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Party Hat Games · Published by Party Hat Games
2 user reviews — 100% positive (2 reviews)
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
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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Indie, Casual · 2026 · More £5 - £15 games
Join your friends for fast-paced fun in The GIF Game, where every phone becomes a controller. Test your wit and reaction time as you compete in rounds of three prompts and two GIFs, aiming to be the winner on the TV scoreboard—whether you're playing together in person or remotely over video call.
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
Will my PC run this? →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.
Supported Languages
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
1.2.0
Rejoin Keys Getting disconnected shouldn't cost you your seat. Now it doesn't. Every player gets their own rejoin key when they join a room Dropped mid-game? Tap Reconnecting? Use your rejoin key on the join screen, enter the room code and your key, and you're back in your seat with your name, emoji, and score intact Works from any device or browser, even if your phone ate its saved data Hosts: every player's key lives in the settings menu (masked, with a copy button) so you can DM one to whoever needs it Smoother reconnections Under-the-hood rejoin hardening for busy rooms and flaky connectionsRead full article on Community Announcements (Party Hat Games)Patch NotesOfficial
1.1.0
Streamer Mode A new toggle in the settings menu, flip it on in the lobby: Writing prompts and picking GIFs: 90s → 180s Battle votes: 15s → 30s With an audience joined, votes stay open after all players lock in, viewers behind stream delay still get their say Pause Every countdown now has a pause button (or press P on the host). The clock freezes, but phones stay live, players can keep writing and picking, and the round moves on the moment everyone's in. Effectively infinite time when the pizza shows up. Polish Rebalanced the settings menu layout Everything new is localized in all 17 languagesRead full article on Community Announcements (Party Hat Games)
