Ballpark
Guess a famous company's founding year, revenue and valuation.
Every day: One well known company a day, the same for every player: estimate its founding year, annual revenue and valuation on sliders, for a score out of 300. New puzzle: Midnight in your local time (the company is picked from your device's date).
Ballpark shows you a company you have heard of and asks for three numbers: the year it was founded, its annual revenue and its valuation. Each guess is made on a slider and scored on how close it lands, up to 300 points a day. A random mode lets you keep playing other companies.
About Ballpark
Ballpark is a short estimation game about business. You are shown a well known company with its sector and country, and you have to put three numbers on it: when it was founded, how much it earns in a year and what it is worth. You do not need to be exact. Each guess scores on how close it is, so a good sense of scale counts for more than remembered figures.
The daily game features one company, chosen by the date, so everyone playing that day gets the same one. You drag a slider to your guess for the founding year, lock it in and see the real answer, then do the same for revenue and valuation. Each of the three is worth up to 100 points, and the result can be shared as a short card. Only the daily company counts toward your streak.
The site says its pool holds hundreds of well known American and European companies, with figures taken from public financial data and rounded for fair play. After the daily you can play random companies as often as you like. There is no account or sign-up. It suits people who follow business news, investing or markets and want a quick test of how big companies really are.
How to play Ballpark
- Open the site and choose Play today's company.
- Drag the slider to your guess for the year the company was founded and lock it in.
- See the real year and your points, then do the same for annual revenue.
- Finish with the company's valuation, then see your total out of 300 and share it.
Tips
- Think about the company's sector: a quiet business supplier can earn more than a brand you see every day.
- Valuation is often a multiple of revenue, so use your revenue answer to anchor the valuation guess.
- Being close scores well, so avoid extreme slider positions unless you are sure.
- Play a few random companies to calibrate your sense of scale.
Questions
When is there a new Ballpark company?
Every day. The game picks the company from your device's date, so it changes at midnight where you are.
How is it scored?
Each of the three guesses (founding year, revenue, valuation) is worth up to 100 points depending on how close you are, for a maximum of 300.
Where do the numbers come from?
The site says the figures come from public financial data and are approximate, rounded for fair play.
Is it free?
Yes. It runs in any browser with no sign-up.
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