Ratio Wars: a free game about trolls and rage bait

What is Ratio Wars?

A troll on the bird app posts hot takes for replies. The dunks feel great, but every “L + ratio” feeds the troll and heats the thread. Find the boring moves that actually win before your reputation burns.

Ratio Wars is a free satire game about online pile-ons. A troll posts hot takes on the bird app, built to get replies.

Every “L + ratio” and quote-dunk feels great and feeds the troll's attention. The moves that win are the boring ones: a calm reply with a source, ignoring the bait, or muting and logging off.

At a glance

Category

Social Engineering

Difficulty

Easy

Play time

2–4 min

Price

Free, in your browser, sign-up optional

How to play

Moves

Dunks feed the troll; calm replies with a source, ignoring and muting starve it.

Win

Bring the troll's attention to 0 before your reputation hits 0.

Three levels

Beginner, Intermediate or Expert, picked before you play: the content and the clock change, and each level keeps its own best score.

Satire

Satire with a lesson: every name, brand and platform is made up, and every run ends on how to spot the trick.

Scoring

Starving moves score 80 plus the attention removed; dunks score 10. Win when the troll's attention reaches 0 and your reputation stays above 0.

Each level keeps its own best score in this browser.

What it trains

Not feeding trolls

Choosing calm over clapbacks.

Online reputation

Seeing what dunks cost you.

Strategy and tips

Starve, don't dunk

Attention is the troll's only power.

Watch the heat

Above 50, the troll hits your reputation back.

Expert

Eight rounds and 5 seconds to reply: time out and your thumb dunks on its own.

Why play Ratio Wars?

Rage bait needs replies. Winning by not playing is a lesson worth practising.

Frequently asked questions