Guess the Movie
Name the film as its poster sharpens from a blur
Category: Trivia · Players: free-for-all · Status: Stable
Each round shows a heavily blurred movie poster that sharpens over a few seconds. Chat races to type the title — the first correct guess wins the round and ends it. Play a set of rounds; the most titles named takes the crown.
Gameplay
A blurred poster appears and eases toward clear. The earlier you recognise it, the more of a jump you get on the room.
Just type the film’s name in chat — no command. Common variants and subtitles are accepted, so you don’t have to match punctuation exactly.
The first correct guess ends the round and banks a point. The host then advances to the next poster, or reveals to move on if nobody gets it.
Late joiners are welcome between rounds — there’s no elimination, so a viewer arriving mid-set just starts scoring from the next round.
How the reveal works
The round is a race against the blur: the poster starts unreadable and sharpens toward clear, so recognising it early is the whole skill.
- Earlier is better. There’s no per-step scoring, but the first correct guess ends the round — so reading the poster while it’s still fuzzy is how you beat the room.
- Forgiving matching. The title is checked loosely: common alternate titles and subtitles count, and case and punctuation do not matter. See Answer matching.
- The answer stays hidden. The title isn’t in the live data until the round ends, so it can’t leak early.
Configuration
| Option | Values | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Rounds | A number | 8 |
| Seconds per round | seconds the poster takes to sharpen | 15s |
| Genres | Adventure (186) · Action (185) · Drama (156) · Comedy (136) · Thriller (123) · Science Fiction (121) · Family (88) · Fantasy (88) · Animation (85) · Crime (67) · Romance (61) · Horror (59) · Mystery (32) · History (15) · War (15) · Music (11) · Western (4) · Documentary (2) · TV Movie (2) | All |
| Ratings | G (20) · PG (91) · PG-13 (167) · R (185) · NR (22) | All |
| Gift fast-forwards | a gift that skips seconds of the reveal | Off until set |
Round length. How long a poster takes to ease from full blur to clear. A shorter round makes each poster a tighter reaction test.
Fast-forward gift. Optional — off until the host configures it. When set, sending the gift skips seconds off the sharpening curve for the whole room (see Gifts).
Layout
- Marquee — game title and how-to hint.
- Round + gift strip — round number, and the fast-forward gift when configured.
- Poster — the blurred poster, sharpening over the round.
- Leaderboard — players ranked by titles named.
- Guess pill — the live count of guesses this round.
The game moves through Lobby → Round → Revealed → Finished.
Gifts
Guess the Movie’s gift is a cooperative fast-forward — it sharpens the poster faster for everyone, and never picks a winner. It’s off unless the host sets it.
- Each configured gift skips seconds off the poster’s sharpening, jumping the reveal forward for the whole room.
- Bigger gifts skip more — a typical ladder is Rose 3s, Heart 3s, Galaxy 8s, Lion 20s.
- It only speeds up the reveal; the round is still won by the first correct guess.
Scoring
- Each round won adds one to your per-streamer win count (which drives avatar ring tiers).
- The most titles named across the set wins; ties are shipped as co-winners.
- Wins are tracked per streamer.