Imposter: Word Party Game

One player never gets the word. Everyone else does. That is the whole game.

The imposter has to talk about something they cannot see, and the group has to work out who is bluffing. Rounds are short, the rules take one sentence to explain, and the argument afterwards usually lasts longer than the round did.

Play it as a word party game around a single phone, or open an online room and play with people who are somewhere else.

🎭 How the imposter game works

Everyone sees the secret word except the hidden imposter, who sees a blank card. Players take turns giving one clue each. Then the group talks, votes, and uncovers whoever they think was faking it. Every question is a challenge for the imposter. Guess right and the group wins. Guess wrong and the imposter walks away with it.

📱 One phone or online

Pass and play on a single device when everyone is in the same room - no second phone, no accounts to hand around. Or create an online room and let the group join from their own devices for a remote game night.

⚙️ Set up the round your way

Choose how many imposters are hiding, switch the blank card on or off, and decide whether roles get revealed at the end. A small group and a big group want different settings, so the host picks.

🃏 23 word packs

Four packs are free from the start: Mystery, Animals and Nature, Daily Life, and Food.

The rest cover Anime, Body and Health, Brands, Characters, Famous People, Fantasy, Fashion and Clothes, Film and TV, Football, Basketball, Games, Jobs and Crafts, Music, School, Sports, Summer, Technology, Traveling, and World and Places.

The pack sets the tone. Sports rounds get competitive. Characters rounds get loud. Brands rounds reveal exactly how much advertising everyone has absorbed.

🗣️ Plays in 27 languages

English, Indonesian, Czech, Danish, German, Spanish, Latin American Spanish, French, Croatian, Italian, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese, Romanian, Finnish, Swedish, Turkish, Russian, Thai, Arabic, Vietnamese, Dutch, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Korean and Japanese. A mixed group can read the same round in different languages.

🎉 Good for

Party nights, family gatherings, long train journeys, classroom icebreakers, team sessions that need something better than an introduction round, and groups of friends who live too far apart for a real table.

❓ Questions people ask

Do we all need the app? Not for pass and play - one phone is enough for the whole group. Online rooms need a device each.

How many players? It works with a small group and scales up to a crowded room.

How long is a round? A few minutes. Most groups play several in a row without meaning to.

Is it a spy game or a word game? Both. The mechanic is social deduction, the content is words and topics.

💡 Getting better at it

The trick to surviving as the imposter is giving a clue that is completely true and completely useless. Say too little and you look nervous. Say too much and you look like someone proving a point. The best players sound slightly bored.

And if you are not the imposter, watch who agrees with everyone. Agreement is cheap when you have nothing to say.

Download it, pick a pack, and find out who at this table can lie to your face.