Food for the mind: interesting logic games for Nintendo Switch and other consoles

Gaming has recently stopped being considered a destructive leisure-time activity. A good reputation for games for PCs, Xbox, and other consoles was gained thanks to the popularity of professional esports. Because players make good money and have a chance to become worldwide famous.

Playing is useful even if your plans do not include an esports career. Logic games deserve attention. They help to get away from daily routine and provide a good training session for the brain.

Big Brain Academy

This popular Nintendo Switch game has one significant advantage — it is designed for the whole family. With its help, you can find out who of your householders deals with puzzles and advanced objectives. There are 5 categories of objectives in the game:

• Memory. Someone «photographs» pictures with his eyes and someone does not remember what was on the screen after a few seconds. It means that different people will have different results during the walkthrough.
• Recognition. Some things can be recognized by description immediately but there are the ones, which will be guessed only after a row of hints.
• Analysis. The game teaches you to analyze the circumstances and find the ways out of nontrivial situations.
• Counting. It is a useful section for children that do not like arithmetic. It is way more interesting to learn in the gaming format.
• Imagination. Tasks develop the flexibility of imagination.

Big Brain Academy is developed exclusively for Nintendo Switch by the company Nintendo. It supports the following modes:

• single player,
• dual using touch input,
• the team mode using joy-cons.

Neighbors back From Hell

The PC and console legend called Neighbors back From Hell never loses its relevance. It is available on all popular gaming platforms, its features can be enjoyed by an owner of any device: from a smartphone to the Xbox console.

The Neighbors back From Hell game combines a few genres. It becomes obvious in the very first minutes of the walkthrough that you will not succeed without logic and outstanding dexterity. It will not be boring because an angry neighbor is not sleeping and waiting for the moment to hit Woody (that’s the name of the main character) on his head and other body parts.

Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments

A breathtaking quest game with puzzle elements makes you work hard with your brain. You will have to use logical thinking and remember what deduction is.

You can play it on different generations of PlayStation consoles, Xbox One, and Windows PCs.

Life is Strange True Colors

Unlike classic logic games, it does make you dive into the thinking process from the very first minute. The game allows you to have a look and get used to the gameplay, the real quest will begin only after that. This Xbox One game has many advantages. It includes:

• an interesting story and the understandable motivation of characters,
• beautiful graphics,
• bright soundtrack and sound design,
• optimal duration.

The balance is saved — the game will not end too soon but it will not last for long months.

LEGO Bricktales

It is a finding for Lego fans and PlayStation consoles. The story is built around colorful bricks. As in real life, you will have to build objects. But it is not that simple because the game regularly brings you logic puzzles of various difficulties. The building is filled with well-written and funny dialogues and other features.

The diversity of logical games for consoles is pleasantly surprising. You can find entertainment for all ages and tastes.