What game is it today?

Four daily puzzles about video games. The puzzle is the same for everyone, guesses are unlimited, progress is kept until midnight.

Classic Guess today's game from the clues

More or Less Which game scored higher?

Overlaps A Venn diagram of games

People Guess a gamedev legend

How to play

Classic

Type game titles: the guess card shows how your pick compares with the hidden game — genres, year, PEGI, critic scores, country, hero, platforms, studio and publisher.

Green is a match, red a miss, and the ▲▼ arrow tells whether the hidden game's value is higher or lower: release year, score.
Matching traits gather in the hidden game card — it fills in as you play.
Every 5 failed guesses open a hint: a quote, a fact about the game or another game by the same studio.
Guesses are unlimited, but the fewer, the better the result. A new game arrives at midnight.
Two sub-modes: the game of the day, the same for everyone, and endless — games back to back on three lives, for as long as your guesses keep revealing something new.

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More or Less

Ten rounds in a row: compare the Metacritic scores of two games — higher or lower.

The left game's value is shown, the right one's is hidden — answer whether it is more or less.
Right — the right game moves left and a new pair appears. Wrong — the round counts as a miss and the chain goes on.
Three sub-modes: Metacritic scores, development budgets and first-year sales.
The chain of 10 rounds is the same for every player, a new one arrives at midnight.

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Overlaps

The circles are games, their overlaps say what those games share. Every circle is hidden: guess the value in each region from its open category and name the games.

Every region shows its category — genre, year, studio… It is the value you have to guess.
Picked values narrow the game list for each circle. The move is the “Guess” button: it checks everything picked at once.
Wrong options drop out of the lists, and some values are open for free.
Two sizes: 3 circles (7 regions) and 4 circles (15 regions). A new puzzle arrives at midnight.

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People

A game industry figure is hidden: gender, birth year, country and roles. Hints after 5, 10 and 15 guesses — games they worked on.

Type the names of game designers, programmers, producers and studio heads — the table shows how close you are.
Matches light up green, and the arrow by the birth year tells whether the hidden person was born earlier or later.
Roles may overlap: one person can be both a writer and a studio head.
The person is the same for everyone, guesses are unlimited. A new one arrives at midnight.

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What is SwanGamedle

SwanGamedle is a daily video game puzzle in the spirit of Wordle: every midnight a new game is picked, and you have to guess it from the clues — genre, release year, platforms, studio, critic scores and age rating.

Besides Classic there are three more modes: comparing games by Metacritic score, budget and sales in More or Less, a Venn diagram puzzle in Overlaps, and guessing industry figures in People. It is free, needs no sign-up and runs right in the browser.

Frequently asked questions

How do you play SwanGamedle?

Pick a mode and type a game title. The guess card shows how close your pick is: matches light up green, and the ▲▼ arrow tells whether the hidden value is higher or lower. Then narrow it down.

When does a new puzzle appear?

Every midnight in your own time zone. The puzzle is the same for every player, so you can race your friends to the answer.

How many guesses do I get?

Classic and People give unlimited guesses — but the fewer you use, the better the result. More or Less is a chain of ten rounds, and the endless sub-mode gives three lives.

Do I need an account, and is progress saved?

There is no sign-up. Statistics, win streaks and your played list live only in your browser and are never sent anywhere. To move progress to another device, download the file in your profile and load it there.

Where do the scores and game data come from?

The database is compiled and checked by hand: over a thousand games since 1972. Critic scores come from Metacritic, the age rating from PEGI, sales from publisher reports. More on the About page.