The 20 Best & Most Popular Game Shows Ever

TV game shows are one of the best activities for pastime as they have enriched people's daily life. Also, as they catch increasing attention, different sorts of game shows have been produced to further the development of TV game shows. Let's check out the greatest game shows of all time in the list.

1. Wheel of Fortune

The game originates from Hangman. Each episode features three contestants. There is a blank word puzzle, with each blank representing a letter in the answer. A contestant spins the wheel to determine a dollar value and guess a consonant.

2. Jeopardy!

The format of the show is like a quiz competition in which contestants are presented with general knowledge clues in the form of answers, and must phrase their responses in the form of questions.

3. Family Feud

Two family teams of four or five members compete to name the most popular responses to survey questions that were previously posed to a group of 100 people. Two members of the winning family play Fast Money for a chance to win a cash bonus.

4. The Price Is Right

The game features contestants trying to guess the pricing of merchandise in order to win cash and prizes. Four players attempt to bid on an initial prize, being as close as possible without going over. The player closest to the price gets the opportunity to play a final pricing game.

5. Match Game

In the game, contestants try to come up with answers to fill-in-the-blank questions that are often formed as humorous double entendres, the object being to match answers given by celebrity panelists.

6. To Tell The Truth

Four celebrity panelists are presented with three contestants and must identify which is the "central character" whose unusual occupation or experience has been read out by the show's host. When the panelists question the contestants, the two "impostors" may lie whereas the "central character" must tell the truth.

7. Password

The game features two teams attempting to convey mystery words to each other using only single-word clues, in order to win cash prizes., Each team composes a celebrity player and a contestant.

8. Pyramid

In the show, two contestants, each paired with a celebrity, attempt to guess a series of words or phrases based on descriptions given to them by their teammates. The series featured a full title format with the title reflecting the top prize increase from $10,000, $20,000, $25,000, $50,000 to $100,000 over the years.

9. Let's Make a Deal

The players are selected members of the studio audience, referred to as "traders" who are going to make deals with the host. In most cases, a trader will be offered something of value and given a choice of whether to keep it or exchange it for a different item.

10. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

The game features contestants trying to tackle a series of multiple-choice questions in order to win large cash prizes. Contestants have no time limit to answer questions, and the amount offered increases as they tackle questions. Of course, questions will become increasingly difficult.

11. Hollywood Squares

The game board is a 3x3 vertical stack of open-faced cubes, each occupied by a celebrity seated at a desk and facing the contestants. The celebrities are asked questions by the host, and the contestants judge the truth of their answers to gain squares in the right pattern to win the game.

12. Deal or No Deal

There are 26 briefcases and contestant needs to choose one briefcase at a time. Each briefcase contains a cash value from $0.01 to $1,000,000. The contestant eliminates cases from the game, periodically being presented with a "deal" from The Banker to take a cash amount to quit the game.

13. Press Your Luck

The game features contestants trying to collect spins by answering trivia questions and then used the spins on an 18-space game board to win cash and prizes. The contestant who amassed the highest total in cash and prizes kept his/her winnings for the day and became the champion.

14. Concentration

Two contestants match cards that have patterns and whatever was printed on the card represents prize. One at a time, the contestants call out two numbers. If the prizes or special action did not match, the opponent took a turn.

15. The Dating Game

In the show, a bachelorette will question three bachelors who are hidden from her view. Sometimes, the role would be reversed with a man questioning three ladies. At the end of the questioning period, she/He can choose one to go out with on a date paid for by the show.

16. The Newlywed Game

This game show features newly married couples against each other in a series of revealing question rounds to determine how well the spouses know or do not know each other. The couple with the highest score wins the prize.

17. The Gong Show

The contestants in the show are amateur performers. As they are performing, three celebrity judges could force them to stop by striking a large gong if they consider an act to be extremely bad.

18. Name That Tune

Each show will have two contestants competing against each other for testing their knowledge of songs. The bonus round of the game is called the Golden Medley and the players need to identify seven tunes within the span of thirty seconds.

19. Love Connection

The main purpose of the show is to arrange dates for couples. In the show, singles attempt to connect with a compatible partner of the opposite gender. Normally, it would be one guest and three contestants.

20. Wipeout

The show presents a competition that is arranged in the "World's Largest" obstacle course. Contestants need to run through a series of obstacles and the competition will normally last for four rounds.

The list contains various TV game shows featuring different competitions and game formats. Shows like Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy! and Family Feud is definitely in your never-missed list. What's more, dating-based shows like The Dating Game and Love Connection have been popular for years. So, just pick one and start to binge-watch!