American Mensa Academy

American Mensa Academy is a 2012 brain-training and puzzle game published by Square Enix and developed by Barnstorm Games, released across Windows, Xbox 360 (Xbox Live Arcade), PlayStation 3 and handheld platforms. Officially endorsed by Mensa, the high-IQ society, it packages a battery of mental exercises designed to test and exercise reasoning, language, memory, mathematics and visual-spatial skills. Players work through dozens of mini-games grouped into those five cognitive categories, with the software tracking performance over time and estimating an overall score in the spirit of an IQ assessment. Modes include solo training, an exam-style challenge that produces a rated result, and local multiplayer for head-to-head competition, with difficulty scaling to keep the questions demanding even for practised players. The game sits within the wave of brain-training titles popularised by Nintendo's Brain Age, distinguishing itself mainly through the Mensa licence and its broader spread of platforms beyond a single handheld. Reviews were modest, treating it as a competent but unremarkable entry in a crowded genre: serviceable puzzles and a reasonable range of activities, but little to set it apart for anyone who had already played similar collections. It remains a minor curiosity aimed at casual players looking for bite-sized mental workouts and a number to measure themselves against.