The party game app for uni: freshers, flat parties and pre-drinks
Antics puts nine party games on one phone, with thousands of hand-picked cards, no ads and no sign-up: made for a kitchen full of people who met last week. Pass it round at pres, a flat party or a night in. It works whether people are drinking or not, and it’s free to start on iPhone and Android (it also runs on iPad).
| Games | Nine on one phone: Antics mode, Spicy, Imposter, Never Have I Ever, Truth or Dare, Most Likely To, Would You Rather, The Four Kings and What Are The Odds. |
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| Cards | Thousands, all hand-picked. Your phone won’t repeat one until you’ve seen the lot. |
| Players | One phone, passed round. Add names and some cards call people out by name. |
| Platforms | iPhone and Android (it also runs on iPad). On Google Play it isn’t available in Mexico or Brazil. |
| Price | Free to download. Imposter and The Four Kings are free to play, and every other game except Spicy comes with free cards. Antics Premium unlocks the full decks and Spicy. |
| Drinking | Optional. Nothing in it depends on drinking, and the app never tells anyone to drink. |
| Languages | Eleven languages: English, Spanish (Spain and Latin America), Portuguese (Portugal and Brazil), German, French, Italian, Dutch, Polish and Czech. Spicy cards are in English. |
| Ads | None. |
| Accounts | None. No sign-up, no login. |
| Age | Rated 18+ on the App Store. |
What to play, and when
Here’s the game for each part of the night, from week one in halls to the last half hour of pres.
- Would You RatherWeek one with strangers: everyone votes at once
- Most Likely ToFinding out who’s who
- Never Have I EverOnce people have relaxed
- ImposterRound the kitchen table. Free to play
- Antics modePres: the phone runs it while people get ready
- What Are The OddsChaos before a night out
- The Four KingsOne last game before you head out. Free to play
- Truth or DareWhen the room’s warmed up
- SpicyLate, with your actual mates. Premium
Pre-drinks games that aren’t drinking games
Pres is the hour where people are still arriving, someone’s still getting ready and nobody wants to learn the rules of anything. One phone passed round fixes it. Antics mode deals dares, votes and rules that stay live for a few cards, so the game rolls on as people come and go.
The app itself never tells anyone to drink, and nothing in it depends on drinking. It fits pres without being a drinking game, and the flatmate who isn’t drinking plays exactly the same game.
Not drinking tonight? Party games without drinking explains how it works.
Freshers week: start gentle
In week one you’re playing with strangers, so open with games where nobody is put on the spot: Would You Rather, then Most Likely To. Never Have I Ever works once people relax, and Imposter gives the quiet ones a proper role.
→ Freshers icebreakers that aren’t cringe
→ Icebreaker questions for a new class or club
Hosting at your flat? The 15-minute reset gets the kitchen back to normal before bed.
Play it right: a dare or a forfeit should cost dignity, not wellbeing. Agree that anyone can swap one they won’t do, and look after your mates.
How it works
- Download Antics free on iPhone or Android. No account, no sign-up.
- Pick a game. Add names if you like, and some cards will call people out by name.
- Pass the phone round. Read the card out, do what it says, tap for the next one.
- Your phone remembers which cards it has shown, so nothing repeats until you’ve seen the lot.
Try it before you download
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Party games for uni: FAQ
What’s a good party game app for uni?
Antics puts nine games and thousands of hand-picked cards on one phone, from Never Have I Ever to Imposter. It’s free to start on iPhone and Android (it also runs on iPad), has no ads and no accounts, and works whether people are drinking or not.
What are good games for freshers week?
Start with Would You Rather and Most Likely To, because nobody is put on the spot. Play Never Have I Ever once people relax, and Imposter when everyone’s sitting down. All four are in Antics.
What are good pre-drinks games?
Ones that keep going while people arrive: Antics mode, What Are The Odds and The Four Kings. Antics never tells anyone to drink, so the whole flat can play.
Is Antics free?
It’s free to download. Imposter and The Four Kings are free to play, and every other game except Spicy comes with free cards. Antics Premium unlocks the full decks and Spicy.
Is Antics 18+?
Yes. It’s rated 18+ on the App Store and picked for adult groups. Spicy, the after dark deck, is part of Antics Premium.
Nine games. One phone. Zero prep.
Free to start on iPhone and Android (it also runs on iPad). No ads, no accounts, nothing to set up before pres.
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