The Jackbox Party Pack is a collection of games, typically five in each pack, intended to be played with a group of people. It features both competitive and collaborative games including trivia, fill in the blanks, and even letting you flex your artistic muscle with some art-based games.
All Jackbox Party Pack Games, Ranked
With several titles released, and more on the way, it can be hard to know where to start. Could the newest game offers the best of what you want? Or maybe, there’s a game in a particular pack that isn’t available in future ones but looks the most fun. Perhaps, it’s somewhere in the middle.
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Number 9: Jackbox Party Pack
Games – Drawful, Fibbage XL, Lie Swatter, Word Spud, You Don’t Know Jack
The number of players possible for Swatter (100) is perfect for a gaming stream. Coupled with Drawful, where you draw out a phrase and others guess what it is, and Word Spud, a word association where people vote for the best and worst, it’s still great for a party.
The first is the lowest as it doesn’t offer the greatest of variety. You have trivia and drawing. That’s about it. Jack, Swatter, and Fibbage are all variations of each other. The straightforward trivia of Jack, the lying trivia of Swatter, and the lying trivia/fill in the blanks of Fibbage. It can feel redundant for some.
Number 8: Jackbox Party Pack 5
Games – Mad Verse City, Patently Stupid, Split the Room, You Don’t Know Jack: Full Stream, Zeeple Dome
You Don’t Know Jack returns with its most complete version, taking from predecessors and adding features for streamers like an audience mode. Patently Stupid is a fun drawing game where people write down problems and then players draw solutions to the problem. Mad Verse City can be stupid fun or cringy but still, a good time as people use text-to-speech to write rap verses against each other.
The problem is with the other two games. Split the Room is a fill-in-the-blank game whose goal is to try to split the room evenly between “yes” and “no”. It can be dull for some, especially in the face of other Jackbox games. Zeeple Dome has the party team up to take down aliens. It’s a game you have to be in the mood for and, if you’re going to play a game like this, there are better standalone options out there.
Number 7: Jackbox Party Pack 9
Games – Fibbage 4, Junktopia, Nonsensory, Quixort, Roomerang
This pack is a mixed bag as the good games are really good but the others range from mediocre to uninteresting. Roomerang is an immediate standout as players enter a reality-show house akin to Big Brother. Before heading in they create a character for themselves (based on prompts or user-generated) and answer questions in character. Players are slowly eliminated through the rounds until one is left standing. Junktopia is another great one as you and the group try to write funny backstories for various objects.
Fibbage returns and offers much the same as its predecessors. If you’ve played the others enough, a new one was sorely needed. If you haven’t, it may feel like a waste of inclusion. Nonsensory can be a bit hard to understand but, once you get the hang, it’s a worthwhile drawing game. Quixort is fairly mundane as you’re arranging responses into a given order, like smallest to the largest continent.
Number 6: Jackbox Party Pack 4
Games – Bracketeering, Civic Doodle, Fibbage 3, Monster Seeking Monster, Survive the Internet
Fibbage returns with audience participation, allowing them to add lies as well as players. It also comes with a side game of Fibbage: Enough About You where it’s questions relating to the players involved instead of standard ones. Bracketeering pits people against each other, tournament style, as they think up funny responses to prompts. Monster Seeking Monster is one of the most unique experiences as a player gives mad lib prompts and phrases to send to other players in an effort to select who they would date. It can be played with house rules and becomes a different game entirely.
The other two games aren’t bad, they just require a good group to bring out their potential. Survive the Internet has players create all the content, essentially, from the prompts to the answers. With a clever group or funny group, this can be tremendous. With a not-so-great group, it can be a chore. The same goes for Civic Doodle, perhaps the worst of the drawing games. It’s multiple players drawing the same art at the same time with feedback from the audience. If everyone is involved, you can have a fantastic time. If you’re with a trolling or immature group…you know where it’s going.
Number 5: Jackbox Party Pack 2
Games – Bidiots, Bomb Corp, Ear Wax, Fibbage 2, Quiplash XL
Fibbage is just a good time and this one adds audience voting to it as well as a new mechanic called the Defibrillator that lets players delete every answer except the truth and one of the lies. Bomb Corp is a cooperative game where one player has to defuse bombs while the other players shout instructions. Bidiots is a drawing game where players bid on a piece of art that matches a category. Quiplash is a mainstay for a reason and one of the best games in any pack. Each player is given two prompts to answer and then two of the players go head-to-head with their answers as the other players vote on the best one.
The only dud here is Earwax. A judge player is given a prompt and players are given random sound effects to choose from and select two. The judge then picks the best-combined sound. It is not a game that offers any true creativity or user input so the responses are limited.
Number 4: Jackbox Party Pack 6
Games – Dictionarium, Joke Boat, Push the Button, Role Models, Trivia Murder Party 2
Trivia Murder Party 2 is a charming sequel to the original while expanding on it as you compete against people to survive the night by answering questions. Joke Boat is a take on the Quiplash formula as you try to get the best joke based on a scenario. Push the Button is the star here as it is a take on the Mafia game while you’re in space, much like Among Us. Once the group is into it, you’ll find it hard to put down.
Role Models is fine, but require a group that knows each other well to be effective as you need to slot the group into roles that fit them best. Dictionarium is kind of there but can be an amazing time. You and the group come up with definitions to words.
Number 3: Jackbox Party Pack 8
Games – Drawful: Animate, Job Job , The Poll Mine, The Wheel of Enormous Proportions, Weapons Drawn
Drawful: Animate has you draw two pictures to create an animation. It has slight tweaks from the previous one but if you enjoy any Drawful, you’ll like this one as well. Weapons drawn is a whodunnit as everyone plays detective by trying to figure out who invited them and murdered them. Job Job has players answer a series of interview questions however they like and then others vote on the best response. Poll Mine has players trying to escape a witch. Everyone is given a question and ranks the answers by preference. The teams must then follow instructions to help their escape. For example, team 1 might need to find the top answers in order. T
he main knock here is that The Wheel can be a bit confusing for first-timers in how the scoring works even though the game itself is a simple enough trivia-based one. It might take a playthrough or two to get the hang of it and, by that point, you might want to play a different game
Number 2: Jackbox Party Pack 7
Games – Blather ‘Round, Champ’d Up, Quiplash 3, Talking Points, The Devils and the Details
This pack is all about keeping you on your toes. Blather ‘Round is a guessing game where you choose a prompt and then use a limited selection of words to describe the prompt. Talking Points has you try to get something coherent out of the random things the game throws at you. Champ’d Up is one of the best drawing games as you are tasked to draw a character based on a prompt. The character is then sent to another player and they have to try and figure out the prompt as well as draw a worthy challenger. Devils is simultaneously a cooperative and competitive game as everyone in the group plays a role in a family of devils and is given tasks throughout the day to complete.
Quiplash 3 is Quiplash, that’s probably the only negative to say about it. There isn’t anything major added to it. Still good and a worthwhile game in this pack.
Number 1: Jackbox Party Pack 3
Games – Fakin’ It, Guesspionage, Quiplash 2, Tee K.O., Trivia Murder Party
This is the most complete pack, has something for everyone, and offers some of the best games in their respective genre. Trivia Murder Party and Quiplash 2 are outstanding versions and, in some ways, superior to their successors. Guesspionage has a player guess a percentage of people that do something as the group guesses if it’s higher or lower. Perfect for fans of daytime gameshows. Fakin’ It gives everyone a set of rules except one player. The outsider has to act like they know what the rules said and follow everyone else, like pointing to the sky.
However, Tee K.O. is the standout. A drawing game coupled with a mad-libs style. Players draw as many images they can. No prompts or categories, just whatever they want. They are then asked to write a bunch of slogans. Finally, people in the group combine a picture and slogan from a random pool of options. It fosters creativity, comedy, and artistry. Truly one of the best games in any Jackbox.
Published: Oct 28, 2022 08:19 am