Gotcha Liar
You'll never out-calculate a machine. Lucky for you, this game is about lying. Three AIs sit across the table, cards face down, swearing every claim is true. Call the bluff — or tell a better one.
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How to play
- Empty your hand before the others do. Finish 1st, 2nd or 3rd and you advance; finish 4th and you're out.
- Each round names a target rank. On your turn, play one or more cards face down and claim they all match it — truthfully, or not at all.
- After any play you can play again, pass, or call LIAR. A challenge reveals only the cards just played: if even one is neither the target rank nor a Joker, the player who played them takes the whole pile; if they were all valid, the challenger takes it instead.
What makes it different
Bluffing games normally need people. You need three friends who are free at the same time, or a public lobby full of strangers who leave halfway through. Gotcha Liar gives you three AI opponents who sit down every time you do, and who lie back — they play face down and claim whatever suits them, exactly like you.
There are no hidden roles here and nothing to deduce about who anyone secretly is. Everyone at this table is openly capable of lying, all the time, and the only question on the table is whether this particular claim is one of them. You read the play, not the person.
Calling LIAR is not free. Guess wrong and the whole pile is yours to get rid of, which is the opposite of what you want. So the game turns into a running argument with yourself about how much a suspicion is actually worth — and emptying your hand doesn't even end it, because the table gets one last chance to catch you on the way out.
Frequently asked questions
- Do I need to pay to play Gotcha Liar?
- You get 300 free credits when you sign up, and credits never expire. The game spends credits only when it generates new AI content, based on actual usage — there's no fixed per-round fee and no subscription required to start.
- Do I need friends or other players to play?
- No. Gotcha Liar is single-player: three AI opponents fill the table. There is no lobby, no matchmaking and nobody to wait for, and a table is never abandoned halfway through.
- Is this the same as the card game BS, Cheat or Bullshit?
- It's built on that core: cards are played face down, the player claims a rank, and anyone may challenge the claim. Gotcha Liar keeps that and adds the elimination structure — finish 4th and you lose — plus opponents who bluff on their own initiative rather than following a fixed script.
- What happens when I call LIAR?
- Only the cards from the most recent play are revealed. If any of them is neither the target rank nor a Joker, the player who made that play picks up the entire pile. If all of them were valid, you pick it up instead. Jokers always count as valid, so a claim backed by Jokers is genuinely safe.
- Do the AI opponents actually bluff?
- Yes. They play cards face down and make claims the same way you do, which means a claim from them carries no more guarantee than one from you. Catching them is the point of the game.
- Do I need to download anything?
- No. The game runs in the browser, in English or Simplified Chinese.