Topic roundups

20 cross-cutting guides · each one covers every PlayMemorize game that trains a particular skill, with a playable round of each game inline.

Cognitive skills

#memory 5 games

All memory games

Hold a sequence, grid, or list in working memory and reproduce it under pressure.

#attention 9 games

All attention games

Stay locked on the relevant signal while the irrelevant one screams.

#reasoning 14 games

All reasoning games

Spot the rule, the inference, or the abstraction that makes the answer obvious.

#pattern 8 games

All pattern games

Find the rule that makes the next item fit.

#deduction 5 games

All deduction games

Use the constraints to narrow the field to the only answer that fits.

#estimation 4 games

All estimation games

Pick the right order of magnitude when exact numbers are unavailable.

Subject knowledge

#knowledge 13 games

All general knowledge games

Facts about the world · geography, language, history, units of measure.

#language 4 games

All language games

Read, decode, and learn vocabulary across 25 living languages.

#verbal 5 games

All verbal games

Words, meanings, and the relationships between them.

#history 4 games

All history games

Events, people, and the order they happened in.

#trivia 9 games

All trivia games

Pub-quiz style facts · capitals, dates, sizes, and household truths.

#numbers 6 games

All numbers games

Arithmetic, ratios, units, and number sense in short timed rounds.

How you play

#visual 14 games

All visual games

Eyes-and-image puzzles · grids, illusions, rotations, and missing pieces.

#auditory 1 game

All auditory games

Listen first, repeat second · ear training and tonal memory.

#spatial 6 games

All spatial games

Mental rotation, layout, and "where on the map" — the geometry of thinking.

#sequence 4 games

All sequence games

Reproduce or extend an ordered string of items in the right order.

#ordering 4 games

All ordering games

Take a scrambled set and put it back in the right order.

#speed 6 games

All speed games

Win the round before the clock runs out.

Special formats

#classic-test 10 games

All classic iq-test games

The format psychologists have used for a century · Raven matrices, mental rotation, Stroop, and friends.

#no-reading 10 games

All no-reading games

Plays in any language with zero text · pure visual or auditory.