Start with the lobby
Enter the display name you want to use on the creator’s page. Read its How to Play panel before joining other people.
For a new table, use the Host a Room controls and check the visibility choice. Public listed rooms are discoverable by people browsing the room list.
For an existing table, ask the host for the room code and enter it in Join by Code. Check that you have the intended room before joining.
For matched play, choose the table size first. The lobby shows 1v1 and larger options, with rated and unrated quick-play choices presented separately.
Survival replaces solo depth
The in-game help gives three central rules: answer before the puffer explodes, use rarer answers to move toward an extra heart, and do not reuse an answer for the current question. The objective is to stay in the game, rather than treat every turn as a solo depth record.
Read the current room’s instructions before starting. A category response must still be valid, and an already-used answer is unavailable for that question. Tracking what other players have said is therefore part of the challenge, alongside retrieving a name quickly enough for your turn.
Prepare a good room session
Agree on the intended room with friends before joining. Keep the room code in the group that is meant to play, and consider the visibility setting when hosting. A public list and a private invitation are different ways of finding a table.
Have a fallback answer ready, but listen for duplicates before your turn. A rare candidate can help toward extra life only if you can submit it in time and it has not already been used. Use the Unlimited guide for solo repetition when you want practice without a live table.