Guess Ladder is a party game for two to eight people that runs straight in the browser. One person creates a lobby, shares the four-letter code, and everyone else joins — no account, no download. What happens next depends on the mode: sometimes you estimate, sometimes you bluff, sometimes you draw, sometimes you hunt down a traitor. This page explains every mode with its actual rules: how long the board is, how many steps a hit is worth, and when a match ends.
The mode the game is named after: estimation questions on a slider, 30 squares to the finish. Whoever lands closest climbs fastest — whoever misses badly slides back.
⚡No waiting for anyone. Everyone answers their own questions at their own pace and climbs twelve rungs. Right is one step up, wrong is one step down.
🤝The most-played mode. One person knows the real answer and invents three fake ones. Everyone else has to find the truth — every wrong vote pushes the writer forward.
📝Describe it, draw it, or act it out — the writer chooses. Whoever guesses the word first scores together with the writer. The faster the guess, the more squares.
🕵️Everyone knows the secret word — except the spy. Through clue words and voting rounds, the spy has to be exposed before they work the word out.
⚔️One on one across seven squares. Estimation questions earn diamonds, diamonds buy advances, new pieces or a tower. Reach the enemy house and you win.
Learning games about the Romans, Vikings, Ancient Egypt and the Universe, with an explanation after every question. Plus write and publish your own games.
🔢One player is secretly given a number from 1 to 10 and a category. What they write says more about them than about the answer.
🎴The familiar board with four truth squares and three dare squares. Three face-down cards to pick from, one skip per round.
🤫A personal question and a secret instruction: be honest or make it up. Everyone else votes on which it was.
The Library uses the same ladder board as the standard mode but swaps the question pool for a fixed topic. Instead of estimation questions you get multiple-choice knowledge questions, and after each one a short explanation appears telling you why the answer is what it is. It is meant as a learning game that does not feel like studying.
Available topics: The Romans, The Vikings, Ancient Egypt and The Universe, parts 1, 2 and 3. More are added over time.
The Library also lets you build your own games: you write the questions yourself and add one estimation question for each of the two betting squares. Your games can stay private or be published — published games show up for everyone else under "Public games".
The Guess Ladder mode itself has several question pools and special variants. The board and the scoring stay the same; only the questions change:
| Variant | What changes |
|---|---|
| Standard | The mixed base pool of estimation questions about everyday life, the world and numbers. |
| General knowledge | Questions with one clearly correct answer instead of pure estimates. |
| Country mode | Questions about a chosen country: Switzerland, Germany, Italy, the USA, England or Austria. |
| Fun | Absurd and silly estimation questions for later in the evening. |
| Rate it | Instead of numbers, you rate on a scale of 1 to 10 — questions about the people you are playing with. |
| Truth or Dare | The board gains four truth squares and three dare squares. |
| 80% truth, 20% lie | Personal questions where lying is allowed — the others guess whether the answer was true. |