Simulators show you a season. We built the version where you're actually in it — scheming against 8–12 real people who are scheming right back.
Credit where it's due — if you want to simulate a season, these are the classics:
The genre's beloved standard for over a decade. Cast anyone — friends, celebrities, cartoon characters — and watch a full season generate itself, complete with competitions, nominations, and messy jury votes. Endlessly customizable, endlessly rerunnable.
A newer fan-made simulator where you make the calls — nominations, challenges, and social moves — and steer the season to the finale. More hands-on than BrantSteele, still single-player.
Both are free, browser-based, and great at what they do. But they share one limit: every houseguest except you is generated by the program. Nobody is actually plotting. Nobody actually feels betrayed. And that feeling is the entire show.
Reality Rivals: Online is what happens when you replace the simulated cast with 8–12 real people. Real alliances form in the Living Room. A real House Captain takes power. Real safety competitions decide who's protected, a real Targeting Ceremony puts targets on real backs, and a real vote sends someone home — a person who will absolutely remember what you did. At the finale, a jury of your evicted rivals decides whether your game deserves the win.
| A simulator | Reality Rivals: Online | |
|---|---|---|
| The cast | Generated characters | 8–12 real players, live |
| Your role | Watch the season play out | You're a houseguest — scheme, compete, survive |
| The betrayals | Random rolls | Real people choosing to break real promises |
| A season takes | A few minutes | ~45 min (Rivals Blitz) or up to 9 days (House of Rivals) |
| Cost | Free | First match free; token entries after |
Your first match is free. Come see what a Targeting Ceremony feels like when the votes are real.