Nobody Else
Bid the lowest number nobody else bids. One paddle a day.
- Round
- 2 minutes
- Scoring
- Crowd game
- Works on
- Mobile & desktop
- Category
- Strategy
Nobody Else controls: Tap your number · hold the gavel · keys work too. Press Play, then the game takes the keyboard. Press Tab to leave it.
Free play · 2 minutes · no sign-in
Tap your number · hold the gavel · keys work too
How to play Nobody Else
Watch yesterday's sale: the clerk strikes out every number bid twice or more and stops on the lowest lone bid.
Tap "Raise your paddle" (or press Enter) to go to the bid page.
Tap your number on the keypad, from 1 to 1,000; nudge it with − and +, or type it with the digit keys.
Press and hold the gavel button through "going once, going twice, nobody else?" until it lands. Only your first bid of the day counts.
Come back after midnight UTC to see whether anyone else picked your number and which number won.
Controls
| Input | Action |
|---|---|
| Touch: tap the keypad | Type your number (C clears, ⌫ drops a digit) |
| Touch: tap − or + | Move your bid by one (hold to repeat) |
| Touch: press and hold the gavel | Lodge your bid (one bid a day counts) |
| Mouse: click the keys, − and +, hold the gavel | The same as on a phone |
| Digit keys 0–9, Backspace, Delete | Type your number, drop a digit, clear it |
| ← and →↑ and ↓ | Move your bid by one / by ten |
| Space or Enter | Turn the page; hold to bid; finish |
Tips
Stay away from the obvious low numbers. 1, 2 and 3 are where everyone who thinks "nobody will pick 1" ends up, and they clash every day.
Avoid famous and round numbers. 7, 13, 23, 37, 42, 69, 100 and anything ending in 0 attract a crowd; a plain number just next to them is often emptier.
Watch the size of the room. The more people have bid today, the higher the winner tends to climb, so a number that won with 50 bidders is probably crowded with 5,000.
Use the past sales. The winning numbers of the last few days, next to how many people bid, are the best guide to where the gaps will be tonight.
Lone but late still counts for something: if nobody else picked your number, you were right about the crowd, just not low enough. Go a little lower tomorrow.
About Nobody Else
Nobody Else is a free daily lowest unique number game. The rule fits on an auction ticket: everyone bids one whole number from 1 to 1,000, and the winner is the person whose number is the lowest one that nobody else picked. You get one bid a day, everybody plays the same sale, and the result is read out after midnight UTC. The whole game is a little auction house, Nobody Else & Co.: yesterday's sale is played back on the clerk's tally sheet, today's lot is under the hammer, and you raise a paddle with your number on it. It runs in your browser with no download, and a bid takes about half a minute, which makes it one of our calmest quick games.
The idea is a real kind of auction. In a lowest unique bid auction the cheapest bid wins, but only if no one else made exactly the same bid. That turns a simple choice into a mind game about everybody else. Pick 1 and you will clash with everyone who thought "surely nobody picks 1". Pick 400 and you are probably alone, but someone sitting by themselves at 37 beats you. The winning number is never the one game theory would hand you; it is wherever the crowd happened to leave a gap.
The size of the room changes everything. With a few dozen bidders a single-digit number often stands alone and wins. With thousands of bidders the low numbers fill up fast, every favourite like 7, 13, 23 and 42 gets crowded, and the winning number climbs into the dozens or the hundreds. On a really big day every number up to 1,000 can be taken at least twice, and the sale ends with no winner at all. The sale room shows the last few days, so you can watch the winner climb as the crowd grows and decide how high to go.
While the day is open you only see how many people have bid, never their numbers. After midnight UTC the reveal plays as a show: the clerk reads the numbers from 1 upwards, striking out every number taken twice or more and counting how many people picked it, then slows down and lands on the winner with a SOLD tag. You see your own line too: "You bid 23. Three of you did.", "Nobody else did. You won.", or a lone bid that was beaten by a lower one. Only your first bid of the day counts; playing again is practice. Because the result depends on everyone, it is a crowd game with no leaderboard, a cousin of our strategy games and casual games for adults.
It plays the same on every screen. On a phone, tap your number on the keypad, fine-tune it with − and +, then press and hold the brass gavel through "going once, going twice, nobody else?" until it lands. On a computer, type the digits, use the arrow keys to nudge and hold Space or Enter to bid. You will find Nobody Else among our mobile games and PC games. Come back every day for a new lot and a new sale: the pick a number nobody else picks game that is really about everyone else.
Details
- Category
- Strategy Games
- Tags
- Genre
- Strategy
- Orientation
- Portrait (9:16)
- Works on
- Mobile & desktopPhones, tablets and computers
- Controls
- Keyboard, mouse or touch
- Released
- Updated
- Credits
- Design and development: Gamefinity
- Age rating
- 4+
Nobody Else FAQ
How long does a game of Nobody Else take?
About half a minute: watch yesterday's sale, tap your number and hold the gavel. You bid once a day, and the result is revealed after midnight UTC.
How is the winner decided?
All of the day's bids are counted. Every number that two or more people picked is struck out, and the lowest number that exactly one person picked wins. If no number was picked exactly once, nobody wins that day.
What is a lowest unique bid auction?
It is an auction where the lowest bid wins, but only if nobody else made exactly the same bid. Nobody Else is that idea as a daily number game: no money, just one number from 1 to 1,000 each day.
Why not just pick 1?
Because everyone has the same idea. On most days many people pick 1, 2 and 3, so those numbers are taken twice or more and cannot win. The winner is usually a number the crowd left alone.
Can I change my bid?
No. Your first bid of the day is the one that counts. You can play again the same day, but those bids are practice and the paddle says so.
Is there a leaderboard?
No. Nobody Else is a crowd game: your result depends on everyone else's bids, so it has no ranked play or leaderboard. The daily reveal shows how your number did.
When does a new day start?
At midnight UTC. That is when bidding closes, the sale is revealed and a new lot goes under the hammer. Your local time for it depends on your time zone.
Can I play Nobody Else on my phone?
Yes. It is made for a phone held upright: tap your number on the keypad and hold the gavel. On a computer you can use the mouse or the keyboard.
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