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
  • 1953: KGB UnleashedDeep Cut85points
  • 1953: NATO vs Warsaw PactDeep Cut85points
  • 1954 AlcatrazDeep Cut85points
  • 1955: The War of EspionageDeep Cut85points
  • 1960: The Making of the PresidentDeep Cut85points
  • 1962 World SeriesDeep Cut85points
  • 1972: The Lost PhantomDeep Cut85points
  • 1975 White ChristmasDeep Cut85points
  • 1979 Revolution: Black FridayDeep Cut85points
  • 1979: Revolution in IranDeep Cut85points
  • 1980 SixtinaDeep Cut85points
  • 1984: Animal FarmDeep Cut85points
  • 1985: Deadly Northern LightsDeep Cut85points
  • 1985: Sacred OilDeep Cut85points
  • 1985: The Day AfterDeep Cut85points
  • 1985: Under an Iron SkyDeep Cut85points
  • 1987 Channel TunnelDeep Cut85points
  • 1988: Chirac contre MitterrandDeep Cut85points
  • 1989: Dawn of FreedomDeep Cut85points
  • 198XDeep Cut85points
  • 1993 Space MachineDeep Cut85points
  • 1998 ISSDeep Cut85points
  • 1999: Hore, Mita koto ka! SeikimatsuDeep Cut85points
  • 1999ChristmasEveDeep Cut85points
  • 19th HoleDeep Cut85points
  • 19XX: The War Against DestinyDeep Cut85points
  • 1A2BDeep Cut85points
  • 1bitHeartDeep Cut85points
  • 1ers ContactsDeep Cut85points
  • 1K ZX ChessDeep Cut85points
  • 1LINEDeep Cut85points
  • 1nsaneDeep Cut85points
  • 1pxDeep Cut85points
  • 1st & GoalDeep Cut85points
  • 1st & RollDeep Cut85points
  • 1st AlameinDeep Cut85points
  • 1st BandDeep Cut85points
  • 1st Division ManagerDeep Cut85points
  • 2 CarsDeep Cut85points
  • 2 Days to VegasDeep Cut85points
  • 2 de MayoDeep Cut85points
  • 2 erste SpieleDeep Cut85points
  • 2 Fast 4 GnomzDeep Cut85points
  • 2 Hand Casino Hold'emDeep Cut85points
  • 2 Minutes to MidnightDeep Cut85points
  • 2 Ninjas 1 CupDeep Cut85points
  • 2 on 2 Open Ice ChallengeDeep Cut85points
  • 2 Player Battle TycoonDeep Cut85points
  • 2 Player Gun Factory TycoonDeep Cut85points
  • 2 Player Military TycoonDeep 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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