Suggestions needed: good games that help exercise and improve memory and concentration skills?

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As title says:

Can you suggest a few good looking and entertaining games that help exercise and improve memory and concentration skills, and that without draining my mental energy?

So I feel that gaming is the domain where my brain can be "ambushed" into starting and completing small tasks undistracted, maybe because of the instant reward patterns and the low real life stakes.

My day job is programming and that's where my limited memory and concentration stamina is challenged so hard in those too short 24h day loops, that my concentration takes hours to kick in and my memory is so fragmented on the next day that I have to spend time recollecting and retracing memories for hours.

Help me Steam community, you're my only hope.

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removing stress can improve your memory but what
do you really need your memory for if your doing what
you need to be doing... unless your not remembering
what you need to be doing and in that case your probably
better off with a journal of some sort or a checklist stuck
on a fridge..

all games require some sort of concentration to achieve
something.... have you tried borderlands 2... you have
missions and maps that will get you travelling all over
the place..

you might be better off doing something like reading or
cooking or hobby away from a computer...

[✨Saint✨]

Chess can improve virtually anything.

[natshely]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/893740/Memory_Trainer/

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memory.brain.training.games&hl=en_US&gl=US

[Jaunitta 🌸]

Sleep at night not daytime eat healthy foods that improve memory and physical attributes.
Have your eyes tested so you wera the right glasses.

Memory gets stacked over time as we age and without proper rest sunshine and activites you may feel stagnated and listless.
Avoid games and sitting in front of screens for at least 4 hours a day especially evening and nights and repurpose your efforts to out doors activities on days off..

Sun salt water rejuvinates the body and the mind.
Short stretches and any form of excersize every morning.

Mow the lawn walk along beaches go fishing go for walks in forests.
Take up a hobby garden for herbs. Mint is great stuff.
Buy a blender and juice lots of fruits drinks.
Lots of greens like celery and brocoli spinach strawbrries nuts carrots, insure your getting the right minerals.
Once you have restored some memory cells and you will feel better then consider adding a new game.
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[IFIYGD]

Puzzle games. especially logic puzzle games help me when I need to take a break from coding.

Look for ones that have visual appear to your eyes, and allow for short sessions (manual saves or frequent checkpoint saves along the way), so you don't end up stuck in a difficult puzzle that you can't skip or save to complete later.

Hidden Object games can be good- casual, so not terribly taxing, but they can help with quick visual recognition of objects, and some also have logic puzzles or Match-3 type puzzles.
Mahjong and solitaire games can also be good. Casual, but you also need logic and some strategy.

Look for games that will let you play short sessions, seriously. Short breaks from writing code, with casual but mentally stimulating puzzles that can be solved in 30 minutes or less.

It all depends on what you find mentally stimulating. I own many casual puzzle games, just for this reason. But the games that help me may not help you or appeal to you. I personally stay away from games that center around coding or "traditional" hacking as a theme or core concept- I do this for a living, I want something else when I am trying to clear brain fog or take a break.
But you may find them enjoyable, and helpful. It's a really subjective thing.
Dark and serious puzzle games like Primordia may be your thing, or maybe silly puzzle games like Chuchel might hit the spot. Point and click games with good logic may be the thing, or weird trial and error puzzles may hit you better.

(quick edit- if you want to look at my games library to see what P&C or puzzles games I own and enjoyed- load it up in an external browser. It takes forever for Steam Client to load up 1800+ games. Much quicker loading in FF or Chrome or similar.)

[ComputedAlloy3]

I was diagnosed with MCI a couple years ago. It sucks big time! I was an EE and software developer for years before this. I have learned a few strategies that may help:
Reading is now really hard because I cannot remember context. If I read outloud to myself the content is retained better. I don’t know why this is.
When watching TV subtitles are a great help to tracking what’s happening.
I think it’s the dual input that helps. Sorry if this sounds like geek speak. My wife says shut up you are not a computer. 😀

[RPG Gamer Man]

Scrabble is good for the brain. My grandma used to play alot of it to keep her mind fresh. She also let me play with her when she played it. She is dead now, but i did notice her thinking was very good. Consider a word game like scrabble if you can.

[Yuki]

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