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Brainkilled

A brutal logic & math puzzle game where every level hides a password. No hints. No hand-holding. Just you, the rules, and the slow realization that the answer was there all along.

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Brainkilled Games
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Brainkilled Games
Release
July 1, 2025
1 year and 31 days ago
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Positive22 reviews100.0%

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About the Game

Brainkilled – A Puzzle Game That Stays In Your Head

Think you’re smart? Good.
You’ll need patience more than confidence.

Brainkilled is a minimalist puzzle experience built for players who enjoy being stuck.

You won’t rush through levels.
You will stare.
You will try ideas.
You will close the game.
And hours later… the solution might hit you.

Two Modes. One Brain.

🧩 Logic & Observation

Clues can be hidden anywhere:

  • In the environment

  • In the rules

  • In what is not being said

Every level requires you to discover the correct password to proceed.
Padlocks reveal the format — but never the answer.

🔢 The Math Challenge

Not pattern matching.
Not guessing.
Real mathematical reasoning — from accessible concepts to genuinely demanding problems.

Designed For A Specific Type Of Player

  • No hints.

  • No step-by-step guidance.

  • No artificial difficulty.

  • No hand-holding.

Just structured problems and the satisfaction of finally breaking them.

Some puzzles won’t let you go.
That’s the point.

Do you have the patience to survive… or will you get Brainkilled?

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