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

61 papers, page 1 of 2

1. ICML 2026(Doubly) Exponential Lower Bounds for Follow the Regularized Leader in Potential Games
2. ICML 2026A Direct Second-Order Method for Solving Two-Player Zero-Sum Games
3. ICML 2026A Game-Theoretic Analysis of Attacks on Large Language Models via Compositional Skills
4. ICML 2026A Game-Theoretic Framework for Measuring and Explaining Metric Compatibility in Fair Machine Learning
5. ICML 2026A Stronger Benchmark for Online Bilateral Trade: From Fixed Prices to Distributions
6. ICML 2026A Theoretical Framework for Modular Learning of Robust Generative Models
7. ICML 2026A Theory of Data Acquisition and Pricing at Scale
8. ICML 2026Achieving Logarithmic Regret in KL-Regularized Zero-Sum Markov Games
9. ICML 2026Adaptive Contracts for Cost-Effective AI Delegation
10. ICML 2026An analytic theory of convolutional neural network inverse problems solvers
11. ICML 2026Anytime Detection of Strategic Deviations in Multi-Agent Systems
12. ICML 2026Approximate Equivariance via Projection-Based Regularisation
13. ICML 2026Approximate Proportionality in Online Fair Division
14. ICML 2026Approximation Theory for Lipschitz Continuous Transformers
15. ICML 2026Asymptotic Universal Alignment: A New Alignment Framework via Test-Time Scaling
16. ICML 2026Asymptotically Fast Clebsch-Gordan Tensor Products with Vector Spherical Harmonics
17. ICML 2026Bandit Social Leaning Dynamics with Exploration Episodes
18. ICML 2026Budget-Feasible Mechanisms for Submodular Welfare Maximization in Procurement Auctions
19. ICML 2026Continuous Variable Hamiltonian Learning at Heisenberg Limit via Displacement-Random Unitary Transformation
20. ICML 2026Deep Incentive Design with Differentiable Equilibrium Blocks
21. ICML 2026Deep Networks Learn Deep Hierarchical Models
22. ICML 2026Deep Reinforcement Learning Finds Bayes-Nash Equilibrium in Competitive Newsvendor Problems
23. ICML 2026Delegation and Verification under AI
24. ICML 2026Emergent Alignment via Competition
25. ICML 2026Enhancing Affine Maximizer Auctions with Correlation-Aware Payment
26. ICML 2026Equilibrium Pricing in Oligopolistic Data Markets
27. ICML 2026Fair Transit Stop Placement: A Clustering Perspective and Beyond
28. ICML 2026From Welfare to Utility: Generalized Objectives in Budget-Feasible Procurement
29. ICML 2026How to Price Data: A Market Equilibrium Based Approach
30. ICML 2026Is Spurious Correlation Removal Always Learnable?
31. ICML 2026Knowing Who, Not How Much: Learning-Augmented Mechanisms for Consumer Utility Maximization
32. ICML 2026Last-Iterate Convergence of Regularized Gradient Methods for Stochastic Monotone Variational Inequalities
33. ICML 2026Learning in Bayesian Stackelberg Games With Unknown Follower's Types
34. ICML 2026Learning in Structured Stackelberg Games
35. ICML 2026Learning Unanimously Acceptable Lotteries via Queries
36. ICML 2026Maximin Relative Improvement: Fair Learning as a Bargaining Problem
37. ICML 2026Model Monotonicity in Autobidding Auctions: When Do Better Predictions Lead to Better Outcomes?
38. ICML 2026Multi-Level Strategic Classification: Incentivizing Improvement through Promotion and Relegation Dynamics
39. ICML 2026Multicalibration Yields Better Matchings
40. ICML 2026Nash Equilibria in Games with Playerwise Concave Coupling Constraints: Existence and Computation
41. ICML 2026On Expressive Power of Floating-Point Transformers
42. ICML 2026On the Coordination of Value-Maximizing Bidders
43. ICML 2026Online Contract Design With Unknown Technology
44. ICML 2026Online Fair Division with Additional Information
45. ICML 2026Optimal Rates for Feasible Payoff Set Estimation in Games
46. ICML 2026Overcoming the Incentive Collapse Paradox
47. ICML 2026Performative Learning Theory
48. ICML 2026Population-Aware Imitation Learning in Mean-field Games with Common Noise
49. ICML 2026Revisiting the Bertrand Paradox via Equilibrium Analysis of No-regret Learners
50. ICML 2026Risk-Averse and Optimistic Advertiser Incentive Compatibility in Auto-bidding

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.