Mental Samurai is an American television game show that aired from March 19, 2019, to July 20, 2021, on Fox.

The game consists of two rounds, with one contestant at a time answering questions from within a movable capsule, named Ava.

The questions are asked on four screens ("towers"), each focusing on a different skill: Knowledge, Puzzles, Sequences, and Memory.

The game is played similar to Season 1, except that contestants are tasked with answering ten questions (at random from all four towers) for $2,500 each.

In the tournament final, much like the preliminary episodes, the finalists will complete a Towers of Samurai round.

The top three finishing players (determined by most questions answered correctly and ties broken by fastest time) will advance to the Circle of Samurai final.

Each of the contestants qualifying for the Circle of Samurai will face off by answering the same set of questions (in the same order).

Unlike the regular episodes, each contestant is only given 90 seconds to complete the four questions (regardless of how much time was left in the Towers of Samurai).

The contestant who answers the most questions correctly, in the shortest amount of time, will be deemed the champion and wins the $250,000 prize.