couchslop / Jackbox alternative
A free Jackbox alternative
Party games that run in your browser
One TV, everyone's phone, nothing to buy.
- Freeevery game on the shelf
- No installa browser on the TV
- Phonesare the controllers
- Audienceplays along too
Already in a room? Enter the code.
If you like Jackbox, here's what's the same
The shape is the one you know. A TV shows the game, everyone in the room plays from their own phone, and you join by typing a short room code into the phone's browser. Nobody downloads an app, and nobody needs a controller.
And what's different
Nothing to buy
A Jackbox Party Pack costs around $30. couchslop's Loaded Potato is free to play, with no ads and no sign-up. The paid extras are optional.
Nothing to install on the TV either
Jackbox runs on a console or computer that owns the pack. couchslop runs in the TV's browser: open couchslop.com/host on a laptop, a smart TV or a cast tab and you're playing.
One room all night
Everyone scans once. Move from game to game on the home screen and phones follow, without anyone joining again. Latecomers get a seat in the next game.
The audience is in every round
Once the seats fill, more phones join the audience and answer the same polls as the players. On stream, Twitch chat can vote just by typing in chat, no phone needed.
More than prompts and drawings
Alongside the comedy-answer game there's a tower defense, a kart race steered by tilting your phone, a co-op kitchen and a game of hot potato. Your phone is a joystick as often as a keyboard.
Made for streaming
Streamer mode keeps seats private and the room code for chat, holds reveals for your stream delay, and every track of music is safe for VODs.
Side by side
| couchslop | Jackbox Party Packs | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free to play | Around $30 a pack, or a $4.99 monthly streaming channel |
| The TV runs on | Any web browser | A console, PC, Mac or streaming device that owns the pack |
| Players join with | A phone browser and a room code | A phone browser and a room code |
| Audience | Phones, plus Twitch chat votes in streamer mode | Phones, in many games |
| Switching games | One room for the whole evening | A new room for each game |
| Library | A handful of games, growing | Dozens of games across many packs |
Where Jackbox is ahead
Jackbox has been making these games for more than a decade, and it shows: there are far more of them, they're polished, and they're on every console. If you already own a pack and love it, keep playing it. couchslop is newer and smaller, and it's for the nights when nobody owns a pack, the console's in another room, or you want to try something without paying first.
Start a game in a minute
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Open the home screen on the TV
Go to couchslop.com/host in the TV's browser, or on a laptop plugged into it. A room code and a QR code appear.
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2
Everyone scans once
Phones scan the QR code or type the code at couchslop.com/play. Pick a name, and you're seated.
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3
Pick a game, then another
Choose from the TV or any phone. When one game ends, pick the next; nobody joins again.
Questions
- Is it really free? Yes. Every game on the shelf costs nothing to play. We sell optional extras, like a custom party edition where your guests write the trivia.
- How many people can play? Two to eight in most games, and Tater Racers and Fry Cook take up to four. Anyone else joins the audience.
- Can we play over a video call? Yes. Share the TV tab on the call and everyone joins from their own phone with the room code.
- No laptop? A spare phone or tablet can be the TV, cast or plugged in.