I think this may be my favorite Jackbox game to date (and I have almost all of them except the new naughty one), especially after they added even more modes and surveys to it, but even before then.. It was perfect to me.

I adore the concept of games built around survey results and I am happy Jackbox managed to get it working in so many ways. Word games have always been my thing, but with the added layer of trying to retrace things people might or might not think of as answers for survey questions gives it a whole other layer of hilarity as playing with friends. You sometimes find the silliest things on the lists that you only barely thought of.. Or get surprised with what can be found in the top 10.

So if you like word games and/or are good at guessing/imaginative when it comes to how other people may think, then this game would likely scratch a lot of itches for you. Ones you never knew you had. It's also the only Jackbox game I can think of where you can play *everything* it has to offer with just one friend - all the games are 2-10 players. So whether your friend group is big or small, this one's an easy one to just pop open and do anything at all in. Except bounce unless it comes up randomly. People turn into word stealing savages in bounce.

I'd balance out some of the recommends with a word of warning and a not recommend. I have played a lot of the jackbox games and the best ones are the ones that bring people together, usually with snorts of laughter. Survey scramble misses the mark here - most of the game modes play as a pretty serious and intense effort to think on your own. Added to that, there's not really much funny unexpected shenanigans - if it's not in the list already, it usually disappears without note, which removes quite a bit of funnies.

It's not a bad party game, but it lacks funnies and it lacks "togetheringness" that is my favourite features of my favourite jackabox games. (also, the new megapicker (separate thing) runs some vile dark magic on steam deck, avoid using it there unless you want to practice holding the power button!)

As someone who dislikes jackbox games, this one is good for people who don't like the humor of the other games. I am a board game collector but more social style games I don't really resonate with much as I feel there are games with better strategy I would rather being playing at a given time. I wouldnt put the jackbox series games in the same pit as cards against humanity but it skirts the line and leads to my disinterest in the whole series. If you are like me but also just like having games for certain situations to have available on hand I would consider looking into some game play of this one.

I think the tone of this game feels less in the forced humor category and leans more into the gameplay. What it ask of the player is just what do they think other people think. No drawing, joke writing, or trivia. Just a big game of shouting at the tv like your watching family fued and the reveal of the answers is always fun and you feel like you learn more about your felow man. Granted the survey answers are going to lean towards people who would actually play a jackbox game, and some of the bottom answers get very nonsensical. Other cases like when a prompt gives an example word for clarity and it ends up being the top word, but depending on what gamemode you are playing the top word may not even be that important so i think the issue isn't the biggest of deals.