Brain games
From the morning grid to the evening chess problem: plenty to give your brain a workout.
Ludo Genie’s brain games cover every way of thinking: pure logic (sudoku, kakuro, calcudoku, futoshiki, takuzu, hitori, nonograms), planning (chess, go, Hex, Amazons), vocabulary (crosswords, the hive word game, longest word) and arithmetic (the numbers game).
Grids are generated endlessly in five levels, from Easy to Diabolical, each with a unique solution. Mechanical puzzles such as the sliding puzzle, Tower of Hanoi, traffic jam puzzles and box pushing complete the collection, along with original games invented in Quebec.
A few minutes a day keep your mind sharp, and it is a lot more fun than looking for your keys.
Strategy games (6)
ChessThe king of games, with a formidable home-grown engine.
GoSurround, capture and build your territories on the board.
ReversiFlip, surround, dominate the board.
HexConnect your two shores before your opponent cuts you off.
AmazonsMove a queen, shoot an arrow, wall in your opponent.
Code BreakerGlass pegs, black and white clues: crack the secret code.
Puzzle games (32)
SudokuThe great classic of number puzzles, from single to XY-Chain.
KakuroCrosswords with numbers: crossing sums.
CalcudokuAdd, multiply, divide: every cage has its own sum.
FutoshikiGreater than, less than: the signs guide every digit.
TakuzuTwo colours, three rules, zero luck.
HitoriShade the duplicates without ever cutting the grid.
NonogramsNumbers around the edges, a full-colour picture at the heart of the grid.
MinesweeperWork out where the mines are from the numbers.
Light SwitchesEach press toggles a lamp and its neighbours: switch everything off.
Sliding PuzzleSlide the tiles to put everything back in order.
Tower of HanoiMove the tower disk by disk, never placing a disk on a smaller one.
Peg SolitaireJump, capture, and leave just one marble.
Crate PusherStore every crate on a glowing target, without ever pulling.
Traffic JamSlide the vehicles to free the red car.
2048Slide, merge, reach the 2048 tile.
TangramSeven pieces, one silhouette: find the hidden shape.
Colour LinksLink the colours, fill the grid: no path ever crosses another.
PlumbingRotate the pipes and let the water flow through the whole network.
Mahjong SolitaireClear the layout, pair after pair, down to the last tile.
Jigsaw PuzzleA picture painted just for you, cut into real pieces to put together.
BlockburstPlace glass blocks, burst rows and columns.
Vial SortPour, sort, fill: one colour per vial.
MarquetryPlace wooden pieces and complete rows, columns and squares.
Enchanted SortSort gems, potions and runes into spellbound jars, and cast a spell with every completed collection.
Free ArrowsFree every arrow without another one blocking its way.
Paint SlideSlide the paint ball and colour the whole canvas.
KittydokuA sudoku of cuddly cats, solo or as a head-to-head grid duel.
CounterweightWork out the weight of each symbol and balance the final scale.
Patchwork QuiltSew the scraps together: at every seam, the patterns must meet.
TideGuide the little crabs to their burrow before high tide.
ClockmakerAssemble the wheels so the hands show the right time.
CartographerDraw an unknown island from a geographer’s clues.
Word and number games (9)
CrosswordFresh crossword grids made for you, from 7 × 7 to 13 × 13.
Word SearchHunt down the hidden words in the grid and crack the secret word.
HangmanOne wrong letter too many and the balloon floats away.
Mystery WordSix tries to crack the word of the day.
Word HuntSixteen dice, three minutes, every word you can trace.
LexiboardCross your words, aim for the triple word squares and the seven-letter bingo.
Longest WordTen letters, forty-five seconds, one word: the longest you can find.
The Numbers GameSix tiles, four operations, one target to reach.
The HiveSeven letters in a hive, one mandatory centre cell: find every word.
Frequently asked questions
Do the sudoku grids have a unique solution?
Yes. Every generated grid is checked to have exactly one solution, at each of the five levels.
Are there word games in English?
Yes: crosswords, word search, hangman, the mystery word, the hive, a word board game and longest word, with real English and French dictionaries.
Which games are best to start?
Easy sudoku, the mystery word, the sliding puzzle and the memory game are great starting points.