Football higher or lower, explained
Football higher or lower is one simple question asked again and again. Two footballers appear side by side with a stat between them. You can see one player's number; the other is hidden, and you decide whether it's higher or lower. Get it right and your run goes on. Get it wrong and it's over. Your score is how many you got right in a row.
Bigger Than is a free football higher or lower game that plays in your browser, on a phone, a tablet or a computer. There's nothing to download and no account to make: pick a deck and the first two players are on the pitch.
How a round works
- Two players appear, with their names and nationalities.
- A wheel spins and lands on a stat. The plaque between the players shows which one, in the stat's colour.
- The first player's figure is revealed. The second player's stays hidden.
- You pick Higher or Lower, and the hidden figure counts up to the answer.
- If you were right, the player you just guessed stays on as the one to beat, and a new challenger walks out.
Two players are never dealt level on the stat in play, so there's always a right answer. The opening rounds leave wide gaps between the two numbers. As the run goes on the gaps close, until a rough idea isn't enough and you need to actually know.
The twist: the stat keeps changing
Most higher or lower games ask the same question all the way through. Here, the stat changes as you play. It holds for a few rounds, then the wheel spins again and lands on something new, and the plaque takes the new stat's colour. The wheel only spins when the stat is changing, so a spin is your cue to read the plaque again.
Here's how that plays out. Say the stat is international caps. You're shown a long-serving defender's total and guess that a striker whose international career was short has fewer. Correct. The striker stays on, but now the wheel spins to Instagram followers, and the striker faces a midfielder from an older generation who barely posts. The player who was the underdog a moment ago is now the clear favourite. Knowing who was great is only half of it: you also need to know what they were great at.
The ten stats
Every question is about one of these:
- Club goals
- International caps
- Club appearances
- Instagram followers
- Highest transfer fee
- International goals
- Club trophies
- International trophies
- Clubs played for
- Age
Each stat has a tier, basic, uncommon or rare, which sets how often it comes up and the plaque's colour. The tier doesn't change the score: every right answer is one point. Every stat is defined on the about page, including exactly what counts as a club trophy.
Why retired players
Every player in the game has retired. Their caps, goals, trophies and transfer fees are settled, so an answer that was right last month is still right today, and nobody is caught out by a goal scored last weekend. Only Instagram followers and ages still move, which is why followers are shown with the date they were counted. It also means the game rewards people who know their football history, not just this season's highlights.
Friendly: twenty questions, no timer
Friendly is the way in. There's no clock, so take as long as you like over each answer. Get all twenty right and you've won the run. It deals from the whole deck with every stat, and your best score is kept on your device so you can try to beat it next time.
Tips
- Read the plaque before you pick. When the wheel spins, the question has changed.
- Club goals and international goals are counted separately. A prolific club scorer can have a thin international record, and the other way round.
- Transfer fees are shown with the year and aren't adjusted for inflation, so a record fee from decades ago can lose to an ordinary modern one.
- Instagram followers reward global fame, not career achievement. Some of the greatest players have the smallest followings.
- Goalkeepers are never asked about goals, but they are asked about appearances.
- Appearances and caps reward long careers. A steady defender who played for years often beats a bigger name whose career was short.