What it is #
Genius or Goof is a quick game to play and laugh about with friends. A famous person shows up on a card: an athlete, a singer, an actor, a scientist, a writer, a business founder or an internet star, from today or from history. You give your verdict with one tap: genius, goof, or don't know if you don't know who they are.
Then the card gets its stamp. You see how everyone voted, as a meter and in percentages, how many votes there are, and what the crowd decided: genius, goof, a tie, or "who?" when most people didn't know them. You also see whether you agree with the crowd, and every vote in a row that agrees with it adds to your streak.
Not sure who someone is? Most cards show the person's photo, taken from their Wikipedia article (only photos under a free license). Tap Who's this? on the card to read when they lived and what they are known for, and who took the photo.
How to play #
| Phone or tablet | Computer | |
|---|---|---|
| Genius | Tap Genius | Left arrow |
| Don't know | Tap Don't know | Down arrow |
| Goof | Tap Goof | Right arrow |
| Next person | Tap Next, or anywhere on the screen | Space or Enter |
| Who's this? | Tap Who's this? on the card | I |
- Each person comes up once on your device; you vote on everyone only once.
- The crowd's totals count only the votes: nothing in them says who cast which vote.
- The game plays in English and in Spanish: switch with EN / ES in the menu. Some people show only in Spanish, because they are known mainly where Spanish is spoken.
- Light by day, dark by night: with the theme on auto (the foot of the menu), the game follows the sun where you are, going by your time zone, and fades to its night colours at dusk, even in the middle of a play. Set the theme to light or dark to keep one.
- Your profile keeps your stats: votes cast, how often you agree with the crowd, your best streak and more.
The leaderboard ranks players with a free account: the most votes, and the best streak with the crowd. Its top 10 is in the game and on this page.
Top 10
| # | Player | Votes | With the crowd |
|---|---|---|---|
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Players with a free account are ranked by their best results, under their player tag. As a guest your progress stays on your device: create an account to be on it.
Free, with or without an account #
Genius or Goof is free to play and needs no download. It works on phones, tablets and computers.
As a guest, your progress and settings are saved in this browser, on this device only. With a free player account, they follow you to every device where you sign in. The first time you open the game, you choose how to play: log in, create an account or play as a guest. Creating an account or playing as a guest asks your date of birth; the answer stays on this device, and is saved with your account if you create one. See the privacy policy and your account page.