Draw badly. Get them to guess anyway.

Pixel Fail is a drawing and guessing game to play with friends, for 2 to 6 players. Players take turns drawing a word in pixel art while the others type their guesses live. Except that every round, an absurd constraint gets in the way: your pixels fall like bricks, get mirrored, shake, blow away in the wind, or vanish from your screen. The result is rarely pretty, and that's the whole point.

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Pixel Fail home screen — Pick a name, create a game and share the code.

Choosing between an easy word and an absurd one — Easy word, or absurd word for 50% more points?

Two constraints announced in Chaos mode — In Chaos mode, two constraints at once.

Drawing a cat with the Mirror constraint — Mirror constraint: each pixel is copied symmetrically.

The word and the round's points revealed — The reveal: the word, the drawing replayed and the points.

What makes Pixel Fail different

Absurd constraints: Mirror, Upside mirror, Kaleidoscope, Gravity, Wind, Shaky hand, Blindfolded, Flashlight, Upside down, Mixed-up brushes, Colorblind, Sprint, Small budget… Every round is a new challenge.
Five game types: Classic, Chaos, Auction, Flash and Relay, to keep every game night fresh.
374 words in English, as many in French, from very easy ("A cat") to downright absurd ("A vampire at the dentist", "A skiing pizza"). The host picks the language of the words.
Live drawing: every pixel shows up on the other screens the moment it's placed.
Forgiving guesses: typos and plurals are accepted.
No sign-up: a name, a 4-letter code, and off you go.

All the rules in detail: game rules.

Where to play?

Right in your browser, on a computer or a phone, at pixel-fail.app/jouer. An Android app is also available for testers. Browser and app players play together in the same games.

Contact

An idea for a constraint, a word to add, a bug? Write to contact@pixel-fail.app.