IQ Genius

Do you love exams and mental tests to stay sharp? Well if you do, then IQ Genius is definitely the right game for you!

This game focuses on seven brain exercises to become an IQ Genius. This game gets you to challenge your grey-matter by letting you puzzle over concentration, memory, visual, logic and maths skills. The idea is to keep your ‘status bar’ full and to level up as many times as you can. This game will give you results dictating what mental age you are and how advanced you are. For example for quite a while I discovered my mental age was 8 and I was a monkey, who evolved into a sapient being after a good half hour worth of counting travellers to and from an oasis.

Fortunately you can give yourself a bit of an advantage by tweaking the settings to suit your requirements best. For example, the speed setting can be made slower so you can have a few moments more to try and figure out the puzzle correctly without being penalised. Although some of the purists amongst us may consider this a bit of a cheat, it at least gives the non Mensa members half a chance to improve their skills and reactions and this will be reflected by the results. It goes almost without saying that once you’ve got yourself into your comfort zone it’s always better to test yourself, so by speeding up the game, you’ll reinstate the challenge and will no doubt see your mental abilities continue to improve.

As with any test, there’s a double-edged effect; for every correct answer you get points and indeed levels up. For every level up you go, the more points you will receive (as it does get harder). However, for every wrong answer and for any stalling, you’ll find your ‘status bar’ drop downwards. The moment that it goes to zero, your game’s over and you’ll have to try again or try your hand at another challenge.

The object of the game is to collect coins which will increase your mental capacity. To receive coins you must answer a set number of answers correctly. Not only will you receive an improved mental score, but you will also get access to new games and items as they’ll be unlocked for you to enjoy. What’s more, to receive additional coins you must solve ‘missions’.

If you still don’t find this game much opposition for your genius, you have the opportunity change the difficulty setting once you’ve scored enough points (either 1000 points or 20 coins).

The games available for you to play are; Oasis, Count Boxes, Arithmetics, Time Game, Memory, Chipdealer and Labyrinth. So in other words, you have plenty of different and equally challenging modes for you to explore and try to master.

Rating 92%

Positives

One of the most thorough mentally challenging IQ games I’ve experienced

Very difficult, even on the basic setting

Highly addictive

Good graphics

5 difficulty settings

Negatives

You have to unlock levels which may be a touch frustrating, especially if you’re struggling on the game

A little repetitive at times