
AI-Native★ 9.9 AI Depth
Gandalf by Lakera
Test your prompt injection skills against an AI guardian guarding confidential secrets.
Developer
Independent AI Creator
Release Year
2023
Platforms
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AI in Action: Role & Generative Mechanics
Evaluates player adversarial prompts against multi-tier LLM defense guardrails, challenging players to discover novel jailbreak vectors and prompt engineering tricks.
Core AI Mechanic
Social Influence & Persuasion
Taxonomy Tier
AI-Native (AI_NATIVE)
Gameplay Overview & Core Loop
Premise & Narrative Hook Gandalf is a groundbreaking AI security and prompt engineering puzzle game developed by Lakera. Players face off against an AI guardian tasked with protecting a series of top-secret passwords.
Core Gameplay Loop Across multiple escalating security tiers, players must utilize prompt injection, social engineering, roleplaying, and linguistic misdirection to trick the AI into divulging the hidden password while bypassing active defense filters.
Key Interactive Features - Gamified prompt injection challenges teaching real-world LLM security vulnerabilities - Progressive difficulty curve introducing multi-layered prompt filtering and guardrails - Educational insight into adversarial machine learning and defensive AI design - Global leaderboard tracking the most efficient prompt engineers and hackers
Community Evaluation & AI Depth Score
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AI Innovation Score
9.9/ 10.0
Evaluates runtime AI autonomy, prompt responsiveness, and mechanic depth.
Gameplay & Fun Score
9.4/ 10.0
Evaluates player replayability, progression loop, and UI polish.
Game Information
Title:Gandalf by Lakera
AI Type:AI-Native
AI Mechanic:Social Influence & Persuasion
Genre:Puzzle & Mystery
Developer:Independent AI Creator
Release Year:2023
Status:Released



