Memorise where the numbers are
| Watch | The numbers appear briefly. |
| Tap in order | Starting from one, once they are hidden. |
Number Hunt flashes numbers on a grid, then hides them. Your job is to tap where they were, in order. Each level adds another number, so the memory load climbs until you cannot hold the layout any more.
This is modelled on a famous experiment with chimpanzees, who turned out to be dramatically better at it than humans. The reason is that we tend to convert what we see into words, which is slower than holding a raw visual snapshot, and this task punishes that habit directly.
Take a mental snapshot rather than reading the numbers. Trying to say the positions to yourself is slower than simply holding the image, and this is the one memory task where the visual approach clearly beats the verbal one.
Focus on the first few positions. Getting one, two and three reliably right is worth more than half-remembering all eight, because a single wrong tap ends the round.
Group nearby numbers. If three of them cluster in one corner, remembering that cluster as a shape is easier than three separate locations.
Do not look away during the flash. The display is brief by design, so even a moment of distraction costs you the whole layout.
Only a brief flash, which shortens the higher you climb.
They hold a raw visual image rather than converting it into words, which is faster for a task like this.
Tapping a position out of order.
Remembering the layout as a picture rather than naming the positions to yourself.
No. Number Hunt runs entirely inside this page, so it starts the moment the page opens. There is nothing to download, no plugin, and no account to create.