🔍 What's Missing? Games
A picture-recall challenge based on the classic parlour game. Study a board of pictures for a few seconds, then one quietly disappears — can you say which? Rounds get bigger and faster as you go, and three wrong answers ends the run.
Pick any of our 118 themes below — every deck plays as a what's-missing game. Prefer flipping cards? Head back to the classic matching games or try Sequence Memory.
🐾Animal What's Missing?
Dinosaurs What's Missing?
Roar into the prehistoric era
Dogs What's Missing?
Match your best friend
Cats What's Missing?
Purr-fect pairs for cat lovers
Farm Animals What's Missing?
Down on the farm
Ocean Animals What's Missing?
Dive into the deep
Jungle Animals What's Missing?
Wild at heart
Birds What's Missing?
Feathered friends
Insects What's Missing?
Tiny but mighty
Sharks What's Missing?
Jaws of memory
Horses What's Missing?
Gallop through the deck
Bears What's Missing?
Beary good memory match
Foxes What's Missing?
Sly and match
Penguins What's Missing?
Waddling to victory
Whales What's Missing?
Giant memory splash
Wolves What's Missing?
Wild at heart
Pandas What's Missing?
Bamboo-munching black and white cuties
Frogs What's Missing?
Hop to it — pairs at the pond
Owls What's Missing?
Wise pairs for night owls
Rabbits What's Missing?
Hoppy matching in the meadow
Big Cats What's Missing?
Lions and tigers and leopards — oh my
Monkeys What's Missing?
Cheeky pairs swinging through the trees
Turtles What's Missing?
Slow and steady wins the match
Bees What's Missing?
Un-bee-lievably sweet matching
Butterflies What's Missing?
From caterpillar to flying flower
🌿Nature What's Missing?
Space What's Missing?
To infinity, and match
Weather What's Missing?
Every forecast, all at once
Flowers What's Missing?
Bloom and match
Beach What's Missing?
Sun, sand and matching pairs
Forest What's Missing?
Into the woods
Garden What's Missing?
Grow your memory
Mountains What's Missing?
Peak matching performance
Rainforest What's Missing?
Match beneath the canopy
Desert What's Missing?
Survival of the sharpest memory
Coral Reef What's Missing?
The rainbow city under the sea
Arctic & Polar What's Missing?
The coolest deck on the site
Mushrooms & Fungi What's Missing?
Forest-floor treasures
Gemstones What's Missing?
A treasure hunt for your memory
Gone Fishing What's Missing?
Patience, peace and the one that got away
🚗Vehicles What's Missing?
🎉Holiday What's Missing?
🎓Learning What's Missing?
Fruits What's Missing?
Deliciously matchable
Sports What's Missing?
Match like a champion
Music What's Missing?
Find your rhythm
Food What's Missing?
A tasty test
Alphabet What's Missing?
A to Z of memory fun
Colours What's Missing?
Match every shade
Numbers What's Missing?
Count on your memory
Vegetables What's Missing?
Eat your memory greens
School Days What's Missing?
Chalk dust, pencil cases and the home-time bell
Human Body What's Missing?
Learn what makes you tick
Emotions & Feelings What's Missing?
Name the feeling, find the pair
🐉Fantasy What's Missing?
📼Retro What's Missing?
80s Retro What's Missing?
Totally radical
90s Nostalgia What's Missing?
All that and a bag of chips
Fifties Diner What's Missing?
Jukeboxes, milkshakes and rock and roll
Sixties Flower Power What's Missing?
Peace, love and matching pairs
Seventies Disco What's Missing?
Boogie nights for your brain
Y2K & 2000s What's Missing?
Flip phones, burned CDs and dial-up dreams
Retro Arcade What's Missing?
Insert coin to continue
Vintage Toys What's Missing?
The toy box of every childhood
Retro Sweet Shop What's Missing?
A quarter of your favourites, please
Classic TV Night What's Missing?
Gather round, the programme is starting
Video Store Night What's Missing?
Friday night, aisle three, be kind and rewind
Vinyl & Records What's Missing?
Drop the needle on side A
Retro Tech What's Missing?
Save icon? That was a real thing once
Playground Games What's Missing?
Last one there is a rotten egg
Board Game Night What's Missing?
Rainy Sundays around the kitchen table
Summer Camp What's Missing?
Campfire songs and torchlight stories
Funfair What's Missing?
Candy floss, carousels and one more go
Vintage Circus What's Missing?
Roll up, roll up — the greatest match on earth
Classic Road Trip What's Missing?
Are we there yet?
Grandma's Kitchen What's Missing?
Licking the spoon is mandatory
🎬Genre What's Missing?
Classic Horror What's Missing?
Don't look behind you
Superheroes What's Missing?
Capes and consequences
Sci-Fi What's Missing?
Beyond the stars
Pirates What's Missing?
Ahoy, matey
Cowboys What's Missing?
Howdy, partner
Detective What's Missing?
The game is afoot
Cinema What's Missing?
Lights, camera, match
Knights What's Missing?
Charge into memory
Monsters What's Missing?
Friendly frights and matching
Ninjas What's Missing?
Stealthy matching action
Spies What's Missing?
Classified matching mission
📚Classics What's Missing?
Sherlock Holmes What's Missing?
Elementary, my dear player
Alice in Wonderland What's Missing?
Down the rabbit hole
Dracula What's Missing?
Children of the night
Frankenstein What's Missing?
It's alive!
Wizard of Oz What's Missing?
Off to see the wizard
Robin Hood What's Missing?
Rob from the rich, match for the merry
King Arthur What's Missing?
Camelot, Excalibur, match
Classic Fairy Tales What's Missing?
Once upon a time
Greek Myths What's Missing?
Legendary memory from Olympus
🍕Food & Drink What's Missing?
🚒Jobs & Heroes What's Missing?
🌍Around the World What's Missing?
Frequently Asked
What is the what's missing game?
You study a board of pictures for a few seconds, the board hides, and one picture is removed. Your job is to say which. It is a digital take on "Kim's Game", the observation exercise from Rudyard Kipling's novel Kim, used in scouting and memory training for over a century.
What does the what's missing game train?
It trains observation, attention to detail and rapid visual recall — taking a mental snapshot and comparing it against what you see now. It complements card matching (spatial memory) and sequence games (working memory).
Can I play it with a group?
Yes — it makes a brilliant party, classroom or care-home game. Put the board on a shared screen, let everyone study it, then have the group call out what vanished.