How to play Party Game — every feature explained

Party Game is a live social space built around rooms — small virtual venues where up to twenty players walk around as avatars, talk over public chat, trade gifts, and trigger shared visual effects that everyone in the room sees at the same moment. There's no win condition and no level to clear. The point is the room itself: who's in it, what they're saying, and what happens next.

This handbook covers every feature a new player runs into in their first session, in roughly the order you'll encounter them — from joining a room to understanding how the referral program rewards you for bringing friends along.

Your account is built around three things you'll see constantly: a username, an avatar image, and a Star balance shown with a star icon in the top bar of every room. You can update your avatar and details any time from the Profile page, reachable from the 👤 icon in the room header.

From the room list, pick any open room and step inside. Rooms marked with a 💎 are VIP-only — more on those in chapter 13 — everything else is open to all players. Each room shows a live headcount in the format (0/20) so you always know how full it is before you walk in.

• Tasks (🎯 icon) — daily and ongoing objectives that reward Stars when completed.
• Leaderboard (🏆 icon) — see how your activity stacks up against other players.
• Shop (+ Buy button) — top up your Star balance directly.

Movement is simple: click or tap anywhere on the room floor and your avatar walks there, playing a short walking animation as it goes. Other players in the room see you move in real time — there's no separate "go" button, the room just updates live for everyone watching.

Each room has an exit, shown as a door icon. Stepping through it takes you to the next active room in sequence, which is the fastest way to room-hop if a space feels quiet or you're looking for a different crowd.

Type into the chat box at the bottom of the screen and press Enter or hit Send. Your message appears as a speech bubble directly above your avatar for a few seconds, so everyone in the room can see who said what without scrolling a separate chat log. It's built for quick, in-the-moment banter rather than long conversation threads.

A quick 👋 wave is available as a one-tap shortcut from the effects panel — useful for greeting someone without typing a full message.

If you want to talk to one person without the rest of the room reading it, tap their avatar and choose P-MSG from the interaction menu. This opens a private message window — separate from the public chat bubbles — where only you and that player can see what's written. Sent messages animate as a small paper plane flying across the screen, and if you receive a message while the window is closed, a notification badge pops up so you don't miss it.

Tap a player's avatar, choose 🎁 Send Gift, and pick from the gift menu. Your gift flies visibly from your avatar to theirs, spinning as it travels, then "lands" with an animation that matches its category. Every gift costs Stars, deducted from your balance the moment it's sent, and a notification announces the gift to the whole room.

Gifts fall into five reaction styles — knowing the difference helps you pick the right one for the moment:

Whichever category, the gift stays visible on the recipient's avatar for about ten seconds before fading — long enough for the room to notice and react.

Beyond gifts, the interaction menu (tap any avatar) includes five playful actions you can aim at another player, each costing a small number of Stars and playing a short animation on their avatar that the whole room can see:

These are meant as lighthearted banter between players who are enjoying themselves together — use your judgment about who's actually up for it.

The effects panel (🎮 icon, bottom-left) also has a grid of effects you can apply to your own avatar — useful for standing out, celebrating, or just messing around. Each costs a few Stars and plays for several seconds: Dance, Spin, Jump, Pulse, Shake, Float, Ghost, Grow, Angry, Sleep and Tea each give your avatar a distinct animated personality, from a heartbeat glow to a sleepy "Zzz" cloud.

These are the showpiece feature: full-screen effects that transform the entire room for everyone inside it at once, each with its own sound design. Trigger one from the effects panel and it broadcasts instantly to every player present.

Because these broadcast to the entire room, they're often used to mark a moment — someone joining, a celebration, or just to liven things up when a room's gone quiet.

Most rooms include a shared video screen near the top of the floor. Open the 📺 playlist button to browse available videos and pick one — it costs Stars to start playback, and once selected, it plays for everyone currently in the room at the same time, turning the space into a small shared viewing party rather than something only you control.

Stars are the currency behind gifts, effects, interactions and shared video — your balance sits visibly in the top bar of every room. You don't need to spend a cent to earn them:

• Hourly Bonus — a floating bonus box appears in the room roughly once an hour. Tap it within its short window to claim a free Star reward before it disappears.
• Tasks — daily and recurring objectives in the Tasks tab that pay out Stars on completion.
• Leaderboard — active, well-ranked players are positioned for periodic rewards.
• Referrals — covered in detail in the next chapter.
• Shop — for players who'd rather skip the grind, Stars can also be purchased directly.

Every player has a unique referral code sitting in their Profile. Share it with a friend, and when they sign up using your code and become active in a room, both of you receive a Star bonus — it's a two-way reward, not just a finder's fee.

Invites also stack into milestone rewards — the more friends you bring in who stick around, the bigger the bonus:

Track exactly who joined through your code, and which rewards you've already claimed, from the Profile page at any time.

Rooms marked with a 💎 icon are reserved for VIP members — the room mechanics inside are identical to any other room, but the crowd and atmosphere are curated for VIP players specifically. VIP status is reflected next to your name and avatar wherever you go.

Some rooms also have an official host, recognizable by a red-bordered avatar and a 👑 ADMIN badge above their head. Hosts can occasionally gift a Star bonus to players in the room as a welcome or appreciation gesture — if you see one drop into your room, it's worth saying hello.