Apple TV party games
Party games that actually run on Apple TV
Most party game apps are made for a phone passed around a table. These 13 have a real Apple TV app, so the game sits on the TV where the whole room can see it.
The short answer
- For a drinking game about your own friends: Couch Questions. Every card names a player, it plays with just the Siri Remote, and it's the only app here that writes whole decks about your group with AI.
- For classic Never Have I Ever on the TV: Never - Party Game, which is made as a drinking game, or I Have Never: Dirty Game for adults-only statements.
- For a big group where everyone has a phone: The Jackbox Party Starter, or The Jackbox Naughty Pack when it's adults only.
- For no phones at all: Couch Questions, Pass the Remote! and Charades! Play Anywhere need nothing but the TV and the Siri Remote.
- For drawing: SketchParty TV, with one iPhone or iPad passed to whoever draws. It isn't sold in EU App Stores.
- For trivia: Nontrivial and Triviathon: AI Quiz Party write questions on any topic with AI; Family Trivia Night is Jeopardy-style, with you as the host.
Side by side
| App | Best for | How you play | Price | AI | Drinking game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Couch Questions Our app | A drinking game about your own friends | Siri Remote, no phones | Free, no ads; optional AI pass | Writes decks about your group | Yes |
| Never - Party Game | Classic Never Have I Ever, as a drinking game | Statements on the TV | Free; full version $2.99 | No | Yes |
| I Have Never: Dirty Game | Adults-only Never Have I Ever | Read aloud from the TV | Free; subscription | No | No |
| Most Likely To | Pointing fingers at your friends | Read aloud, everyone points | Free with ads; subscription | No | No |
| The Jackbox Naughty Pack | Adult party games on everyone's phone | Everyone's phone | $19.99 | No | No |
| Big Black Cards | Rude card games for big groups | Everyone's phone | Free | AI voice host | No |
| The Jackbox Party Starter | A big mixed group with phones | Everyone's phone | $19.99 | No | No |
| SketchParty TV | Drawing and guessing in teams | One iPhone or iPad to draw on | $5.99 | No | No |
| Pass the Remote! | Mini-games with no phones at all | One Siri Remote, passed around | Free; $9.99 unlocks all | No | No |
| Charades! Play Anywhere | Charades with any number of players | One guesser at the TV | Free; $19.99 unlocks all cards | No | No |
| Nontrivial | Trivia on any topic, written by AI | Answers from a web browser | Free | Writes trivia on any topic | No |
| Triviathon: AI Quiz Party | AI trivia with just the Siri Remote | Siri Remote, passed around | Free | Writes trivia on any topic | No |
| Family Trivia Night | Jeopardy-style trivia with the family | You host on the TV | Free; subscription | No | No |
Drinking and grown-up games
For adults only. Some put one card at a time on the TV and need nothing else; others use everyone's phone.
Couch Questions Our app
Best for: A drinking game about your own friends
A party and drinking card game where every card calls a player out by name. The orb, its AI, asks who's coming and writes a whole deck about your group, as nice or as brutal as you choose.
- How you play
- Set it up with the Siri Remote and every card appears on the TV; nobody needs a phone. Read Questions Aloud can read each card out.
- Players
- 2 or more, no upper limit
- Price
- Free, with no ads and 3,200 built-in cards. AI decks on Apple TV use Cloud AI, which comes with the weekly Cloud AI Pass ($1.99 a week).
- Languages
- English, Dutch, German, French, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese
- Needs
- tvOS 26.0 or later
- Made by
- Couch Apps (Samuel Lucas Ribeiro Cortez)
Never - Party Game
Best for: Classic Never Have I Ever, as a drinking game
Never Have I Ever as a drinking game on the TV, with more than 500 statements in categories that run from mild to ones you'd rather your parents never heard.
- How you play
- The statements appear on the TV.
- Players
- Not stated
- Price
- Free, with paid upgrades: the full version is $2.99, or $3.99 without ads.
- Languages
- English, Danish, Hungarian, Polish
- Needs
- tvOS 15.0 or later
- Made by
- Grumsen Development ApS
I Have Never: Dirty Game
Best for: Adults-only Never Have I Ever
Never Have I Ever for adults only, with five categories of statements. Its iPhone app can also write statements with AI; the Apple TV listing doesn't mention that.
- How you play
- One person reads each statement to the group.
- Players
- Not stated
- Price
- Free, with a Premium subscription.
- Languages
- English, Dutch, German, French, Spanish and 16 more
- Needs
- tvOS 12.0 or later
- Made by
- Vanilla b.v.
Most Likely To
Best for: Pointing fingers at your friends
A statement is read out and everyone points at the friend it fits best. Over 2,000 questions in ten packs, with a free Pre-Party pack to start.
- How you play
- Someone reads the statement out loud and everyone points at who it suits best.
- Players
- Not stated
- Price
- Free, with ads and a Premium subscription.
- Languages
- English, Dutch, German, French, Spanish and 11 more
- Needs
- tvOS 12.0 or later
- Made by
- Vanilla b.v.
The Jackbox Naughty Pack
Best for: Adult party games on everyone's phone
Three adults-only Jackbox games, Fakin’ It All Night Long, Dirty Drawful and Let Me Finish, played on everyone's phone or tablet.
- How you play
- The game runs on the Apple TV; players join at jackbox.tv on their phone or tablet with the room code.
- Players
- 3 to 8, plus an audience
- Price
- $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
- Languages
- English
- Needs
- tvOS 14.0 or later
- Made by
- Jackbox Games, Inc.
Big Black Cards
Best for: Rude card games for big groups
A card game for grown-ups: everyone plays their best (worst) white card from their phone, a rotating judge picks the winner, and an AI host reads the prompts out on the TV.
- How you play
- Phones are the controllers and the TV is the stage. Friends join with a room code or QR code, with no accounts.
- Players
- Up to 15
- Price
- Free, with no in-app purchases listed.
- Languages
- English
- Needs
- tvOS 17.0 or later
- Made by
- Adam Aragon
Party games for any crowd
Fine with family, colleagues or friends you don't know that well yet.
The Jackbox Party Starter
Best for: A big mixed group with phones
Three Jackbox games, Quiplash 3, Trivia Murder Party 2 and Tee K.O., played on the TV while everyone uses their phone or tablet as the controller. Only the host needs to own it.
- How you play
- The game runs on the Apple TV; players join at jackbox.tv on their phone or tablet with the room code.
- Players
- Up to 8, plus an audience
- Price
- $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
- Languages
- English
- Needs
- tvOS 14.0 or later
- Made by
- Jackbox Games, Inc.
SketchParty TV
Best for: Drawing and guessing in teams
Pictionary-style drawing in two teams: whoever draws gets the iPhone or iPad, and the drawing shows up on the TV for their team to guess. It isn't sold in EU App Stores.
- How you play
- Needs one iPhone or iPad, passed to whoever draws. The drawing appears on the TV.
- Players
- 2 to 16, in two teams
- Price
- $5.99. The in-app purchases are optional tips.
- Languages
- English, Dutch, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Norwegian
- Needs
- tvOS 17.0 or later
- Made by
- Magnate Interactive Ltd
Pass the Remote!
Best for: Mini-games with no phones at all
A pack of ten games for the Apple TV, played by passing one Siri Remote from hand to hand. No phones and no accounts.
- How you play
- One Siri Remote, passed from hand to hand.
- Players
- 1 to 4, or 5 and more in teams
- Price
- Free to start; $9.99 unlocks everything. No ads.
- Languages
- English
- Needs
- tvOS 18.0 or later
- Made by
- David Anderson
Charades! Play Anywhere
Best for: Charades with any number of players
Charades on the TV: one player stands in front of the screen while everyone else calls out clues before the timer runs out.
- How you play
- One player stands in front of the TV and guesses while the others give clues.
- Players
- Unlimited
- Price
- Free, without ads; $19.99 unlocks all cards.
- Languages
- English
- Needs
- tvOS 15.0 or later
- Made by
- Appcano LLC
Trivia nights
Questions on the TV, answers from the couch. Two of these write their questions with AI.
Nontrivial
Best for: Trivia on any topic, written by AI
Live trivia on the TV: type a topic, paste some text or upload a PDF, and its AI writes a new game in seconds. Questions, answers and a live leaderboard play out on the big screen.
- How you play
- The host runs it from a phone, tablet or computer; everyone else answers in a web browser with the game code.
- Players
- Not stated
- Price
- Free, with no in-app purchases listed.
- Languages
- English
- Needs
- tvOS 17.0 or later
- Made by
- Ragwalla, LLC
Triviathon: AI Quiz Party
Best for: AI trivia with just the Siri Remote
Trivia with an AI generator: type any topic and it writes the questions. Play multiple choice, or Spot the Lie, its take on Two Truths and a Lie.
- How you play
- With the Siri Remote: pass it around or play together.
- Players
- Not stated
- Price
- Free, with no in-app purchases listed.
- Languages
- English
- Needs
- tvOS 26.5 or later
- Made by
- Zobair S
Family Trivia Night
Best for: Jeopardy-style trivia with the family
A trivia game in the style of Jeopardy where you are the host: pick boards for holidays, pop culture or the Bible, or make your own.
- How you play
- You play host and choose the games.
- Players
- Not stated
- Price
- Free, with an optional subscription.
- Languages
- English
- Needs
- tvOS 18.0 or later
- Made by
- Chris Voronin
How we picked
Every app here has its own Apple TV app, not just AirPlay from a phone. We checked each one's listing in the US App Store on 27 September 2026: prices are in US dollars, and player counts and features are what the listings and the apps' own websites say. They change, so check the listing before you pay for anything. If something here is wrong or out of date, email contact@couchapps.eu and we'll fix it.
Questions
Can you play drinking games on Apple TV?
Yes. Couch Questions and Never - Party Game have their own Apple TV apps and are made as drinking games. Couch Questions names a player on every card and can write a deck about your group with AI; Never - Party Game puts Never Have I Ever statements on the TV.
Do you need phones to play party games on Apple TV?
Not for all of them. The Jackbox games and Big Black Cards use everyone's phone as a controller, and SketchParty TV needs one iPhone or iPad to draw on. Couch Questions, Pass the Remote! and Charades! Play Anywhere need only the TV and the Siri Remote.
Is there an AI party game for Apple TV?
Yes. Couch Questions asks who's coming and uses AI to write a deck of party and drinking cards about your group. For trivia, Nontrivial and Triviathon: AI Quiz Party write questions on any topic you type in, and Big Black Cards has an AI voice host that reads the cards out.
What are the best free party games for Apple TV?
Free to download on this list: Couch Questions (3,200 cards, no ads), Pass the Remote! (free to start, $9.99 unlocks everything), Charades! Play Anywhere, Big Black Cards, Nontrivial and Family Trivia Night. Most free apps sell extra packs or a subscription inside.
Which Apple TV party games work in other languages?
Couch Questions plays in English, Dutch, German, French, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese. I Have Never: Dirty Game and Most Likely To come in more than a dozen languages, and SketchParty TV in eight. The Jackbox games and the trivia apps here are in English.