cosmic Express

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2207440/LOK_Digital/"" style="color:#bb86fc;text-decoration:none;">LOK Digital

We're excited to announce that Cosmic Express is taking part in this year's Cerebral Puzzle Showcase ! From May 29th to June 5th get the game for 75% off
https://store.steampowered.com/app/583270/Cosmic_Express/
This year's showcase returns for the fourth year running, and features:

Hundreds of puzzle game discounts to find your next favourite game
Countless puzzle demos, including brand new content
Special showcase puzzle game bundles

But that's not all, keep an eye out on the official livestream this weekend and watch tonight's Thinky Direct at 6pm BST. We'll be revealing an exciting new trailer for Cosmic Express's spookier successor, Spooky Express . You don't want to miss it!

We've been working on the spooky successor to Cosmic Express, and are excited to announce that the demo is OUT NOW!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3352310/Spooky_Express/
Plan the train route for the worlds spookiest theme park! Transport monsters to their destinations but keep everything on track and dont let them bite the passengers or youll have a grave problem.

This is our first ever demo for Spooky Express, and we're excited to invite you to play. The demo's features include:

• More than 35 levels of the theme park to explore and build tracks for
• Three colourful characters, which is just a sneak preview of the full game
• A fantastic soundtrack by Priscilla Snow
  

• Vampires vs. Zombies Festival
• The Cerebral Puzzle Showcase

Hey there!

We have some very exciting news for fans of Cosmic Express. If you enjoyed planning the train route for the world's most awkward space colony... Then things are about to get a lot spookier

Announcing: Spooky Express !


Plan the train route for the worlds spookiest theme park!
All the passengers are all just dying to ride the Spooky Express.


Pick up the creepy cryptids and drop them at their destinations around the park. But be careful! Dont let them scare or bite the human passengers. Stay on track of the situation or youll have a grave problem.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3352310/Spooky_Express/
Spooky Express is great follow-up to the award-winning thinky puzzle game, Cosmic Express and will feature over 100 brand new and unique levels with countless monsters, maps and mechanics.

If that sounds like something you might be interested in, please give us a wishlist on Steam, or share the trailer below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uewJWzD6s10

...And that's not all. If you want to hear even more about Spooky Express, we've just released a special episode of the Draknek & Friends Official Podcast . Tune in wherever you get your podcasts to hear creative director Alan Hazelden and producer Syrenne McNulty chat to the level designer Lucas Le Slo about the development of the game, and some of the other projects he's involved in.

Until next time

We have some exciting news to share!

The Electrifying Incident: A Monster Mini-Expedition isOUT NOW on Steam!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3352300/The_Electrifying_Incident_A_Monster_MiniExpedition/
Featuring the monster from A Monster's Expedition and A Good Snowman is Hard to Build in a new sci-fi setting,The Electrifying Incident will have you explore a mysterious facility and manipulate the many electrical hazards and locked doors to find a way deeper, towards the source of the problem. Your only tool: a mechanical grabber-arm allowing you to lift and move boxes from afar.


Are you ready to step into the mysterious facility and solve it's puzzles? Think hard, because the reactor core could go into meltdown at any moment.


Please Note: The Electrifying Incident is a small, bite-sized experience - about 30-90 minutes for most players.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3352300/The_Electrifying_Incident_A_Monster_MiniExpedition/

Hey puzzle game fans!

Were excited to announce that The Electrifying Incident , our latest thinky puzzle game from Draknek & Friends, will launch in April on Steam.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3352300

Featuring the same monster you'll recognise from Cosmic Express and A Monster's Expedition , this new game will have you explore the facility and manipulate the many electrical hazards and locked doors to find a way deeper, towards the source of the problem. Your only tool: a mechanical grabber-arm allowing you to lift and move boxes from afar.

If youve liked our past games, were confident youll love this one too.


If youre excited for the game, play the demo now and wishlist here:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3352300

We can't wait to share all the exciting things Draknek & Friends will be up to this 2025!

Exciting news! Cosmic Express is now 70% off on Steam and itch.io . To mark the launch of LOK Digital on Android and iOS , we're offering a discount on all Draknek & Friends games.

Now's the perfect time to discover your new favourite puzzle game!

You can pick up any one of our thinky puzzle games, including:

• LOK Digital
• A Good Snowman is Hard to Build
• A Monster's Expedition
• Bonfire Peaks
• Cosmic Express
• Sokobond
• Sokobond Express

Hey there,

We have some exciting news about another game being published by us at Draknek & Friends:

LOK Digital is OUT NOW. We just announced it in the Day of the Devs: The Game Awards Edition.


Learn the rules as you go and uncover how each new word has its own special ability to change the world around you in deep and surprising ways. Expand your vocabulary through 15 distinct worlds, each one exploring a new mechanic and completely shaking up the way you solve puzzles.


With approachable mechanics and mind-bending gameplay, LOK Digital invites you to return every day for new procedurally generated puzzles showcasing the breadth and depth of mechanics.

Bring the LOK creatures to life by spelling words that shape their world. They can only live on blackened tiles, so by solving puzzles you're expanding their horizons and helping their civilization thrive.

To celebrate launch, get your copy of LOK Digital with a launch discount of 10% off.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2207440/LOK_Digital/

Hey there

We have some exciting news to share!

We now have an official merch store, featuring t-shirts, mugs, desk mats and stickers from Cosmic Express.


Everything in the store is printed on demand, but if you order now you'll receive your print before Christmas. What's more, we'll be adding a lot more in the coming weeks. So if there's anything in particular you'd like to see printed, let us know!

Check out the Cosmic Express collection here

P.S. You may also be interested to know that we, Draknek & Friends also recently launched the Draknek & Friends Official Podcast today too. In the pilot we discuss a little of what goes into making and publishing a game like Cosmic Express and what we're working on next. You can check it out on your preferred podcast streaming service.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/583270/Cosmic_Express/

Hey cosmic train drivers

We have some exciting news!

We're thrilled to announce that we've been working with Makeship on a plush toy of the titular character from A Monster's Expedition , who is also the very same train driver you'll recognise from Cosmic Express! This plushie is available for the next 5 days only - after which point it will be gone forever. So if you've ever wanted your very own Monster, now's your only chance.
Get your Monster's Plush Toy
Additionally (and perhaps most importantly), we need to hit a minimum threshold of 200 plushies pre-ordered to ensure it gets made, so please pre-order, signal boost, and share with anyone else who might want this! We have one in-hand and the quality is incredible.

Thank you!

We're excited to announce that Cosmic Express is taking part in this year's Cerebral Puzzle Showcase ! From May 23rd to May 30th get the game for 70% off
https://store.steampowered.com/app/583270/Cosmic_Express/

Watch an Interview with the Developer

Hey there!

If you enjoyed playing Cosmic Express, we think you'll love what we've been working on lately. Combining creative thinky puzzles, intuitive mechanics, and an elegant hand-drawn art style... We're pleased to announce the new game we're publishing this year is LOK Digital.

Based on the critically acclaimed puzzle book LOK by Bla Urban Gracar, in LOK Digital you'll learn world-changing words, master their mind-bending effects, and help the Lok creatures thrive in this charming puzzle adventure.

Are you excited to meet the LOK creatures and learn their cryptic language?

Discover magical words, and learn their rules as you go as each of these words has their own special ability to change the world around you. As the game evolves and ramps up the challenge delight in surprises as the shifting puzzles and introducing new words and unexpected ways they work together to elevate the gameplay.

Intuitive mechanics and many special words to find and learn
Elegant, hand-drawn art style and meditative, entrancing soundtrack
Learn deep, surprising, and unexpected mechanics that simultaneously challenge and delight
Based on the critically acclaimed puzzle book, LOK
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2207440/LOK_Digital/
If you'd like to support the new game, please consider adding it to your wishlist.

Thanks,
Draknek & Friends

We are thrilled to share that Sokobond Express, a beautifully minimalist puzzle game that combines chemical bonds and puzzling pathfinding in novel ways, is out on Steam now. Please enjoy and leave a Steam review!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1701330/Sokobond_Express/
Sokobond Express is developed by Jos Hernndez, a first time commercial developer living in Venezuela. After several years of hard work and refining the game until it felt just right, Hernndez is excited for players to finally be able to play it.

Working on Sokobond Express for the last three years has been a real joy. I think the hardest thing to pull off in the game was the pacing - making levels get progressively harder while remaining engaging took a really long time. We spent a lot of time redesigning early-game levels to make them the perfect difficulty. We're really proud of how things ended up, so please check it out!- Jos Hernndez

If youre a fan of other Draknek games, we know Sokobond Express will be right up your alley.
It combines the pathfinding of Cosmic Express with the deep but elegant atom building from Sokobond - paying homage to its predecessors while also being an elegant and entrancing game of its own.

Finally, the game is Steam Deck verified. Whether you're playing on Windows, macOS, Linux, or the Steam Deck, the game should provide a native and excellent play experience.

We cant wait for you to play this puzzle masterpiece.

Thanks,
Draknek & Friends

Today is the sixth anniversary of Cosmic Express. Time flies while you're solving puzzles! Thank you to everyone who has played this game over that time.

Thoughtfully, Steam has organised the Spring Sale to celebrate our little anniversary, so you can get the game for 75% off or even send it as a gift for a friend:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/583270/Cosmic_Express/
2023 is also the tenth anniversary of Draknek & Friends, and the tenth anniversary of our very first game, Sokobond. We're hard at work on the cross-over sequel of these two games, Sokobond Express, which you can wishlist now.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1701330/Sokobond_Express/
Thanks so much for your support!

Alan

Today, in partnership with director Corey Martin, Draknek & Friends is thrilled to announce that Bonfire Peaks is now available, with a 10% launch discount for the first week.

After three years in development the full game is a wonderful experience with over 200 puzzles. If you've played any Draknek game before we know you'll love this as well. Bonfire Peaks is our first foray into game publishing and we couldn't be happier with the result - expect a master class in puzzle design brought to life through beautiful voxel artwork and an atmospheric soundtrack.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1147890/Bonfire_Peaks/
Some early reviews:

• "Bonfire Peaks is a gorgeous experience, with a multitude of puzzles that will challenge even the most hardened genre aficionado." - Finger Guns, 9/10
• "A deeply thoughtful, eminently accessible and cleverly crafted bite-sized puzzler, Bonfire Peaks has more subtle emotion, charm and smile-cracking ingenuity than most of the games that have released this year." - PSU, 9.5/10
• "Its a mostly sublime experience that is somehow equally demanding and relaxing, and uncovering all of its secrets offers an opportunity to flex your brain to the max." - Retroware, 9/10
• EDGE, 9/10
  

Hello puzzle game fans!

Were excited to announce that Bonfire Peaks, our first publishing venture with developer Corey Martin, will launch later this year in Q3 2021 on PC, Mac, and Linux on Steam. This game lines up perfectly with our portfolio of games like A Monsters Expedition, and if youve liked our past games, were confident youll love this one too.


If youre excited for the game like us and want to get a notification as soon as the game releases, be sure to wishlist the game:https://store.steampowered.com/app/1147890/Bonfire_Peaks/
Move onwards, move upwards, and leave nothing behind: in Bonfire Peaks, players must climb to the top of a mysterious island ruin, burning everything they own along the way. Featuring hours of masterfully designed puzzle content, a breathtakingly lovely voxel overworld, and not a single second of filler content.

2021 is shaping up to be Draknek & Friends biggest year ever, and we cant wait to share all that we have in store for you.

A Monster's Expedition (Through Puzzling Exhibitions), the new game from Draknek & Friends, is now available on Steam!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1052990/A_Monsters_Expedition/

I know everyone says this, but I think we've made something really something special that almost everyone will enjoy. The puzzles lead to dozens upon dozens of "a-ha" moments, and vary in difficulty throughout the open world. Anyone should be able to get to the end, but those who are looking for a more difficult experience will be more than satisfied by hundreds of challenging optional puzzles and secrets.

• From the team that brought you the award winning puzzle games Sokobond, A Good Snowman is Hard to Build, and Cosmic Express
• Discover new mechanics and solutions organically as you explore - the only tutorial needed is your curiosity.
• Chuckle at the "Human Englandland" museum exhibits and the misunderstandings monsters have about humanity.
• Sit by the shore to relax or take a coffee break to enjoy the lovely art and music.
  

We've just announced our new game!

A Monster's Expedition (Through Human Exhibitions) is a brand new adventure tour for monsters who love to learn about humans.

https://youtu.be/WXVbNIfTWAw

If you've enjoyed any of our previous games, I promise you'll love this.

Please add it to your wishlist: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1052990/A_Monsters_Expedition/
And sign up for the mailing list on the website: https://www.monsterexpedition.com/

If you want to find more games like this, I encourage you to join the Thinky Puzzle Games Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/eybtCDR We have a lovely community and a keen eye for elegant puzzlers.

We've just announced our new game!

A Monsters Expedition (Through Human Exhibitions) is a brand new adventure tour for monsters who love to learn about humans.


If you enjoyed Cosmic Express, I promise you'll love this.

Please add it to your wishlist: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1052990/A_Monsters_Expedition/
And sign up for the mailing list on the website: https://www.monsterexpedition.com/

If you want to find more games like this, I encourage you to join the Thinky Puzzle Games Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/eybtCDR We have a lovely community and a keen eye for elegant puzzlers.

Changes:

* Added option to reduce motion
* Raised sounds and music volume
* Added in-level pan and zoom camera controls
* Added option to launch graphics settings from menu
* Update Ursa Major 4 to require both carriages
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* Various other fixes

Changes:

* Added option to reduce motion
* Raised sounds and music volume
* Added in-level pan and zoom camera controls
* Added option to launch graphics settings from menu
* Update Ursa Major 4 to require both carriages
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* Various other fixes