Are Where's Waldo type games/puzzles good for the brain?

As far as I know….It helps at least with recognition, concentration, and memory parts of the brain…

though I could be totally wrong as I’m not a doctor….

Anything that engages areas of the brain is good for long term health. Activity is way better than inactivity.

I agree with @Adirondackwannabe. It is just like the muscles if you don’t exercise them they get smaller and if you don’t use your brain it slows its progress.

Using your brain is always good for it.

Based on watching my daughter, it is excellent for concentration. She has been doing hidden pictures since age three and will sit with a book of them for as long as it takes to find everything. She’s mad good at them.

I just looked up a little bit of info and it seems to be true of all ages that people become determined to find everything listed and won’t stop until they do. Maybe it aids in something like persistence or project completion?

I like to play some of the Hidden Object games on BigFish Games also. Many of them combine Hidden Object activity with logic puzzles, which increases the brain benefit and the fun!
Some of the best games for this are: Cate West – The Velvet Keys, Elizabeth Find MD: Diagnosis Mystery, Forgotten Riddles: The Moonlight Sonatas, James Patterson Women’s Murder Club: A Darker Shade of Grey, Mystery Masterpiece: The Moonstone, Mystery P.I.: The London Caper, Season of Mystery: The Cherry Blossom Murders, and Valerie Porter and the Scarlet Scandal.