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Game entry

I Wanna Be the Guy

2007 · Platformer, Shoot 'em up, Action-adventure, Puzzle · PC · Kayin

After 25 duels settled by the community, I Wanna Be the Guy stands no. 2,292 among the best video games of all time on GameForever, with 1,485 ELO points and 44% of wins. Measured against its own family, it climbs to no. 61 out of 143 (2007).

World rank

no. 2,292

ELO score

1,485

Wins

44%

Duels played

25

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About I Wanna Be the Guy

I Wanna Be the Guy: The Movie: The Game is a 2D platform indie freeware video game created by independent developer Michael "Kayin" O'Reilly for Microsoft Windows using Multimedia Fusion 2. First released in October 2007, the game is not in active development despite being listed as a beta, though the source code for the game was released by Kayin in November 2011.

IWBTG is most famous for its difficulty. Most of the landscape is engineered specifically to kill the player character. Alongside a traditional range of recognizable dangers, such as spikes and pits, there are many less obvious threats as well, most of which are all but impossible to avoid without either previous knowledge or trial and error.

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,505 to 1,485 ELO points over the last 9 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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Around this spot

The games I Wanna Be the Guy sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 2,289 Gradius 1,485
  2. 2,290 Pikmin 3 Deluxe 1,485
  3. 2,291 We Were Here Forever 1,485
  4. 2,292 I Wanna Be the Guy 1,485
  5. 2,293 Overlord 1,484
  6. 2,294 Need for Speed: The Run 1,484
  7. 2,295 R.E.P.O. 1,484

Released in 2007

The standing

Where I Wanna Be the Guy ranks

The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where I Wanna Be the Guy stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 61 out of 143 (2007).

Where I Wanna Be the Guy ranks
Ranking Position Games competing
World ranking 2,292 5,035
Platformer 270 620
2000s 625 1,308
2007 61 143

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