The rules, step by step
- A prompt appears with one of your friends’ names in it.
- Everyone secretly types their funniest answer before the clock runs out — or taps 🎲 to let the house write one.
- Then you all vote for the answer you love most. You can’t vote for your own.
- 100 points per vote, plus a bonus for winning the round.
Scoring and the fiddly bits
The subject answers as well
Whoever the prompt names writes an answer about themselves. Nothing on the ballot says which one it is.
Scoring
100 a vote, plus 200 for the round win. Two answers level at the top take 100 each.
Your own answer
It stays in the ballot and is greyed out on your phone alone. Everyone else sees an ordinary option.
Answers are capped
One answer per prompt, up to 120 characters, with runs of spaces collapsed before the ballot is built.
The reveal moves for anyone
Any player can tap on from the scoreboard, so five people never wait on one.
Questions about Fake Answers
Is Fake Answers free?
Yes. It is free to play, with no adverts. An optional Plus membership opens bigger tables and extra packs.
How many people do you need for Fake Answers?
Between 3 and 12. Below 3 there are not enough of you for the game to work.
What do we need to play?
A phone or laptop each, with a web browser. One person opens a room and everybody else joins by typing the room code on their own phone. There’s also an iPhone app if you’d rather.
Can we play Fake Answers over a video call?
Yes. Share the room code in the chat and play with the call running — everything private stays on each player’s own phone.
Play Fake Answers online
Free, in the browser, with everyone on their own phone.