Jackbox Games are among the greatest party games to have ever been made. With the possible release of the seventh Jackbox Party Pack, now is a good time for gamers who haven’t touched the franchise, to get in on the action. While these games are largely intended to be played with friends in person, many of them can be played online by streaming the gameplay and playing remotely.
The first six packs have 25 unique games, with some having multiple iterations across titles. With this many options, it’s inevitable that some — if not all — of these games would appeal to you and your circle of friends. These games test your knowledge, your wit and your reaction times and always bring a memorable experience.
25 You Don’t Know Jack - Party Pack 1, 5
Three rounds of trivia questions with pop culture twists will pit up to four players against each other, earning money for correct answers but losing money otherwise. How much you earn is dependent on how quickly you answer, so don’t think too hard.
24 Drawful - Party Pack 1
Players draw their secret prompts while the other players create fake answers for all drawings. The 3-8 players then try and guess which of the answers is the real prompt for each piece of art.
23 Word Spud - Party Pack 1
Players are given a single word, then everyone must think of a witty phrase that begins with that term. Everyone then votes on the quality of each answer and the funniest one steals the round. This can be played with up to eight players.
22 Lie Swatter - Party Pack 1
Up to 100 players can partake in this true/false trivia contest. Seven facts of differing categories will appear on screen and all players must rush to answers “True” or “False” as quickly as possible for a more points.
21 Fibbage - Party Pack 1, 2, 4
2-8 players must come up with their best fake answers for question prompts, before voting to try and guess the correct answers. Players earn points for fooling others with their lies, as well as for correctly guessing the answer for the question.
20 Earwax - Party Pack 2
Each round’s judge must select a prompt for the other players, who will then choose two sound effects from a random list that they think best fit the prompt. After all effect combos are played, the judge picks their favorite.
19 Bidiots - Party Pack 2
Players create drawings for two prompts before an auction. One piece of art will be high value, while the other is low. The idea is to earn the most money by selling your art for too much and buying others’ for too little, with hints given to everyone to spice things up.
18 Quiplash - Party Pack 2, 3
Prompts are given to two players each, with each player receiving two questions total.
Each player must come up with the funniest answers they can, before then voting for their favorites answers in every matchup.
17 Bomb Corp. - Party Pack 2
Players work as a team to defuse bombs, with each player receiving different hints on their phones regarding which wires are to be cut. Up to four players can play but you can also work solo if you prefer to do puzzles on your own.
16 Trivia Murder Party - Party Pack 3, 6
Up to eight players compete in a trivia gameshow, being sent to the “Killing Floor” every time a question is answered wrong, where they risk being killed or given handicaps. In the end, it’s a mad dash of a trivia lightning round to escape the house.
15 Guesspionage - Party Pack 3
Players are given questions and “yes”/“no” answers from surveys and must guess the percentage of participants who gave that answer. Points are awarded based on how close you are to the correct answer.
14 Fakin’ It - Party Pack 3
One player is secretly ascribed the role of “faker”. The faker’s job is to lie about everything but avoid being caught, while all others actively seek to uncover them. Players will answer questions about themselves, then defend their answers to the group if questioned.
13 Tee K.O. - Party Pack 3
All players draw t-shirt designs without prompts, as well as come up with t-shirt slogans. Players will then match slogans to t-shirts to create the funniest combinations they can, before everyone votes on their favorites designs.
12 Survive The Internet - Party Pack 4
Up to eight players will answer the given questions they are provided, before those answers are given to others without context. Players will compete to come up with the most ridiculous contexts for the other players’ answers, voted on by each other.
11 Monster Seeking Monster - Party Pack 4
Each players plays a monster with a unique power, and must send four text messages each night to other monsters of their choice, in an attempt to woo them. Each player then chooses one monster to ask on a date. If two players pick each other, they earn points.
10 Bracketeering - Party Pack 4
Players are all given the same prompt and must come up with their own answers.
The answers are all put into a bracket, in which players will vote on all matchups until one answer remains.
9 Civic Doodle - Party Pack 4
A minimalist art piece is given, and two players will each make their own additions to it. The other players will vote on whose is best, and two more players will continue off of that piece. Once a drawing is complete, names for the piece are voted on.
8 Split The Room - Party Pack 5
Players are sent yes/no hypothetical questions with a fill-in-the-blank for them to answer. The objective is to create a hypothetical situation that splits the room in opinions as evenly as possible.
7 Mad Verse City - Party Pack 5
Up to eight players compete in rap battles, with other players deciding the victors of the matchups. All verses begin with a Mad Libs still fill-in-the-blank line, which players follow up with an original, rhyming line that they write from scratch.
6 Zeeple Dome - Party Pack 5
A very different game, this one has all players controlling astronauts that have been abducted by aliens. Players will combat aliens in a series of platforming action games, with a wide array of weapons and power-ups to try.
