Human brain keeps expanding in size and capacity as your grow and brain training exercises keep your brain active in cognitive activities like reasoning, problem-solving, verbal and non-verbal reasoning, analytics and processing information etc. There is N number of gaming apps that challenge your brain to perform in higher degrees logically and creatively as well. Such games have great results in your overall imaginative abilities. Smart people tend to prefer brain training exercises to generate more results by being more productive in less time. Millionaires and billionaires often promote the brain games in their organizations to ensure neurological well-being of their employees and contributing to the wholesome development of the company and the employees also.

Children can also play brain games which are engaging and fun and thus help them in learning new ideas and performing logically. Brain games have the potential to boost one’s fluid intelligence which is the ability to reason by thinking critically and in an innovative way. Such children often learn things easily and score higher marks in exams.

Brain games help in improving coordination, abstract thinking, processing speed and memory capacity. Which justifies why the brain gaming industry is a billion-dollar industry. We have known various brain games since our childhood such as Sudoku, crossword, jigsaws, chess and language games like scrabbles etc. These games have now taken digital form and are available for free in the form of gaming apps in mobile phones.

We have listed down the most fun and smart brain game apps that will tap in the genius in you.

1. Brain It On!

This game is enriched with physics-based puzzles and requires you to bring your inner artist out. You need to draw objects and these objects fall due to gravity so you got to make sure that whatever you draw follows the physics rules. Basic understanding of geometry will also be an edge in this subtle game. This game is free and you can unlock further levels by performing good in the unlocked levels and getting stars in them. The game gives hints and you can get the hint by watching an ad video but if you purchase the game the ad videos relating troubles will be solved. There are multiple ways to solve a puzzle and you can engage your friends in the process. Also, the quicker you solve the puzzle, the smarter you are.

2. Gorogoa:

Gorogoa is a game that has puzzles based on illustrations and art. The game was released in 2018 and 10k+ downloads. This game isn’t free and is available in the google play store. It’s a stunning game that involves images and illustrations to train your brain.

3. Faraway: Puzzle Escape

It’s a gaming app from escape puzzles genre and it’s filled with mystery. It needs you to escape from ancient temples in the game and throughout the way, you will be thrown in challenging puzzles to move further. There are 18 3D temples which you will love to navigate. The graphics will captivate you. The initial 9 levels of the game are available for free but after that, you will have to pay to play the game. You must try this escape game to test your brain’s ability to react quickly in an extraordinary situation.

4. Brain test: tricky puzzles 

This game can be addictive and with numerous free levels, it keeps your addiction satisfied. The game includes objects in the form of images and drawing. A particular level asks you to perform a task on the screen and you can move the objects displayed on the screen to fulfil the required task. There will be only a single way to reach out to the answer to the question by performing the task in only a specific way which you have you understand using your abstract thinking. The game is available on the google play store for free so you can try your hands on it easily.

5. Lumosity Brain-Training App:

This gaming app is filled with 40+ games whose difficulty level increase as you improve in them. There are games based on targeting the specific factors of brain processing such as speed, memory, attention etc. You can play games which help you improve your non-verbal and verbal reasoning. These games are based on math skills and words so they help you to boost your vocabulary. They also give you detailed and comparative feedback about your performances and you can track your progress and achieve higher goals. This game has a huge fanbase since the games are of short duration and you can play them to pass the time while improving your brain muscles too.

6. Train your brain – Memory Games:

This gaming app is a collection of memory games that help you in increasing your capacity of retention for a short and long term. This app has games like matching pairs and other creative sequence and patterns related games. This app is available in 5 languages and people of all ages can play these games. These games are designed to stimulate different cognitive areas such as visuospatial function, coordination and processing speed. The techniques used in the games are also used for treatments in health centres.

7. Peak – Brain Games and Training:

The Peak is also a game training app that has a collection of fluid intelligence-based games. Peak has designed these games in collaborating with Cambridge University and NYU. Peak provides so many brain workouts that are fun and free. Here you will get a personal trainer as in physical workout-oriented gyms who will coach you and track your progress. This gaming app will work even when you are offline.

“Impressed with graphs in Peak that let you see your performance over time.” – The Wall Street Journal

8. NeauroNation – Brain Training & Brain Games:

NeauroNation is a scientific brain training program which has been awarded the AOK Leonardo Health Prize for Digital Prevention and the award was sponsored by the German ministry of health. The brain training exercise that is included in the app help you to reduce mental stress, anxiety and improve your concentration. The app has been backed up by the department of general psychology at Freie University Berlin.