arcade and casual math games

Not every math game needs to be a careful, methodical puzzle. These games bring numbers into faster, more action-oriented formats – think Tetris and Snake, but with arithmetic baked in. They’re quick to pick up, satisfying to play, and still exercise your mental math.

More about each game

fruit nerdle – a math slot machine. Spin the dials, then nudge numbers and operators into place to hit the target. Three difficulty modes and five daily challenges.

DigitDrop – an arcade-style number game. Digits fall from the top of the screen, and when they land, they’re added to their neighbours. If the total matches the mathematical target (e.g. a multiple of 3), those digits are cleared. Combine multiple neighbours for bigger scores. Levels get progressively harder, with tougher targets as you advance. Play with touch controls, drag, or keyboard.

Adder – a mathematical twist on the classic Snake game. Guide your snake around the screen, gobbling up numbers that match the target (e.g. multiples of 3). Eat the wrong number and it’s poisonous. The targets get harder as you progress. Simple to understand, tricky to master at speed.

nerdle connect – a grid-solving puzzle game where you give each circle the right number of connections. More relaxed than the arcade games, but still a casual, pick-up-and-play experience.

guess what? – daily absurd approximation challenges. How close can you get?

shuffle 123 – a sliding number puzzle. Rearrange tiles into valid calculations. Part spatial logic, part arithmetic.

nanagrams – find all valid calculations from a set of number tiles. Four difficulty levels from gentle (x6) to tough (x9).

decoy numbers – rearrange tiles into a calculation, but spot and discard the decoy tile first.