Your group chat. On a TV. With a scoreboard. A couch party game for 3 to 8 players where every phone is the controller. Three prompts, two GIFs, one winner per round. No app for your guests. Plays in person or remotely over any video call.

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About This Game

Your group chat. On a TV. With a scoreboard.

Three prompts. Two GIFs. One winner per round.

Everyone scribbles a few prompts. Everyone scrambles to find the perfect reaction GIF for someone else's. Then the whole room votes head to head, and whoever lands the perfect GIF takes the round.

The funny comes from the people in the room. We just set the bait, keep score, and drop the confetti when somebody lands the perfect one.

How a night works

  • Launch the game on your PC, laptop, or Steam Deck plugged into the TV.

  • A room code and a QR code pop up on screen. Your guests scan it with their phone camera.

  • The TV runs the show. Phones do the typing, the hunting, and the voting. You do the laughing, the gasping, and the trash talk.

What you are getting

  • 3 to 8 active players, plus an audience for the back row. Everyone votes. Everyone heckles.

  • Phones are the controllers. No app, no account, no install for your guests. They scan a QR, pick a name, and they're in.

  • Plays in person, or remotely. Hosting on a video call? Share the host screen so everyone can see the action, then drop the join link in the chat. Players can join from anywhere with internet.

  • Built for a loud room. Big chunky type. Juicy sound. Designed to land over a couch full of people yelling at the TV.

  • Steam Deck supported.

Who is it for

Friends, family, the cousin who says they don't get video games. If they can send a GIF in a group chat, they can play.

Holiday dinner tested. Game night tested. The hour before everyone leaves tested. The hour after they were supposed to tested.

Who is making this

We are Party Hat Games. A tiny studio making party games that we actually play ourselves. The GIF Game is our first.

System Requirements

Windows
macOS
SteamOS + Linux
    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10 (64-bit)
    • Processor: Any 64-bit dual-core
    • Memory: 4096 MB RAM
    • Graphics: Integrated graphics
    • Network: Broadband Internet connection
    • Storage: 500 MB available space
    • Sound Card: Any
    • Additional Notes: Always-online. Each player needs their own smartphone or tablet as a controller (joins via web browser at partyhat.games. No app install). One shared screen for everyone.
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 11 (64-bit)
    • Processor: Any modern dual/quad-core
    • Memory: 4096 MB RAM
    • Graphics: Integrated graphics
    • Network: Broadband Internet connection
    • Storage: 500 MB available space
    • Sound Card: Any
    • Additional Notes: Always-online. Each player needs their own smartphone or tablet as a controller (joins via web browser at partyhat.games. No app install). One shared screen for everyone.
    Minimum:
    • OS: macOS 11 Big Sur (64-bit)
    • Processor: Apple Silicon or Intel
    • Memory: 4096 MB RAM
    • Graphics: Integrated graphics
    • Network: Broadband Internet connection
    • Storage: 500 MB available space
    • Sound Card: Any
    • Additional Notes: Always-online. Each player needs their own smartphone or tablet as a controller (joins via web browser at partyhat.games. No app install). One shared screen for everyone.
    Recommended:
    • OS: macOS 13 Ventura or newer (64-bit)
    • Processor: Apple Silicon (M1 or newer) or modern Intel
    • Memory: 4096 MB RAM
    • Graphics: Integrated graphics
    • Network: Broadband Internet connection
    • Storage: 500 MB available space
    • Sound Card: Any
    • Additional Notes: Always-online. Each player needs their own smartphone or tablet as a controller (joins via web browser at partyhat.games. No app install). One shared screen for everyone.
    Minimum:
    • OS: Ubuntu 22.04 / SteamOS 3 (64-bit)
    • Processor: Any 64-bit dual-core (Steam Deck APU or better)
    • Memory: 4096 MB RAM
    • Graphics: Integrated graphics (Steam Deck APU / OpenGL 3.3)
    • Network: Broadband Internet connection
    • Storage: 500 MB available space
    • Sound Card: Any
    • Additional Notes: Always-online. Each player needs their own smartphone or tablet as a controller (joins via web browser at partyhat.games. No app install). One shared screen for everyone.
    Recommended:
    • OS: Ubuntu 22.04 / SteamOS 3 or newer (64-bit)
    • Processor: Any modern dual/quad-core
    • Memory: 4096 MB RAM
    • Graphics: Integrated graphics
    • Network: Broadband Internet connection
    • Storage: 500 MB available space
    • Sound Card: Any
    • Additional Notes: Always-online. Each player needs their own smartphone or tablet as a controller (joins via web browser at partyhat.games. No app install). One shared screen for everyone.

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