Never Have I Ever
Set up the game
How to play
- 1Pick the spice level and how many prompts the game lasts.
- 2Read the prompt out loud. Anyone who has done it drinks, or puts a finger down if you're playing ten fingers.
- 3Next prompt. And whoever wants to tell the story, tells it.
Example prompts
- Never have I ever lost track of a show and kept watching anyway
- Never have I ever fallen asleep at the cinema
- Never have I ever sung karaoke
- Never have I ever broken something at someone's house and said nothing
- Never have I ever built furniture and had parts left over
- Never have I ever missed a flight or a train
- Never have I ever ordered the weirdest thing on the menu out of curiosity
- Never have I ever gone to the cinema on my own
- Never have I ever slept with the TV on all night
- Never have I ever cut my own hair and regretted it
- Never have I ever sung in the car like I was in a music video
- Never have I ever looked for the phone that was in my hand
- Never have I ever cried at a cartoon film
- Never have I ever used the five-second rule
- Never have I ever rehearsed a conversation in the shower
- Never have I ever pretended to recognise a song
- Never have I ever had a playlist I would not show anyone
- Never have I ever taken a two-hour nap by accident
- Never have I ever popped to the shop in my pyjamas
- Never have I ever pushed a door that said pull
- Never have I ever said «you too» to someone who wished me nothing
- Never have I ever gone back home to check whether I locked the door
- Never have I ever scrolled to the very bottom of someone's profile
- Never have I ever laughed at the worst possible moment
A sample: the deck holds 1000, shuffled every game.
Frequently asked questions
- How many players do you need for Never Have I Ever?
- From 2 to 20. Fewer and it falls flat, more and it drags, though nobody is going to stop you trying.
- Do I have to download anything?
- No. Never Have I Ever opens in your phone's browser and runs right there: nothing to install, nothing to sign up for.
- Is Never Have I Ever free?
- Completely. Every card, every level and all six languages, with no account and no paid tier.
- How many prompts are there?
- A thousand, across five spice levels and written not to repeat themselves: no two are close enough for you to notice.
- Does it work over a video call?
- Yes. One person shares the screen or reads out loud and everyone answers from wherever they are.