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
  • Firewall: Zero HourDeep Cut85points
  • Firework Thrower Kantaro's 53 Stations of the TokaidoDeep Cut85points
  • First AscentDeep Cut85points
  • First BattalionDeep Cut85points
  • First Battle of Britain: The Air War Over England, 1917-18Deep Cut85points
  • First Blood: Second Marne, 15 July 1918Deep Cut85points
  • First Blood: The 1st and 2nd Battles of ManassasDeep Cut85points
  • First Blood: The Guadalcanal CampaignDeep Cut85points
  • First CaptureDeep Cut85points
  • First Class: All Aboard the Orient Express!Deep Cut85points
  • First ContactDeep Cut85points
  • First Crusade 1097–1099Deep Cut85points
  • First Eagles: The Great War 1918Deep Cut85points
  • First EmpiresDeep Cut85points
  • First ExpeditionDeep Cut85points
  • First GiantsDeep Cut85points
  • First in FlightDeep Cut85points
  • First Kiss StoryDeep Cut85points
  • First Line Last LineDeep Cut85points
  • First Martians: Adventures on the Red PlanetDeep Cut85points
  • First Monday in OctoberDeep Cut85points
  • First One to SeeDeep Cut85points
  • First OrchardDeep Cut85points
  • First Over GermanyDeep Cut85points
  • First Punic War 264 to 241 BCDeep Cut85points
  • First QueenDeep Cut85points
  • First RatDeep Cut85points
  • First SamuraiDeep Cut85points
  • First Saratoga: Burgoyne's GambitDeep Cut85points
  • First SnowDeep Cut85points
  • First Steps with the Mr. MenDeep Cut85points
  • First StrikeDeep Cut85points
  • First Team: VietnamDeep Cut85points
  • First to FightDeep Cut85points
  • First to FindDeep Cut85points
  • First to ReverseDeep Cut85points
  • First to Worst: The Party Game About How Your Friends and Family Rank ThingsDeep Cut85points
  • First Train to NurembergDeep Cut85points
  • First Victories: Wellington versus NapoleonDeep Cut85points
  • First-Class LettersDeep Cut85points
  • Fisco 400Deep Cut85points
  • Fishdom H2O: Hidden OdysseyDeep Cut85points
  • Fist of the North Star: 10 Big Brawls for the King of the UniverseDeep Cut85points
  • Five A DayDeep Cut85points
  • Five AcesDeep Cut85points
  • Five and Two or ThreeDeep Cut85points
  • Five BridgesDeep Cut85points
  • Five by FiveDeep Cut85points
  • Five Card QuestDeep Cut85points
  • Five CellsDeep 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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