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One secret game a day. Every guess gets its place. Find #1.

Questions

How does it work?

Every day one game is the secret, the same one for everyone. Type any game: it goes on the shelf at its place among 4,926 games, #1 being the secret and the last the game least like it. Each guess also says what it has in common with the secret, like "soulslike · metroidvania · the 2010s". Get to #1 in as few guesses as you can.

How is closeness worked out?

Every game has the same 234 yes-or-no answers behind it: what you do in it, where it is set, how it looks, who made it, when it came out. Two games that say yes to the same unusual things sit close together, so a soulslike is near other soulslikes and a farming game near other farming games. A game from the same series is pulled a little closer still. The answers are the same ones Töllö, the site's guessing TV, uses to guess the game you're thinking of.

What if I'm stuck?

Press Hint to put a game on the shelf about halfway between your closest guess and the secret. Give up shows the secret and the games closest to it.

When is there a new one?

Every day at midnight, your time. Your guesses for the day stay in this browser, so you can come back to it.