How to Play Gaming Mix

Overview

Gaming Mix tests two kinds of video game knowledge. Release Year rounds ask you to drag a slider to the year a game was released — close answers still score points, so it pays to have a rough idea even if you're not certain. Best Seller Battle rounds put two games head-to-head and ask which sold more copies worldwide.

Each session draws 10 rounds at random from a pool of 50 iconic games. The mix of round types is shuffled every time, so no two sessions play out the same way.

Step-by-step guide

1. 1
   Choose Solo or Multiplayer

   Tap Solo to play alone, or Multiplayer to face a real opponent. Both players draw the same 10 rounds from the same random seed — so the result is decided purely by gaming knowledge.
2. 2
   Read the round type badge

   Each round is either a Release Year or a Best Seller Battle. The badge in the top-right corner shows which type is active before you see the question.
3. 3
   Release Year — drag the slider

   A game cover, title and studio appear on screen. Drag the slider between 1990 and 2024 to guess the release year. You have 30 seconds. When you're confident, tap Lock In.
4. 4
   Best Seller Battle — click the winner

   Two game covers appear side by side. Pick the one that sold more copies worldwide. You have 20 seconds. After you click, both sales figures are revealed.
5. 5
   See your score and continue

   Your points appear immediately after each round. Tap Next Round to continue. After 10 rounds the final scoreboard shows your total — and your opponent's in multiplayer.

Scoring

Release Year

Best Seller Battle

Tips

• For Release Year rounds: if you know the console generation a game belongs to, you can narrow the decade immediately. PC-only indie games cluster around 2015–2020.
• Getting within 1 year still scores 80 points — commit to a range rather than guessing randomly across the full slider.
• For Best Seller rounds: free-to-play games (Rocket League, Among Us) and decade-old franchises (GTA V, Skyrim) dramatically outsell their perceived competition. Longevity and platform breadth matter more than critical acclaim.
• When unsure about a Best Seller pick, favour the game with broader platform coverage or the longer release window.
• In multiplayer, both round types reward speed on Best Sellers (same 100 pts either way) — confident players answer faster and put psychological pressure on opponents heading into the next round.