Name a game with a number in its name (sequels and 3D variants don't count)

October 22, 2026 · Daily Dive #99

Explore 5,993 recorded answers and their points for question 3 on October 22, 2026.

Dated record7 questions · 15,060 recorded answers

5,993 recorded names on October 22, 2026, 5,861 at 85 or higher. The highest recorded score on this question is 100.

The richest shelf for this one is hobby gaming rather than the mainstream console catalogue, since small print runs and imported rulebooks are where numerals survive as names. Only a digit or a spelled-out number that belongs to the title itself qualifies; numbered follow-ups and re-releases that merely add a depth effect are excluded.

5,993 recorded answers5,861 at 85+ points100 highest recorded points
  • One in a Krillion1100 pts
  • Deep Cut5,86085 pts
  • Rare11760 pts
  • Schooler1430 pts
  • Plankton110 pts
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Recorded answers

5,993 recorded answers

How to approach it

Treat the task as a browsing problem rather than a memory test. Pick a few niches that reliably put numerals in titles, such as tabletop wargames, historical simulations, small-press card games and digital puzzle releases, then walk them mentally from the digits forward. Anything whose name opens with a year, a count or a code is a candidate. Read the exclusion clause closely before submitting: a numbered continuation is disqualified even when the number feels intrinsic, and a re-release that only adds a depth cue is equally out. Notice whether the numeral is written as a figure or as a word, since both formats circulate. Keep a shortlist and send only the entries that feel least likely to have been claimed by others, because obscurity is rewarded here far more than fame.

Get a hint

Start with the shelf of tabletop and card games, including barely translated imports, because that corner holds the largest share of number-bearing names.

A little more

Historical simulation and wargaming lean on dates, day counts and unit sizes, so titles built around a quantity are unusually plentiful in that aisle.

One step further

Skip the big-budget releases: the rarest finds are self-published rulebooks, tiny print runs and digital puzzlers whose names open with a numeral.

Reveal answers 5,993
  • The Battle of Tanga 1914Deep Cut85points
  • The Battle of Tours, 732 A.D.Deep Cut85points
  • The Battle of Wakefield: Yorkshire, England 30 December 1460Deep Cut85points
  • The Battle of White Plains: Twilight of the New York Campaign October 28th–31st, 1776Deep Cut85points
  • The Battles of Bull Run: Manassas – June 1861 and August 1862Deep Cut85points
  • The Battles of Mollwitz 1741 and Chotusitz 1742Deep Cut85points
  • The Bell of Treason: 1938 Munich Crisis in CzechoslovakiaDeep Cut85points
  • The Big OneDeep Cut85points
  • The Big Red One: The Game of the First Infantry Division at the Battle of the BulgeDeep Cut85points
  • The Binding of Isaac: Four SoulsDeep Cut85points
  • The Black Prince: The Battle of Navarette, 1367Deep Cut85points
  • The Blitzkrieg Legend: The Battle for France, 1940Deep Cut85points
  • The Burning Blue: The Battle of Britain, 1940Deep Cut85points
  • The Campaign for North Africa: The Desert War 1940-43Deep Cut85points
  • The Charge of the 3 Kings: Navas de Tolosa 1212Deep Cut85points
  • The Chase of the Bismarck: Operation Rheinübung 1941Deep Cut85points
  • The Chessmaster 2000Deep Cut85points
  • The China War: Sino-Soviet Conflict in the 1980sDeep Cut85points
  • The Chinese Civil War of 1930Deep Cut85points
  • The Civil War 1861-1865Deep Cut85points
  • The ClueFinders 3rd Grade Adventures: The Mystery of MathraDeep Cut85points
  • The ClueFinders 4th Grade Adventures: Puzzle of the PyramidDeep Cut85points
  • The ClueFinders 5th Grade Adventures: The Secret of the Living VolcanoDeep Cut85points
  • The ClueFinders 6th Grade Adventures: The Empire of the Plant PeopleDeep Cut85points
  • The Coming Storm: Quadrigame of the Fourth Coalition October 1806 - June 1807Deep Cut85points
  • The Conquistadors: The Spanish Conquest of the Americas 1518-1548Deep Cut85points
  • The Cookie 2.0Deep Cut85points
  • The Cossacks Are Coming!: The Tannenberg Campaign, 1914Deep Cut85points
  • The Crew: The Quest for Planet NineDeep Cut85points
  • The Crusades: Western Invasions of the Holy Land 1097-1191 A.D.Deep Cut85points
  • The d6 ShootersDeep Cut85points
  • The Damned Die Hard: Philippines '41Deep Cut85points
  • The Dark Sands: War in North Africa, 1940-42Deep Cut85points
  • The Dark Summer: Normandy 1944Deep Cut85points
  • The Day Was Ours: First Bull Run (July 21, 1861)Deep Cut85points
  • The Deception of Antiques: 12 Chinese Zodiac Bronze HeadsDeep Cut85points
  • The Defence of Procyon IIIDeep Cut85points
  • The Desert Fox: Rommel's Campaign for North Africa April 1941-December 1942Deep Cut85points
  • The Devil's to Pay! The First Day at GettysburgDeep Cut85points
  • The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second EraDeep Cut85points
  • The Entente: Battlefields WW1Deep Cut85points
  • The Fall of South Vietnam: A Game of Combat in South Vietnam – 1973-1975Deep Cut85points
  • The Fall Of The Third ReichDeep Cut85points
  • The Famous Five: Five on a Treasure IslandDeep Cut85points
  • The Fast Carriers: Air-Sea Operations, 1941-77Deep Cut85points
  • The Fate of Reiters: Five Battles of the French Wars of Religion 1562-1598Deep Cut85points
  • The Fifth DiscipleDeep Cut85points
  • The Fifth ElementDeep Cut85points
  • The Finnish Front, 1941-42Deep Cut85points
  • The Fires of Midway: The Carrier Battles of 1942Deep Cut85points

Why these answers count

Points here track rarity rather than difficulty. The distribution is lopsided: one entry took 100, roughly 5,780 sat at 85 and only 117 stopped at 60, so the middle band is crowded and the gap between a good pick and a great one is small yet decisive. Almost every example shown lands at 85 — 0 A.D., 10 Days in Europe, 007 Racing, 1 vs. 100 — which tells you that a genuinely obscure title carrying a numeral clears the same bar whether it is strategy, tabletop or a licensed tie-in. Rarity pays because each answer's value rises as fewer players name it, so the winning move is something almost nobody would think to type. The lone 100-point answer, Pachisi, looks like an outlier settled by consensus weighting rather than by title format. The 60-point tail is made of entries enough people recognised to blunt the payoff, so avoid whatever a casual player reaches for first.

Recorded from the game’s published reveal · Source · Checked 22 Oct, 12:31 UTC

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