🎮 the roster

Eighteen games. One rival.

Short answer
Duelo bundles eighteen games — five word games, four board games, a trivia quiz, a drawing game, a quiz about each other, a word-fighting game, a snake fight, two panic games and a co-op carrying game — and turns each one into a duel against one specific person. 9 of the 18 can be played asynchronously with a friend, so they never have to be online at the same time as you. PIVOT! is co-op instead — one sofa, same side.

Word games

Board games

Quiz, draw & guess

Arcade & party

Co-op

Which games work in which mode

Not every game supports every mode, and the site never claims otherwise — this table is generated from the same registry the app reads.

GameVersusTurnsCo-opAnytime
Crossword Chaos✓·✓✓
Word Chaser✓··✓
Cluster Clash✓··✓
Cipher Storm✓··✓
Path Pursuit✓··✓
Anagram Race✓··✓
Four in a Row·✓··
Fleet Hunt·✓··
Dots & Boxes·✓··
Mancala·✓··
Trivia Duel✓··✓
Doodle Duel✓··✓
Know Me✓··✓
Word Brawl✓···
Snake Battle✓···
Bomb Pass·✓··
Trapdoor Panic·✓··
PIVOT!··✓·

What the four modes actually mean →

Questions about the roster

How many games are there?+

Eighteen. Six are free from the start: Word Chaser, Word Brawl, Fleet Hunt, Four in a Row, PIVOT! and Know Me. One payment unlocks the rest, and nothing has to be unlocked by playing. Joining a game a friend invites you to is always free.

Can every game be played with a friend?+

Yes. All eighteen are played against someone you invite — there is no matchmaking. Nine of them — the five word games, Trivia Duel, Doodle Duel and Know Me — also work when your friend isn't online: you play your round now and they answer it later. The board games, Bomb Pass and Trapdoor Panic are turns on one shared board. Word Brawl and Snake Battle are live only, because a fight needs the other person there. PIVOT! is co-op.

Which games are co-operative rather than competitive?+

PIVOT!, where you each carry one end of a sofa (or a fridge, or a grand piano) through traffic. There's no loser, so it doesn't affect your rating. Know Me has a winner but is unrated too: it's about knowing each other, not ranking anyone.

Can I play them in iMessage?+

On an iPhone, sixteen of them play right inside Messages, and Snake Battle and PIVOT! send an invite that opens the app. On Android, every game is in the app.

What happened to Sudoku and Queens?+

They retired in October 2026, when seven new games arrived: Snake Battle, Doodle Duel, Trivia Duel, Know Me, Anagram Race, Mancala and PIVOT!