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      "name": "Room 5×6",
      "slug": "room-5x6",
      "shelf": "Word games",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/room-5x6/",
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      "howToPlay": [
        "Five Letters. Guess a five letter word using the keys below.",
        "Six Tries. Each guess teaches you something new about the word.",
        "Read The Colors. Green is right spot. Amber is right letter, wrong spot."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Wordle",
        "NYT Wordle",
        "Wordle Unlimited",
        "Hello Wordl"
      ]
    },
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      "name": "Room 6×7",
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      "shelf": "Word games",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/room-6x7/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Six Letters. Guess a six letter word using the keys below.",
        "Seven Tries. Each guess teaches you something new about the word.",
        "Read The Colors. Green is right spot. Amber is right letter, wrong spot."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Wordle",
        "Hello Wordl",
        "Wordle Unlimited",
        "WordHurdle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Quick Crossword",
      "slug": "quick-crossword",
      "shelf": "Word games",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/quick-crossword/",
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      "howToPlay": [
        "Quick Crossword. Fill the small grid, one clue at a time.",
        "Tap And Type. Tap a square to type. Tap it again to switch across or down.",
        "Letters Cross. Every square serves two clues, so a fill helps the other direction too."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Crossword",
        "Mini Crossword",
        "The Mini",
        "NYT Mini Crossword"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Wordoku",
      "slug": "wordoku",
      "shelf": "Word games",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/wordoku/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Letters Once Each. Fill every row, column, and 3x3 box with each letter exactly once.",
        "Fill The Blanks. The letters already placed are locked clues. Tap a blank cell, then a letter.",
        "No Repeats. Red glow means a duplicate. Fix it before submitting."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Sudoku",
        "NYT Sudoku",
        "Sudoku.com",
        "Microsoft Sudoku"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Think 21",
      "slug": "think-21",
      "shelf": "Word games",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/think-21/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Ask The Oracle. The oracle hides one word. Ask any question to narrow it down.",
        "Twenty One Tries. Each question costs one. Spend them on big buckets first.",
        "Four Answers. The oracle says yes, no, sometimes, or unknown. Read them like a thermometer."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Akinator",
        "Twenty Questions",
        "20 Questions",
        "20Q"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Rooftop",
      "slug": "rooftop",
      "shelf": "Word games",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/rooftop/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Crossword In Wind. Every word you find lands in the grid above.",
        "Drag To Spell. Drag across the letters below to chain a word.",
        "Words Cross. Shared letters link rows and columns."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Wordscapes",
        "Wordscapes Uncrossed",
        "Words of Wonders",
        "Word Connect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Heat Cue",
      "slug": "heat-cue",
      "shelf": "Word games",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/heat-cue/",
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      "howToPlay": [
        "Heat Cue. Find the hidden noun. You have unlimited guesses.",
        "Hotter Or Colder. Each guess scores from zero to one hundred. Higher is closer in meaning.",
        "Best Match. Your strongest guess sticks. Compare new ones against it."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Semantle",
        "Contexto",
        "Semantle Junior",
        "Pimantle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Quartet",
      "slug": "quartet",
      "shelf": "Word games",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/quartet/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Sixteen Words. The wall holds sixteen words and four hidden themes.",
        "Pick Four. Tap four words that share a theme, then submit them.",
        "One Away. If you miss by a single tile, we'll whisper one away. You have four mistakes total."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Connections",
        "NYT Connections",
        "Connections Unlimited",
        "Puzzgrid"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Letter Swap",
      "slug": "letter-swap",
      "shelf": "Word games",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/letter-swap/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Almost Solved. The words are nearly right. Swap two letters to fix them.",
        "Tap Two Tiles. Tap one letter, then another. They trade places.",
        "Limited Swaps. The swap budget shows up top. Spend fewer to earn a star.",
        "Or Drag It. Drag one tile onto another and let go. They trade places.",
        "Stars Preview. The star row shows your rating live. Fewer swaps means more stars."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Waffle",
        "Waffle Unlimited",
        "Deluxe Waffle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Bracket Peel",
      "slug": "bracket-peel",
      "shelf": "Word games",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/bracket-peel/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Nested Clues. Each bracket holds a smaller clue. Read it first.",
        "Peel From Inside. Solve the deepest bracket and tap to fill it in.",
        "Sentence Grows. One bracket at a time, the sentence reads plain."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Bracket City"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Quad",
      "slug": "quad",
      "shelf": "Word games",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/quad/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Four Boards. Each board hides a different five letter word.",
        "Type Once. Every word you type lands on all four boards at once.",
        "Nine Tries Total. Solve a board to freeze it. Crack all four to win."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Quordle",
        "Dordle",
        "Octordle",
        "Sedecordle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Word Hunt",
      "slug": "word-hunt",
      "shelf": "Word games",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/word-hunt/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Eight By Eight. An eight by eight letter grid with a theme.",
        "Swipe To Reveal. Swipe along letters in a straight line to mark a word.",
        "Find Them All. Words run in eight directions, including diagonals. No clock."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Word Search",
        "Word Search Pro",
        "Wordscapes Search"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Hex Hunt",
      "slug": "hex-hunt",
      "shelf": "Word games",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/hex-hunt/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "The Honeycomb. Thirty-seven hex cells in a diamond, each with a letter and a theme.",
        "Swipe Along The Comb. Drag across neighbouring cells to mark a word.",
        "Six Directions. Words run along three axes, six ways. No clock."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Word Search"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Meander",
      "slug": "meander",
      "shelf": "Word games",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/meander/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "The Board. A square grid of letters with a theme. Many words hide inside.",
        "Drag To Spell. Drag through adjacent cells in any direction. Paths bend as you go.",
        "Words Or Longer. Words are four letters or longer. No clock. Find them all."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Boggle",
        "Ruzzle",
        "WordBrain",
        "Boggle Bash"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Word Flow",
      "slug": "word-flow",
      "shelf": "Word games",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/word-flow/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Read The Theme. A mostly empty grid with single letters along each word path.",
        "Draw The Line. Drag from letter to letter in order to spell a theme word.",
        "Fill The Board. Paths bend but never cross. Connect every word to clear it."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Flow Free",
        "Numberlink"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Letter Merge",
      "slug": "letter-merge",
      "shelf": "Word games",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/letter-merge/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "A Four By Four. A grid of letter tiles. Swipe to slide them all one way.",
        "Merge The Match. Two of the same letter that collide become the next one up.",
        "Climb To J. A merges to b, b to c, on up the alphabet. Reach j to win."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "2048",
        "Threes",
        "1024"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Word Fall",
      "slug": "word-fall",
      "shelf": "Word games",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/word-fall/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Letters Rain Down. Tiles fall while the clock above counts down. Read them as they drop.",
        "Tap In Order. Tap falling letters to build a word. Undo your last pick to re-choose.",
        "Six Or More Wins. Form a real word of six letters and submit before time runs out. Longer scores more."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Bookworm",
        "Alphabear",
        "Wordtris"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Meter",
      "slug": "meter",
      "shelf": "Word games",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/meter/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "A Line Of Verse. The line is split into syllables you can tap, one beat each.",
        "Tap The Strong Beats. Mark the stressed syllables. Tap hear the line if you want to listen first.",
        "Scan It. Right beats lock gold with a macron. Keep scanning until the line scans."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "For Better for Verse",
        "Scansion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Crucible",
      "slug": "crucible",
      "shelf": "Word games",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/crucible/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Drag To Fuse. Drag one element onto another. They merge into something new.",
        "Everything Merges. New elements join your shelf. Fuse them again, even with themselves.",
        "Reach The Target. Today's target has a known route up from the four bases."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Infinite Craft",
        "Little Alchemy",
        "Little Alchemy 2",
        "Doodle God"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Wordsmith",
      "slug": "wordsmith",
      "shelf": "Word games",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/wordsmith/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Read The Rack. The scrambled letters always spell one real word.",
        "Tap To Fill. Tap letters into the slots. Any valid anagram counts.",
        "Beat The Clock. Solve before the timer runs out. All eighteen is the win."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "TextTwist",
        "Jumble",
        "Word Whomp"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Word Crush",
      "slug": "word-crush",
      "shelf": "Word games",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/word-crush/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "A Snake Crawls In. Colored segments creep toward the trapped pet.",
        "Tap A Matching Tile. It drops into a slot and eats segments of its color.",
        "Clear It Before It Arrives. Empty the whole snake before a head reaches the pet."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Zuma",
        "Zuma's Revenge",
        "Luxor",
        "Puzzle Bobble"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Syllable Stitch",
      "slug": "syllable-stitch",
      "shelf": "Word games",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/syllable-stitch/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Six Clues. Each answer is split into two or three spoken pieces.",
        "Share The Bank. Tap pieces in order to build the active clue answer.",
        "Use Every Piece. A correct answer locks its pieces. Clear all six clues."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Syllacrostic",
        "7 Little Words",
        "Acrostic",
        "Anacrostic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Letter Tumble",
      "slug": "letter-tumble",
      "shelf": "Word games",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/letter-tumble/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Choose A Column. Drag across the tray to move the orb, then let go to drop it.",
        "Touch To Climb. Two orbs of the same letter that touch become the next letter up.",
        "Mind The Line. Reach I to win, then keep stacking. A pile that rests above the dashed line ends the run."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Suika Game",
        "Watermelon Game",
        "2048"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Wide Berth",
      "slug": "wide-berth",
      "shelf": "Word games",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/wide-berth/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Avoid The Word. A word is hiding in the grid. Guess real words without ever landing on it.",
        "Obey The Clues. Reds stay in place, ambers must come along, grays are banned for good.",
        "Survive Six Rows. The rules pile up and safe words thin out. Undo buys a second chance."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Antiwordle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Slide Quote",
      "slug": "slide-quote",
      "shelf": "Word games",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/slide-quote/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Trade Two Tiles. Drag a tile onto another, or tap two in turn.",
        "Read In Order. Arrange the word chunks left to right, one row at a time.",
        "Reveal The Quotation. The full quotation appears the moment the order is right."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Cryptoquote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Words of Hanoi",
      "slug": "words-of-hanoi",
      "shelf": "Word games",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/words-of-hanoi/",
      "playInBrowser": "https://crux.quest/hanoi",
      "howToPlay": [
        "Lift The Top Letter. Tap a tube to select its top letter. Only the top tile moves.",
        "Make Some Room. Tap another tube with space. Any letter may sit on any other.",
        "Read Top To Bottom. Fill each occupied tube with a word from our list. Spare tubes may stay empty."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Tower of Hanoi",
        "Water Sort",
        "Ball Sort Puzzle",
        "Liquid Sort"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Word Blast",
      "slug": "word-blast",
      "shelf": "Word games",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/word-blast/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Place Letter Blocks. Drag a piece onto the grid, or tap a piece then its top-left grid cell.",
        "Five Letters Make Room. Complete a word from our list across or down to clear its line. Invalid full lines are refused.",
        "Keep The Board Open. Place all three for a new tray. Moves that leave no safe route for the remaining pieces are refused."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "1010",
        "Blockudoku",
        "Block Blast"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Word Tower",
      "slug": "word-tower",
      "shelf": "Word games",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/word-tower/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Answer The Prompt. Each round asks for one thing. Type any answer that fits and submit.",
        "Letters Are Blocks. A right answer stacks one block per letter. Longer answers build higher.",
        "Outclimb The Lava. The lava climbs five blocks a round and creeps on a wrong guess. Stay above it."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "ZType",
        "Typer Shark"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "One Line",
      "slug": "one-line",
      "shelf": "Logic puzzles",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/one-line/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Numbered Stops. Trace a path from one to the last number in order.",
        "Cover Every Cell. Every square gets visited. Do not lift your finger.",
        "Numbers Light Up. Each number turns green as you pass it. Plan one step ahead."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Zip",
        "LinkedIn Zip",
        "Hidato",
        "Numbrix"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "The Parcels",
      "slug": "parcels",
      "shelf": "Logic puzzles",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/parcels/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Numbered Fields. Some cells hold a number. Each marks one rectangle to draw.",
        "Drag A Rectangle. Drag from a number to its opposite corner. Its area must equal the number.",
        "Fill Every Field. One number per rectangle. Fill every cell. Tap a rectangle to clear it."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Shikaku",
        "Rectangles",
        "Divide by Box"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Pipes",
      "slug": "pipes",
      "shelf": "Logic puzzles",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/pipes/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Tap To Rotate. Tap a pipe to rotate it a quarter turn.",
        "Link The Network. Link every pipe into one network from the source.",
        "Seal Every End. No open ends, no leaks, then it is solved."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Netwalk",
        "Net",
        "Pipe Mania",
        "Pipe Dream"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Kings",
      "slug": "kings",
      "shelf": "Logic puzzles",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/kings/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Read The Regions. The grid splits into coloured regions, one crown owed to each.",
        "Mark, Then Crown. Tap once to mark a square, again to crown it. One crown per row and column.",
        "Keep Them Apart. No two crowns may touch, not even at a corner."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "LinkedIn Queens",
        "Queens",
        "Star Battle",
        "Eight Queens"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Directions",
      "slug": "directions",
      "shelf": "Logic puzzles",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/directions/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Tap To Send. An arrow goes as far as it can in the way it points.",
        "Blocked Ones Wait. If something is in the way, it stops in front of it.",
        "Order Is The Puzzle. Moving one arrow opens a lane, and closes another."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Tap Away",
        "Tap Away 3D",
        "Unpuzzle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Outnumbered",
      "slug": "outnumbered",
      "shelf": "Logic puzzles",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/outnumbered/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Draw A Ward. Drag across touching hexes until it holds the voter count shown.",
        "Most Votes Take The Seat. A tie gives the seat to nobody.",
        "Fewer Votes, More Seats. Pack their voters together and spread yours thin."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Gerrymandle",
        "Redistricting Game",
        "LinkedIn Queens",
        "Shikaku"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Tile Link",
      "slug": "tile-link",
      "shelf": "Logic puzzles",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/tile-link/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Pick A Pair. Tap two tiles with the same symbol.",
        "Find The Link. The path must stay clear and turn twice at most.",
        "Clear The Board. Each cleared pair makes more room. Remove every tile."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Onet Connect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Mahjong",
      "slug": "mahjong",
      "shelf": "Logic puzzles",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/mahjong/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Find Free Tiles. A tile needs nothing above it and one open side.",
        "Match The Symbols. Tap two free tiles with the same symbol to clear them.",
        "Clear The Stack. Each pair uncovers more tiles. Remove every pair."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Mahjong Solitaire"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Equation",
      "slug": "equation",
      "shelf": "Number games",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/equation/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Eight Characters. Today is one equation, eight characters wide.",
        "Six Tries. Each row submits a guess. Read the colors before the next.",
        "Times First. Times and divide first. One plus two times three is seven, not nine."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Nerdle",
        "Mathle",
        "Mathler",
        "Numberle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Number Match",
      "slug": "number-match",
      "shelf": "Number games",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/number-match/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Tap A Pair. Pair equal digits, or two digits that add to ten.",
        "Mind The Line. Cleared gaps connect pairs in eight directions or in reading order.",
        "Clear Them All. No clock. Each valid pair clears both. Empty the grid."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Take Ten",
        "Numberama",
        "Numberzilla",
        "Make Ten"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Reckoner",
      "slug": "reckoner",
      "shelf": "Number games",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/reckoner/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Read The Sum. One small sum at a time. The clock reads 1:15.",
        "Tap The Answer. Tap the right number. The next sum arrives at once.",
        "Keep The Streak. Answers in a row multiply the score. A miss resets it."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Quick Math",
        "Math Workout",
        "Zetamac"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Number Merge",
      "slug": "number-merge",
      "shelf": "Number games",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/number-merge/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Choose Your Gate. Start at the top. Tap one gate in each row to change your number. You can switch lanes freely.",
        "Reach The Exact Target. Look ahead before choosing. Bigger is not always better, and division rounds down.",
        "Try Another Route. Finish on the target to solve. Undo steps back one row; reset returns to the start."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Number Master",
        "Count Masters"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Trade Routes",
      "slug": "trade-routes",
      "shelf": "Geography",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/trade-routes/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Guess The Country. Each chart shows what one country sells. Start guessing.",
        "Read The Map. Each rectangle is what one country sells the most of. Bigger means more.",
        "Six Tries. Each guess shows distance and direction. Close in."
      ],
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        "Tradle",
        "Globle",
        "Worldle",
        "Countryle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Almanac",
      "slug": "almanac",
      "shelf": "Geography",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/almanac/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "The Almanac. Guess the country from interesting facts.",
        "Six And Six. Six facts. Six guesses. Each miss unlocks a fact.",
        "A Country A Day. One a day. Archive holds the last month."
      ],
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        "Countryle",
        "Worldle",
        "Globle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Passport",
      "slug": "passport",
      "shelf": "Geography",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/passport/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Five On The Map. Five countries are highlighted at once. Name them all.",
        "Sixty Seconds. Type any country name. Correct ones turn green and reveal.",
        "Stamp Or Time. Name all five before the clock runs out to stamp the page."
      ],
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        "Seterra",
        "Sporcle",
        "Globle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Capital Match",
      "slug": "capital-match",
      "shelf": "Geography",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/capital-match/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Ten Countries. One column lists ten countries, the other their capitals.",
        "Tap To Match. Tap a country, then tap the capital you think belongs to it.",
        "Pair Them All. A pair locks in when it is right. Clear all ten to finish."
      ],
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        "Sporcle",
        "Seterra"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Flag Streak",
      "slug": "flag-streak",
      "shelf": "Geography",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/flag-streak/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "A Flag Appears. Ten flags arrive in turn. Read each one before you type.",
        "Type The Country. Tap the input and spell the country the flag belongs to.",
        "One Guess Each. One guess per flag. Three misses across the run ends it."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Flagle",
        "Sporcle",
        "Seterra"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Postcards",
      "slug": "postcards",
      "shelf": "Geography",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/postcards/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "A Postcard Arrives. Five photos of famous places. One country each.",
        "Name The Country. Type the country the landmark sits in. Submit to reveal it.",
        "Three Lives. A wrong country costs a life. The fourth wrong ends the round."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "GeoGuessr",
        "WhereTaken",
        "City Guesser",
        "TimeGuessr"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Atlas Streak",
      "slug": "atlas-streak",
      "shelf": "Geography",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/atlas-streak/",
      "playInBrowser": "https://crux.quest/atlas/",
      "howToPlay": [
        "Find The Country. Read the name and find it on the map.",
        "Place Your Pin. Tap the map. Move your pin until you are ready to lock it.",
        "Keep The Streak. Close pins earn points. Three distant guesses end the run."
      ],
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        "GeoGuessr",
        "Seterra",
        "Globle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Chord Call",
      "slug": "chord-call",
      "shelf": "Trivia, music and language",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/chord-call/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Today's Chord. A chord plays. Tap the notes you hear on the keyboard.",
        "Strum To Guess. Fill the slots, then strum to lock your guess in.",
        "Six Strums. Green note is right. Amber means right note, wrong slot."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Chordle",
        "Perfect Ear",
        "EarMaster",
        "Tenuto"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "The Refrain",
      "slug": "refrain",
      "shelf": "Trivia, music and language",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/refrain/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Name The Tune. A title and a year, or an artist and a missing word.",
        "Pick The Answer. Four choices. Tap the artist, or the missing title word.",
        "Three To Win. Three correct wins the day. Three misses end it."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Heardle",
        "SongPop",
        "Name That Tune",
        "Don't Forget the Lyrics"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "First Lines",
      "slug": "first-lines",
      "shelf": "Trivia, music and language",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/first-lines/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "A Famous Opening. A novel begins, but a few words are missing.",
        "Fill The Blanks. Type the words that belong in each gap.",
        "Check And Reveal. Tap check to learn the book, author, and year."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Name That Book",
        "Sporcle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "The Attribution",
      "slug": "attribution",
      "shelf": "Trivia, music and language",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/attribution/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "One Line. A famous line appears with four names beneath it.",
        "Tap The Author. Pick who actually said it. Three misses ends the run.",
        "Read The Record. The reveal names the true source. Misattributions get a stamp."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Who Said It"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "The Ladder",
      "slug": "ladder",
      "shelf": "Trivia, music and language",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/ladder/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Read The Question. Ten questions wait on the ladder. Take each one slowly.",
        "Weigh The Answers. A wrong answer costs a heart. The third miss ends the climb.",
        "Lock It In. Tap to commit and climb. Rungs four and seven are safe."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire",
        "Millionaire",
        "HQ Trivia",
        "Trivia Crack"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Word Sort",
      "slug": "word-sort",
      "shelf": "Trivia, music and language",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/word-sort/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Read The Theme. A list of items in a known sequence. Read the prompt first.",
        "Drag To Reorder. Press a row and slide it up or down. Arrange the sequence.",
        "Tap Solve. Three tries. Each miss tells you how many slots are off."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Timeline",
        "Wikitrivia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "The Polyglot",
      "slug": "polyglot",
      "shelf": "Trivia, music and language",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/polyglot/",
      "playInBrowser": "https://crux.quest/polyglot",
      "howToPlay": [
        "Read The Phrase. A famous phrase appears in its own script, with a romanization below.",
        "Hear It. Tap hear it to listen before choosing the language.",
        "Pick The Language. Four choices. The reveal gives the origin and meaning."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "The Great Language Game"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Quote Run",
      "slug": "quote-run",
      "shelf": "Trivia, music and language",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/quote-run/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Read The Quote. Someone said this. The three gates ahead each name an author.",
        "Steer Your Lane. Drag the track left or right, or tap an author below, to change lanes.",
        "Run The Gate. The right author lets you through. A wrong one costs a heart. Three hearts, and the run ends at zero."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Subway Surfers",
        "Temple Run"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Hue Sort",
      "slug": "hue-sort",
      "shelf": "Colour games",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/hue-sort/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Eight Hues, Mixed. A row of eight colors arrives out of order.",
        "Tap Two To Swap. Tap one swatch, then another. They trade places.",
        "Sixty Seconds. Sort the row back into a gradient before the clock runs out."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "I Love Hue",
        "I Love Hue Too",
        "Blendoku",
        "Blendoku 2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Hue Mix",
      "slug": "hue-mix",
      "shelf": "Colour games",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/hue-mix/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Two Paints Meet. Each round shows two source swatches. Picture them stirred together.",
        "Pick The Mix. Three swatches offer themselves. Tap the one the paints would truly make.",
        "Call All Five. One tap per round, no undo. Five right calls take the day."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Colorfle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Paintcision",
      "slug": "paintcision",
      "shelf": "Colour games",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/paintcision/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Read The Target. Each round sets a target color beside a small bench of base paints.",
        "Mix It Live. Tap a paint to add a unit. The mix and its match percent move with you.",
        "Lock In At Eighty. Undo and reset are free. Lock the mix in at eighty or better, three times."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Colorfle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Color Mix",
      "slug": "color-mix",
      "shelf": "Colour games",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/color-mix/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Study The Target. The top swatch is your target. Your bowl begins empty.",
        "Mix In Measures. Tap a jar to add a base color. Minus and undo let you adjust.",
        "Check Your Match. Reach 80 percent to win. Below that, adjust and check again."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Colorfle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Flash Balls",
      "slug": "flash-balls",
      "shelf": "Arcade",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/flash-balls/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Read The Letters. Each letter is a value: A is one, Z is twenty-six, AA is twenty-seven.",
        "Draw The Rebound. Drag across the board. The moving dotted path previews the volley before release.",
        "Clear The Page. Every strike moves a letter back by one. Clear the page before the line closes."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Ballz",
        "Brick Breaker",
        "Breakout",
        "Arkanoid"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Sand Crush",
      "slug": "sand-crush",
      "shelf": "Arcade",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/sand-crush/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Pour A Shape. Drag any of the three shapes over the well and let go. The sand spills.",
        "Bridge Both Walls. One colour touching both side walls clears, and the sand above it falls.",
        "Clear Three Bands. Three bands pass the day. Keep the pile under the red line."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Sandtrix"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Wish Drop",
      "slug": "wish-drop",
      "shelf": "Arcade",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/wish-drop/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Hold To Aim. Touch the tank and a penny lowers above your thumb.",
        "Slide And Release. Slide to aim, let go to drop. A grip changes how it falls.",
        "Read The Trail. The last penny's path stays in the water. Correct from it."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Dime Drop",
        "Coin Drop",
        "Fill the Cup"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Magic Balls",
      "slug": "magic-balls",
      "shelf": "Arcade",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/magic-balls/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Slide The Wand. The wand follows your finger. Lift to launch the balls.",
        "Catch The Drops. Broken bricks drop charms. Catch a times three and every ball becomes three.",
        "Guard The Ward. Bricks stay put and fangs fall. Block the fangs, dodge the red halves."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Break Bricks",
        "Breakout",
        "Arkanoid",
        "Ballz"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Tessera",
      "slug": "tessera",
      "shelf": "Arcade",
      "status": "coming soon",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/tessera/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Ride The Belt. Tap a queue's front shooter. It rides under the picture, left to right.",
        "Clear From Below. In each column it clears the lowest tile if that tile is its colour. One ammo per tile.",
        "Mind The Dock. Leftover ammo parks the shooter in the dock. A full dock when one comes back ends the run."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Pixel Flow"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Runner",
      "slug": "runner",
      "shelf": "Arcade",
      "status": "coming soon",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/runner/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Pick A Lane. The track has three lanes. Swipe or tap to move one lane over.",
        "Mind The Blocks. Every row leaves one lane open. Be in it when the row arrives.",
        "Coins Are Score. Each coin adds to the run. The track speeds up the longer you last."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Subway Surfers",
        "Temple Run",
        "Sonic Dash",
        "Minion Rush"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Cats vs Mice",
      "slug": "cats-vs-mice",
      "shelf": "Arcade",
      "status": "coming soon",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/cats-vs-mice/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Walk The Cat. Drag anywhere to move. Your toys fire on their own.",
        "Pick A Draft. Collect sparks and choose one upgrade when the room pauses.",
        "Beat The Captain. Keep a route open and bring the captain down before it escapes."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Survivor.io",
        "Vampire Survivors"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Hue Front",
      "slug": "hue-front",
      "shelf": "Colour games",
      "status": "coming soon",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/hue-front/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Drag A Card. Drop it on your side. The ghost shows where it lands.",
        "Paint The Board. Rollers walk and paint. Splash and sprinklers spread colour.",
        "Hold The Mark. Hold the target share for two seconds before the clock runs out."
      ],
      "similarTo": [
        "Color Clash",
        "Splatoon",
        "Clash Royale"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Tiny Painters 3D",
      "slug": "tiny-painters-3d",
      "shelf": "Logic puzzles",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/tiny-painters-3d/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Roll the paint balls to colour every tile of the board."
      ],
      "similarTo": []
    },
    {
      "name": "Crowd Sort",
      "slug": "crowd-sort",
      "shelf": "Logic puzzles",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/crowd-sort/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Sort the crowd into matching lanes across three boards."
      ],
      "similarTo": []
    },
    {
      "name": "Pour",
      "slug": "pour",
      "shelf": "Logic puzzles",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/pour/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Pour colours between tubes until every tube holds just one colour. One board a day, in as few pours as you can."
      ],
      "similarTo": []
    },
    {
      "name": "Red Exit",
      "slug": "red-exit",
      "shelf": "Logic puzzles",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/red-exit/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Slide the blocks out of the way and get the red block through the exit, in as few moves as you can."
      ],
      "similarTo": []
    },
    {
      "name": "Signal Coast",
      "slug": "signal-coast",
      "shelf": "Logic puzzles",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/signal-coast/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Light every beacon on today's coast before the visible rival does. One shared board, plan any time."
      ],
      "similarTo": []
    },
    {
      "name": "Slick",
      "slug": "slick",
      "shelf": "Logic puzzles",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/slick/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Swipe the ball to slide it until it hits a wall. Paint every open square in as few slides as you can."
      ],
      "similarTo": []
    },
    {
      "name": "Checkmate Minute",
      "slug": "checkmate-minute",
      "shelf": "Logic puzzles",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/checkmate-minute/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "A chess position where you can force mate. Find the winning moves before the clock runs out, one puzzle a day."
      ],
      "similarTo": []
    },
    {
      "name": "Who’s Left?",
      "slug": "whos-left",
      "shelf": "Logic puzzles",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/whos-left/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Ask yes or no questions to narrow a board of characters down to the one we picked. Find them in as few questions as you can."
      ],
      "similarTo": []
    },
    {
      "name": "Clear Field",
      "slug": "clear-field",
      "shelf": "Logic puzzles",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/clear-field/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Clear the board without hitting a mine. Every board opens safely and can be solved by logic alone, no guessing."
      ],
      "similarTo": []
    },
    {
      "name": "Line Sums",
      "slug": "line-sums",
      "shelf": "Number games",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/line-sums/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Keep or cross out numbers so every row and column adds up to its target. One board a day, solved by deduction."
      ],
      "similarTo": []
    },
    {
      "name": "Drop Merge",
      "slug": "drop-merge",
      "shelf": "Number games",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/drop-merge/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Drop numbered tiles into the columns. Equal neighbors merge and double, and one drop can chain several merges. Reach the target before the queue runs out."
      ],
      "similarTo": []
    },
    {
      "name": "Chain Sum",
      "slug": "chain-sum",
      "shelf": "Number games",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/chain-sum/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Chain touching tiles of the same number and they add up on the last one you tap. Reach the target tile before you run out of moves."
      ],
      "similarTo": []
    },
    {
      "name": "Rhyme Swap",
      "slug": "rhyme-swap",
      "shelf": "Word games",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/rhyme-swap/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "A daily word game where you sort scrambled letters into three short rhyming words in as few swaps as possible"
      ],
      "similarTo": []
    },
    {
      "name": "Emojinal",
      "slug": "emojinal",
      "shelf": "Word games",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/emojinal/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Guess The Word: like the emoji guess-the-word games, two or three emoji hint a single English word (hot face plus dog equals hotdog); ten rounds a day, type your guess, seven correct out of ten wins"
      ],
      "similarTo": []
    },
    {
      "name": "Word of Mouth",
      "slug": "word-of-mouth",
      "shelf": "Trivia, music and language",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/word-of-mouth/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Six word puzzles a day: a word read in a foreign sentence, an idiom with a gap, a false friend and a rare English word. One tap answers, the reveal says why, and the crowd's split shows once a real tally exists."
      ],
      "similarTo": []
    },
    {
      "name": "Fine Print",
      "slug": "fine-print",
      "shelf": "Trivia, music and language",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/fine-print/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Single-player trivia with near-miss traps. A round is 5 original claims (geography, science, history, language) where the trap is a swapped detail or a missing time or place qualifier. For each claim the player chooses Fact, Fib, or It Depends, sets confidence 1 to 3, and may type a short qualifier"
      ],
      "similarTo": []
    },
    {
      "name": "Search Feud",
      "slug": "search-feud",
      "shelf": "Trivia, music and language",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/search-feud/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Finish the search the way everyone typed it. One prompt a day, ten ranked answers, three strikes."
      ],
      "similarTo": []
    },
    {
      "name": "Who Wins?",
      "slug": "who-wins",
      "shelf": "Trivia, music and language",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/who-wins/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Two photos. Pick who wins. Ten matchups a day, three hearts."
      ],
      "similarTo": []
    },
    {
      "name": "Blind Rank",
      "slug": "blind-rank",
      "shelf": "Trivia, music and language",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/blind-rank/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Seven things, dealt one at a time. Lock each into a tier, no take backs, then see how your picks compare with the crowd."
      ],
      "similarTo": []
    },
    {
      "name": "The Tray",
      "slug": "tray",
      "shelf": "Arcade",
      "status": "live",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/tray/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Tap raised tiles to send them to the tray. Three of a kind clear, and the tray holds seven, so plan where the third one lands."
      ],
      "similarTo": []
    },
    {
      "name": "Insane Pour",
      "slug": "insane-pour",
      "shelf": "Logic puzzles",
      "status": "coming soon",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/insane-pour/",
      "playInBrowser": "https://crux.quest/insane-pour/",
      "howToPlay": [
        "Pour, scaled to a candy glassworks: up to forty-five glossy tubes and glowing Vats set in named patterns, tubes that hold four to eight, giant Vats two or three rows tall. Pour the top colour from tube to tube until every tube is corked full of one colour. One daily board for everyone, then an endless arcade ladder in sets of ten."
      ],
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    },
    {
      "name": "Atlas Craze",
      "slug": "atlas-craze",
      "shelf": "Geography",
      "status": "coming soon",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/atlas-craze/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Atlas Streak with the borders switched off. Find ten countries on a bare coastline, lock your pin, and watch the real border draw itself around it. Three lives."
      ],
      "similarTo": []
    },
    {
      "name": "Tap Tunes",
      "slug": "tap-tunes",
      "shelf": "Arcade",
      "status": "coming soon",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/tap-tunes/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Set the ball down, aim, let go. Clear every white shape with one shot."
      ],
      "similarTo": []
    },
    {
      "name": "The Big Town",
      "slug": "big-town",
      "shelf": "Play with friends",
      "status": "coming soon",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/big-town/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "A cosy board-game town for 2 to 5 friends: roll the dice, plan your day, meet up, play quick mini-games and chase a life goal."
      ],
      "similarTo": []
    },
    {
      "name": "Clean Take",
      "slug": "clean-take",
      "shelf": "Play with friends",
      "status": "coming soon",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/clean-take/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Say five tongue twisters and quick answers against the clock, then play them back, mark the clean takes and beat your own time."
      ],
      "similarTo": []
    },
    {
      "name": "Which One",
      "slug": "which-one",
      "shelf": "Play with friends",
      "status": "coming soon",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/which-one/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "One player describes a secret item out loud, the other asks one question and picks it from the shelf. Swap roles and win together. Includes a two-language version."
      ],
      "similarTo": []
    },
    {
      "name": "Say It Like You Mean It",
      "slug": "say-it-like-you-mean-it",
      "shelf": "Play with friends",
      "status": "coming soon",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/say-it-like-you-mean-it/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Record one line in a secret mood. Other players listen and guess how you meant it, then the reveal shows who read you right."
      ],
      "similarTo": []
    },
    {
      "name": "Drift",
      "slug": "drift",
      "shelf": "Play with friends",
      "status": "coming soon",
      "page": "https://crux.quest/games/drift/",
      "playInBrowser": null,
      "howToPlay": [
        "Draw a word, pass it on, guess the drawing. Three players, six turns, then see how far the idea drifted."
      ],
      "similarTo": []
    }
  ]
}