Theory · game theory papers, 2023–2026

Key findings

• Theory · game theory went from 34 papers in 2023 to 126 in 2026, roughly 3.7x in three years.
• NeurIPS publishes the most Theory · game theory work: 183 papers from 2023 to 2026, 48% of the four-venue total.
• The fastest-growing overlap is with Mechanism Design: papers tagged with both rose from 1 in 2023 to 19 in 2026.
• Among the 5 topics under Theory and Statistics, it ranks #4 by 2026 paper count; the fastest grower in the group, Theory · learning theory, is up 5.6x versus 3.7x here.

Representative papers

Spread across years and venues so every edition shows up

• NeurIPS 2026A Mechanistic Investigation of Theory of Mind in a Large Language Model
• ICML 2026(Doubly) Exponential Lower Bounds for Follow the Regularized Leader in Potential Games
• ICLR 2026Infinite Horizon Markov Economies
• CVPR 2026Tackling Model Bias via Game-theoretic Multi-agent Collaboration Framework for Hateful
• NeurIPS 2025AlphaBeta is not as good as you think: a simple random games model for a better analysis of deterministic game-solving algorithms
• ICML 2025A-PSRO: A Unified Strategy Learning Method with Advantage Metric for Normal-form Games
• ICLR 2025A Theory of Initialisation's Impact on Specialisation
• CVPR 2025Dynamic Stereotype Theory Induced Micro-expression Recognition with Oriented Deformation
• NeurIPS 2024Accelerated Regularized Learning in Finite N-Person Games
• ICML 2024A Statistical Theory of Regularization-Based Continual Learning
• ICLR 2024Generative Adversarial Equilibrium Solvers
• CVPR 2024GlitchBench: Can Large Multimodal Models Detect Video Game Glitches?
• NeurIPS 2023$\varepsilon$-fractional core stability in Hedonic Games.
• ICML 2023Auxiliary Learning as an Asymmetric Bargaining Game
• ICLR 2023Computational Language Acquisition with Theory of Mind
• CVPR 2023Improving Generalization With Domain Convex Game
• NeurIPS 2026Agentic AI Design Should be Mediated to Promote Social Welfare
• ICML 2026A Game-Theoretic Analysis of Attacks on Large Language Models via Compositional Skills
• ICLR 2026On Universality of Deep Equivariant Networks
• NeurIPS 2025Approximation theory for 1-Lipschitz ResNets

All Theory · game theory papers

183 papers, page 3 of 4

101. NeurIPS 2024Bayesian Strategic Classification
102. NeurIPS 2024Bias Detection via Signaling
103. NeurIPS 2024Carrot and Stick: Eliciting Comparison Data and Beyond
104. NeurIPS 2024Computational Aspects of Bayesian Persuasion under Approximate Best Response
105. NeurIPS 2024Contracting with a Learning Agent
106. NeurIPS 2024Controlling Multiple Errors Simultaneously with a PAC-Bayes Bound
107. NeurIPS 2024Convergence of $\text{log}(1/\epsilon)$ for Gradient-Based Algorithms in Zero-Sum Games without the Condition Number: A Smoothed Analysis
108. NeurIPS 2024Convergence of No-Swap-Regret Dynamics in Self-Play
109. NeurIPS 2024Credal Learning Theory
110. NeurIPS 2024Decentralized Noncooperative Games with Coupled Decision-Dependent Distributions
111. NeurIPS 2024Distribution Learning with Valid Outputs Beyond the Worst-Case
112. NeurIPS 2024Dueling over Dessert, Mastering the Art of Repeated Cake Cutting
113. NeurIPS 2024EAI: Emotional Decision-Making of LLMs in Strategic Games and Ethical Dilemmas
114. NeurIPS 2024Efficiency of the First-Price Auction in the Autobidding World
115. NeurIPS 2024Efficient $\Phi$-Regret Minimization with Low-Degree Swap Deviations in Extensive-Form Games
116. NeurIPS 2024Error Analysis of Spherically Constrained Least Squares Reformulation in Solving the Stackelberg Prediction Game
117. NeurIPS 2024Extensive-Form Game Solving via Blackwell Approachability on Treeplexes
118. NeurIPS 2024Fair Allocation in Dynamic Mechanism Design
119. NeurIPS 2024Fairness and Efficiency in Online Class Matching
120. NeurIPS 2024Fast Last-Iterate Convergence of Learning in Games Requires Forgetful Algorithms
121. NeurIPS 2024GameTraversalBenchmark: Evaluating Planning Abilities Of Large Language Models Through Traversing 2D Game Maps
122. NeurIPS 2024GTBench: Uncovering the Strategic Reasoning Capabilities of LLMs via Game-Theoretic Evaluations
123. NeurIPS 2024Hardness of Learning Neural Networks under the Manifold Hypothesis
124. NeurIPS 2024Honor Among Bandits: No-Regret Learning for Online Fair Division
125. NeurIPS 2024How to Boost Any Loss Function
126. NeurIPS 2024Incentivizing Quality Text Generation via Statistical Contracts
127. NeurIPS 2024Intrinsic Robustness of Prophet Inequality to Strategic Reward Signaling
128. NeurIPS 2024Is Knowledge Power? On the (Im)possibility of Learning from Strategic Interactions
129. NeurIPS 2024Learning Equilibria in Adversarial Team Markov Games: A Nonconvex-Hidden-Concave Min-Max Optimization Problem
130. NeurIPS 2024Learning Noisy Halfspaces with a Margin: Massart is No Harder than Random
131. NeurIPS 2024Learning Optimal Tax Design in Nonatomic Congestion Games
132. NeurIPS 2024Learning Social Welfare Functions
133. NeurIPS 2024Learning the Expected Core of Strictly Convex Stochastic Cooperative Games
134. NeurIPS 2024Learning to Mitigate Externalities: the Coase Theorem with Hindsight Rationality
135. NeurIPS 2024Learning via Surrogate PAC-Bayes
136. NeurIPS 2024Local and Adaptive Mirror Descents in Extensive-Form Games
137. NeurIPS 2024Lookback Prophet Inequalities
138. NeurIPS 2024MAC Advice for facility location mechanism design
139. NeurIPS 2024Measuring Progress in Dictionary Learning for Language Model Interpretability with Board Game Models
140. NeurIPS 2024Mechanism design augmented with output advice
141. NeurIPS 2024Monoculture in Matching Markets
142. NeurIPS 2024Multi-Winner Reconfiguration
143. NeurIPS 2024No Free Lunch Theorem and Black-Box Complexity Analysis for Adversarial Optimisation
144. NeurIPS 2024No-regret Learning in Harmonic Games: Extrapolation in the Face of Conflicting Interests
145. NeurIPS 2024On the Impacts of the Random Initialization in the Neural Tangent Kernel Theory
146. NeurIPS 2024On Tractable $\Phi$-Equilibria in Non-Concave Games
147. NeurIPS 2024Online Bayesian Persuasion Without a Clue
148. NeurIPS 2024Online Control in Population Dynamics
149. NeurIPS 2024Optimal Parallelization of Boosting
150. NeurIPS 2024Paths to Equilibrium in Games

FAQ

How many Theory · game theory papers were published at NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML and CVPR from 2023 to 2026?

384 in total: 34 in 2023, 107 in 2024, 117 in 2025, 126 in 2026.

How many Theory · game theory papers are at NeurIPS 2026?

NeurIPS 2026 has 44 Theory · game theory papers, versus 49 the year before.

How many Theory · game theory papers are at ICLR 2026?

ICLR 2026 has 20 Theory · game theory papers, versus 19 the year before.

How many Theory · game theory papers are at ICML 2026?

ICML 2026 has 61 Theory · game theory papers, versus 47 the year before.

How many Theory · game theory papers are at CVPR 2026?

CVPR 2026 has 1 Theory · game theory papers, versus 2 the year before.

Which conference publishes the most Theory · game theory papers?

NeurIPS, with 183 papers from 2023 to 2026.