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

384 papers, page 4 of 8

151. ICML 2025An Instrumental Value for Data Production and its Application to Data Pricing
152. ICML 2025Anytime-Constrained Equilibria in Polynomial Time
153. ICML 2025Best of Both Worlds: Regret Minimization versus Minimax Play
154. ICML 2025Beyond Self-Interest: How Group Strategies Reshape Content Creation in Recommendation Platforms?
155. ICML 2025Collaborative Mean Estimation Among Heterogeneous Strategic Agents: Individual Rationality, Fairness, and Truthful Contribution
156. ICML 2025Computing Voting Rules with Improvement Feedback
157. ICML 2025Consensus Is All You Get: The Role of Attention in Transformers
158. ICML 2025Continuous-Time Analysis of Heavy Ball Momentum in Min-Max Games
159. ICML 2025Contract Design Under Approximate Best Responses
160. ICML 2025Convex Markov Games: A New Frontier for Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning
161. ICML 2025Decoding Rewards in Competitive Games: Inverse Game Theory with Entropy Regularization
162. ICML 2025Deep Sturm–Liouville: From Sample-Based to 1D Regularization with Learnable Orthogonal Basis Functions
163. ICML 2025Enhancing Adversarial Robustness with Conformal Prediction: A Framework for Guaranteed Model Reliability
164. ICML 2025Expected Variational Inequalities
165. ICML 2025Explicit Exploration for High-Welfare Equilibria in Game-Theoretic Multiagent Reinforcement Learning
166. ICML 2025Finite-Time Convergence Rates in Stochastic Stackelberg Games with Smooth Algorithmic Agents
167. ICML 2025Floating-Point Neural Networks Can Represent Almost All Floating-Point Functions
168. ICML 2025Fraud-Proof Revenue Division on Subscription Platforms
169. ICML 2025Generative Social Choice: The Next Generation
170. ICML 2025Heterogeneous Data Game: Characterizing the Model Competition Across Multiple Data Sources
171. ICML 2025Incorporating Arbitrary Matrix Group Equivariance into KANs
172. ICML 2025Learning to Steer Learners in Games
173. ICML 2025Maintaining Proportional Committees with Dynamic Candidate Sets
174. ICML 2025Modular Duality in Deep Learning
175. ICML 2025Observation Interference in Partially Observable Assistance Games
176. ICML 2025On the Importance of Gaussianizing Representations
177. ICML 2025PDUDT: Provable Decentralized Unlearning under Dynamic Topologies
178. ICML 2025Position: Algebra Unveils Deep Learning - An Invitation to Neuroalgebraic Geometry
179. ICML 2025Preference-CFR: Beyond Nash Equilibrium for Better Game Strategies
180. ICML 2025Prices, Bids, Values: One ML-Powered Combinatorial Auction to Rule Them All
181. ICML 2025Procurement Auctions via Approximately Optimal Submodular Optimization
182. ICML 2025Provably Efficient Algorithm for Best Scoring Rule Identification in Online Principal-Agent Information Acquisition
183. ICML 2025Reducing Variance of Stochastic Optimization for Approximating Nash Equilibria in Normal-Form Games
184. ICML 2025Safely Learning Optimal Auctions: A Testable Learning Framework for Mechanism Design
185. ICML 2025Securing Equal Share: A Principled Approach for Learning Multiplayer Symmetric Games
186. ICML 2025Selective Response Strategies for GenAI
187. ICML 2025Self-Play $Q$-Learners Can Provably Collude in the Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma
188. ICML 2025Settling the Maximin Share Fairness for Scheduling among Groups of Machines
189. ICML 2025Should Decision-Makers Reveal Classifiers in Online Strategic Classification?
190. ICML 2025Solving Zero-Sum Convex Markov Games
191. ICML 2025SPMC: Self-Purifying Federated Backdoor Defense via Margin Contribution
192. ICML 2025The Harder Path: Last Iterate Convergence for Uncoupled Learning in Zero-Sum Games with Bandit Feedback
193. ICML 2025The impact of uncertainty on regularized learning in games
194. ICML 2025Towards a Formal Theory of Representational Compositionality
195. NeurIPS 2025Adaptive Prediction-Powered AutoEval with Reliability and Efficiency Guarantees
196. NeurIPS 2025AlphaBeta is not as good as you think: a simple random games model for a better analysis of deterministic game-solving algorithms
197. NeurIPS 2025Approximation theory for 1-Lipschitz ResNets
198. NeurIPS 2025Balancing Multimodal Training Through Game-Theoretic Regularization
199. NeurIPS 2025Benign Overfitting in Single-Head Attention
200. NeurIPS 2025Contextual Dynamic Pricing with Heterogeneous Buyers

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.