About GamesByAI, the directory of AI-made games

By the numbers

Games

588

AI tools

21

Engines

12

We count these from the open catalog every time the site is built, so nobody types them in by hand.

Who it's for

• Players

  Find something to play, often right in your browser, and rate it when you're done, since your vote counts toward the rankings.

  Browse games

• Builders

  See which AI models, tools and engines went into each game, and how much of the code AI actually wrote.

  Browse AI tools

• Creators

  Send in a game you built with AI, and it gets its own page, player ratings and a place in the rankings.

  Submit a game

How games get here

Some games come from creators who submit them, and we find others in game jams and on GitHub. Either way, we review every game before it's listed, and nothing goes up automatically. The editorial policy has all the rules.

How rankings work

The rankings are based on player votes, not our own picks. Players can rate a game from 1 to 5 stars, with one vote per device.

To stop a brand-new game from jumping straight to the top because one person gave it 5 stars, we use a Bayesian average. Basically, every game starts with the equivalent of 10 votes behind it. For games that came from a ranked jam, that starting point is based on where they placed. For everything else, we use the middle score from the ranked jam games.

As more people vote, those real ratings gradually take over. So a game needs more than a couple of enthusiastic votes to earn its place near the top.

And just to make this clear: rankings can't be bought. Games shown in a Spotlight slot are marked as Spotlight, and being there has zero effect on their rating or position in the rankings.

What “made with AI” means here

It means AI wrote a substantial part of the game's code while a person directed it. We go by what the creator says, or by the rules of the jam the game was made for.

Every game page has a “How it was made” section, and it tells you three things.

• The AI models and tools, and the engine when it's known.
• How much of the code AI wrote: all, most or part of it.
• Where that claim comes from, such as the creator's README.

If the creator never said how much AI wrote, the page says that too, rather than guessing.

The open catalog

Every listing is a file in a public repository, gamesbyai/catalog on GitHub, under the CC BY 4.0 license. You're welcome to reuse the data with credit, or even to suggest a correction with a pull request.

If you're writing about GamesByAI, the press kit has the catalog figures, data downloads and brand assets.