The Movie Night Game You Play While Watching

Guess The Trope is built specifically for movie night. Before the film starts, each player drafts a hand of trope cards — storytelling patterns like 'training montage,' 'fake-out death,' or 'the villain monologue.' While the movie plays, you note moments that match the tropes in your hand. After the credits, players take turns pitching one of their tropes and how they think it happened; the rest of the group votes hit or miss. Each trope that lands a hit scores one point. Works with any movie or TV show, and you can play across 15 genres including Action, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi, and Documentary. Free on web, iOS, and Android.

Guess The Trope is a multiplayer card game you can play with friends in the same room or remotely. One person starts a game, shares a 4-letter room code or QR, and everyone joins from their own phone or browser. You can play one-off matches or set up ongoing rivalries that track your head-to-head record over time. Because the game runs alongside whatever movie or show you're watching, it doubles as a movie night activity rather than replacing the movie.

A trope is a recurring storytelling pattern that shows up across movies, TV, and books — things like the 'chosen one' hero, the training montage, the fake-out death, or the couple who argue the whole film and fall in love at the end. Tropes aren't bad writing; they're familiar patterns audiences recognize. Guess The Trope turns spotting them into a game.

1) Pick a movie your group hasn't all seen. 2) One player starts a game and shares the room code; everyone joins from their phone or browser. 3) Each player drafts a hand of trope cards they think will appear in the movie. 4) Watch the movie together — when you spot a moment that matches one of your tropes, record what happened. 5) After the credits, players take turns pitching one trope and the moment they think it hit; the rest of the group votes hit or miss. Each trope that lands a hit scores one point (only one point per trope, even if it happened more than once). You can modify cards to boost their value or challenge an opponent's pitch for a swing.

Yes. Guess The Trope is free to play on the web at guessthetrope.com and as a free app on iOS and Android. There are no required purchases — sign up with an email or Google account and start a game.

Guess The Trope supports up to 12 players per game. Each player joins from their own device with a room code or QR. It works for a couples' movie night, a group hangout, or a remote watch party where everyone is streaming the same film.

No. You can play Guess The Trope directly in your browser at guessthetrope.com — no install required. If you prefer a native app, it's also available free on the App Store and Google Play, and your account works across web and mobile.