Games like Jackbox

No TV, no laptop, no cables. These are modes in the Dronk app for iPhone.

1. The Quiz: the host shares a 4 digit pin, up to 16 players answer on their own phones at the same time, and the fastest right answer scores most. Ends on a podium.
2. Most Likely To: a question like "who is most likely to miss their own flight" pops up and everyone votes from their own phone in LIVE mode. The result shows who the group picked.
3. Would You Rather: two options, everyone votes in secret on their phone, then the split is revealed. The fun is defending the side nobody else picked.
4. Pandora's Box: everyone writes an answer, and the answers are read out without names. Then the room tries to work out who wrote what, which is the same itch as Quiplash.
5. Imposter: pass one phone around. Everyone sees the secret word except the imposter, each player gives one clue, and the group votes on who is faking it.
6. The Spy: everyone learns the location except the spy. Ask each other questions until someone gets nervous, then vote.
7. The Bomb: the screen shows a category, you say an answer and pass the phone before the hidden fuse goes off. 350 categories in 7 packs.
8. $20 Draft: the viral TikTok draft game. Everyone bids from 20 coins on picks for their team, and the app draws who wins.
9. The Board: music jeopardy with real song clips. Teams pick a category and a value, and the louder half of the room usually wins.

Someone opens the game on a laptop or TV, everyone else joins with a link or a code.

1. Gartic Phone: the telephone game with drawings. Write a sentence, the next player draws it, the next describes the drawing, and the replay at the end is the best part.
2. skribbl.io: one player draws a word, everyone else types guesses, and faster guesses score more. Make a private room and share the link.
3. Codenames online: the free official browser version of the board game. Two teams, a grid of 25 words, and a spymaster who gives one word clues.
4. Kahoot!: a quiz on a shared screen, answers on phones with a game PIN, and points for speed. Write your own quiz about the people in the room.
5. Board Game Arena: a website with a huge library of board games you play in the browser, good for a group spread across different cities.
6. AirConsole: turns phones into game controllers for games that run on a shared screen, with a party section for groups.

1. Use Your Words: everyone answers on their phone, writing captions and filling in blanks, then the room votes for the funniest. The closest thing to Quiplash outside Jackbox.
2. Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes: one player sees a bomb on the screen, everyone else has the defusal manual and can't see the bomb. Pure shouting, best with 3 to 5.
3. Among Us: crewmates do tasks, impostors sabotage, and the meetings are where friendships end. Everyone plays on their own device, phones included.

1. Dictionary: one player reads a rare word, everyone writes a fake definition, and the real one hides among them. Points for fooling people. It is Fibbage on paper.
2. Telephone Pictionary: a stack of paper per player, alternating sentence and drawing, passed around the circle. Drawful and Gartic Phone without the Wi-Fi.
3. Fishbowl: everyone writes names on slips, then teams guess them in three rounds: describe it, one word only, then act it out.
4. Heads Up: hold a phone or a card to your forehead and guess the word while your team describes it. Fast, loud and good for any group size.