Brain Games
In other words, they engage the brain in some way. Classic examples are games such as chess (strategic thinking, keeping possible moves in your head) and tetris (quickly working out rotations and shape/space relations in your head).
Some games that don't count as brain games are those that involve no skill and are just luck - anything that just relies on the roll of the dice for the outcome for instance is more often than not. The majority of skill games would qualify as brain games to a lesser or greater extent, however with brain games the main element should be that your brain is required. In some games with a small element of skill, that element of skill corresponds to you using your brain, however this is not the most important element of that game.
Brain games can be split into different categories, depending what it is that they exercise.
If you look at some of the games on this site, you will get a feel for this:
For instance, gone in a flash is a pure memory game - it is fun, and challenging, but very clear tests your ability to remember a sequence of flashing images - that is the key element.
Likewise, the other puzzles in the bright orange panel - the ability to Order a sequence at speed in the number sequence game, and the ability to make logical deductions at speed in the speed sudoku game.
On the other hand, the shape and space game in the picture tests a completely different skill, evidenced by the fact that those who find this game easy may find the others hard, and vice versa. Some people have very little ability to visualise rotations in their head making this sort of game very hard, though ability in this area can definitely be developed with practice.
So there you have it - brain games - any challenge with a fun element to them that in order to be successful in requires you to use a faculty of your brain.
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