Playcade

What it does

Playcade turns any TV with a browser into a party game console. Open playcade.party on the big screen, everyone scans the QR with their phone, and in under 15 seconds the whole room is holding a controller. No app, no account, no hardware. 11 games (and more coming) for 2–12 players: kart racing, light-cycle Trails, sumo, drawing, trivia, hidden-role. Rounds run 3–7 minutes, so nobody's stuck waiting for a turn.

The TV arcade. Put Playcade on the TV, everyone scans the code, and their phone becomes the controller. 11 party games for 2–12 players — no console, no app, no install.

Playcade turns the TV into a party game console and everyone's phone into a controller. Open playcade.party on any big screen with a browser, and it shows a four-letter room code and a QR code. Everyone in the room scans it, picks a name and a colour, and they are holding a gamepad in seconds. Two to twelve players. There is no console to buy, no app to download and nothing to install — it all runs in the browser you already have. Playcade needs JavaScript to run — the TV screen and the phone controllers are both live, so please turn JavaScript on andfrom playcade.party

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