Would You Rather

Would You Rather questions: Which one would you pick?

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Fly or be invisible? Lose every photo on your phone or every message? Smell like onions for a year or taste onions in everything you eat for a year? This collection of Would You Rather questions has 84 of them, split into Classic, Hard choices and Gross and awkward. You tap the option you would choose and immediately see what percentage of other players agreed with you.

That live percentage is what makes the online version better than shouting choices across a table. Pick the unpopular side and the whole group turns on you; pick with the 70 percent and you are boring. There is no winning, only defending yourself.

It is free, needs no account and takes one phone. Play it in the car, in a queue, over dinner, or as the warm-up before a bigger party game.

1 Pick your level: Classic, Hard choices or Gross
2 Tap the option you would choose
3 See what percentage of players agrees, then pass the phone

What is the Would You Rather game and why is it so hard?

Each card offers two options and forces you to choose. Neither is clearly better: both are tempting, both are terrible, or both are disgusting. The difficulty comes from having to explain your pick, because the question that follows is always "why?".

It suits every age. Kids argue about superpowers on the Classic level, teenagers about social media and pizza, adults about whether they would rather know how or when they will die.

Would You Rather illustration with a thinking face, a balance scale, a question mark and a shrugging man

How do the votes work?

Tap your answer and the card flips to show the percentage of all players who chose the same option. You see at once whether your choice is mainstream or rare, and so does everyone looking over your shoulder. Then pass the phone and the next person gets a new card.

The three levels have 28 cards each. Choose one level or mix them so a superpower question can be followed by a public toilet seat.

What are some of the hardest Would You Rather questions?

A few from the deck that split groups right down the middle:

  • Give up social media forever, or never watch another film or series
  • Know exactly how you will die, or exactly when
  • Always tell the truth, or never speak again
  • Lick a public toilet seat, or lick the floor of a bus
  • Sneeze every time you say the word I, or burp every time someone says your name

When do people reach for Would You Rather questions?

Whenever a conversation needs a kick-start. Teachers use the Classic level as a first-day icebreaker, because an eight-year-old will defend flying over invisibility for a full ten minutes. Road trips use it between service stations. First dates use it to find out how someone thinks without asking anything serious, and the Hard choices level does that job quietly well. Work teams throw a few cards into the start of a video meeting, and families play Gross and awkward at the dinner table until someone's mum calls time. Because the percentages come from real players, the cards double as an argument settler: 68 percent chose the sea over the city, so the city people can stop talking.

Would You Rather questions: FAQ

How many Would You Rather questions are in the game?

Eighty-four cards: 28 Classic, 28 Hard choices and 28 Gross and awkward. Each card is a pair of options you tap between. Within one session a card is not repeated, and Mix everything shuffles all three levels together.

Where do the percentages come from?

From everyone who has tapped an answer on that card before you, across all languages the game is available in. The number updates as more people play, so a card that was 50-50 last month may lean one way now. Your own tap is added the moment you choose.

Are the Would You Rather questions appropriate for kids?

The Classic level is: superpowers, food, city versus sea, pets. Hard choices includes questions about death and loneliness that suit teenagers and adults more. Gross and awkward is harmless but disgusting, which children tend to love and parents tolerate.

Can I skip a question I do not want to answer?

Yes. Tap Next question and the card is replaced without recording a vote. Groups sometimes make skipping cost a forfeit, but the game itself leaves that up to you. Nothing is tracked beyond the anonymous vote count.

Is this a good first-date game?

Surprisingly good. The cards are light enough to keep things fun and specific enough to reveal how someone thinks: whether they would rather be alone for a year or never alone again says a lot. Start on Classic and move to Hard choices if the conversation is going well.

Can I suggest my own Would You Rather question?

Not inside the game, but every card tends to spawn new ones at the table. The deck is updated now and then with pairs that players keep inventing, especially in the Gross and awkward category, where the imagination of the public has no floor.

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