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Mirror

A mental rotation game. Same shape turned, or its mirror image? You have 60 seconds.

Mirror is a mental rotation game with a clock on it. Two block figures sit side by side. The second one is either the first one turned around, or its mirror image turned around. Same, or mirror? Your eyes say one thing, your gut says another, and the only way to know is to spin the shape in your head. Sixty seconds, two buttons.

It starts easy: small shapes, a flat turn. Keep a streak going and the shapes grow, the turns go 3D, and the angles get nasty. Hit eight in a row and you drop into flow mode: the screen inverts and the clock slows to half speed while you cash in.

Mirror is part of Unrot, a series of twenty short games that each put one mental skill to the test: memory, attention, speed or logic. This one is the shape rotation puzzle. Twenty games. Zero brainrot.

How to play

  • Look at figure A, then figure B.
  • If B is A, just turned around, tap SAME (or press ←).
  • If B is A’s mirror image, tap MIRROR (or press →). No amount of turning makes a mirror image match.
  • You have 60 seconds. A wrong answer costs 2 seconds.

Scoring

  • Every right answer is worth 10 points × your multiplier.
  • The multiplier climbs ×1 → ×6, one step for every two right answers in a row. A wrong answer resets it.
  • At ×5 you enter flow mode: the screen inverts and the clock runs at half speed for 5 seconds.
  • Play the Daily for one scored run per day, and keep your Unrot streak alive.

Tips

  • Find a landmark: the end of the longest arm, or the corner where it bends. Find the same spot in B first.
  • Follow the arms in order from that landmark and check which way each bend goes.
  • Early shapes only turn flat, like a card on a table. If the picture just looks flipped left to right, it’s MIRROR.
  • Don’t rush the first few. A clean streak gets you to flow mode, and flow buys you time.

FAQ

Is Mirror free?

Yes. Mirror is free to play in your browser on desktop and mobile, with no download and no account.

How does Mirror work?

You see two 3D block figures, A and B. B is either the same figure turned around, or its mirror image turned around. Tap SAME or MIRROR as fast as you can for 60 seconds. It's a take on the classic mental rotation test, where you have to turn the shape in your head to check.

How can I tell a mirror image from a turned shape?

Pick one end of the figure, then follow the arms: which way does the next bend go, left or right, up or down? If the bends go the same way after you turn it, it's SAME. If one of them goes the other way no matter how you turn it, it's MIRROR. Every shape is picked so it can never be its own mirror image, so there's always exactly one right answer.

What is flow mode?

Get eight right in a row and you hit ×5: the whole screen inverts and the clock runs at half speed for five seconds. Keep the streak going and it comes back every eight more.

How does scoring work?

Each right answer is worth 10 points times your streak multiplier, which climbs from ×1 to ×6, one step every two right answers in a row. The figures get bigger and the turns get wilder as the multiplier grows. A wrong answer resets the multiplier and takes 2 seconds off the clock.

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