The English teacher secretly keeps ___ in her desk.
Matt's last YouTube search: "Monkeys ___."
a "Learn to Belly Dance" DVD
wearing Grandma's false teeth
★ Free Demo — No Signup★ Free Demo — Plays on Your TV

Family game night
just got hilariously weird.

The family-friendly party game with bite — where everyone takes a turn being the punchline, and the jokes get gross, weird, embarrassing, and flat-out stupid.

Play on your TV, control from everyone's phone. Submit your silliest answers, cheer for your favorites, and crown a champion!

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Play in Your Browser

The free demo runs right in your browser — no download, no account. Try a real game in each mode with up to 4 players, then unlock the full game for parties of up to 8. Any screen works for the TV display; every phone is a controller.

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Web · Free demo · Full game $19.99

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Download for Mac

The native Mac app — the same game, no browser needed. The free demo is built in, and your purchase email unlocks the full game, exactly like on the web. Signed and notarized; runs on Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.

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macOS 10.15+ · Free demo · Full game $19.99

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Download for Windows

The native Windows app — the same game, no browser needed. The free demo is built in, your purchase email unlocks the full game, and the app keeps itself up to date automatically. Windows may show a “protected your PC” notice the first time because we’re a small studio — click More info, then Run anyway.

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Windows 10/11 · Free demo · Full game $19.99

Pricing

Try it free. Own it forever.

No subscription, no ads, no nickel-and-diming. Buy it once and it's yours — every mode, every future update, every party.

Free Demo
$0
  • One Classic Cards game + one Write Your Own game
  • Up to 4 players
  • The real game, not a stripped-down teaser
  • No account, no signup — just open and play
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Full Game
$19.99 one-time
  • Unlimited games in every mode
  • Up to 8 players per game
  • 15 AI Award Ceremonies — a custom-written, fully voiced awards show that roasts your table at game over
  • All future cards and updates included
  • Plays on any device with a browser — laptop, iPad, desktop — or the native Mac and Windows apps

Unlock on your TV with just your purchase email — no password to remember. Play on as many of your devices as you like.

Already own it and out of Award Ceremonies? Grab 15 more for $4.99:

How it works

Grab a TV. Grab your phones.

1
Open on the TV

One player opens Take a Joke on the TV — the Mac or Windows app, or a browser at takeajoke.apprevolt.tv. A QR code appears for everyone else to scan.

2
Join from your phone

Scan the QR or enter the 5-character room code. No app download, no account — just your name and you're in.

3
Submit your answers

The TV shows a prompt. Players choose their wittiest card from their hand and submit on their phone.

4
A winner is chosen

Cards are revealed one by one on the big screen. The judge picks their favorite — or everyone votes. Points are tallied until a champion is crowned.

Pick your mode

Four ways to play.

How do you answer?

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Classic Cards

Each player gets a hand of 12 random cards to choose from. Quick to learn, no typing required — just pick the funniest one.

Best for: first-timers and younger players

✍️
Write Your Own

Players type their own made-up answers. More creative, more personal — the jokes come from your group's imagination.

Best for: creative players and improv fans

How is the winner picked?

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Judge Decides

One player picks their favorite answer each round. The judge rotates every round so everyone gets a turn — including the kids.

Best for: fast rounds and big reveal moments

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Player Vote

Everyone votes for their favorite. If there's a tie, a rotating tiebreaker reader makes the final call — so it's always fair.

Best for: larger groups and democratic chaos

What you get

Built for family game night.

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Phone controllers

Everyone plays from their own phone. No controllers, no downloads, no hassle.

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TV display

The game lives on a shared screen. Prompts, reveals, and scoreboard all on the big screen.

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230+ prompts, 680+ answers

Enough content for dozens of game nights without repeating yourself.

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3–8 players

Works for small family gatherings and larger get-togethers. The more, the funnier!

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Your name in the game

Player nicknames appear directly in prompts and answer cards. The jokes are about your group too, not just fictional characters.

Sound familiar?

Made for fans of Jackbox, Cards Against Humanity, Kids Against Maturity, and Apples to Apples.

Jackbox (Quiplash)
In common Phones as controllers, fill-in-the-blank prompts on the big screen, no install required.
Take a Joke adds 680+ pre-written answer cards — so you're picking the funniest, not staring at a blank prompt trying to be funny on demand.
Cards Against Humanity
In common Fill-in-the-blank prompts, answers submitted anonymously — the funniest answer is chosen each round.
Take a Joke adds Same fill-in-the-blank chaos, just clean enough for kids. Absurd, embarrassing, character zingers, gross-out — Take a Joke still goes there. The line we hold is no swearing, no sex, and no adult content. Everything else is fair game.
Kids Against Maturity
In common Family-friendly fill-in-the-blank designed to make the whole room laugh — kids and adults together.
Take a Joke adds No physical deck to buy, track, or shuffle. Everyone plays from their phone, right from the couch.
Apples to Apples
In common Clean, all-ages card humor the whole family can enjoy together — kids very much included.
Take a Joke adds Answers form complete, funny sentences — not just a word paired with a noun. Each round tells a little story.
What every game gets with Take a Joke
👥 Your names, in the cards. Player names appear in both the prompts and the answers — the jokes are about the people in the room too, not just fictional characters.
💬 Sentences that actually make sense. Pronouns update automatically so every answer reads like a real sentence, not word soup.
✏️ Write-in mode too. Prefer inventing your own answers? Switch on write-in mode and go completely off-script.
🃏 230+ prompts, 680+ answer cards. A big deck of current, funny content — enough for dozens of game nights without repeating yourself.

Coming to more platforms

🔥 Fire TV 📺 Android TV
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