The library

59 games.

Grouped by what playing them feels like, because nobody browses a party app by region. Every one has its rules written out — read them before you install anything.

Western Air Hockey 2 players India Antakshari 2–16 players Latin America Around the House 3–16 players Latin America Basta 3–16 players Worldwide Blank Verse 3–10 players Western Blind Doodle 2–16 players India Bollywood Charades 3–16 players Worldwide Charades 3–16 players Worldwide Confessions 3–12 players Western Crazy Eights 2–6 players Worldwide Crowd Pleaser 3–12 players Worldwide Cut Up 1–12 players Worldwide Doodle 2–16 players Europe Famous Person 3–12 players Western Fizz Buzz 3–16 players Worldwide Fizz Buzz Bang 3–16 players Western Forbidden Words 4–16 players Western Ghost 3–10 players Worldwide Hidden Wolf 4–16 players Worldwide Hide and Seek 2–16 players Worldwide Hot Potato 3–16 players Western Hot Takes 3–16 players India Housie 1–16 players Worldwide Hum It 3–16 players Worldwide I Spy 2–12 players Europe I Went to Market 3–12 players Korea Kkeutmarit-gi 2–12 players Worldwide Last Letter Standing 3–12 players Worldwide Liar's Deck 3–5 players Western Mafia 6–16 players Europe Mau-Mau 2–6 players Western Most Likely To 3–16 players Europe Musical Statues 3–16 players India Name Place Animal Thing 2–16 players Western Never Have I Ever 2–16 players Worldwide Odd One Out 4–12 players Korea Red Light, Green Light 2–16 players Western Sevens 3–16 players Japan Shiritori 2–12 players Worldwide Silent Movie 3–16 players Middle East Silsila 2–12 players Western Spades 4 players Worldwide Straight Face 3–12 players Europe Switch 2–5 players Western Team Tasks 4–16 players Europe Telephone Drawing 3–12 players Japan The Understudy 4–12 players Korea Thirty-One 2–12 players Korea Three-Six-Nine 3–12 players Worldwide Truth or Dare 2–16 players Western Twenty Questions 3–16 players Europe Twenty-One 2–12 players Worldwide Two Truths and a Lie 3–10 players Worldwide Who Am I 3–12 players Europe Wink Murder 4–16 players Worldwide Word Association 3–16 players Worldwide Word Chain 2–16 players Middle East Word Race 2–16 players Western Would You Rather 2–16 players

Every game, by shelf

What are you
in the mood for?

Sit down, read a card, talk

Card games 11

      
      8
      
        Crazy Eights
        Get rid of your cards. Match the suit or the number.
      
      2–6
    
        Hot Takes
        Read the opinion out loud and defend it, whether you believe it or not.
      
      3–16
    
        Liar's Deck
        The same race, with lying allowed. Play anything face down.
      
      3–5
    
        Mau-Mau
        Sevens make you pick up. Eights make you miss a turn.
      
      2–6
    
        Most Likely To
        Read the card. Everyone points at whoever fits.
      
      3–16
    
        Never Have I Ever
        A confession game. Read a card, own up if you have done it.
      
      2–16
    
        Spades
        Partners bid how many tricks they will take, then must make the contract.
      
      4
    
        Switch
        Jacks turn the table round. Aces change the suit.
      
      2–5
    
        Team Tasks
        One mission for the whole room. Complete it together, then draw the next.
      
      4–16
    
        Truth or Dare
        Answer honestly, or do the thing.
      
      2–16
    
        Would You Rather
        Two bad options. Pick one, then defend it.
      
      2–16

Words and numbers, fast, someone goes out

Quick rounds 15

      
        Antakshari
        Sing a song starting from the letter the last one ended on.
      
      2–16
    
      35
      
        Fizz Buzz
        Count around the circle. Threes and fives become words instead of numbers.
      
      3–16
    
      357
      
        Fizz Buzz Bang
        Count up with three rules at once: threes, fives and sevens all become words.
      
      3–16
    
        Ghost
        Add one letter at a time. Complete a real word and you lose.
      
      3–10
    
        I Went to Market
        A shopping list that grows every turn. Miss one item and you are out.
      
      3–12
    
        Kkeutmarit-gi
        Korean word chain on the last syllable.
      
      2–12
    
        Last Letter Standing
        Add one letter at a time to a growing fragment. Never complete a word.
      
      3–12
    
      7
      
        Sevens
        Count around the circle. Every multiple of seven becomes a word.
      
      3–16
    
        Shiritori
        Japanese word chain. End a word on ん and you lose.
      
      2–12
    
        Silsila
        The Arabic word chain: each word starts with the letter the last one ended on.
      
      2–12
    
      31
      
        Thirty-One
        Count up in ones, twos or threes. Whoever says 31 is out.
      
      2–12
    
      369
      
        Three-Six-Nine
        Count upward, but clap instead of saying 3, 6 or 9.
      
      3–12
    
      21
      
        Twenty-One
        Add one or two to the count. Whoever is forced to say twenty-one loses.
      
      2–12
    
        Word Association
        Say the first thing the last word makes you think of. Three seconds.
      
      3–16
    
        Word Chain
        Each word starts with the letter the last one ended on.
      
      2–16

One performs, everyone guesses

Act it out 6

      
        Bollywood Charades
        Same as Charades, but every card is a film.
      
      3–16
    
        Charades
        Act it out. No talking. Beat the clock.
      
      3–16
    
        Forbidden Words
        Describe the word without saying any of the five words underneath it.
      
      4–16
    
        Hum It
        Hum a tune from the card. The room shouts titles until someone gets it.
      
      3–16
    
        Silent Movie
        Act out the whole situation without a sound. The room guesses what is happening.
      
      3–16
    
        Who Am I
        The phone goes on your forehead. Everyone can see it except you.
      
      3–12

One draws, the room shouts over each other

Draw it badly 3

      
        Blind Doodle
        The same game, except you cannot see what you are drawing.
      
      2–16
    
        Doodle
        One person draws it. Everybody else shouts.
      
      2–16
    
        Telephone Drawing
        Word, drawing, word, drawing — and the chain drifts.
      
      3–12

All at once, then the room picks a winner

Everyone answers 5

      
        Blank Verse
        A sentence with a hole in it. Everyone fills it from their hand; one judge picks.
      
      3–10
    
        Confessions
        Own up anonymously, then watch the room work out who.
      
      3–12
    
        Crowd Pleaser
        Everyone answers the same prompt. Nobody knows who wrote what.
      
      3–12
    
        Straight Face
        A real answer, hidden among everybody else’s invented ones.
      
      3–12
    
        Two Truths and a Lie
        Three statements about one person. One of them is invented.
      
      3–10

Secret roles, arguments, one gets voted out

Lying and voting 8

      
        Famous Person
        Think of a real person the room could name. Let them work it out.
      
      3–12
    
        Hidden Wolf
        Someone here is secretly a wolf. Talk, argue, and vote them out.
      
      4–16
    
        I Spy
        Something in this room. Twelve questions to find it.
      
      2–12
    
        Mafia
        The town sleeps while the Mafia pick someone off. By day, everyone argues.
      
      6–16
    
        Odd One Out
        Everyone knows where you all are. Except one person.
      
      4–12
    
        The Understudy
        Everyone gets a word. One player gets a different one and does not know it.
      
      4–12
    
        Twenty Questions
        One person holds a secret. The room has twenty yes-or-no questions.
      
      3–16
    
        Wink Murder
        One of you is the murderer, and the weapon is a wink.
      
      4–16

Standing up, in a room or a garden

On your feet 5

      
        Air Hockey
        Two thumbs at opposite ends of the same phone.
      
      2
    
        Hide and Seek
        A count out loud, by something that cannot peek.
      
      2–16
    
        Hot Potato
        Pass the phone on. Do not be the one holding it.
      
      3–16
    
        Musical Statues
        Dance while it runs. Freeze the instant it stops.
      
      3–16
    
        Red Light, Green Light
        Run on green. Freeze on red. Reach the phone.
      
      2–16

One phone for the whole room

The phone runs it 6

      
        Around the House
        One letter, five categories, and every answer is somewhere in the room.
      
      3–16
    
        Basta
        One letter, several categories, everyone racing at once.
      
      3–16
    
        Cut Up
        A picture cut into pieces, scattered on the screen. Drag them back into place.
      
      1–12
    
        Housie
        Indian bingo. The phone calls the numbers, you mark your ticket.
      
      1–16
    
        Name Place Animal Thing
        A letter, four columns, and everybody writing at once.
      
      2–16
    
        Word Race
        Name as many things in a category as you can before time runs out.
      
      2–16

59 games.

What are youin the mood for?

Card games 11

Quick rounds 15

Act it out 6

Draw it badly 3

Everyone answers 5

Lying and voting 8

On your feet 5

The phone runs it 6

What are you
in the mood for?