Halo timeline

Order the Halo games by when they fall on the series’ own timeline — the story order across the Human–Covenant war and after. You place all 10 cards in the right order, one at a time. You start with three lives, and ten right in a row wins a lost one back.

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Order the Halo games by when they fall on the series’ own timeline — the story order across the Human–Covenant war and after. Drag or tap it onto the line
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How to play the Halo story timeline game

Each card is a Halo game, and you place it by where it falls in the series' own story, not by its release date. Under each title are the characters at the heart of it. One game begins on the line with its place in the story shown. Then each card in turn needs a spot between the others. A correct choice reveals its position in the story order; a wrong one still slots it into place and costs one of three lives.

The story runs from the early days of the war with the Covenant, through Master Chief's campaigns and on into the aftermath. Prequels and side stories make it tricky, since they came out long after games that happen later. The character line is a big help: think about who was alive and fighting at each point. Games that overlap in time are the hardest to order.

How players are doing

This deck has been played 18 times. An average run places 7.6 cards, and 88% of all placements land in the right spot. 78% of runs place every card.

The cards players get wrong most often:

  • Halo 3 missed 25% of the time, usually by a single place

The safest card is Halo 4, placed right every time it has come up.

What's in the deck

Here are 10 of the 10 cards you might be dealt. Their values stay hidden until you place them.

  • Halo Wars The crew of the Spirit of Fire
  • Halo: Reach Noble Team
  • Halo: Combat Evolved Master Chief and Cortana
  • Halo 2 Master Chief and the Arbiter
  • Halo 3: ODST The Rookie’s ODST squad
  • Halo 3 Master Chief, the Arbiter and Johnson
  • Halo 4 Master Chief against the Didact
  • Halo 5: Guardians Fireteam Osiris and Blue Team
  • Halo Wars 2 The Spirit of Fire against the Banished
  • Halo Infinite Master Chief on Zeta Halo

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