Swaydar: Daily Influence Game

One daily persuasion puzzle. Spot the influence tactics stacked on the target, then name the keystone — the one lever that, removed at the moment of decision, would make the whole pitch fall apart.

Swaydar is a daily puzzle for persuasion, influence, rhetoric, sales tactics, online dark patterns, recruiting pitches, and social pressure. Every day at midnight UTC, a new real-world scenario lands on every player's phone. Tap the levers you spot, then pick the keystone. The result text is spoiler-safe, so you can compare with friends without giving the answer away.

The disagreement is the point. There is rarely one clean answer. After you solve, the free result gives you the keystone and explanation. With Swaydar Pro, a curator-authored model shows how the five levers compete around the keystone. It is editorial guidance, not live reader voting. If you argued for a different lever, you probably have a case worth making.

How it works
• One puzzle a day, the same one for every player worldwide
• 4 guesses to identify the stacked levers and the keystone
• Spoiler-safe result text
• Onboarding teaches the mechanic in 60 seconds — no manual needed

Full access is free for 3 days. After that, purchase once to keep Swaydar unlocked. No subscription, no account, no ads.

• The counterfactual lattice — for each lever in the stack, see how the pitch would read with that one piece removed, not just the keystone
• Curator's influence split — A curator-authored model shows how the five levers compete around the keystone. It is editorial guidance, not live reader voting.
• Through Schopenhauer's lens — each day's pitch read through the eristic stratagems: the named move behind the persuasion, and the counter
• Your full history — every past day, your guesses, and the explanation behind each keystone

Privacy by construction
• No accounts, no sign-ups
• No ads, no analytics, no tracking
• No data collection — your progress lives on your device
• Works completely offline; no network is required to play

Interface localized for 39 locales — daily scenarios are English at launch.

A daily puzzle for the persuasion-aware. Built and maintained by one person.