Questions about Side Eye.
Side Eye is the imposter word game for one phone or twenty. Everyone knows the word, the imposter only knows the category, one clue each, then the vote. Free, no ads, no subscriptions. The rest is below.
Is Side Eye free?
Yes. Every pack, every mode, rooms up to 20 players, your own packs and all sixteen languages. No ads, no subscription, no locked packs. The one paid thing is an AI-written pack: the app sells AI packs one or five at a time, and Empyreal Games Supporter, one monthly membership for all our games, includes a few every month. You lose nothing by skipping it.
How do you play?
Everyone gets the same secret word except the imposter, who gets the category. Round the table, one word each about the secret word. Talk, then vote. Caught imposters get one guess at the word. The full rules fit on a page.
What does the imposter see?
Your choice, in the settings. The category (the classic), a grid of sixteen words with no hint of which is the one, or nothing at all.
How many people?
Three to twenty. One imposter up to ten players, two from eleven. Six to twelve is the sweet spot.
What do we need?
One phone. Pass it round for the cards and it sits in the middle for the rest. Or everyone’s phone, in a room. Or one phone with the host and a TV showing whose turn it is.
Do we need the app?
No. play.sideeyegame.com runs the whole game in a browser on any phone or laptop. The apps for iPhone and Android are the same game.
Does it work offline?
The one-phone modes do, with the packs on your device. A room needs a connection, because the phones have to talk to each other.
How do rooms work?
Start a room, share the link, the QR code or the six-character code, and everyone joins in a browser with a name. Each phone holds its own card, clue box and ballot. Voices go over Discord, Zoom or whatever call you are on. More on playing online.
Does Side Eye have voice chat?
No. A room has a text chat. Voices come from your own call, or from sitting in the same room.
Can we put it on a TV?
Yes. Any mode can add a TV: open the TV link on the set, or on a laptop plugged into it, and it shows whose turn it is, the clock, the tally and the reveal. Never a card, never the word before the scores.
Which languages?
Sixteen: English, Spanish for Mexico and for Spain, Portuguese for Brazil and for Portugal, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Turkish, Swedish, Danish, Indonesian, Romanian and Czech. Each has its own thirty packs, written for that language, not translated.
Is it OK for kids?
Yes. Turn on Kids safe and only the packs made for kids come up, with the talk shortened to 45 seconds. The two packs marked 18+ are never picked unless someone chooses them. No ads, no accounts, no strangers. The imposter game for kids.
Can I write my own pack?
Yes, free. Sixteen words and a category is a pack. Share it as a link and it opens on the other phone; the pack travels inside the link, nothing is uploaded.
What is a pack about our group?
The AI pack can be about the people at the table: it asks each of you a few questions, and writes words only your group understands. In a room, everyone answers on their own phone. It uses one AI pack.
Do the words repeat?
Not until a pack runs out. The app remembers which words your group has had, per pack, and tells you when it has to reshuffle.
What happens on a tie?
One re-vote among the tied. Still tied, nobody is out and the imposter escapes. The rule is printed under every vote.
What if someone says the word out loud?
Tap Someone said the word and say who. A civilian said it: the imposter takes the round and a new word is dealt. The imposter said it: that counts as their guess.
How is it scored?
An imposter who survives scores 3. Caught and guesses the word, 2. Each player who voted for the imposter scores 1. At the end: the winner, Best liar and Sharpest eye. Or switch scoring off.
Do I need an account?
No. Signing in is optional and only carries your own packs, saved groups and AI packs between devices. The one exception is Supporter: subscribing needs an account, so it is recognised in every Empyreal game.
What does it collect?
No names, no clues, no words you type. Usage events like “a game finished with six players”, linked to your account only if you sign in. The privacy page has every detail.
Is it the same as Undercover or Spyfall?
Same family, different rules. The comparison goes through who knows what in each.
Who makes it?
Empyreal, a small studio in Australia. Side Eye is not connected to any other imposter, spy or chameleon game.
