Focus game
Number search — hunt the digits, sharpen your focus
Two target digits hide among dozens of lookalikes. Number search asks one simple thing — find them, four times each — and keeps asking as the grids grow.
Free to play, no sign-up. Want to track your progress across six skills? The Axolumi app is coming to Google Play.
How to play Number Search
- A grid of random digits appears — from 7×7 on easy up to 10×10 on extreme — with your 2 target digits shown above it.
- Find and tap 4 instances of each target — 8 finds clear the grid.
- A fresh grid loads with the same targets, so you keep hunting numbers you already know.
- A wrong tap costs 2 seconds, so check the digit before you press.
- Stall for 10 seconds and one target digit glows to point the way. Clear as many grids as you can in 60 seconds.
What Number Search trains
- Focus · 45%
- Speed · 35%
- Logic · 20%
Number search is a cancellation task built on digits: hold two targets in mind, sweep a field of near-identical symbols, and pick out only the ones that match. Digits are unusually good distractors — a 6, an 8, and a 9 share most of their shape — so the game trains precise visual discrimination alongside selective attention. Because a cleared grid is instantly replaced, you also practise re-engaging with a fresh search dozens of times in a single minute.
The grid grows with the difficulty level, from 49 digits up to 100, which stretches the same skills further: more field to cover, more distractors per target, and more temptation to tap on a lookalike. Working quickly but only committing when you are sure is the core discipline here — the 2-second misclick penalty makes deliberate, accurate scanning the winning strategy, not frantic tapping.
Tips to improve
- Pick a scanning route — left to right, top to bottom — and stick to it. A steady sweep misses less than a jumpy one.
- Search for both digits on the same pass; two sweeps take twice as long.
- Watch the lookalikes: 6, 8, 9 and 0 love to impersonate each other. When in doubt, take the extra half second.
- Do not chase the clock. Accuracy compounds — every avoided misclick is 2 seconds you keep.
Frequently asked questions
A number search game shows you a grid of random digits and asks you to find every instance of one or more target digits. This version gives you 2 targets and 4 instances of each per grid; clear all 8 and a fresh grid loads with the same targets. You have 60 seconds and a 2-second penalty for wrong taps.
Selective attention, visual scanning, and processing speed. Digits look alike — think 6 versus 8 — so the game also trains fine visual discrimination: committing to a tap only when the symbol truly matches, which is a small everyday act of logical checking.
The mechanics are identical — 2 targets, 4 finds each, continuous grids — but the challenge shifts. Letter search varies letter case as you level up; number search grows the grid instead, from 7×7 to 10×10. Digits also resemble each other more than most letters do, so precision matters a little more here.
A bigger field means more distractors per target and a wider area your eyes must cover systematically. It is the cleanest way to scale a search task: the rules never change, but the demand on your scanning stamina and accuracy steadily rises.
A round or two a day is plenty. Short, regular sessions build the habit of calm, systematic scanning — most players see fewer misclicks within the first week and faster grids soon after.
