How to play
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One player or team performs at a time
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The performer's device shows secret words to act out
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Swipe or tap to move to the next word
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Other players watch the host screen and guess
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Continue until time runs out
🎭Charades
Charades. without saying a word.
One player gets the word. Their teammates have to guess from the mime alone. The classic party game, hosted from one device, played by the whole room.
4 to 50 players·Available in hosted sessions
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Charades
Act it out without saying a word!
Players4 to 50 players
- Mime-only, no spoken clues
- Performer reads words on their phone
- Live scoreboard on the big screen
- Fast-paced 60 second turns
- Plays brilliantly in Team Mode
What this actually looks like
The room becomes the show.
The performer picks up the host's phone and sees the secret word. They put the phone face-down. The countdown starts. They mime something that looks suspiciously like a giraffe wearing sunglasses.
Their teammates are shouting at them from the sofa. Someone guesses correctly. The performer taps Correct. The next word appears. The scoreboard updates on the TV. Someone else mimes a pineapple and the room loses it.
Three rounds in, no one has checked their phone, and someone has accidentally given the most memorable performance of their life.
The game itself
How Charades actually plays.
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How to win
Get through as many words as possible! The performer earns points for each word they help their team guess. The team with the most points wins.
What makes it work
- 🎬 Classic party game everyone loves
- 📱 Only the performer sees the words on their device
- 👀 Everyone else watches the host screen
- 🏃 Fast-paced — keep the energy high!
- 📊 Words are organised by category for variety
Where Charades shines
The same game. Different rooms. Same energy.
Scenario 01
Team mode offsite
Team offsite
The icebreaker that actually breaks ice.
Twenty-four people on a team offsite. Most of them have only seen each other in Zoom thumbnails. You split the room into four teams of six. Each team huddles, one phone per team, taking turns to perform. By the third performer, the senior leader is on their feet acting out a flamingo and the new joiner is the loudest person in the room. The hierarchy disappears for 20 minutes and the rest of the day runs warmer.
Scenario 02
Living room game night
House party
Cast it to the TV. Watch the room change.
Friday night, six friends in the living room. The TV is showing the host screen. The phone is on the coffee table. Whoever picks it up has to perform. Within minutes, someone is on the rug trying to mime electricity. Phones get put down because no one wants to miss the next round.
Scenario 03
Wedding entertainment
Wedding reception
Before the speeches, after the cake.
Between dinner and dancing, the MC hands the phone to a willing guest. Categories are pre-set so nothing inappropriate appears. The big screen behind the head table shows the scoreboard. Tables compete in Team Mode and the bride's grandmother somehow wins.
How Charades plays
Solo performers, team energy.
One person performs at a time, but the whole team is shouting guesses. Team Mode is where Charades really comes alive.
Everyone plays on their own device.
Each person scans the QR code or taps the link, sees the game on their phone, and submits answers. The live scoreboard runs in real time on the big screen.
Best for: virtual sessions, hybrid offsites, larger crowds where you want maximum individual participation.
A group shares one device, plays as one team.
Players are grouped into 2 to 6 colour-coded teams. Each team huddles around one device, debates the answer, and submits together. The energy in the room goes up immediately.
Best for: in-person offsites, weddings, family gatherings, anywhere you want people talking to each other instead of staring at their phones.
Offline · How to play today
Already an offline-friendly game.
Charades has only ever needed one device: the performer's phone shows the word, everyone else watches them mime. Players do not need to join from their own phones at all. A dedicated offline mode is coming soon for groups that want to score teams against each other from a single shared device, with fastest-finger and one-team-at-a-time formats baked in.
Play anywhere
Bring Charades to wherever your people are.
Cast it to the living room TV
Plug the host laptop into the TV via HDMI, or screen-mirror from a phone. The scoreboard fills the screen. Players watch the room, not their devices.
Use it as a workshop energiser
Three or four rounds between sessions resets the energy completely. People come back to the next agenda item warmer, louder, and actually present.
Run it on a video call
Screenshare the host view. The performer reads the word on their device and mimes to their webcam. Surprisingly hilarious on Zoom.