Dead SeriousHost or join

Somebody here
is lying to you

A party game for your living room. It runs the whole night from your TV while everyone plays from their phone. A couple of you have a secret.

5–12 players40–90 minutesA TV and your phonesNo app. No accounts.Free

Free. Nothing to install. Closer to 40 minutes than you think. Friendships end.

LoyalLoyal
LoyalLoyal
TraitorTraitor
LoyalLoyal
GoneGone
LoyalLoyal

How a night goes

The day repeats until four of you are left. Then it gets worse.

01

Put it on the TV

One link on the big screen. Everyone scans the code and takes a seat. Nobody downloads anything.

02

Fates are dealt in secret

Phones light up one at a time while the room watches your face. Most of you are Loyal. A hidden few are Traitors.

03

Talk. Accuse. Vote someone out

The room banishes a suspect, out loud, one vote at a time. Sometimes it is a Traitor. Usually it is your friend.

04

Then night falls

Every phone answers the dark, so nobody can be read by who is using theirs. In the morning, somebody is gone.

Why it is not just Mafia

Nobody has to remember rules. Nobody sits out once they are dead. And you keep the tape.

The Confessional

Slip away mid-game and record a video confession on your phone. Accuse people. Lie to the camera. Nobody sees a frame until the finale, when the whole room watches every one of them back.

The Fire of Truth

When four of you are left, the game stops asking who is guilty and asks whether to stop. It has to be unanimous. One holdout means another banishment, and from then on nobody who leaves reveals anything.

Recruitment

Catch a Traitor and the survivors get an offer to make. One phone in the room quietly asks somebody to switch sides instead of dying. You will never know who was asked.

The dead keep playing

Get murdered and you still get the last word: final confessions, a locked-in prediction of who the Traitors are, and the ability to rattle the TV from beyond. The sharpest ghost gets named at the end.

The host does not need to know the rules

The console says exactly what to do next and hands over the line to say out loud. First-time hosts do fine. The TV teaches the room as it goes.

You leave with the footage

Everyone gets their own confessions on their phone afterward, plus the whole night in order. The group chat does the rest.

What you need

Five people, minimum

Eight to twelve is the sweet spot.

A TV or a laptop

Whatever the room can see.

Everyone’s phone

Any browser. No app store.

Get everyone in one room

Open the room, put it on the TV, and find out who your friends really are.

Start a game