the game

People

• The Game (rapper), an American hip-hop recording artist and actor
• The Game, a nickname of WWE wrestler Triple H

Sports and games

• The Game (college football), an annual football game between Harvard and Yale Universities
• The Game (treasure hunt), a term used to refer collectively to puzzle-based, real-time, on-the-ground events, featuring very challenging clues, played mostly in the San Francisco Bay Area, and Seattle

Literature

• The Game (Byatt novel), a novel by A. S. Byatt
• The Game (Ken Dryden), a memoir by ice hockey player Ken Dryden
• The Game (London novel), a novel by Jack London
• The Game (novel), a novel by Laurie R. King
• The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists, a book by Neil Strauss

Music

• The Game, an album by Chico DeBarge
• The Game (album), a 1980 album by Queen
• "The Game" (demo), a song by the music group Echo & the Bunnymen from their 1987 album Echo & The Bunnymen
• "The Game" (End of Fashion), a song by the music group End of Fashion from their self-titled 2005 album
• "The Game" (Jurassic 5), a song made by Jurrasic Five from their 2000 album Quality Control
• "The Game" (Motörhead song), a song by the heavy metal band Motörhead from their 2002 album Hammered
• The Game (Pete Murray album), a 2002 album by Pete Murray
• The Game (Rich Rich album), a rap album by west coast rapper Richie Rich
• "The Game" (song), a song by the music group Disturbed from their 2000 album The Sickness
• "The Game" (Lacuna Coil), a song by the music group Lacuna Coil from their 2006 album Karmacode
• "The Game" (Soul Asylum), a song by Soul Asylum from their 1998 album Candy From a Stranger
• "The Game" (The Memories song), a lyrical adaptation by The Memories of Billy Joel's song "We Didn't Start The Fire"
• Videogame: The Movie: The Game, a concept album of 45 chiptunes and arrangements

Television

• The Game (sports TV series), an Australian television sports program focusing on Australian rules football
• "The Game" (Stargate Atlantis), an episode of Stargate Atlantis
• "The Game" (TNG episode), an episode from the fifth season of the television show Star Trek: The Next Generation
• The Game (US TV series), a sitcom on the CW about the lives of three women and their relationships with professional football players

Other

• The Game (Doctor Who audio), a Doctor Who audio drama
• The Game (film), a 1997 film directed by David Fincher and starring Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, and Deborah Kara Unger
• The Game, slang for the sex trade
• The Game, in African American Vernacular English, refers to the drug trade, or alternatively, the hip hop music business