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Help with Game Shows ONLINE: how to put it on the TV, how players join on their phones, how the host runs the night, and what to do when something goes wrong.
Help topics
- Set up the TV: How to put Game Shows ONLINE on a smart TV, an Android TV or a laptop plugged into the TV, and link it to your account so it opens your party every time.
- Join a game on your phone: How players join on their phone: scan the QR code on the TV or type the four-letter room code, then pick a nickname and a picture. No app or account.
- Host from your phone: How the host runs the night from their phone with Backstage: start games and shows, set rules, pause, skip, mute the TV, and play along or be Quizmaster.
- Troubleshooting: Fixes for the common problems: the TV shows a sign-in code again, there's no sound on the TV, a phone can't join, or a player dropped out of the game.
- Plans and billing: What each plan includes: Basic costs nothing and includes Imposter, the Trial has every game for a month or 5 plays, and Unlimited is for regular hosts.
Quick answers
What do I need to start?
A TV with a web browser (or an Android TV with our app, or a laptop plugged into the TV) and a phone for each player. Only the host makes an account. Set up the TV.
How do players join?
They scan the QR code on the TV with their phone camera, or go to gameshows.online and type the room code, then pick a nickname. No app and no account. Join on a phone.
Who runs the game?
The host, from their own phone. They pick the games, set the rules and can play along too. Host from your phone.
Something isn't working
Most problems are quick to fix: a TV with no sound, a phone that can't join, or a screen that looks stuck. Troubleshooting has each fix.
More help
- How it works, with a short video
- How-to videos for each game
- Questions and answers
- Every game's rules