Guide
Games like Wavelength
Wavelength works because a clue only makes sense if you know the person giving it. These games share that feeling: one clue, a table arguing about what it meant, and a reveal.
What makes Wavelength work
A hidden target on a scale between two opposites, one clue from the Psychic, and a team that has to agree on where it points. The closer the dial lands, the more points. It turns small talk into a debate about how your friend thinks.
Four to try
Play it here
Mind Match
One player sees a hidden spot on a scale like Cheap to Expensive and gives a single clue. Everyone talks it over, then drags their own pointer on their phone. The closer you land, the more you score, and the clue giver scores by the table's average.
- Players
- 3–10
- Length
- 8–60 min
- You need
- A phone each; better with a big screen
- Who runs it
- The phones
- Knocked out?
- No
Good for Groups who want Wavelength's feeling with everyone scoring individually, and mixed-language tables: each player sees the scale in their own language.
Not for Teams that enjoy arguing as one side: here everyone locks their own guess.
Board game
Just One
Everyone writes a one-word clue for the guesser; identical clues cancel out. Cooperative: the table wins or loses together.
- Players
- 3–7
- Length
- About 20 min
- You need
- Cards, easels and markers
- Who runs it
- Nobody
- Knocked out?
- No
Good for Families and groups who prefer not to compete.
Not for Big groups: it tops out at 7.
Board game
Codenames
A spymaster gives one word and a number to link several words on the grid; their team guesses while avoiding the assassin.
- Players
- 2–8+ in two teams
- Length
- About 15 min
- You need
- Cards and a key card
- Who runs it
- Two spymasters (players)
- Knocked out?
- No
Good for Word lovers who like a puzzle on the table.
Not for Groups who want everyone giving clues equally.
Board game
Herd Mentality
Everyone answers an opinion question and scores by matching the most common answer. It is about predicting the table, not being right.
- Players
- 4–20
- Length
- About 20 min
- You need
- Question cards, pens, paper
- Who runs it
- Nobody
- Knocked out?
- No
Good for Big groups and people who like to guess each other.
Not for Tables that want a clue giver and a target.
How to choose
Closest to Wavelength
Mind Match: same idea of a hidden spot on a scale, played on phones.
No competition
Just One.
A crowd of 12 or more
Herd Mentality.
Questions
Can I play Wavelength on partygame?
No. We don't host Wavelength. Mind Match is our own game on a similar idea, with its own scales and scoring.
How does Mind Match score?
By distance from the target on a 0–100 scale: 0–4 away scores 4, 5–10 scores 3, 11–18 scores 2, further scores nothing. The clue giver scores by the guessers' average distance: up to 6 scores 4, up to 12 scores 3, up to 20 scores 2.
Everyone in the same room?
partygame is for playing face to face, not online matchmaking: each phone keeps your secret and counts the votes, the talking happens at the table. Open a table in the browser, free, no app.