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iMessage app · now in beta

Party games for your group chat.

58 games that live inside iMessage. Nobody waits, nobody signs up, and a narrator called the House keeps score of who had it coming.

Now in beta App Store coming soon Ask for an invite
ThumbBout app preview: a Pecking Order round, a Coupled Up finale and a Sketchy gallery.
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ToppleTruth or DareWhisperNightfallDaily QuestPecking OrderScribble PhoneSketchyLive WireOdd Thumb OutDialed InThe GazetteMore Sam Than SamLow BlowsOut of ContextBarsMinefieldHeadcaseTypicalJust MarriedThick as ThievesLong ShotCoupled Up
Wall RaceSnakes & LaddersChessBackgammonChinese CheckersDominoesTexas Hold'emWarCrazy EightsHeartsGin RummyWord GridWord TilesFour in a RowReversiDots & BoxesMancalaSea BattleCheckersUltimate Tic-Tac-ToeYachtCipherIsleForty-TwoLudoCornersFlockBloomAscentPaper FootballBSSolitaire8 BallFive-Card DrawSeven-Card Stud
01 / the message is the game

Nobody waits.

Party games don't do turns. Everybody answers whenever they find their phone, in any order, and the bubble fills in as the chat piles on.

  1. 1

    Send it.

    Pick a game, hit send. It lands in the thread like any other message.

  2. 2

    Answer whenever.

    Checkout line, mid-meeting, three days late. Any order works.

  3. 3

    Open it late.

    Missed the whole thing? The bubble replays everything that happened while you were gone.

Everyone in the chat needs the app to take a turn. Anyone without it gets a link that explains the game.

Thursday Crew
Sam
ok go. any order. nobody wait on anybody
Priya
Odd Thumb Out bubble: a grid of clue cards, face down.
Odd Thumb Out · Round 1: Things with a bark2 of 3 clues in, face down. Somebody is about to write “versatile”.
Sam clued
clued. also I am in the shower
Jo
did mine in the checkout line
Jo
Typical bubble: a bingo grid made of friends' habits.
Typical · 2 of 3 have writtenNobody signs them. Everybody will know.
Priya wrote
Sam
wait who put “texts back in 3 business days”
it is always Jo
Priya
The Gazette bubble: a newspaper front page with a headline.
The Gazette · Noah wins the weekJournalism is dead and Noah is dancing on it.
Jo played
Priya
rematch.

Live readout: > answers in 0/4
> turns taken 0
> who is waiting nobody
> server none

  • Topple
  • Truth or Dare
  • Whisper
  • Nightfall
  • Daily Quest
  • Pecking Order
  • Scribble Phone
  • Sketchy
  • Live Wire
  • Odd Thumb Out
  • Dialed In
  • The Gazette
  • More Sam Than Sam
  • Low Blows
  • Out of Context
  • Bars
  • Minefield
  • Headcase
  • Typical
  • Just Married
  • Thick as Thieves
  • Long Shot
  • Coupled Up
  • Texas Hold'em
  • War
  • Crazy Eights
  • Hearts
  • Gin Rummy
  • BS
  • Solitaire
  • Five-Card Draw
  • Seven-Card Stud
  • Wall Race
  • Chess
  • Chinese Checkers
  • Four in a Row
  • Reversi
  • Dots & Boxes
  • Mancala
  • Sea Battle
  • Checkers
  • Ultimate Tic-Tac-Toe
  • Isle
  • Ludo
  • Corners
  • Flock
  • Bloom
  • Ascent
  • Paper Football
  • 8 Ball
  • Snakes & Ladders
  • Backgammon
  • Dominoes
  • Yacht
  • Forty-Two
  • Word Grid
  • Word Tiles
  • Cipher

Say you pick chess. Now say nobody wants chess. 58 games. Somebody will want one.

02 / party games

Games about your actual friends.

More than 20 party games for 3 to 10 people. Fake names, real opinions, zero mercy. The House is judging all of it.

  • Pecking Order as it looks in a chat bubble

    Pecking Order

    Rank your friends. Guess where you landed.

    3 to 10 playersany order

    Ranks, roasts, receipts.

  • Coupled Up as it looks in a chat bubble

    Coupled Up

    Anonymous villa. Pure rizz. Who coupled up?

    4 to 10 playersany order

    Fake names, secret agendas, a firepit.

  • The Gazette as it looks in a chat bubble

    The Gazette

    Your week, in headlines your friends wrote.

    3 to 8 playersany order
  • Scribble Phone as it looks in a chat bubble

    Scribble Phone

    Draw it, guess it, watch it all go wrong.

    3 to 8 playersany order

    Draw it, pass it, watch the picture mutate.

  • Low Blows as it looks in a chat bubble

    Low Blows

    Fill the blank. Win the room.

    3 to 10 playersany order

    Family deck by default. The 18+ deck is opt-in.

  • Minefield as it looks in a chat bubble

    Minefield

    Bury a word. Wait for someone to say it.

    3 to 10 playersany order
  • Dialed In as it looks in a chat bubble

    Dialed In

    Where would the chat put you? Find out.

    3 to 10 playersany order
  • Typical as it looks in a chat bubble

    Typical

    Bingo, made of your friends' habits.

    3 to 10 playersany order
  • Headcase as it looks in a chat bubble

    Headcase

    Everyone can read your forehead but you.

    3 to 10 playersany order
03 / the house

A narrator with notes.

Every game and every finish gets commentary from the House: dry, punny, and extremely willing to describe your losing streak in the nicest possible way. Then comes a podium, your record against that friend, and a roast.

house.log — lines from the real thing

$ house --verdict win

Noah takes the belt. The rest of you are now legally required to call them that until the next game.

Aimed at how you played, never at who you are.

A ThumbBout chess end screen: a podium, a record of six losses in a row and a line from the House. Roasted, publicly
04 / play as your thumb

Win games. Unlock a thumb.

Every game has its own hand-drawn mascot. Equip one and it takes your seat, rides on your bubbles, and holds up a comeback when you've earned it. Pick a thumb, pick a taunt.

Sir Thumbsalot, laughing
Checkmate, peasant.
Character
Taunt

Five animated taunts per character. The comebacks are aimed at how you played, not who you are.

LaughThumbs downBoo-hooRageComeback
05 / the collection

A wall of thumbs. All of them hold grudges.

Every game has a mascot. Hover one to meet it.

06 / the fine print, such as it is

Nothing to sign up for.

accountsnone. Open it and play.
adsnone.
trackingnone. No analytics, no crash reporter, no third-party SDKs.
data collectednothing. There is no server to send it to.
works offlinethe whole app does. Sending a move still needs iMessage, which we did not invent.
the message is the save file https://thumbbout.com/play?g=chess&v=2&s=AQ4x7fK…the whole game…&c=9f3a1c2e

Tap or hover a piece of the link. Every bubble carries one of these, and that's the entire backend.

07 / start

Three taps to game night.

  1. 1

    Open any chat.

    One-on-one or a group of ten. Messages, any conversation.

  2. 2

    Tap + then ThumbBout.

    It lives in the app drawer. Look under More if it's hiding.

  3. 3

    Pick a game. Send.

    Tap the bubble to play. From then on, the bubble is the game.

Mystery Game

One button picks a game that seats your whole chat and sends it before anyone can object.

Your group chat is already the funniest room you're in. Give it a game night.

Now in beta App Store coming soon Ask for an invite

No accounts. No ads. Nothing collected. Bring your own friends.