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Logic & Planning

Think Tank

Patterns, puzzles and planning. Trains logical reasoning, working memory, mental flexibility and problem-solving.

24 games Β· in the order we'd teach them

How to play, for
Number Ninja on a television Number Ninja on a phone
πŸ”’

Number Ninja

Ages 3–10 3 min Easy

Numbers are scattered on the grid. Tap them in order β€” one, two, three β€” without missing any.

Builds

  • πŸ”’ Number sequence
  • ⚑ Quick scanning
  • 🎯 Focus + speed
  • 🧠 Working memory

How to play Β· TV remoteΒ· touch

  1. Scan the grid for the number 1
  2. Press OK on it
  3. Then find 2, then 3
  4. A wrong tap costs you
  5. All in order = stars!
  1. Scan the grid for the number 1
  2. Tap it
  3. Then find 2, then 3
  4. A wrong tap costs you
  5. All in order = stars!
Did you know? Saying numbers in the same order every time is a rule mathematicians name.
× Number Ninja full screenshot
Number Ninja β€” actual gameplay on Android TV
× Number Ninja full phone screenshot
Number Ninja β€” actual gameplay on a phone
Pattern Detective on a television Pattern Detective on a phone
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Pattern Detective

Ages 3–13 3 min Medium

A row of shapes follows a rule β€” but one piece is missing. Pick the one that fits.

Builds

  • πŸ”Ž Pattern logic
  • 🧠 Reasoning
  • 🎯 Detail focus
  • 🧩 Sequence skill

How to play Β· TV remoteΒ· touch

  1. Look at the row
  2. Spot the rule
  3. D-pad to pick a piece
  4. Press OK to fit
  5. Right piece = stars!
  1. Look at the row
  2. Spot the rule
  3. Tap the piece that fits
  4. Right piece = stars!
Did you know? Patterns are everywhere β€” leaves, snowflakes, songs.
× Pattern Detective full screenshot
Pattern Detective β€” actual gameplay on Android TV
× Pattern Detective full phone screenshot
Pattern Detective β€” actual gameplay on a phone
Echo Tiles on a television Echo Tiles on a phone
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Echo Tiles

Ages 3–13 3 min Medium

Some tiles light up. They blank for a moment, then come back β€” but one tile is different. Tap the one that changed!

Builds

  • πŸ‘€ Change detection
  • 🧠 Visual memory
  • 🎯 Sharp focus
  • ⚑ Quick spotting

How to play

  1. Watch the lit tiles
  2. The grid blanks β€” hold it in mind
  3. It returns with one change
  4. Tap the tile that changed
  5. Right tile = stars!
Did you know? Missing an obvious change is called 'change blindness'.
× Echo Tiles full screenshot
Echo Tiles β€” actual gameplay on Android TV
× Echo Tiles full phone screenshot
Echo Tiles β€” actual gameplay on a phone
Odd One Out on a television Odd One Out on a phone
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Odd One Out

Ages 3–13 3 min Medium

Eleven tiles belong together β€” work out what they have in common, then find the one that does not.

Builds

  • πŸ”Ί Sorting by kind
  • πŸ‘€ Visual scanning
  • 🧠 Quick reasoning
  • 🎯 Detail attention

How to play Β· TV remoteΒ· touch

  1. Look at all twelve tiles
  2. Work out what most of them share
  3. Find the one that does not fit
  4. D-pad to it, press OK
  5. Right one = stars!
  1. Look at all twelve tiles
  2. Work out what most of them share
  3. Find the one that does not fit
  4. Tap it
  5. Right one = stars!
Did you know? Spotting the odd one out is on every IQ test.
× Odd One Out full screenshot
Odd One Out β€” actual gameplay on Android TV
× Odd One Out full phone screenshot
Odd One Out β€” actual gameplay on a phone
Mirror Match on a television Mirror Match on a phone
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Mirror Match

Ages 3–13 3 min Medium

Hold a row of pictures up to an imaginary mirror. The rows grow longer as you get better at it.

Builds

  • πŸͺž Mirror thinking
  • 🧠 Spatial logic
  • πŸ‘€ Careful comparing
  • 🎯 Detail check

How to play

  1. Look at both rows
  2. A mirror flips every picture
  3. It puts them back to front too
  4. Pick Same, Mirror or Different
  5. Watch for sneaky look-alikes!
Did you know? A mirror swaps left and right, never up and down.
× Mirror Match full screenshot
Mirror Match β€” actual gameplay on Android TV
× Mirror Match full phone screenshot
Mirror Match β€” actual gameplay on a phone
Simon Says on a television Simon Says on a phone
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Simon Says

Ages 3–13 3 min Medium

Colours flash in a pattern β€” then it's your turn. Repeat the sequence as it grows.

Builds

  • 🎡 Sequence memory
  • 🧠 Working memory
  • πŸ‘‚ Audio-visual
  • 🎯 Focus over time

How to play

  1. Watch the pattern
  2. Listen to the tune
  3. Repeat the order
  4. Each round adds one more
  5. Three hearts, then the run ends
Did you know? The original Simon game came out in 1978.
× Simon Says full screenshot
Simon Says β€” actual gameplay on Android TV
× Simon Says full phone screenshot
Simon Says β€” actual gameplay on a phone
Color Clash on a television Color Clash on a phone
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Color Clash

Ages 3–13 3 min Medium

The word says RED but it's printed in blue ink. Pick the INK colour β€” ignore the word.

Builds

  • 🎨 Stroop control
  • πŸ›‘ Override impulse
  • 🧠 Focus override
  • ⚑ Quick switching

How to play Β· TV remoteΒ· touch

  1. See the printed word
  2. Spot the ink colour
  3. D-pad to pick colour
  4. Ignore what it says
  5. The word is there to trick you
  1. See the printed word
  2. Spot the ink colour
  3. Tap that colour below
  4. Ignore what it says
  5. The word is there to trick you
Did you know? This is called the Stroop Effect β€” discovered in 1935.
× Color Clash full screenshot
Color Clash β€” actual gameplay on Android TV
× Color Clash full phone screenshot
Color Clash β€” actual gameplay on a phone
Rule Switcher on a television Rule Switcher on a phone
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Rule Switcher

Ages 3–13 4 min Hard

Sort items by colour, shape, or size β€” but the rule changes! Spot it fast and adapt.

Builds

  • πŸ”„ Cognitive flex
  • 🧠 Rule-finding
  • ⚑ Adapting
  • 🎯 Focus shifts

How to play

  1. Sort by the rule
  2. Watch the feedback
  3. Rule may change
  4. Spot the new rule fast
  5. Adapt = more ⭐!
Did you know? Cognitive flexibility lets you switch tasks fast.
× Rule Switcher full screenshot
Rule Switcher β€” actual gameplay on Android TV
× Rule Switcher full phone screenshot
Rule Switcher β€” actual gameplay on a phone
Logic Grid on a television Logic Grid on a phone
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Logic Grid

Ages 3–13 4 min Hard

Drop a fruit into every row and column β€” each fruit only once. Mini-sudoku for kids.

Builds

  • 🧩 Logic puzzle
  • 🧠 Constraint thinking
  • 🎯 Careful placing
  • πŸ”’ Grid reasoning

How to play

  1. See the grid + fruits
  2. Place 1 per row
  3. Place 1 per column
  4. No repeats allowed
  5. Tap a fruit again to lift it
Did you know? Sudoku follows this same row and column rule.
× Logic Grid full screenshot
Logic Grid β€” actual gameplay on Android TV
× Logic Grid full phone screenshot
Logic Grid β€” actual gameplay on a phone
Balance Scale on a television Balance Scale on a phone
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Balance Scale

Ages 3–8 4 min Hard

A rule at the top says how many light shapes one heavy shape is worth. Use it to balance the scale.

Builds

  • βš–οΈ Algebra basics
  • πŸ”’ Equation sense
  • 🧠 Inference
  • 🎯 Careful math

How to play Β· TV remoteΒ· touch

  1. Look at both pans
  2. Work out the swap
  3. D-pad to pick count
  4. Press OK to lock
  5. The beam settles when it's right
  1. Look at both pans
  2. Work out the swap
  3. Tap the count that balances it
  4. The beam settles when it's right
Did you know? Balance scales are over 4,000 years old.
× Balance Scale full screenshot
Balance Scale β€” actual gameplay on Android TV
× Balance Scale full phone screenshot
Balance Scale β€” actual gameplay on a phone
Maze Runner on a television Maze Runner on a phone
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Maze Runner

Ages 3–13 4 min Hard

A new maze every game, in a different world. Stars are for the SHORT way through, not just for getting out.

Builds

  • πŸƒ Spatial planning
  • 🧠 Decision making
  • 🎯 Persistence
  • 🧭 Direction sense

How to play Β· TV remoteΒ· touch

  1. See the maze layout
  2. Plan your path
  3. D-pad to walk
  4. Avoid dead ends
  5. The shorter your route, the better
  1. See the maze layout
  2. Plan your path
  3. Swipe to walk
  4. Avoid dead ends
  5. The shorter your route, the better
Did you know? Mazes are over 4,000 years old.
× Maze Runner full screenshot
Maze Runner β€” actual gameplay on Android TV
× Maze Runner full phone screenshot
Maze Runner β€” actual gameplay on a phone
Color Hop on a television Color Hop on a phone
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Color Hop

Ages 3–13 3 min Medium

Cross the grid to the flag β€” but you can only step onto tiles of the colour that's glowing right now, and that colour keeps changing. Wait for your colour, then hop!

Builds

  • 🎯 Selective attention
  • 🧠 Impulse control
  • πŸ‘€ Watching closely
  • 🎨 Colour spotting

How to play Β· TV remoteΒ· touch

  1. Look at the colour you're allowed to step on
  2. Only tiles of that colour glow β€” hop onto one
  3. D-pad to move; a dim tile won't let you pass
  4. The colour changes on its own β€” wait for a good one
  5. Reach the 🏁 without rushing β€” more ⭐!
  1. Look at the colour you're allowed to step on
  2. Only tiles of that colour glow β€” hop onto one
  3. Swipe to move; a dim tile won't let you pass
  4. The colour changes on its own β€” wait for a good one
  5. Reach the 🏁 without rushing β€” more ⭐!
Did you know? Waiting for the right moment before you act is called impulse control β€” a real superpower!
× Color Hop full screenshot
Color Hop β€” actual gameplay on Android TV
× Color Hop full phone screenshot
Color Hop β€” actual gameplay on a phone
Mirror Twins on a television Mirror Twins on a phone
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Mirror Twins

Ages 3–13 4 min Hard

One remote moves TWO players through two mazes at the same time β€” and the second is your mirror: press left and you go left while your twin goes right. Get both onto their flags together!

One swipe moves TWO players through two mazes at the same time β€” and the second is your mirror: swipe left and you go left while your twin goes right. Get both onto their flags together!

Builds

  • 🧠 Divided attention
  • πŸͺž Spatial planning
  • 🎯 Thinking ahead
  • 🀹 Doing two things at once

How to play Β· TV remoteΒ· touch

  1. Two little mazes, two players β€” one remote moves both
  2. The twin is mirrored: β—€ β–Ά are flipped, β–² β–Ό are shared
  3. Walls stop each player on their own
  4. Plan a path that works for BOTH at once
  5. Land both on their 🏁 together β€” more ⭐!
  1. Two little mazes, two players β€” one swipe moves both
  2. The twin is mirrored: left and right are flipped, up and down are shared
  3. Walls stop each player on their own
  4. Plan a path that works for BOTH at once
  5. Land both on their 🏁 together β€” more ⭐!
Did you know? Doing two things at once well is called 'divided attention' β€” a real thinking skill.
× Mirror Twins full screenshot
Mirror Twins β€” actual gameplay on Android TV
× Mirror Twins full phone screenshot
Mirror Twins β€” actual gameplay on a phone
Path Planner on a television Path Planner on a phone
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Path Planner

Ages 3–13 4 min Hard

Every puzzle, guide a creature's trail through every tile exactly once β€” snake to egg, ant to candy, bee to honey β€” with no doubling back. Hard but satisfying.

Builds

  • πŸ—ΊοΈ Route planning
  • 🧠 Strategy
  • 🎯 Look ahead
  • 🧩 Spatial logic

How to play Β· TV remoteΒ· touch

  1. Find the start and the treat
  2. Plan a no-repeat route
  3. D-pad leads the trail
  4. Fill every tile once
  5. The fewer steps you take, the better
  1. Find the start and the treat
  2. Plan a no-repeat route
  3. Swipe to lead the trail
  4. Fill every tile once
  5. The fewer steps you take, the better
Did you know? This is the famous Hamiltonian path problem.
× Path Planner full screenshot
Path Planner β€” actual gameplay on Android TV
× Path Planner full phone screenshot
Path Planner β€” actual gameplay on a phone
Disc Tower on a television Disc Tower on a phone
πŸ—Ό

Disc Tower

Ages 3–13 4 min Hard

Stack discs onto a new tower β€” but a bigger disc can never sit on a smaller one. Classic puzzle.

Builds

  • πŸ—Ό Logic planning
  • 🧠 Multi-step thinking
  • 🎯 Persistence
  • 🧩 Rule-following

How to play

  1. Pick a disc to move
  2. Move to a new peg
  3. Big can't sit on small
  4. Solve in fewest moves
  5. Extra moves cost you stars
Did you know? The Tower of Hanoi is from an 1883 French math puzzle.
× Disc Tower full screenshot
Disc Tower β€” actual gameplay on Android TV
× Disc Tower full phone screenshot
Disc Tower β€” actual gameplay on a phone
Block Escape on a television Block Escape on a phone
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Block Escape

Ages 3–13 4 min Hard

A gold block is stuck in a jam! Every block slides only along its own line and never turns, and no block can pass through another. Can you free it?

Builds

  • 🧠 Planning ahead
  • 🧩 Spatial reasoning
  • 🎯 Problem-solving
  • πŸ”“ Persistence

How to play Β· TV remoteΒ· touch

  1. D-pad to move the cursor
  2. Press OK to grab a block
  3. D-pad slides it along its line
  4. Press OK to drop it
  5. Free the gold block β€” fewer moves, more ⭐!
  1. Swipe to move the cursor
  2. Tap to grab a block
  3. Swipe to slide it along its line
  4. Tap to drop it
  5. Free the gold block β€” fewer moves, more ⭐!
Did you know? Sliding-block puzzles are over 100 years old.
× Block Escape full screenshot
Block Escape β€” actual gameplay on Android TV
× Block Escape full phone screenshot
Block Escape β€” actual gameplay on a phone
Color Flood on a television Color Flood on a phone
🌊

Color Flood

Ages 3–13 3 min Medium

The board is a jumble of colours! Each colour you pick floods out from the top-left corner, swallowing every matching tile it touches.

Builds

  • 🧠 Planning ahead
  • 🎨 Colour logic
  • 🎯 Look-ahead
  • 🧩 Strategy

How to play Β· TV remoteΒ· touch

  1. β—€ β–Ά to choose a colour
  2. Press OK to flood the corner
  3. Matching tiles join your colour
  4. Fill the whole board one colour
  5. The fewer floods you use, the better
  1. Swipe left or right to choose a colour
  2. Tap to flood the corner
  3. Matching tiles join your colour
  4. Fill the whole board one colour
  5. The fewer floods you use, the better
Did you know? This puzzle is called 'Flood-It' β€” you flood the board with colour.
× Color Flood full screenshot
Color Flood β€” actual gameplay on Android TV
× Color Flood full phone screenshot
Color Flood β€” actual gameplay on a phone
Crown on a television Crown on a phone
πŸ‘‘

Crown

Ages 3–13 4 min Hard

Place crowns so there is exactly ONE in every row, every column and every colour β€” and no two crowns touch, not even at a corner.

Builds

  • 🧠 Deductive logic
  • πŸ‘‘ Constraint solving
  • 🎯 Careful scanning
  • 🧩 Patience

How to play Β· TV remoteΒ· touch

  1. D-pad to move the cursor
  2. Press OK to place or remove a crown
  3. One crown per row, column & colour
  4. No two crowns may touch
  5. Every clash costs you a star
  1. Swipe to move the cursor
  2. Tap to place or remove a crown
  3. One crown per row, column & colour
  4. No two crowns may touch
  5. Every clash costs you a star
Did you know? This kind of puzzle grew out of the famous 'eight queens' chess puzzle.
× Crown full screenshot
Crown β€” actual gameplay on Android TV
× Crown full phone screenshot
Crown β€” actual gameplay on a phone
Greater Grid on a television Greater Grid on a phone
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Greater Grid

Ages 3–13 4 min Hard

Fill the grid so every row and column has each number once β€” like a mini Sudoku. Watch the > and < signs: the open mouth always faces the bigger number.

Builds

  • 🧠 Logical deduction
  • πŸ”’ Number sense
  • 🐊 Greater / less than
  • 🎯 Careful scanning

How to play Β· TV remoteΒ· touch

  1. D-pad to move the cursor
  2. Press OK to pick a number
  3. Every number once in each row
  4. Obey every > and < sign
  5. Wrong numbers cost you stars
  1. Swipe to move the cursor
  2. Tap to pick a number
  3. Every number once in each row
  4. Obey every > and < sign
  5. Wrong numbers cost you stars
Did you know? The < and > signs are 'less than' and 'greater than'.
× Greater Grid full screenshot
Greater Grid β€” actual gameplay on Android TV
× Greater Grid full phone screenshot
Greater Grid β€” actual gameplay on a phone
Color Pour on a television Color Pour on a phone
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Color Pour

Ages 3–13 3 min Medium

Each tube is a stack of jumbled coloured liquids! Pour the top colour of one tube onto a tube with the SAME colour on top β€” or into an empty tube. Keep pouring until every tube holds just one colour.

Builds

  • 🧠 Planning ahead
  • 🎨 Colour sorting
  • 🧩 Look-ahead
  • πŸ§ͺ Patience

How to play Β· TV remoteΒ· touch

  1. β—€ β–Ά to a tube, OK to pick it up
  2. OK on another tube to pour across
  3. Pour only onto the same colour, or empty
  4. Sort every tube into one colour
  5. β–Ό takes your last pour back
  1. Swipe left or right to a tube, tap to pick it up
  2. Tap another tube to pour across
  3. Pour only onto the same colour, or empty
  4. Sort every tube into one colour
  5. Swipe down to take your last pour back
Did you know? You can only pour onto the SAME colour β€” or into an empty tube.
× Color Pour full screenshot
Color Pour β€” actual gameplay on Android TV
× Color Pour full phone screenshot
Color Pour β€” actual gameplay on a phone
Cube Count on a television Cube Count on a phone
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Cube Count

Ages 3–13 3 min Medium

A stack of blocks is built in front of you. Count how MANY it's made of β€” including the ones you can't see. Nothing floats, so a tall column is full right down.

Builds

  • 🧊 3-D visualising
  • 🧠 Spatial reasoning
  • πŸ”’ Counting
  • πŸ”„ Mental rotation

How to play Β· TV remoteΒ· touch

  1. Look at the block stack
  2. β—€ β–Ά to turn it all around
  3. Count them β€” hidden ones too
  4. β–Ό then OK to pick the number
  5. The choices sit close β€” count carefully
  1. Look at the block stack
  2. Swipe left or right to turn it all around
  3. Count them β€” hidden ones too
  4. Swipe down, then tap to pick the number
  5. The choices sit close β€” count carefully
Did you know? A block on top MUST have blocks under it β€” nothing floats!
× Cube Count full screenshot
Cube Count β€” actual gameplay on Android TV
× Cube Count full phone screenshot
Cube Count β€” actual gameplay on a phone
Gear Spin on a television Gear Spin on a phone
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Gear Spin

Ages 3–13 3 min Hard

A little machine of gears is turning! Touching gears always spin OPPOSITE ways, gears joined by a belt spin the SAME way β€” and a ring of gears can lock up completely.

Builds

  • βš™οΈ How machines work
  • 🧠 Cause & effect
  • πŸ”„ Step-by-step logic
  • 🎯 Careful tracing

How to play Β· TV remoteΒ· touch

  1. See the driver gear's spin
  2. Follow the gears one by one
  3. Touching gears turn opposite ways
  4. β—€ β–Ά then OK to pick the answer
  5. Some machines jam and cannot move
  1. See the driver gear's spin
  2. Follow the gears one by one
  3. Touching gears turn opposite ways
  4. Tap the answer
  5. Some machines jam and cannot move
Did you know? Two meshed gears always turn opposite ways.
× Gear Spin full screenshot
Gear Spin β€” actual gameplay on Android TV
× Gear Spin full phone screenshot
Gear Spin β€” actual gameplay on a phone
Slide Sort on a television Slide Sort on a phone
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Slide Sort

Ages 3–13 3 min Hard

A grid of numbered tiles has one empty space. Slide the tiles until the numbers run back in order, with the gap ending in the corner.

Builds

  • 🧩 Planning ahead
  • 🧠 Spatial reasoning
  • πŸ”’ Ordering numbers
  • 🎯 Patience

How to play Β· TV remoteΒ· touch

  1. See the jumbled tiles
  2. β—€ β–Ά β–² β–Ό slide a tile into the gap
  3. Put the numbers in order
  4. Gap ends in the corner
  5. The fewer slides you use, the better
  1. See the jumbled tiles
  2. Swipe to slide a tile into the gap
  3. Put the numbers in order
  4. Gap ends in the corner
  5. The fewer slides you use, the better
Did you know? The sliding-tile puzzle is over 140 years old.
× Slide Sort full screenshot
Slide Sort β€” actual gameplay on Android TV
× Slide Sort full phone screenshot
Slide Sort β€” actual gameplay on a phone
Symmetry on a television Symmetry on a phone
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Symmetry

Ages 3–13 3 min Medium

Half of a shape is drawn, with a glowing line down the middle. Fill the empty side so the picture is a perfect mirror β€” the hardest ones mirror both ways at once.

Builds

  • πŸ¦‹ Line symmetry
  • 🧠 Spatial reasoning
  • πŸ‘€ Careful matching
  • 🎨 Pattern sense

How to play Β· TV remoteΒ· touch

  1. See the half-drawn shape
  2. β—€ β–Ά β–² β–Ό move to a square
  3. OK fills it (OK again clears it)
  4. Match each square across the line
  5. The picture finishes when it matches
  1. See the half-drawn shape
  2. Swipe to move to a square
  3. A tap fills it (tap again clears it)
  4. Match each square across the line
  5. The picture finishes when it matches
Did you know? A shape with a mirror line is called symmetrical.
× Symmetry full screenshot
Symmetry β€” actual gameplay on Android TV
× Symmetry full phone screenshot
Symmetry β€” actual gameplay on a phone