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Party games on the big screen.
Controllers in your pockets.

Open phonesout.games on any TV or laptop, scan the QR code with your phones, and you're playing — quizzes, card games, 3D dice and shameless bluffing. No apps to install, no accounts to make.

Free to play · works in any browser · 57 games and counting

How it works

  1. 1

    Put it on the telly

    Open phonesout.games in a browser on your TV, console or laptop and start a party. A four-letter code and a QR code appear.

  2. 2

    Phones out

    Everyone scans the QR code (or types the code). Phones become private controllers — your cards and answers stay yours.

  3. 3

    Pick a game and play

    The first player in becomes the host and picks from the menu. Playing alone? Add computer players and take them on.

The games

  • Short Fuse

    Answer fast. Pass the bomb. Don't be holding it.

    2–12 players · quick · party

  • Act It Out

    No screens for the actor's hands — just terrible mime. Shout your guesses at the telly.

    3–12 players · party · social

  • Punchline

    Two comics, one daft prompt, one funnier line. The room decides — last one standing writes the night's best gag.

    3–12 players · words · party

  • Bluff

    Invent a convincing lie, then spot the truth in the pile. Comedy writing for everyone.

    3–12 players · words · party

  • Same Wave

    Say the same thing at the same time. The only game built for exactly two — and it scales to a crowd.

    2–12 players · social · party

  • Guesstimate

    How many teeth has a snail? Guess the absurd quantity, then bet on whose guess you trust.

    2–12 players · party

  • Emoji Charades

    Read the emoji, type the answer. One for the kids AND the grown-ups.

    1–12 players · words · party

  • Chain Letters

    Your word starts where the last one ended. The clock doesn't care.

    2–12 players · words · quick

  • Nine Letters

    Nine letters. Sixty seconds. Biggest word wins.

    1–12 players · words · quick

  • Big Screen Quiz

    Fastest fingers, sharpest minds. 8 questions.

    1–12 players · party · quick

  • Impostor

    Everyone knows the word — except one of you. Sniff out the faker.

    3–12 players · social · words

  • Bandwagon

    Write the dilemmas, vote in secret, majority wins.

    2–12 players · social · party

  • Scrawl

    One draws, everyone guesses. Brilliant with the whole family.

    2–12 players · drawing · party

  • Heads, Bodies & Legs

    Draw a head, inherit a mystery. Fold-the-paper monsters, then vote for the best.

    3–10 players · drawing · party

  • Sh•t Head

    Shed everything. The loser wears the crown.

    2–5 players · cards

  • Liar's Dice

    Your dice are secret; your face isn't. Bid, bluff, and call the liar.

    2–6 players · dice

  • Cheat!

    Lie through your teeth. Call it when they do.

    2–6 players · cards · social

  • Forfeit Hold'em

    No money, just dares. Bust and pay the price.

    2–8 players · cards · party

  • Stat Attack

    Pick a stat, flip the cards, highest takes the lot.

    2–8 players · cards · quick

  • Echo

    Watch the pattern grow. One slip and you're out.

    1–12 players · quick · party

  • Quick Draw

    Wait for green. Fastest thumb in the room wins.

    1–12 players · quick · party

  • Twenty-One

    Beat the dealer, not each other. 5 rounds.

    1–7 players · cards

  • Greed

    Push your luck. 3D dice on the telly.

    1–8 players · dice · party

  • Spin Doctor

    The classic sleepover menace, all grown up. Answer, or chicken out.

    2–12 players · social · party

  • Race Night

    Bet on wildly stupid racers, watch the chaos, roast the losers. Pure pantomime.

    1–12 players · party

  • Snog Marry Avoid

    Rank all three in secret. Match the majority.

    2–12 players · social · party

  • Never Have I Ever

    Own up — and call how many others will. Predictions pay, confessions are free.

    3–12 players · social · party

  • Higher or Lower

    Call the flip, ride the streak. Auto-paced.

    1–12 players · quick

  • Connect

    Head-to-head gravity discs in 3D. Bombs optional.

    exactly 2 players · boards

  • Most Likely To

    The room decides who'd do it. Secret votes, majority wins, all the drama.

    3–12 players · social · party

  • Backgammon

    The 5,000-year-old classic, head to head. Server-rolled dice tumble across a 3D board.

    exactly 2 players · boards · dice

  • Flotilla

    Hide your fleet. Find theirs. Sink everything.

    exactly 2 players · boards

  • Tilt

    Your phone is the controller. Literally. Don't drop it.

    1–12 players · quick · party

  • Draughts

    Jump, king, and clean the board.

    exactly 2 players · boards

  • Sold!

    Going once, going twice… gone to the optimist with the empty wallet.

    3–12 players · party

  • Hot Tiles

    Pick a tile. Hope. The floor disagrees.

    3–12 players · party · quick

  • Poison Chalice

    Five goblets. One's dodgy. The poisoner's at the table.

    4–12 players · social · party

  • Arcade Gauntlet

    Five one-minute cabinets, one seed, every phone plays the identical game. Placement points decide the night.

    1–12 players · arcade · party · quick

  • Portrait Studio

    Draw the person on your left. Apologise later.

    3–10 players · drawing · party

Plus 18 one-minute arcade cabinets you can play on their own or as a five-round gauntlet: Quickstep, Topple, Sputter, Rooftop, Brickstorm, Squadron, Glowworm, Highrise, Splat, Orbit, Swerve, Chop Chop, Downpour, Blink, Puffer, Hailstorm, Odd One Out, Boing.

Questions people ask

Does anyone need to install anything?

No. The TV opens a website; the phones scan a QR code. That's the whole setup.

How many people can play?

Up to 12 on the same screen, depending on the game. Solo works too — add computer opponents from the lobby.

Can people cheat by peeking at the screen?

The big screen only ever shows what everyone may see. Hands, answers and secrets live on your own phone — and are enforced server-side, so even devtools won't help.

What does it cost?

Nothing. Grab a screen, grab your phones, play.