Math sucks. These games don’t. Let’s fix your brain—or break it. Whatever happens first.
#1: 2048 (Web/Mobile) 🔢
You know 2048, right? Swipe tiles, merge numbers, aim for that sweet 2048. It’s stupidly simple, and I hate how much I love it. I missed a work deadline once because I was glued to this thing—thanks, Gabriele Cirulli, you monster. It’s addictive as hell, and I’m not even sorry.
#2: Threes! (Mobile) 🧩
Threes! is 2048’s cooler, artsy cousin. You swipe numbers to pair them up, and it’s all chill and cute until you’re stuck at 768, cursing your phone like it personally betrayed you. Think Tetris meets a calculator with a superiority complex. I rage-quit last week, swore I was done, then picked it right back up. Typical.
#3: Drop7 (Mobile) 🎲
Drop7 sneaks up on you. Drop discs, match the number to the row or column count, watch them vanish—sounds relaxing, doesn’t it? Nope. I played this during a family dinner once, and Aunt Karen’s still pissed I zoned out during her potato salad monologue. It’s like if Tetris and Sudoku had a wild night and made a chaotic slot machine baby. This game’s why I’m late to everything now. Send help.
#4: KenKen (Web/Mobile) 🧠
KenKen? More like Ken-can’t-even-keep-up. I tried this during a Zoom call—huge mistake. My boss totally caught me muttering about multiplication tables like a lunatic. It’s Sudoku’s overachieving sibling that demands you flex your brain harder than necessary. I’m obsessed, mostly because I love a challenge, but also because I’m a glutton for punishment. Sorry, Sudoku, you’re old news.
#5: Killer Sudoku (Web/Mobile) 😈
Speaking of torture, Killer Sudoku is next-level evil. It’s regular Sudoku, but someone decided to juice it up with cages and extra rules. I lost three hours to this once and didn’t even blink. It’s therapy—if therapy was a masochistic fever dream. Someone online said it cured their fear of fractions. Me? It just gave me new math trauma to unpack.
#6: 24 Game (Web/Mobile) 🃏
Four numbers. Make 24. That’s it. Sounds easy until you’re staring at a set that refuses to cooperate, and suddenly you’re questioning your entire education. It’s mental gymnastics, and I’m out here tripping over the mat. Still fun, though—keeps the brain sharp, even if it humbles you.
#7: Kakooma (Web) 🔍
Kakooma’s weirdly chill. You spot numbers that add up in a grid—like Where’s Waldo, but for sums. I got cocky and started timing myself, turned it into some self-imposed Math Olympics. Challenged my cousin to a duel once; she crushed me. I’m fine. Really. It’s quick, it’s satisfying, and it’s less stressful than the others. For now.
#8: Math Riddles (Mobile) ❓
Math Riddles is a jerk. Smug little puzzles that laugh at your IQ. It’s like Minecraft crashed into a tax form—half the time I feel brilliant, half the time I’m ready to chuck my phone out the window. Solved one, forgave it, then got wrecked by the next. Why do I keep coming back? No idea. Toxic, but addicting.
#9: Numbrix (Web) 🧵
Numbrix is my happy place. You fill a grid with consecutive numbers, connecting them like a lazy maze. It’s soothing, like untangling Christmas lights in your head—until I mess up one move and spend an hour obsessing over it. I play this to unwind, then accidentally stress myself out chasing perfection. Classic me.
#10: Calcudoku (Web/Mobile) 📊
Calcudoku is KenKen’s unhinged twin. More cages, more math, more moments of “why am I even doing this?” It’s like my taxes grew legs and dared me to fight them. Tried it, hated it, played it for an hour straight anyway. If you’re a puzzle freak who secretly loves suffering, this one’s for you. I guess that’s me too.
