How to play Peakle
Peakle is a daily trivia game about climbing. Every day there's one category, such as countries by population or films by box office, and every answer in it has a value. Name answers one at a time, and each one has to be higher than the last. Everyone in the world gets the same category, and a new one unlocks at midnight in your time zone.
The rules
- Your first answer gets you off base camp. Anything in the category works, and its value is revealed.
- Every next answer has to beat the one before. If it's higher, you climb a step.
- One life. An answer that's lower, or tied with the last, sends you tumbling and the climb is over.
- No ceiling. Climb as high as you can. Name the very highest answer in the category and you've topped out.
Your score is the number of steps you climbed. Each step is shown as 300 metres of altitude.
A worked example
The first Peakle was The 50 highest-grossing films ever (higher = more money at the worldwide box office), with 50 answers. A climb could go:
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest: $1.07B
- Toy Story 5: $1.15B
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2: $1.34B
- The Odyssey: $1.77B
That's 4 steps. Next, naming Avengers: Age of Ultron ($1.4B) would end the climb, because it's lower than The Odyssey ($1.77B). Something higher than $1.77B keeps you going.
Strategy tips
- Start low. Your first answer sets the floor, and everything after has to beat it. Open with something near the bottom of the list, not the top. It's the most common mistake.
- Take small steps. A big jump leaves less room above you. Pick the next answer that's only a little higher.
- Save the giants for last. When you know the top few answers, keep them in reserve for the end of your climb.
- Watch for ties. Two answers with the same value count as a fall, so avoid answers you suspect are level.
- Read the notes. Each category explains how it counts edge cases, such as which year the data is from.
Where the numbers come from
Every category is built from a published source, such as Wikipedia, an official body or a well-known dataset, and the source is linked on the puzzle. See how Peakle is made or browse every past category.