Play the imposter game online.
Start a room, send the link, and everyone joins from their own phone or laptop in a browser. Nothing to install, no account, 3 to 20 players. Your voices go over Discord, Zoom, FaceTime or whatever call you already have open. Side Eye deals the cards, runs the clues, counts the vote and keeps score.
How it works
- Open the call. Discord, Zoom, Google Meet, FaceTime, Teams, a phone on speaker. Side Eye carries no voice or video; the call is where the clues get said.
- Start a room. Open play.sideeyegame.com in a browser, or the app, and tap Start a room. Give your name and you have a room with a six-character code.
- Share the link. Drop the link in the chat, show the QR code, or read the code out. Everyone opens it, types a name, and they are in. No account, nothing to install.
- Pick the words. Choose one pack or several, what the imposter sees, the timers and the rest. Players see the summary. Lock the room once everyone is in.
- Play. Each phone shows its own card, held to reveal. Clues go round in the order shown, typed or just spoken. Talk, vote on your own phone, and all eyes on the accused. A caught imposter types one guess. Scores, next round.
What each person sees
| Who | Their screen |
|---|---|
| Everyone | Their own card (hold to see it), the clue box when it is their turn, a Someone said the word button, Ready to vote, the ballot, the reveal and the scores. |
| The imposter | The same card layout with the category only, a grid of sixteen words, or nothing, depending on the setting. Nothing on the screen gives them away. |
| The host | The lobby with the code, the QR code and the settings, plus the calls the app cannot make: who said the word, and whether a typed guess was close enough. |
| A TV, if you add one | A sign at play.sideeyegame.com/tv: whose turn it is, the clock, the tally and the reveal. It never shows a card or the word before the scores. |
Over Discord
- Keep Side Eye in a browser tab beside the call, or on your phone while the call runs on the laptop.
- Hold to reveal is safe on a stream. Nothing shows on your card unless you are holding it, so a screen share leaks nothing.
- Type your clue if you like. The clue board builds up for everyone, so nobody has to remember what was said three people ago.
- The TV page can be screen-shared into the channel: it shows whose turn it is and the tally, never a card.
- Lock the room once everyone is in. Anyone who joins later watches until the next deal.
- If someone drops, the same link puts them back in their seat, vote and all. If the host drops, the room hands hosting on.
On a video call
Zoom, Meet, FaceTime and Teams all work the same way: the call carries the voices, Side Eye runs the round. One person speaks at a time, which the clue order already enforces. The clue timer (20 seconds by default in a room) keeps a laggy call from stalling, and the talk timer keeps the argument to a minute.
Same room, no call
If you are all at one table, you do not need a room. Pass one phone round for the cards, or let the host run it from one phone with a TV showing whose turn it is. How to play covers all three ways. Or try the generator in your browser, which deals cards with no app at all.
How many can join
Three to twenty. Up to ten players there is one imposter, from eleven there are two, and the clue passes drop from two to one from nine players so a round stays short. A bigger server splits into two rooms. The sweet spot is six to twelve.
Questions
Is playing online free?
Yes. Rooms are free, with every pack, no ads and no account. Nobody in the room pays for anything.
Do my friends need the app?
No. The link opens in any phone or laptop browser. The app works too, if they have it.
Does Side Eye have voice or video chat?
No. There is a text chat in the room. Voices come from your own call: Discord, Zoom, FaceTime, or the same sofa.
Can we play from different countries?
Yes. A room works anywhere with a connection, and the words come in sixteen languages, each written for that language rather than translated.
What happens if someone drops out?
Their seat stays. Opening the link again puts them back where they were, vote included. If the host drops, hosting passes to someone else.
Can we put it on a TV?
Yes. Open the TV link on a smart TV, a laptop plugged into one, or a cast tab, and it shows the sign for the whole room. It never shows a card.
