Skip to main content

Mini Games

Find the Ninja

Track the ninja as it hops between trees and pick where it lands.

Find the Ninja is a visual tracking game played in a 4×4 forest of 16 trees. A single ninja hops from tree to tree, and once it stops you click the tree where it landed last. Get it right and the next level starts; pick the wrong tree and the game ends.

The difficulty comes down to two numbers. Each round has three more jumps than its level number, so level 1 has 4 jumps and level 5 has 8. The pause between jumps starts at about 0.9 seconds and shrinks by 0.06 seconds per level down to 0.3 seconds, and within a single round the jumps also speed up toward the end. The ninja never lands on the same tree twice in a row, but it can come back to a tree it visited earlier, and every route is random, so there is nothing to memorize.

There is no timer on your answer, so take a breath before you click. A useful habit is to keep the whole grid in view instead of locking onto one tree, and to name each landing spot in your head ("top left, center, bottom right"); only the final spot counts. Your score is the number of levels you clear. It goes on the leaderboard, and a challenge link lets friends play under exactly the same rules.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Q. How do you play Find the Ninja?

    A. Watch the ninja hop between 16 trees on a 4×4 grid, then click the tree where it stopped. A correct pick takes you to the next level; a wrong one ends the game.

  • Q. How many jumps does the ninja make on each level?

    A. The level number plus three: 4 jumps on level 1, 8 on level 5 and 13 on level 10. The pause between jumps also shrinks from about 0.9 seconds to a minimum of 0.3 seconds as you climb.

  • Q. How is the score counted?

    A. Your score is the number of levels you cleared. Miss on level 6 and you have cleared five, so your result is Lv. 5; a miss on level 1 scores 0 and is not ranked.

  • Q. Is there a time limit to answer?

    A. No. Once the ninja stops, you can take as long as you like to choose a tree. The whole challenge is following the jumps.