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THE
▲NEWER OLDER▼
GAME

Which came first?
Guess newer or older.  •  One miss ends it.  •  Pick a category and go.  •  
▶The Better Worse Game

A game about what came first

Two things land on screen side by side, a movie, a war, a company, a president, and you call which one is older. No exact dates to guess, no multiple choice, just a fast gut call with a streak riding on it. Miss once and the run ends, so every single pick actually matters.

⚔️ WARS
Thirty Years' War
began in
1618
VS
🎬 MOVIES
Despicable Me 4
▲ Newer
▼ Older
than Thirty Years' War

"Obvious" isn't always obvious

Two things that feel decades apart sometimes launched a year apart, and two things from completely different worlds can share the exact same year. That gap between what feels true and what's actually true is the whole trap, and it's what makes a streak worth bragging about.

  • No exact-date guessing, just older or newer
  • One life per run, so streaks actually mean something
  • Relative order beats memorizing a year
🏞️ NATIONAL PARKS
Virgin Islands National Park
established in
1956
9
🎬 MOVIES
The Shawshank Redemption
▲ Newer
▼ Older
than Virgin Islands National Park

Three ways to play

Same pairs underneath, completely different feel at the table. Play it relaxed, race the clock, or turn the difficulty all the way up, whatever mood you're in.

  • Classic, a fair mix of easy and close calls
  • Beat the Clock, a live countdown that rewards instinct
  • Hard Mode, years pulled deliberately close together
Classic

Two years, head to head. A balanced mix of easy calls and close ones, the best place to learn a category before pushing into the harder modes.

Beat the Clock

Fast reads win, hesitation costs you. Guess before the ring runs out. Get it right and the clock resets, guess wrong or freeze up and the run ends.

10
Hard Mode

Pairs pulled from years deliberately close together, sometimes just a year or two apart. No easy ones here, just real knowledge and a steady nerve.

🎬 Movies 📺 TV Shows 🎮 Video Games 💻 Technology 🏭 Companies 🌍 Countries 🥇 Summer Olympics 🍔 Food & Drink Brands 🎢 Theme Parks 🏛️ Architecture 💡 Inventions 🗻 National Parks 🎓 Universities 🦸 Superheroes 🎲 Board & Card Games 👗 Fashion Brands 🏆 Sports Teams 🌟 Famous People 🦅 U.S. Presidents 💿 Albums 🏈 NFL Champions 🏒 NHL Champions ⚽ MLS Champions ⚾ MLB Champions 🏀 NBA Champions 🏀 WNBA Champions 🦁 Premier League 🌎 World Cup 🏢 Cities 🚗 Car Models ⚔️ Wars 🦖 Dinosaurs 🦤 Extinctions 📜 Treaties

34 categories deep

Movies, video games, technology, sports championships, wars, extinctions, and more, all sitting on completely different timescales, from decades to millennia. Pick one to specialize in, or throw everything together and see what turns up.

  • Focus on one category, or mix everything
  • Eight sports leagues track championship history
  • New categories added on player feedback

See the full categories list.

🎮 VIDEO GAMES
The Legend of Zelda
released in
1986
VS
💻 TECHNOLOGY
The first iPhone
▲ Newer
▼ Older
than The Legend of Zelda

Chase your own streak

Every mode tracks your best run of the session right on the game-over screen, so the only thing you're really racing is the last version of yourself.

  • A separate high score for Classic, Beat the Clock, and Hard Mode
  • One wrong guess ends the run, so nothing is padded
  • Short rounds mean there's always time for one more try
🌍 COUNTRIES
Canada
confederated in
1867
VS
🌍 COUNTRIES
Australia
▲ Newer
▼ Older
than Canada

No signup, just play

There's no account to create and nothing to install. Load the page, pick a mode, and you're guessing within seconds, whether you're on a phone, a tablet, or a desktop.

  • Works the same on mobile, tablet, and desktop
  • Nothing to download, nothing to install
  • Mute the sound effects any time from the corner button
🦸 SUPERHEROES
Superman
debuted in
1938
VS
🦸 SUPERHEROES
Spider-Man
▲ Newer
▼ Older
than Superman

Built for one more round

A run only lasts until your first wrong guess, so most sessions are over in a minute or two. That's exactly what makes it easy to tell yourself "one more" run after run.

  • Runs end fast, so a retry costs nothing
  • Every wrong guess is a clean, honest stop
  • Easy to fit into a spare minute between other things

Every update, written up

Version numbers, release dates, and the reasoning behind each change, all in one place. Not just a changelog line, the actual story behind why something shipped.

  • Full patch notes for every mode and category push
  • New posts go up here first, before anywhere else
Read the blog

Not into chronology?

The spin-off Better Worse Game keeps the exact same instant, one-life format but swaps release order for audience ratings. Two movies, TV shows, or episodes land side by side, and you call which one scored higher on IMDb. Same snap judgment, a completely different kind of knowledge.

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