Play a Big Brother-Style Game Online

You've watched people get blindsided for 28 seasons. Reality Rivals: Online lets you find out what you'd actually do in the house — against 8–12 real players.

What is Reality Rivals: Online?

Reality Rivals: Online is a social strategy game built like the reality shows you love: a houseful of real people, alliances that form and shatter, competitions that decide who's safe, and a vote that sends someone home — over and over, until one winner remains. There's no impostor role and no task minigames. The entire game is the social layer: reading people, making deals, keeping them (or not), and timing your betrayal.

It launched in February 2026 as a one-person indie project by Americode, and players have already fought through 10,000+ matches and 190,000+ in-game chat messages of scheming. To be clear up front: it's an original, independent game inspired by shows like Big Brother — not an official or licensed Big Brother product.

How a match works

  1. Move in. You join a house with 8–12 real players, each with their own avatar and agenda.
  2. Social time. The Living Room opens. Alliances form in group chat and private messages — and the double-dealing starts immediately.
  3. House Captain & safety comps. Competitions decide who holds power and who's protected this round.
  4. The Targeting Ceremony. The house's targets are revealed, face to face. This is where blindsides happen.
  5. The exile vote. Someone leaves. Loyalties are exposed. The house resets and does it all again.
  6. The finale. The last rivals plead their case with speeches and Q&A, and a jury of the very people they evicted votes for the winner — the Regent Rival.

Two ways to play

Rivals BlitzHouse of Rivals
LengthAbout 45 minutesUp to 9 days
Feels likeA whole season in one sittingAn actual season — scheming between sessions, sleeping on your alliances
Best forTrying the game, quick fixes, game nightsThe full reality-TV experience

Inside the house

House of Rivals floor plan view
The house — rooms, rivals, and nowhere to hide
Living Room chat with players scheming
Living Room drama in real time
Targeting Ceremony reveal screen
The Targeting Ceremony
Winner screen showing the Regent Rival
One winner. Everyone else on the jury.

Not another impostor game

Most online deduction games hand one player a secret evil role and make everyone else guess. That's fun — but it's not how reality TV works. In Reality Rivals nobody is secretly the villain; everybody is openly playing the game. The threat isn't a hidden killer, it's your closest ally counting votes behind your back. If Among Us is a murder mystery, this is a season of television where you're the cast.

Frequently asked questions

Is this the official Big Brother game?
No. Reality Rivals: Online is an original, independent game inspired by social strategy shows like Big Brother, Survivor, and The Traitors. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to CBS, Banijay, Endemol Shine, or the Big Brother franchise.
Is it free to play?
Your first match is free. After that, matches use token entries, and there's an optional season pass. The browser version needs no download.
How long does a match take?
Rivals Blitz: about 45 minutes. House of Rivals: up to 9 days, like a real season.
How many players are in a match?
8–12 real players, live and in real time.
Where can I play?
In any browser at online.realityrivals.us, or with the iOS app.

The house is waiting

Your first match is free. Come find out if you're a strategist, a social butterfly, or the first one out.