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About Test your Brain: Tricky Stories
Test your Brain: Tricky Stories frames each lateral-thinking puzzle as a small scene: a situation with characters, and a problem that has to be solved by interacting with the scene rather than answering a question.
The story framing makes the misdirection stronger. You get invested in what the scene appears to be about, which makes the actual solution land harder.
How to play Test your Brain: Tricky Stories
- Interact
- Click, tap or drag anything on screen
- Read each story scene.
- Work out what the puzzle actually wants — not what it appears to.
- Interact with objects, characters and the text itself.
- Solve to move to the next story.
Test your Brain: Tricky Stories tips
- Interact with everything; the solution is often an unmarked object.
- Read the wording literally — puns and double meanings are common.
- Drag objects together rather than only tapping them.
- Question your assumption about what the scene is about.
Test your Brain: Tricky Stories — questions
How are these different from the puzzle version?
Each level is framed as a small story scene rather than an abstract puzzle, which makes the misdirection stronger because you're invested in the situation.
Why are the answers so unexpected?
The genre is built on misdirection — the puzzle presents an obvious interpretation specifically so the real solution can subvert it.
Does it work on a phone?
Yes — tap and drag. Nothing to install.
- Categories
- Puzzle
- Platform
- Web browser — desktop, mobile, and Chromebook
- Cost
- Free, no download or sign-up