Truth or Dare in a minute
Truth or Dare is the turn-taking party game where each player chooses between answering a question honestly and doing a playful challenge. It has been played at sleepovers and parties for generations. A good game is all about laughing together, and the best dares are the silly ones.
How to play Truth or Dare
You need at least two people, and it is livelier with four or more. Sit in a circle and agree on any off-limits topics before the first turn.
- Choose who goes first. Pick the youngest, roll a dice or spin a bottle. Play then moves around the circle.
- Ask "Truth or dare?". The player beside them, or the whole group, asks the question. The player picks one.
- Answer the truth honestly. If they pick truth, someone asks them a question and they answer it truthfully.
- Or do the dare. If they pick dare, someone sets a safe, quick challenge, like singing a nursery rhyme in a robot voice, and they do it.
- Pass the turn. The next player in the circle takes a turn. Play until everyone has had a few goes or the group wants to stop. There is usually no score.
Passing and switching
- Many groups give each player one or two passes for the whole game.
- Some let a player who refuses a truth switch to a dare instead, or the other way round.
- A common house rule is that you cannot pick truth more than twice in a row.
- House rules vary, so decide these before you start.
See Truth or Dare on your phone
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Playing Truth or Dare online
Online, nobody has to think up a question on the spot. On your turn you tap Truth or Dare, and the room draws a prompt from its built-in deck for everyone to see. Different one swaps it for another of the same kind. When you are finished, tap Answered for a truth or Did it for a dare, or tap Pass to let it go. Dares run on a 60-second countdown, and a dare still going when time runs out counts as a pass. Truths have no timer.
Rooms take 2 to 8 players, and turns rotate in seat order. The host picks 4, 6 or 8 turns and a category of Friends, Funny, Family or Bold, or a mix of all four. The host can skip a stuck turn. There is no score, and the end of the match shows who did what.
If you are in the same room, do the dares where everyone can see. If you are apart, turn on the built-in video call so the group can watch, or keep your usual FaceTime or Zoom call running and share the room link.
Tips and house rules
- Agree on limits first. Anyone can pass without having to explain why.
- Keep dares quick and safe, and do them where the group can see. Nothing that could break, hurt or embarrass anyone.
- Ask truths you would be happy to answer yourself.
- For younger players, use the Family category online, or stick to dares like doing an animal impression or telling a joke.
- In a big group, choose 8 turns online so more people get a go, or play a second match.
- Over a video call, pick dares that work on camera, like making a funny face or showing something from your room.
100 Truth or Dare questions
Truths
- Who in this room would you call first with big news?
- What's a small habit of a friend here that you secretly love?
- What's the nicest thing someone here has done for you?
- Which person here gives the best advice, and why?
- What's a favourite memory you share with someone in this room?
- If you swapped lives with someone here for a day, who and why?
- What's one thing you'd love to try with this group?
- Who here would you want on your team in a crisis?
- What's the best inside joke you share with someone here?
- Who here would you trust to plan a surprise party for you?
- How did you first meet someone in this room?
- What's one thing you've learned from someone here?
- Who here would last longest on a desert island, and why?
- What's the most embarrassing song on your playlist?
- What's a weird food combo you secretly enjoy?
- What's the silliest thing you've cried about?
- What's your most ridiculous fear?
- What's the worst haircut you've ever had?
- What nickname would you never want repeated?
- What's the most useless talent you have?
- What's a childhood dream job that makes you laugh now?
- What's the weirdest dream you can remember?
- What's the most ridiculous thing you've done to avoid a chore?
- What's the clumsiest thing you've ever done in public?
- What's a word you always mispronounce?
- What's the silliest thing you believed as a child?
- What's a family tradition you never want to lose?
- What's the best meal someone in your family makes?
- What's a lesson from a grandparent you still use?
- What's your favourite holiday memory?
- Who in your family are you most like, and how?
- What's a story your family always retells?
- What's something you'd thank a family member for?
- What's a game you loved playing growing up?
- What's a family recipe you'd love to learn?
- What's the funniest thing a younger relative has ever said?
- What's your earliest happy memory?
- Which relative would win a talent show, and with what act?
- What's a goal you've told almost no one about?
- What's a risk you're glad you took?
- What's a belief you've completely changed your mind on?
- What's something you want to be braver about?
- What's the most spontaneous thing you've ever done?
- What's a compliment you find hard to accept?
- What would you do this year if you couldn't fail?
- What's a small secret talent you rarely show off?
- What's something you've never admitted you're scared of?
- What's the hardest apology you've ever had to make?
- What's a skill you'd love to be famous for?
- When do you wish you'd spoken up but didn't?
Dares
- Give everyone in the room a genuine one-line compliment.
- Do your best impression of the person to your left.
- Speak only in questions until your next turn.
- Text a friend a random 'thinking of you' message right now.
- Let the group pick your next selfie pose and strike it.
- High-five or wave at every person before your next turn.
- Tell a 20-second story using only happy words.
- Swap seats with someone and keep their energy for a round.
- Describe the person on your right in three kind words.
- Invent a team name and chant for this group, then lead it.
- Guess everyone's favourite colour, one try each.
- Introduce every player like a game-show host.
- Make up a four-line rhyme about this group.
- Talk in a robot voice until your next turn.
- Do your best runway walk across the room.
- Invent a dramatic backstory for your shoes.
- Laugh like a cartoon villain for five seconds.
- Narrate what everyone is doing like a nature documentary.
- Do your best slow-motion celebration.
- Make up a jingle for the snack nearest to you.
- Balance an imaginary book on your head and give a speech.
- Whisper everything you say until your next turn.
- Act out your morning routine in fast-forward.
- Pull your silliest face and hold it for ten seconds.
- Explain how to make toast as if it were a top-secret mission.
- Freeze like a statue for 20 seconds while others try to make you laugh.
- Do your best impression of a relative saying hello.
- Teach the group a family saying or phrase.
- Recreate a classic family-photo pose.
- Give a heartfelt toast to the room in ten seconds.
- Hum a tune from your childhood and let others guess.
- Show everyone your proudest cooking or baking move.
- Act out a chore as if it were an Olympic sport.
- Wave and say 'I love you all' like an old movie star.
- Act out someone calling the whole family for dinner.
- Give a museum-guide tour of the room you're in.
- Name five relatives in five seconds.
- Act out a well-known fairy tale in 20 seconds without words.
- Give a passionate 20-second speech about anything you love.
- Let the group dare you to try one new accent right now.
- Do your boldest dance move for the whole room.
- Confidently sell the object nearest you like a TV advert.
- Sing the chorus of any song out loud, full commitment.
- Strike three superhero poses and name your powers.
- Deliver a dramatic movie-trailer voiceover about tonight.
- Give everyone your best motivational pep talk.
- Teach the group something you're good at in 30 seconds.
- Freestyle rap for ten seconds about the room you're in.
- Open a comedy show: announce yourself and tell your best joke.
- Announce your own name like a superstar, then take a grand bow.
Truth or Dare FAQ
How do you play Truth or Dare?
Players take turns. On your turn you choose truth, and answer a question honestly, or dare, and do a quick challenge. Then the next player goes.
How many people do you need?
Two is enough, but four or more is more fun. The online room takes 2 to 8 players.
Can you skip a truth or a dare?
House rules vary. Many groups allow one or two passes each. Online, you can tap Pass on any prompt or ask for a different one of the same kind.
Is Truth or Dare OK for kids?
Yes, with kind truths and safe, silly dares. The online deck is written for everyone, and the Family category is a good place to start.
Can you play Truth or Dare on Zoom or FaceTime?
Yes. Keep your call running and share the room link, or use the video call built into the room so everyone can see the dares.
Is it free to play Truth or Dare online?
Yes. The room is free in any browser, with no app to download and no account to create.
