Reality Rivals: Online

The reality-TV social strategy game. Form alliances, win challenges, survive the Targeting Ceremony, and outlast your rivals to become the Regent Rival.

Play free in your browser iOS App Store

Press contact: walter@americode.us

About the game

Reality Rivals: Online drops 8–12 players into a shared house and hands them one goal: be the last rival standing. There are no tasks, no maps, no minigames-as-filler — the entire game is social. You move room to room, whisper in the Kitchen, campaign in the Living Room, cut deals, and swear loyalty you may or may not keep.

Each round, a House Captain rises, Safety Passes are won, and the Targeting Ceremony puts someone's game on the line. Alliances form fast and break faster. Every eviction is personal, because every player did it to someone.

It's the part of reality TV competition shows fans argue about — the strategy, the blindsides, the "how could you" — turned into a game you can actually play. Jump into a Rivals Blitz match that wraps in a single sitting, or settle in for a full House of Rivals season that plays out over days. The first match is free.

Factsheet

DeveloperAmericode (independent)
LaunchFebruary 2026
PlatformsWeb browser (desktop & mobile) · iOS app
PriceFree first match; token entries & optional season pass after
Players8–12 per match, live & real-time
Match lengthRivals Blitz: about 45 minutes · House of Rivals: up to 9 days
Websiteonline.realityrivals.us
App StoreReality Rivals: Online
Press contactwalter@americode.us

By the numbers

1,600+registered players
10,000+matches hosted
190,000+in-game chat messages
45 min–9 daysfrom Blitz sprints to House of Rivals seasons

Trailer

Download: trailer (MP4, 9:16, 20s)

Key features

  • Pure social deduction — no impostor role, no busywork. The whole game is negotiation, alliances, and votes.
  • A living house: move between rooms and hold private conversations the rest of the house can't hear.
  • House Captain, Safety Pass challenges, and the Targeting Ceremony decide who's in danger each round.
  • Two formats: Rivals Blitz wraps in a single sitting; House of Rivals is a full season that unfolds over days.
  • Live seasons with a rotating cosmetics shop, coins, and player-run drama that carries between games.
  • Cross-platform: same game on desktop web, mobile web, and the iOS app.

Screenshots

The House of Rivals floor plan with rooms players can enter to chat
The House of Rivals — pick a room, pick your allies.
Living Room chat during Social Time with players campaigning to be saved
Social Time — campaigning, begging, scheming.
Targeting Ceremony screen with the House Captain selecting House Targets
The Targeting Ceremony — someone's game is on the line.
Safety Pass Challenge results with the winner highlighted
Safety Pass results — immunity, earned or lost.
Reality Rivals key art: first game's free — the trust issues are forever
Key art.

All images and the logo (PNG, 800×800) may be used freely for coverage. Screenshots are native portrait captures from live gameplay.

The story

Reality Rivals: Online is built and run by a lifelong superfan of strategy reality TV who wanted the thing the shows can never give you: a seat in the house. It launched in February 2026 as a one-person independent project and has grown into a live game with players scheming around the clock — real alliances, real blindsides, and at least one friendship bracelet betrayed beyond repair.

For interviews, community game nights, or a private lobby for your podcast or site to play together, email walter@americode.us — happy to set one up.