A browser quiz and party platform for groups of any kind
One shared screen, everyone on their own phone, nothing installed — and a catalog built for birthdays and offsites as well as classrooms.
If your group has played Kahoot, the format here needs no explaining: a question goes up on a screen everyone can see, and each player answers from the phone already in their pocket. Game The Party is a website, so the host opens it in a browser and players scan a QR code — there is nothing to install on either side, and no player accounts to create.
What is different about it
The catalog is organised by occasion rather than by subject. There is a birthday room, an office room, a graduation room, a Christmas room — you pick the moment and get games that fit it. That makes it a natural fit for the gatherings a classroom-first quiz tool was never really aimed at: a party, an anniversary dinner, a team offsite, a family Thanksgiving.
The games are also built for real rooms rather than for a lesson. Rounds run on timers so the game keeps moving, a dropped phone rejoins its own seat with its score intact, and the session survives the host closing their laptop. Every game has a short how-to video one tap from the room, so a first-time group can start without anyone reading rules aloud.
Where it fits in a classroom or a training session
The trivia games work as an end-of-term reward, a brain break, or an icebreaker at the start of a session, and they need no downloads and no student sign-ups — see classroom party games and office and team games. If you need a full curriculum-assessment tool with reports and rosters, that is not what this is; this is built for the part of the day where a room plays something together.
How a room starts
- Pick a game from the catalog — every occasion has its own room.
- Put the game's board screen where everyone can see it: a TV, a laptop, or a shared screen on a video call.
- Players scan the QR code (or type the room code) in their phone's browser. No app, no account.
- Play — everyone answers, votes, and scores from their own phone.
It works in person, with the board on a TV or laptop, and over video calls — see games to play on Zoom, classroom games, and office and team games.
Common questions
- Is Game The Party free?
- Hosting is free for small groups. Larger rooms, and hosting without the watermark, need a Pro plan or a one-off day, weekend or event pass. Players never pay and never sign up.
- Do players need an account?
- No. Players scan a QR code and type a screen name. There are no player accounts to create, manage or delete — which is the part that matters if the players are students or guests.
- Can I write my own questions?
- Yes. A signed-in host can author a question set ahead of time, save it, and run it later for their group. Personal content stays private to your account.
- Does it work over Zoom, Meet or Teams?
- Yes. Share the board screen on the call and everyone still plays from their own phone, wherever they are.
- What happens if a player's phone drops out?
- They rejoin the same seat with their score intact. Every round runs on a timer, so one missing player never stalls the game.
Kahoot is a trademark of Kahoot! ASA. Game The Party is an independent product and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Kahoot! ASA.