LMP Daily Games Guide · New this year
New daily games worth playing in 2026
Newer daily games worth trying in 2026 include Krillion, a trivia dive that rewards uncommon answers; STRANDED (2026), a creative-answer game where the rarest answer scores most; Pips (2025), a domino logic puzzle from NYT Games; and Queens (2024), LinkedIn's quick logic game. TimeGuessr, Travle, Bandle and Murdle are also worth adding if you only play word games.
LMP makes STRANDED, and it is marked wherever it appears. Every other game here is made by someone else and is not affiliated with us. Nobody paid to be listed.
The first wave of daily games was mostly about words. The newer ones branch out: domino logic, historical photos, routes across a map, songs built up one instrument at a time, and questions with no right answer at all. Here are the ones we think are worth a place in your routine. Where we know when a game launched, we say so.
1.Krillion
Give one answer to each of seven daily prompts; rarer valid answers score more and take your dive deeper.
A newer trivia game built on a simple instinct: of the valid answers, the one fewer players give scores most.
Visit Krillion →2.STRANDEDMade by LMP
Answer six open-ended questions a day; the fewer players who gave your answer, the more it scores, and the further a crashed alien runs on his way home.
Launched October 2026. Six open-ended questions a day; the rarer your answer, the more it scores, and your total carries a crashed alien to one of nine endings. Made by LMP.
Play STRANDED free →3.Pips
Place dominoes on a board so every coloured region meets its rule: a sum, all equal, not equal, more than or less than.
Launched by NYT Games in 2025. Dominoes, coloured regions and rules, in three difficulties every day.
Visit Pips →4.Queens
Place one queen in every row, column and coloured region, with no two queens touching, even diagonally.
Launched by LinkedIn in 2024. A one-minute logic puzzle that became a daily habit for a lot of people at work.
Visit Queens →5.TimeGuessr
For each of five photos, pin where it was taken and pick the year; closer guesses score more.
GeoGuessr with history added: the year is often harder than the place.
Visit TimeGuessr →6.Travle
Connect two countries by naming the countries in between, in as few guesses as you can, with optional hints.
Route-finding on a map instead of naming one place, plus a weekly challenge.
Visit Travle →7.Bandle
Guess the song as its instruments are added one at a time, in up to six guesses.
A song built up from the drums upward, so the moment you recognise it is the fun.
Visit Bandle →8.Murdle
Solve a short murder mystery each day: work out who did it, with what and where, from clues and a deduction grid.
A logic grid with a story and jokes, by the author of the Murdle puzzle books.
Visit Murdle →At a glance
| Game | Kind | Launched | Session | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Krillion | Creative answers | — | A few minutes | Free to play |
| STRANDED | Creative answers | 2026 | About 2 minutes | Free; no account needed |
| Pips | Logic puzzles | 2025 | 2 to 15 minutes | On NYT Games |
| Queens | Logic puzzles | 2024 | 1 to 5 minutes | Free |
| TimeGuessr | Geography | — | 5 to 10 minutes | Free to play |
| Travle | Geography | — | 3 to 10 minutes | Free |
| Bandle | Film, music and art | — | 1 to 5 minutes | Free |
| Murdle | Logic puzzles | — | 5 to 15 minutes | Free daily puzzle |
The newest on our list: STRANDED
STRANDED is a free daily browser game made by Last Minute Productions. Each day everyone gets the same six open-ended questions, such as "Name something you shouldn't do on a first date." Each accepted answer scores between 1 and 500 points depending on how few other players gave it, and the total out of 3,000 decides how far a small crashed alien gets on his way home and which of nine endings he reaches.
Play STRANDED free Made by Last Minute Productions, the publisher of this guide.How to play STRANDED
- Open stranded.run. It runs in any phone or computer browser. There is nothing to download and no sign-up.
- Answer six questions, 25 seconds each. If an answer is not on the list, you lose nothing and can try another until the clock runs out.
- Rarer answers score more. An answer given by about 30% of players is worth around 100 points; one given by fewer than 1 in 200 is worth 500.
- Watch the alien run. He runs through the woods, the farm, downtown and Area 39 as your points add up.
- See your ending. Your total decides which of nine endings you get. Scores of 2,201 or more reach the secret one and a bonus question.
The full rules and the scoring table are on the how to play STRANDED page.
Why come back tomorrow
A new run with six new questions opens every day at midnight US Central time, and everyone gets one try. Finishing on consecutive days builds a streak, which earns silver, gold and diamond skins at 10, 25 and 50 days.
Accounts and saved progress
You can play STRANDED without an account. Signing in with Google is optional: it keeps your streak and skins on any device, gives you a player name, and lets you start a friends' race and appear on race and creator leaderboards. Without signing in, your progress is kept in your browser.
For the classics, see the best daily games; for everything, the daily games directory.
Questions people ask
What are some new daily games in 2026?
Newer daily games include Krillion, a trivia game where rarer answers score more, and STRANDED, launched in October 2026, where open-ended answers score more the fewer players gave them. Others include Pips from NYT Games (2025) and Queens from LinkedIn (2024).
Are there new daily games that are not word games?
Yes. Pips and Queens are logic puzzles, TimeGuessr and Travle are geography games, Bandle is about songs, Murdle is a mystery, and STRANDED is about creative answers rather than spelling.
When does STRANDED get a new game?
Every day at midnight US Central time, with six new questions. Everyone gets one run a day.