Rankings

The hardest of the 204.

Only games whose fingerprint has been earned — hand-authored, rated, or placed by comparison — appear here. Estimated ones are still browsable; they just do not get to be ranked. Vote on a pair and you move these lists.

Learning Curve — published

How steep the ramp is before you are merely competent.

  1. 1Dota 29.5
  2. 2Rain World9.2
  3. 3League of Legends9.2
  4. 4Noita8.8
  5. 5Ninja Gaiden Black8.8
  6. 6Nioh8.8
  7. 7Counter-Strike 28.8
  8. 8Rainbow Six Siege X8.8
  9. 9Dwarf Fortress8.7
  10. 10iRacing8.5
  11. 11Oxygen Not Included8.5
  12. 12Crusader Kings III8.3
  13. 13Hearts of Iron IV8.3
  14. 14Smite 28.2
  15. 15Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy8.0
  16. 16RimWorld8.0
  17. 17Stellaris7.9
  18. 18Kerbal Space Program7.9
  19. 19Valorant7.8
  20. 20Elden Ring Nightreign7.8

Learning Curve — head to head

No game has 8 comparisons on this axis yet — 0 have been cast across all eight. Below that the model is mostly reporting its own prior back, which would be a ladder of our assumptions rather than anyone’s answer. Which took longer before you felt competent?