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
  • 1882: AssiniboiaDeep Cut85points
  • 1883: Building Railroads in Northern ItalyDeep Cut85points
  • 1888-NDeep Cut85points
  • 1893: A World's Fair MysteryDeep Cut85points
  • 1893: CologneDeep Cut85points
  • 1895 NamibiaDeep Cut85points
  • 1899 DAIHANDeep Cut85points
  • 18AfricaDeep Cut85points
  • 18ALDeep Cut85points
  • 18Ardennes: Rails Through the ArdennesDeep Cut85points
  • 18C2C: Manifest DestinyDeep Cut85points
  • 18ChesapeakeDeep Cut85points
  • 18CLEDeep Cut85points
  • 18CO: Rock & StockDeep Cut85points
  • 18CubaDeep Cut85points
  • 18CZDeep Cut85points
  • 18Dixie with 18MS and 18GADeep Cut85points
  • 18DO: DortmundDeep Cut85points
  • 18EspañaDeep Cut85points
  • 18EU: Railroading in Europe From the 1830s to the 1930sDeep Cut85points
  • 18EUSDeep Cut85points
  • 18EZDeep Cut85points
  • 18FL: Railroads to ParadiseDeep Cut85points
  • 18FRDeep Cut85points
  • 18GADeep Cut85points
  • 18GB: The Railways of Great BritainDeep Cut85points
  • 18GLDeep Cut85points
  • 18h39Deep Cut85points
  • 18IrelandDeep Cut85points
  • 18JP-TDeep Cut85points
  • 18KoreaDeep Cut85points
  • 18LilliputDeep Cut85points
  • 18Mag: Hungarian Railway HistoryDeep Cut85points
  • 18MEXDeep Cut85points
  • 18MS: The Railroads Come to MississippiDeep Cut85points
  • 18NEBDeep Cut85points
  • 18NewEnglandDeep Cut85points
  • 18NLDeep Cut85points
  • 18NY: The Formation of the New York Central RailroadDeep Cut85points
  • 18OE: On the Rails of the Orient ExpressDeep Cut85points
  • 18PA: The Dawn of Rail – Empire Building From The Seaboard to the OhioDeep Cut85points
  • 18RhlDeep Cut85points
  • 18RoyalGorge: The Rails of Fremont County and the Royal Gorge WarsDeep Cut85points
  • 18RuhrDeep Cut85points
  • 18ScanDeep Cut85points
  • 18SJ: Railways in the Frozen NorthDeep Cut85points
  • 18SveaDeep Cut85points
  • 18TexasDeep Cut85points
  • 18TN: The Railroads Come to TennesseeDeep Cut85points
  • 18TRIPDeep 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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