← DON'T MOVE

How to play DON'T MOVE

DON'T MOVE has one rule: when you're being watched, don't move. Play it alone as an arcade game on any screen, or with friends on phones. It runs in the browser: no app, no sign-up.

Alone: the arcade game

1. Guide the light to the exit. On a computer the mouse is the light; on a phone, drag with one finger from anywhere.
2. Don't touch the walls. Collect the three shards if you want every star.
3. When the giant eye opens, freeze. Any movement while it watches costs a life. It will flash, shake the screen, lie to you and send spiders to make you flinch.
4. Machines and the dark that follows you stop while the eye is open, so freezing is always safe.
5. Sixteen levels in four worlds, three stars each: escape, all three shards, and under the par time.

With friends: the party game

One person holds their phone perfectly still for 25 seconds. Everyone else, on their own phones, tries to make them move. One link gets up to ten people into the room: open the party game and press PLAY WITH FRIENDS.

The rules of the party game

1. Put your thumb on the button and keep it there.
2. An arrow tells you where to tilt. Follow it slowly and settle inside the circle.
3. The circle shrinks as the round goes on, and the last five seconds are just about holding on.
4. You lose if you jerk suddenly, drift out of the circle, miss a tilt in time, or lift your thumb.
5. Last the full 25 seconds and you win: the person who set the forfeit has to do it instead.

Playing with friends

Press PLAY WITH FRIENDS and send the link, or let people scan the QR code. Up to 10 people can be in a room. Hosting one in October? How to run it at a Halloween party.

• One person holds the phone. Their screen shows the circle, the arrow and the countdown.
• The host picks what the loser does — the game deals ideas like singing the chorus of the last song you played (all 30 free forfeit ideas), or you can type your own.
• The host plays sabotage cards: a flashbang, a haptic strike that shakes the phone, EYES OFF to black out the screen, and one fake failure per round.
• Everyone else watches the same circle live and throws emoji at the screen to break their concentration.
• Before each round, everyone calls it: will they last? The game remembers who called it right.
• Everyone takes a turn holding the phone, and the session ends with one named loser.

Playing alone

• Levels. Play against the phone. Each level adds new moves and gets tighter, and your best time on each one is kept.
• Today's round. One round a day, identical for everyone who plays it, so times are directly comparable. Keep a daily streak going.
• Endurance. No timer. The circle keeps shrinking and the moves keep coming until you break.
• Dare a friend. Send a link with your time on it. It opens straight into the same round with your number to beat.

How to hold your phone still

• Tuck your elbow into your side. A braced arm shakes far less than a floating one.
• Tilt from the wrist, not the shoulder, and move slowly — a fast correction reads as a flinch.
• Breathe out slowly while you settle into the circle.
• When the screen goes dark, just stay where you are. Nothing asks you to move in the dark.
• Ignore the emoji. Watch the dot, not the room.

Questions

Is it free?

Yes. Solo levels, today's round, endurance and rooms with friends are all free. Optional packs of extra forfeit ideas can be bought, but the game is complete without them.

Do I need to download an app?

No. It runs in the browser on a phone or a computer. Open dontmove.fun and press PLAY.

Does it work on iPhone and Android?

Yes. The game reads the phone's motion sensor, so on an iPhone you will be asked to allow motion access the first time.

Can I play on a computer?

Yes, on your own. Press PLAY WITH THE MOUSE, hold the mouse button down on the pad and keep the cursor still while the arrow asks for slow moves. A sudden jerk or letting go of the button loses. Rooms with friends are played on phones, and the QR code on the front page opens the game on yours.

How many people can play?

One on your own, or up to 10 in a room.

Is it safe?

Play somewhere with space around you, and treat every forfeit as a suggestion rather than an instruction — skip anything that isn't safe or fun for the person it lands on. The full guidance is in the terms.

What languages is it in?

English, Spanish, Portuguese, Hindi, Indonesian, French, German, Arabic and Japanese.

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