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Brain Puzzle 3 Level 23 Answer: Find the people hiding in the house

Unofficial fan-made guide. Not affiliated with the developer of Brain Puzzle 3.
Steps cross-checked against an independent all-levels reference (current game version) and the embedded walkthrough video. Brain Puzzle 3 moves are drags as often as taps: if a tap does nothing, try dragging the object instead.
Quick answer

Level 23 “Birthday Surprise”: Find the people hiding in the house. 11 moves in order, most of them drags. Follow the step cards below or copy the embedded video move-for-move.

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Brain Puzzle 3 level 23 Birthday Surprise scene

Watch the full solution.

Five gesture types on one screen, and the clip makes the swipe directions readable at a glance where a still cannot.

Level 23 walkthrough: every move in order.

Step 1 Steps 1–3: Swipe up on the table

Swipe up on the table; then Tap the photo frame on the wall; then Tap the air conditioner

Step 2 Steps 4–6: Swipe right on the carpet

Swipe right on the carpet; then Swipe up on the large potted plant; then Double-tap the cabinet

Step 3 Steps 7–9: Double-tap the curtain

Double-tap the curtain; then Tap the shaking leaves; then Tap the bird

Step 4 Steps 10–11: Drag the cat food into the cat bowl

Drag the cat food into the cat bowl; then After finding everyone, swipe up on the main character

What makes Level 23 tricky.

Five kinds of input share one screen, and the swipes point in different directions. The table and the large potted plant both want an upward swipe, the carpet wants a rightward one, and nothing in the artwork says which is which until you try. Two double taps follow, on the cabinet and on the curtain, and then the level relaxes into plain presses for the shaking leaves and the bird. The difficulty is not a puzzle to solve but a sequence to keep straight while the target type changes under your finger. Nine of the eleven moves are reveals, one feeds the cat, and the last one closes the scene.

The cat food is the move that does not fit. It is the only drag here, it involves no person at all, and it sits between the nine reveals and the finale. Skip it and the count of found people is complete while the level refuses to close. The finish is stranger still: once everyone has been found, the last input is an upward swipe on the main character, the figure you have been staring at for the whole level and the last place you would think to search. The feeding step is also the only interaction here aimed at an object rather than a hiding place, which is why it reads as optional.

Read the room before the first swipe. The photo frame, the air conditioner, the cabinet, the curtain and the plant are all objects capable of hiding somebody, and two of the finds are not people at all: a bird, and a patch of leaves that shakes on its own. That shake is the one target here that flags itself. The cat food and the bowl are the two props that tell you the level has a second half at all. The FAQ below restates the eleven-move order as one entry.

Grouping the eleven gestures.

The sequence is easier to hold in memory when you sort it by direction instead of by object:

The cat food is the only drag, and it belongs between the last hiding spot and the swipe that ends the level.

FAQ.

What is the answer to Brain Puzzle 3 Level 23?

In order: 1) Swipe up on the table; 2) Tap the photo frame on the wall; 3) Tap the air conditioner; 4) Swipe right on the carpet; 5) Swipe up on the large potted plant; 6) Double-tap the cabinet; 7) Double-tap the curtain; 8) Tap the shaking leaves; 9) Tap the bird; 10) Drag the cat food into the cat bowl; 11) After finding everyone, swipe up on the main character

Why does nothing happen when I tap in Level 23?

The photo frame, the AC, the leaves and the bird take taps; the table, plant and carpet take directional swipes instead.

Is this Level 23 walkthrough up to date?

It matches the build currently shipping, and the level list gets rewritten every time the developer drops new rooms into the middle.

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