Games Like Long Shot Hoops: 14 Sports and Rare-Answer Games
Updated Nov 4, 2026 · 15 games · official links only
Long Shot, also known as Long Shot Hoops, gives everyone the same seven NBA prompts a day with a 25-second shot clock each, and any valid player counts: obvious names are layups worth 10, deep cuts up to 100. This list picks games that share either half of that idea, starting with basketball trivia, then sports grids that score how rare your picks are, then the general rare-answer trivia games Long Shot is modelled on.
New to it? Read our Long Shot page, or play Long Shot on its official site.
✓ PlayedCurryillion
The nearest twin: seven NBA prompts on a 24-second clock, with obvious names worth a layup and rare ones worth up to 100. Long Shot fixes every value before the day starts; Curryillion also hides one top-value answer per prompt.
✓ PlayedHoopGrids
The closest basketball match: a daily 3x3 grid where each square needs an NBA player fitting a team, decade, award or stat, and a rarity score rewards picks few others chose. Nine guesses instead of seven timed prompts, with an archive.
✓ PlayedKrillion
The game Long Shot is built on: seven "name a..." prompts a day, 25 seconds each, and rarer valid answers score up to 100. The prompts are general trivia rather than NBA players, and it adds unlimited play and an archive.
✓ PlayedPoeltl
The daily NBA mystery-player game: each guess compares team, conference, position, height, age and number, with eight tries. It tests the same roster knowledge, but there is one right answer rather than a rarity score.
✓ PlayedImmaculate Grid
Sports Reference's daily baseball grid, with sister grids for basketball, football, hockey and soccer. Name a player for each of nine team, award or stat pairings; the rarity score rewards picks few other players chose.
✓ PlayedCrossover Grid
Daily 3x3 grids for the NBA, NFL, hockey, soccer, golf, Formula 1 and more, with a rarity score, a grid history, live multiplayer tic-tac-toe and an unlimited-guesses option.
✓ PlayedGridiron Grids
HoopGrids' football sister: a daily NFL grid crossing teams, decades, honors and career milestones, with a rarity score for answers few others picked and an archive of older grids.
✓ PlayedPuckdoku
A daily NHL grid run with PuckPedia: nine shots to fill nine team, award and stat squares, and a uniqueness score for answers few others thought of. Long Shot's deep-cut instinct, on ice.
✓ PlayedBox2Box
A soccer grid on a three-minute clock, with separate grids per league. Time left after the nine squares goes on naming extra players for a higher score, so speed matters as on Long Shot's shot clock.
✓ PlayedCosmillion
A Krillion-format sister: seven shared prompts, 25 seconds each and six rarity tiers from 10 to 100 points, with a space theme. Same scoring as Long Shot without the basketball; unlimited play and the archive are a one-time paid unlock.
✓ PlayedUncommon Trivia
Seven open category questions a day, 25 seconds each, scored 10 to 100 by how rarely the answer's Wikipedia page is read. One guess per question, with unlimited play and an archive.
✓ PlayedOutrivia
Ten type-your-own-answer prompts with 30 seconds each, five rarity bands and a multiplier up to four times on later questions, so the end of the round counts most. Unlimited play is included.
✓ PlayedHopdown
Seven daily "name a..." prompts where rarer answers across six tiers dig your bunny deeper. The clock starts at 15 seconds and shrinks each prompt, tighter than Long Shot's 25. Unlimited play is included.
✓ PlayedThink Rarer
Our own rare-answer game: seven category prompts a day with 20 seconds each, scored from 10 for common answers to 100 for ones almost nobody names, with rarity estimated from Wikipedia readership. General trivia, with unlimited play.
✓ PlayedConnections: Sports Edition
The Athletic's daily sports version of Connections: sort sixteen names, teams and terms into four groups with four mistakes to spare. Sports knowledge without timing or rarity, for a calmer daily round.
FAQ
What is the best game like Long Shot?
For basketball, HoopGrids is the closest: NBA players, a daily puzzle and a rarity score for unusual picks. For the same seven-prompt, 25-second rare-answer format, Krillion is the original and Cosmillion copies its scoring.
Is there a game like Long Shot for other sports?
Yes. Immaculate Grid covers baseball with sister grids for other sports, Gridiron Grids covers the NFL, Puckdoku the NHL and Crossover Grid many sports, all scoring how rare your picks are. Box2Box is a timed soccer grid without a rarity score.
Is there a game like Long Shot with unlimited play?
Long Shot is seven prompts a day with no archive. Krillion, Uncommon Trivia, Outrivia, Hopdown, Think Rarer and Crossover Grid all let you keep playing after the daily round.