All games
8 free daily games, each built on a published number: a price, a rent, a price rise. One puzzle per game per day, new at your local midnight, and one streak across all of them.
- PriceleGuess the price of one item in one country.Sourced prices, 49 countries · Play →
- Price AtlasName the country from a basket of its prices.Sourced prices, 49 countries · Play →
- Higher or Lower DailyTen prices in a chain. Call each one higher or lower.Sourced prices, 49 countries · Play →
- Price YearFive grocery receipts. Guess the year of each.BLS average prices, 1980 on · Play →
- Then & NowGuess what an everyday item cost decades ago.BLS average prices · Play →
- Open RangeBracket five prices. Narrow scores more, if it lands.Sourced prices, 49 countries · Play →
- Rent RatioPick the U.S. metro with the higher rent, five times.HUD fair market rents · Play →
- Inflation LadderRank four groceries by how much their price rose.BLS average prices · Play →
Play them as a set
Today shows which of today's games you have finished, keeps a streak for every day you finish at least one, and gives you one share line for the whole set.
More ways to play
Pricele 1000 is the daily Pricele without hints: five prices, one guess each, scored out of 1,000. For tips on it, Price Year and Open Range, read how to play the new games.
Missed a day? The games archive replays any past puzzle without touching your streak, and past answers go up two days after each day ends.
The daily games stop after one round on purpose. If you want to keep going, try Higher or lower, which pits two prices against each other until you miss, or Where in the world, where you name the country from a basket of its prices. Teachers can run any round with a whole class from the classroom page.
Not a game, but made from the same numbers: prices the year you were born, every year from 1980, in dollars and in minutes of work.
Questions
Are these games free?
Yes. There is no account, no download and no paywall. Your results and streaks stay in your own browser.
How long does the whole set take?
About 12 minutes for all 8. Each game is one short puzzle, so you can also play one and come back tomorrow.
Where do the numbers come from?
Every answer is a published figure: world prices from sources such as The Economist's Big Mac Index and Numbeo, U.S. price history from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and rents from HUD. The methodology and data pages list each source and its licence.
What if I like Wordle, Worldle or Costcodle?
Price Atlas plays like Worldle with prices in place of a map outline. Pricele and Then & Now are closest to Costcodle. For daily games made by other people, see daily games like Wordle.