Everything You Need to Know

TrivGang is a live multiplayer trivia game you play with friends (or strangers) in real time. One person creates a room, shares a code, and everyone joins on their own device. Questions appear on screen simultaneously, players buzz in to answer, and the fastest correct answer wins each round. Think game show — not quiz bowl homework. The whole thing runs in your browser, no app download required.

Yes — completely free to create rooms and play. No signup required to join a game as a player. You only need an account if you want to host rooms regularly and track your stats. The core trivia experience costs nothing.

No download needed. TrivGang runs in your mobile or desktop browser. Just go to trivgang.polsia.app, create or join a room, and you're live. It works on iPhone, Android, Mac, Windows — anything with a modern browser. We'd recommend Chrome or Safari for the best experience, but it's not picky.

TrivGang is designed for 2 to 8 players per room — ideal for friend groups, small parties, or head-to-head 1v1 matches. With more than 8 players the buzz-in mechanic gets chaotic in ways that aren't fun (trust us, we tested it). If you need a bigger game, run multiple rooms in parallel and compare final scores.

From the homepage, tap "Create Room". You'll get a unique 4-character room code. Share that code with whoever you want to play with — they enter it on the homepage and they're in. Once everyone's in the lobby, the host taps "Start Game." Done. The whole setup takes about 30 seconds.

When a question appears, there's a brief reveal phase where the question text animates in word by word. Once the question is fully displayed, the buzz-in timer starts. Tap anywhere on your screen to buzz in — you don't need to hit a specific button. Whoever buzzes in first gets 6 seconds to speak or type their answer. If they get it wrong or time runs out, the round opens back up and other players can buzz in.

TrivGang uses fuzzy matching — you don't need to spell things perfectly or use the exact wording. If you answer "Napoleon" for a question about Napoleon Bonaparte, that's accepted. Minor typos are forgiven. However, the answer needs to be substantively correct — "France" won't work if the answer is "Napoleon." The system is tuned to be generous on spelling but strict on accuracy.

For spoken answers (on mobile), the same fuzzy logic applies to what gets transcribed. Speak clearly and you'll get credit for close matches.

A standard game has 3 rounds with 7 questions each — 21 questions total. This takes about 12–18 minutes depending on how quickly everyone answers. It's designed to be satisfying without dragging — long enough to have real swings in the score, short enough to play another game immediately after.

Points are awarded for correct answers. Speed matters — buzzing in faster earns more points than buzzing in slowly. There's no penalty for buzzing in and getting it wrong (beyond wasting your 6-second window). A player who consistently gets the right answer fast will dominate. Tiebreakers are decided by a sudden-death question where the first correct answer wins.

TrivGang covers a broad range of categories across all rounds: General Knowledge, Science & Nature, History, Pop Culture, Sports, Technology, Geography, and Entertainment. Questions span multiple difficulty levels within each category. You'll get a mix — no game leans too heavily into any one topic, which is what makes it competitive across different knowledge types.

Absolutely — 1v1 is actually the most intense way to play TrivGang. Head-to-head buzz-in competition is electric. Create a room, share the code with one person, and you've got the most competitive possible format. A lot of our players use it as a ritual: same two people, every week, keeping a running score over time.

The server determines who buzzed in first by timestamp — it's not just "who tapped first on their screen" but who the server registered first. Your connection speed matters a tiny bit here, but the advantage is measured in milliseconds. In practice, genuine ties are extremely rare and the faster network response wins fair and square.

TrivGang's question bank is curated and reviewed for accuracy, fairness, and fun. Questions come from a mix of human-written and AI-assisted sources, all verified for factual correctness. We prioritize questions that have a clear, definitive answer — no trick questions, no "it depends," no questions where the answer changed last year. If you encounter a question that seems wrong, use the feedback option in the results screen to flag it.

No — questions are drawn from a large, constantly growing question bank and randomized each game. You won't get the same set twice in a row during normal play. The bank is large enough that regular players (multiple games per week) will rarely repeat questions in the same month. We add new questions regularly to keep things fresh.

Yes. After any game, you can flag questions that seemed incorrect, ambiguous, or unfair via the results screen. Our team reviews every report. If a question is confirmed to be wrong, it's corrected or removed, and we credit the affected players where possible. We take question quality seriously — a game where the correct answer is marked wrong is broken.

Mixed difficulty by design. Every game includes questions that most people will know, questions that require some real knowledge, and at least a couple that will stump even well-read players. The goal is to never let any single player answer everything — if one player is dominating every question, the game isn't competitive. We target a range where good players get 60-75% right under time pressure.

To join a game as a player, no account is needed — just enter the room code and pick a username. To host rooms and access your game history and stats, you'll need to create a free account. Signing up takes 30 seconds and gives you a persistent profile across games.

If a player disconnects, the game continues for everyone else. The disconnected player's spot is held for 30 seconds — if they rejoin with the same room code and username, they're back in with their current score intact. If they don't rejoin, the game continues without them. If the host disconnects, the game pauses for up to 60 seconds before timing out. We're working on host-migration functionality.

Yes — cast your browser to a TV or connect via HDMI and use it as the "big screen" that everyone watches. Each player uses their own phone to buzz in and answer. This is actually the best party format: the question appears on the big screen, everyone scrambles for their phone. It's exactly how those big TV game shows feel, scaled down to your living room.

Currently English only. We know — it limits who can play. Language expansion is on the roadmap but requires significant question-bank work for each language (you can't just translate questions without reviewing them for cultural relevance and regional knowledge gaps). Spanish is likely to come next. If your language is important to you, let us know via the contact page — usage demand helps us prioritize.