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This or That Game
This or That is the game where you pick one of two things (beach or mountains, pancakes or waffles, call or text) and then see how your pick compares. You can play the This or That game online right here: tap a card, check the split, hit Next. It’s free, there’s nothing to install and no sign-up, and it runs on a phone, a Chromebook or a classroom smart board. Playing with a group? Press Present and the questions fill the big screen.
How to play
- Read the pairEvery round is just two options. There are no trick questions and no wrong answers, so go with your first instinct.
- Pick your sideTap a card, or press ← for the left one and → for the right one. On a phone the cards stack: top is This, bottom is That.
- See the splitA split appears as soon as you vote: the real percentages once a question has 20 votes, a clearly labelled prediction until then, plus how many votes it has so far. Press Space, tap Next or swipe left for the next pair.
Food this or that questions
- Curly fries or Waffle fries?
- Taco night or Pasta night?
- Thin crust or Deep dish?
- Cold pizza or Reheated pizza?
- Hash browns or Tater tots?
- Ramen or Dumplings?
- Salsa or Guacamole?
- Honey or Maple syrup?
- Cupcakes or Donuts?
- Fried chicken or BBQ ribs?
- Sweet breakfast or Savory breakfast?
- Grilled cheese or Mac and cheese?
- Soup or Salad?
- Spicy or Mild?
- Corn dog or Soft pretzel?
- Cotton candy or Caramel apple?
- Food truck or Buffet?
- Ranch or Honey mustard?
- Corner brownie or Middle brownie?
- Bacon or Sausage?
- Mint chocolate chip or Cookie dough?
- Apple pie or Cheesecake?
- Popcorn or Nachos?
Funny this or that questions
- Dog plans your day or Cat plans your day?
- Snort when you laugh or Clap when you laugh?
- Unicycle commute or Pogo stick commute?
- Laugh like a villain or Cry like a cartoon?
- Llama roommate or Raccoon roommate?
- Never get hiccups or Never get brain freeze?
- Dad jokes only or Knock-knock jokes only?
- Office chair racing or Shopping cart racing?
- Sleepwalk or Sleep-talk?
- Personal cheerleader or Personal paparazzi?
- Rooster alarm clock or Kazoo alarm clock?
- Moonwalk out of rooms or Cartwheel into rooms?
- Squirrel sidekick or Pigeon sidekick?
- Socks never match or Laces never stay tied?
- Kangaroo pouch or Turtle shell?
- All your photos blurry or A thumb in every photo?
- Always in pajamas or Always in a tuxedo?
- Pie-eating champion or Hot dog-eating champion?
- Banana phone or Shoe phone?
- Taste mint in everything or Smell popcorn everywhere?
- Hiccup when you fib or Sneeze when you're bored?
- Learn to yodel or Learn to beatbox?
Hard choices that split the room
- See the dinosaurs or See the year 3000?
- Perfect memory or Perfect timing?
- Never feel bored or Never feel stressed?
- Dream house or Dream job?
- Give up cheese or Give up chocolate?
- No Wi-Fi for a month or No hot water for a month?
- Extra hour of sleep or Extra hour of free time?
- No sense of humor or No sense of direction?
- Do all the cooking or Do all the cleaning?
- Infinite patience or Infinite energy?
- Never wait in line or Never sit in traffic?
- Never get sunburned or Never get bug bites?
- Home library or Home theater?
- Win every argument or Win every game?
- Sports star or Movie star?
- One dream trip or Ten weekend trips?
- No more music or No more movies?
- Redo one day or Relive one day?
- Super hearing or Night vision?
- Be 7 for a day or Be 70 for a day?
This or that questions for friends
- Early to the party or Fashionably late?
- Stay up talking or Stay up gaming?
- Secret handshake or Inside joke?
- Group chat lurker or Group chat spammer?
- Friends just like you or Friends unlike you?
- Long phone calls or Nonstop texting?
- Road trip buddy or Concert buddy?
- Host the party or Be a guest?
- Trampoline park or Arcade?
- Pick the playlist or Pick the snacks?
- A friend's couch or A hotel room?
- Matching hoodies or Friendship bracelets?
- Camping trip or Water park day?
- Handwritten note or Funny meme?
- Brunch or Late-night diner?
- Go-karts or Climbing gym?
- Tell the jokes or Laugh at the jokes?
- Water fight or Snowball fight?
- Selfie or Group photo?
- Dance at parties or Snack at parties?
Get to know you questions
- Best bite first or Best bite last?
- Cannonball in or Inch in slowly?
- Hugger or High-fiver?
- Logic or Gut feeling?
- First to try it or Wait for reviews?
- New restaurant or Old favorite?
- Plant parent or Pet parent?
- Talk it out or Sleep on it?
- Give advice or Get advice?
- Read the manual or Just start building?
- Keep everything or Toss everything?
- Good with names or Good with faces?
- Optimist or Realist?
- Big ideas or Getting it done?
- Skim everything or Read every word?
- Solo project or Group project?
- Make people laugh or Make people think?
- Sharp in the morning or Sharp at night?
- Fix it yourself or Call a pro?
- Great listener or Great storyteller?
- Open book or Mystery person?
- Street smart or Book smart?
- Write a novel or Direct a movie?
Everyday habits and routines
- Hit snooze or Jump out of bed?
- Morning shower or Night shower?
- Sleep with a fan or Sleep in silence?
- Foot out of the blanket or Fully tucked in?
- Dishes right away or Dishes tomorrow?
- Grocery list or Wander the aisles?
- Bright lights or Cozy lamps?
- Headphones or Speakers?
- Windows down or AC on?
- Shoes off inside or Shoes on inside?
- Pen or Pencil?
- Sing in the car or Sing in the shower?
- Phone face up or Phone face down?
- Backpack or Tote bag?
- Ice in drinks or No ice?
- Doodle or Fidget?
- Make your bed or Leave it messy?
- Dinner at 5 or Dinner at 8?
- Walk there or Bike there?
Trips, travel and places to go
- Hot air balloon or Helicopter ride?
- Castle tour or Volcano tour?
- Road trip or Plane trip?
- Tokyo or Paris?
- Fold when you pack or Roll when you pack?
- Super early to the gate or Boarding just in time?
- Hidden gems or Famous sights?
- Bed and breakfast or Big resort?
- Travel light or Pack everything?
- Big city trip or National park trip?
- Snorkeling or Hiking?
- Packed itinerary or Lazy vacation?
- Island getaway or Ski trip?
- Sleeper train or Cruise ship?
- Street food or Fancy restaurant?
- Hawaii or Alaska?
- Front of the bus or Back of the bus?
- Desert safari or Rainforest trek?
- Photos of the views or Photos of the food?
Movies, music and games
- Plot twist or Happy ending?
- Board games or Video games?
- Horror movie or Tearjerker?
- Binge the whole show or One episode a week?
- Superheroes or Wizards?
- Movie theater or Couch at home?
- Subtitles on or Subtitles off?
- Play the hero or Play the villain?
- Read the book first or See the movie first?
- Animated or Live action?
- Front row or Backstage pass?
- Rewatch a favorite or Start a new show?
- Puzzles or Card games?
- Musical or Action movie?
- Throwback hits or New releases?
- Mystery books or Adventure books?
- Magic show or Circus?
- Charades or Trivia?
- Stay for the credits or Leave when it ends?
Phones, screens and gadgets
- Dark mode or Light mode?
- Typing or Voice-to-text?
- Notifications on or Notifications off?
- Robot vacuum or Robot chef?
- Charge it early or Wait until 1%?
- Take photos or Take videos?
- Flying car or Self-driving car?
- Neat home screen or Messy home screen?
- Lots of emojis or No emojis?
- E-reader or Paper book?
Seasons, weather and holidays
- Sweater weather or Shorts weather?
- Thunderstorm or Snowstorm?
- Raking leaves or Shoveling snow?
- Hot tub in the snow or Cold pool on a hot day?
- Hot cocoa or Iced lemonade?
- Foggy morning or Starry night?
- Halloween or New Year's Eve?
- Cherry blossoms or Fall leaves?
- Apple picking or Strawberry picking?
- Picnic or Bonfire?
- First snow or First warm day?
Animals and the great outdoors
- Sea otters or Penguins?
- Golden retriever or Corgi?
- Arctic animals or Jungle animals?
- Sloth or Koala?
- Pet lizard or Pet parrot?
- Elephant or Giraffe?
- A day as a cat or A day as a bird?
- Wake up to birdsong or Wake up to ocean waves?
- Horse riding or Camel riding?
- Butterfly garden or Bird feeder?
- Whale watching or Bird watching?
- Hedgehog or Bunny?
- Pet goldfish or Pet hermit crab?
- Forest trail or Tide pools?
Running a class or a meeting?Show all 200 questions full screen with giant text, an optional timer and a hand count. Works with a presentation clicker.
Play in projector modeWhat is the This or That game?
This or That is one of the simplest party and classroom games there is. Someone names two options, everyone picks one, and the fun is in comparing answers. A round takes seconds, nobody has to learn any rules, and there’s no score unless you want one. That’s why it turns up everywhere, from first-day-of-school icebreakers to team meetings, sleepovers and long car rides.
The questions run from easy to surprisingly tough. Cats or dogs? takes a second. Time travel to the past or to the future? can start an argument that lasts through dinner. Good pairs reveal something small about a person, like whether they’re an early bird or a night owl, without asking them to share anything personal.
The online version adds the one thing a printed list can’t give you: after you pick, you see how your answer compares, with real percentages once a question has 20 votes. Finding out you’re in the minority on something as ordinary as ketchup or mustard is half the fun. If you’d rather read the questions out loud yourself, all 200 of them are in the numbered list above, grouped by theme.
How to play This or That with a group
You need one screen and one person to read. Everything else is optional.
- Choose a reader. They read both options aloud in the same tone, so neither one sounds like the “right” answer.
- Everyone answers at once. Point left or right, raise a hand, or call it out together on “three”. Answering at the same time stops people from copying the loudest player.
- Ask one person why. Not everyone, every time. One quick reason per question keeps the pace up.
- Check the crowd. On the regular game screen, tap the side most of your group chose and look at the split. Groups love discovering they’re the odd ones out.
- Stop while it’s still fun. Ten to fifteen questions take about ten minutes. Leave people wanting another round.
Large groups of thirty or more work better with movement or hands than with talking. Point to the left wall for the left option and the right wall for the right one, then judge the split by eye. If you want exact numbers, open projector mode and turn on Count hands: type the number for each side and the screen shows the room’s split as a bar. Those counts stay on your device and are never added to the public results.
Put it on a projector or smart board
Press Present in the top bar and the game switches to projector mode: one question at a time, in the biggest text that fits the screen, readable from the back of a classroom or a conference room. It runs in any modern browser, so a school Chromebook, a laptop plugged into a TV or an interactive whiteboard all work.
- Clicker support. Presentation clickers send Page Down and Page Up, so they just work: Page Down or → for the next question, Page Up or ← to go back, Esc to leave. Clicking or tapping a card also moves on.
- Timer. Choose 10, 20, 30 or 60 seconds. The OR badge turns into a countdown and shows “Time!” at zero. Press R to restart it.
- Hand count. Turn on Count hands (or press H), then use the + and − buttons or type a number under each side.
- Dark room. Washed-out projector in a bright room? Keep the default light screen. Lights off? Switch to Dark room.
- Every deck. The menu in the bottom bar switches between the general mix and the work, kids, Christmas and Would You Rather questions without leaving the screen.
The controls fade out after a few seconds without mouse movement, so the screen stays clean, and the site address sits in the corner for anyone who wants to play again later. Each theme in the list above also has its own “Play these in projector mode” link if you want to stick to one topic. There is no sign-up, no join code and nothing for students or coworkers to install.
Playing This or That on video calls
On Zoom, Teams or Google Meet, share your screen, open projector mode and read the question aloud. Ask people to type A or B in the chat, or to answer with the call’s reactions. Typed answers are easy to count, and they include people who keep their cameras off. If you share a single browser window and viewers see a frozen or black screen once you go full screen, share your whole screen instead.
For a slower version that runs between meetings, vote on a question, press Copy link and paste the link into a group chat. It opens that exact question, and each person sees the split after they vote. The This or That questions for work page has a full guide to running the game in meetings, along with a weekly “This or That Thursday” routine.
Ways to change up the game
- Rapid-fire. Set the timer to 10 seconds, ban explanations, and run as many questions as fit in three minutes. It wakes up a sleepy room fast.
- Move to a side of the room. Left wall for the left option, right wall for the right. People see who’s with them and everyone gets out of their chair. In classrooms it’s a two-sided version of Four Corners.
- Predict the crowd. Before anyone votes, the group guesses which side most players picked. Vote, show the split, and give a point to everyone who called it.
- Defend the minority. Whoever ends up on the smaller side gets ten seconds to win the others over. If anyone switches, the defender takes the round.
- This or That Thursday. One question a week in a team or family group chat. It takes no time and gives people something to talk about.
- Seasonal rounds. In December, switch to the Christmas This or That edition: cocoa or eggnog, real tree or fake tree.
What makes a good This or That question?
If you want to throw in a few pairs of your own between rounds, some simple rules make the difference between a pair that gets a shrug and one that gets the whole room talking.
- Both sides should pull. Pizza or broccoli is over before it starts. Pizza or tacos splits a room.
- Keep it concrete. Sunrise or sunset beats morning things or evening things.
- Compare like with like. Two snacks, two seasons, two superpowers. Mismatched pairs feel random.
- Keep it short. If an option needs a full sentence, it’s probably a Would You Rather question, a slightly different game built around longer, harder trade-offs.
- Nobody should feel judged. Skip pairs about money, bodies or family situations. A good question is about tastes and habits, not about who someone is.
Playing with younger players? The This or That questions for kids are short and kid-safe, and the Would You Rather questions for kids are sillier and great for car rides.
Questions people ask
How do you play This or That?
Someone reads two options and everyone picks one. On this site, tap a card or press ← or →, and you’ll see how your pick compares. Press Space or tap Next for the next pair. In a group, have everyone answer at the same time by pointing or raising a hand, then ask one person to explain their pick.
What is a fun This or That question?
The fun ones split a group almost down the middle and are easy to explain: sunrise or sunset, books or movies, beach or mountains, call or text. Pairs that make people stop and think, like time travel to the past or the future, work well later in a game, once everyone has warmed up.
How do you play This or That with a large group?
Use movement or hands instead of talking. Put the question on a big screen with Present, read it out, and have people move to the left or right side of the room, or raise a hand for one option. Turn on Count hands in projector mode if you want exact numbers, and ask only one or two people to explain.
Can you play This or That online with friends who aren’t in the same room?
Yes. Share your screen on a video call and play in projector mode, or vote on a question and press Copy link to send that exact question to a group chat. Each friend votes on their own phone and sees the split afterward. Nobody needs an account or an app.
Is the This or That game free to play?
Yes. Every question and the projector mode are free. There’s no app to download and no sign-up, so players never create an account or hand over an email address. Votes are anonymous: the results show how each question split, never who picked what.
How is This or That different from Would You Rather?
This or That uses short options you can answer in a second, like coffee or tea. Would You Rather questions are longer hypotheticals with a catch on both sides, so they take longer and start more debate. Many groups warm up with This or That and switch to Would You Rather once everyone is relaxed.