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Which is rated higher?
Guess better or worse rated.  •  One miss ends it.  •  Ratings sourced from IMDb.  •  
▶The Newer Older Game

A game about audience taste

Not release order this time, reputation. Two movies, TV shows, or episodes land side by side and you call which one rates higher on IMDb. Same instant, one-life format as the original, just a completely different kind of gut call.

📺 TV SHOWS
Modern Family
rated
8.5
9
🎬 MOVIES
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
▲ Better
▼ Worse
rated than Modern Family

Reputation lies sometimes

A cult favorite against a glossy blockbuster, an underrated finale against a beloved pilot. The higher score isn't always the one you'd guess, and that's exactly what keeps a streak interesting.

  • Movies, TV shows, and single episodes
  • Scores pulled straight from IMDb
  • One life per run, streak on the line
📺 TV SHOWS
Lost
rated
8.3
VS
🎬 MOVIES
Megamind
▲ Better
▼ Worse
rated than Lost

Three ways to play

Same underlying pairs, three very different feels at the table. Ease in, race the clock, or drill down into a single show's episodes, whatever you're in the mood for.

  • Classic, a steady mix of easy and close calls
  • Beat the Clock, fast reads over hesitation
  • Episodes, one series, scene by scene
Classic

Two shows, head to head. A balanced mix of easy calls and close ones, the best place to learn the ratings before pushing into Episodes.

Beat the Clock

Fast, confident calls only. Guess before the ring runs out. Get it right and the clock resets, guess wrong or freeze up and the run ends.

10
Episodes

Episode-by-episode ratings from 11 shows, close enough that you actually have to know the show.

GAME OF THRONES
SEASON 6 • EPISODE 4
Book of the Stranger
rated
9.0
VS
DAREDEVIL
SEASON 1 • EPISODE 3
Rabbit in a Snowstorm
▲ Better
▼ Worse
rated than Book of the Stranger

Episodes mode

Covers Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, The Sopranos, Game of Thrones, Stranger Things, The Bear, and more, pulling specific episodes rather than whole seasons.

  • Gaps between episodes are small on purpose
  • Tests how well you know a season's arc
  • Ratings recheck periodically as votes shift

Full mode details on the How to Play page.

🧪
Breaking Bad
⚖️
Better Call Saul
🎭
The Sopranos
🐉
Game of Thrones
🚲
Stranger Things
🐻
The Bear
🪖
The Mandalorian
🥊
Daredevil
🥋
Cobra Kai
🎩
Peaky Blinders
✨
Andor

11 shows, episode by episode

Every show in Episodes mode has ratings close enough to actually argue about, so knowing the plot beats guessing the vibe.

  • New shows added as more episode data comes in
  • Pick one show, or mix the whole set
🎬 MOVIES
Parasite
rated
8.5
VS
📺 TV SHOWS
The Wire
▲ Better
▼ Worse
rated than Parasite

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 Episodes
  • One wrong guess ends the run, so nothing is padded
  • Short rounds mean there's always time for one more try
📺 TV SHOWS
Breaking Bad
rated
9.5
VS
🎬 MOVIES
Inception
▲ Better
▼ Worse
rated than Breaking Bad

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
📺 TV SHOWS
Community
rated
8.5
VS
📺 TV SHOWS
The Office
▲ Better
▼ Worse
rated than Community

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

Rather guess release order?

The original Newer Older Game asks which came first, not which is better. Same instant, one-life format, 34 categories spanning movies, technology, sports, and deep history.

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