Party games

Free Online Party Games for Your Group Chat

Updated October 2026

Twentyroll is a free site for online party games. One person starts a room and shares a 6-character code, and 2 to 12 friends join from their own phones or laptops, with no app and no account. Every room has four games: Imposter, Trivia Night, Word Mix and Odd One Out.

Getting a group into the same game usually means app downloads, sign-ups, and ten minutes of "wait, it says the lobby is full". Twentyroll skips all of it: you start a room, drop the code or link in the group chat, and everyone plays from whatever browser they already have open.

Start a room

What games are in every room?

The host picks the game in the lobby and can switch to a different one between games, so one room covers a whole game night.

Imposter

Everyone secretly receives the same word, except one player who gets a near-miss. Give one-word clues, vote out the suspect, and catch the imposter before they blend in.

Trivia Night

Quiz rounds the host sets up: the categories, the number of questions and the pace. Everyone answers live, and the reveal shows who picked what.

Word Mix

Everyone sees the same scrambled letters and races to type a real word from them. Faster solves score more, and words get longer as the game goes on.

Odd One Out

Four items appear and one does not belong. Spot it before your friends do, and the reveal explains the link.

Imposter rules Imposter game words Trivia Night Word Mix Odd One Out

Which game suits your group?

The times are ceilings at the default settings, with every timer running out and the six-second reveal after each round. Games finish sooner when everyone answers quickly.

Which game for your group?
Game	Players	Best for	A game takes
Imposter	3 to 12	Friends who like to bluff, in the same room or on a call	3 to 5 minutes a word
Trivia Night	2 to 12	Mixed groups, families, teams	Under 4 minutes for 10 questions
Word Mix	2 to 12	Fast typers and word nerds	Up to 6 minutes for 10 words
Odd One Out	2 to 12	A quick warm-up, any age	Under 4 minutes for 10 puzzles

How do you start a game night in under a minute?

1
Start a room
Hosting needs a free account, made with email or Google. You get a 6-character code and a link.
2
Send the code
Drop the link or the code in your group chat. Friends open it, type a name and appear in your lobby. No app, no account.
3
Pick the game and the rules
Choose Imposter, Trivia Night, Word Mix or Odd One Out, then set the rounds, the timer and the pace. Trivia takes up to 8 categories or a surprise mix.
4
Start
Trivia Night, Word Mix and Odd One Out start with 2 players, Imposter with 3. After the final scores, play again, switch games or close the room.

Built for the group chat, not the classroom

Rooms hold up to 12 players and work on any mix of devices: iPhones, Androids, laptops, tablets. The host needs a free account so the room has an owner; everyone else joins as a guest by typing a name. That means the friend who never installs anything can still be in the game 15 seconds after you send the link.

Rounds run themselves. Timed questions advance on their own, reveals can continue automatically or wait for the host, and if someone loses connection mid-round the game moves on without hanging. There is no presenter role and no shared screen, because every player’s own phone shows the game, so it works just as well for a couch full of people as for a group spread across three time zones.

Who runs the game night?

Twenty, the game master, runs the room for free: it suggests a game that suits your group, keeps a stalled round moving, calls the big moments and writes a short recap at the end. With Premium (or a 24 hour Night Pass for $1.99), Twenty also commentates live, writes the whole night's story, builds a custom quiz for the people in the room and remembers your crew from week to week.

Twenty speaks in short cards on everyone's own device, never over a question, so the host gets to play too.

Everything Twenty, the AI game master, does

Can you play on a video call?

Yes, and it is one of the best ways to play. Start the call, paste the room link in the chat, and everyone plays on their own phone or in a second browser tab while you talk. Trivia can wait for the host between questions, so you can read the answers out loud and argue about them. Nobody has to share a screen.

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What does it cost?

Joining a room is free and unlimited for everyone, guests included. A free account can host 3 party games a day. Premium ($2.99 a month) makes hosting unlimited and unlocks premium trivia categories for the whole room. Or buy a 24 hour Night Pass for $1.99: Premium for one night, and anyone in the room can buy it for the host.

Room games are casual by design. They do not affect anyone’s global leaderboard rank or XP, so a guest who has never played and a level 40 regular can be on the same scoreboard without anyone risking their ranking.

How does it compare with Jackbox, Gartic Phone and skribbl.io?

All four get a group playing from their phones. The difference is what you play and what you need to start.

Twentyroll and the usual alternatives
	Price	Shared screen	Players	Kind of game
Twentyroll	Free (Premium optional)	Not needed	2 to 12 per room	Social deduction, trivia, word games
Jackbox Party Packs	About $30 a pack	Needed (the host’s TV or computer)	Most games up to 8, plus an audience	Writing, drawing and trivia, by pack
Gartic Phone	Free	Not needed	2 to 30	Drawing telephone
skribbl.io	Free	Not needed	2 to 20 in private rooms	Draw and guess

Twentyroll as a free Jackbox alternative

What happens to the room after the game?

After the final scoreboard the host can play again with the same code, switch games, or close the room. If the night gets interrupted, nothing is lost: your open rooms are listed on the rooms page so you can jump back in with the same code.

A room closes on its own after about 30 minutes with nobody connected, or after 12 hours at most, and the host can close it any time.

For a group that plays every week, save the room as a crew: its code is kept for good, so the same link reopens the room next time, and "Same time next week?" sends everyone a calendar invite.

Frequently asked questions

Do my friends need an account to play?

No. Only the host needs a free account. Everyone else opens the room link or enters the 6-character code, types a display name, and plays as a guest from their browser.

How many people can play in one room?

Up to 12 players per room. Trivia Night, Word Mix and Odd One Out start from 2 players; Imposter needs at least 3.

What games are included?

Every room includes four games: Imposter (a social deduction word game), Trivia Night (quiz rounds the host sets up), Word Mix (a word scramble race) and Odd One Out (spot the item that does not belong). The host can switch games between rounds in the same room.

Is it really free?

Do we need to be in the same place?

No. Rooms work for a group on one couch, each on their own phone, and just as well for friends spread across cities on a video call. Everyone plays on their own device and sees the same round at the same time.

What are good free online party games for large groups?

Twentyroll rooms take up to 12 players, which covers most friend groups and small teams. For a bigger crowd, run two rooms side by side and compare the winners. If you want one big room and a drawing game, Gartic Phone takes up to 30 players.

Can we play with just 2 people?

Yes. Trivia Night, Word Mix and Odd One Out all work with 2 players on two phones, wherever you both are. Imposter needs at least 3.

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Is Twentyroll like Jackbox?

Same idea, different setup: one person starts a room and friends join with a code on their phones. Twentyroll is free, runs entirely in the browser, and needs no shared TV screen, because every player’s own phone shows the game. It focuses on social deduction, trivia and word games rather than drawing games.

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