Pixeldle

About Pixeldle

Pixeldle hides one video game a day, numbered and the same for every player. Each guess you make adds a row to the board with five columns: the year it came out, its genres, its platforms, its player modes such as single player, multiplayer or co-operative, and its developer. Each cell is coloured green for an exact match, striped yellow for a close one, such as sharing some platforms, or dark for no match, and the year cell has an arrow pointing to an earlier or later release.

The game's own example shows how it narrows: guesses such as Grand Theft Auto V, Tetris and Minecraft each share some platforms or player modes with the answer, which rules out whole parts of gaming history at once. With ten guesses there is room to cast a wide net before closing in.

The look is retro, with a glitchy pixel logo on a dark screen. It is free in the browser with no account, and suits players who know their release years and studios as well as their favourite games.

How to play Pixeldle

1. Type the name of any video game and pick it from the list.
2. Read the row: year, genre, platform, players and developer are each marked exact, close or no match.
3. Follow the year arrow toward an earlier or later release.
4. Use the matches to narrow down the hidden game and guess again.
5. Find it within ten guesses.

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Tips

• Open with a big multi-platform game: its many platforms and modes give partial matches to work from.
• Use the year arrow first to fix the era, then genre and developer to find the game.
• A close platform match means some platforms are shared: try a game on fewer systems to narrow it.
• Developer is the strongest clue once it turns green: think of that studio's other games.

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