Skip to main content
  1. Home
  2. Gaming
  3. News

Jackbox is going all in on survey games with next release

By
The Jackbox Survey Scramble | Announcement Trailer (EN)

Family Feud meets the internet in the newest Jackbox Games release. The developer of ridiculous party games announced The Jackbox Survey Scramble, a spinoff of just survey games coming this October.

Recommended Videos

The standalone title will have four game modes. All are about guessing survey answers, although it’s not always about figuring out which is the most popular. The Hilo mode lets you figure out the least and most popular answers, while speed mode is, as you can imagine, about guessing as fast as possible. You can rank answers in Squares mode, and, finally, get more competitive in the team-based Bounce mode, which has less to do with finding the best answers than finding the correct answers to block your enemies. Jackbox says in a press release that more modes will be added by the end of 2024 for free. There is also a family-friendly option in the settings to make it a little less… Jackbox for kids.

Related

You can check it out ahead of release with a free demo available during Steam Next Fest, which starts on October 14. Survey Scramble will launch in the weeks after this demo event ends on PC via Steam, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, and PlayStation. It’s also available to wishlist on Steam.

Survey Scramble compiles its answers by constantly updating with survey answers from other players, so no play sessions will be similar.

This is just the latest game from Jackbox Games, which skipped a standard Party Pack launch this year. It decided instead to release Jackbox Naughty Pack on September 12, which featured M-rated versions of three Jackbox titles. It also delivered The Jackbox Megapicker, a free Steam launcher that corrals all your owned Party Packs into one place, making party nights where you have to choose a game much smoother.

Editors’ Recommendations

Topics
Carli Velocci
Carli Velocci
Contributor, Games
Carli is a technology, culture, and games editor and journalist. They were the Gaming Lead and Copy Chief at Windows Central…
The next Callisto Protocol game is actually a roguelike spinoff
A character fighting a giant red and yellow tentacle monster. They're ready to unleash an attack with a cone of effect in front of them.

[REDACTED] - Announce Trailer

Striking Distance Studios announced its follow-up to the action horror game The Callisto Protocol at Gamescom 2024, and it's a roguelike dungeon crawler set in the same universe.

Read more
The Jackbox Naughty Pack isn’t as scandalous as its M-rating suggests
jackbox naughty pack hands on launch image

If you’ve ever played Jackbox Party Pack with your friends, you’ve probably seen it get dirty. A game of TeeKO will ultimately always include at least one penis, and you’re sure to get some outrageous answers in Quiplash. That’s an organic energy that tends to come out of potty-mouthed adults just looking to unwind (perhaps with a few beverages). But can you intentionally push players into that mindset? And would it be nearly as funny if you did?

Those are questions that Jackbox Games is looking to answer with The Jackbox Naughty Pack. This year’s annual release isn’t your normal family-friendly party game; it’s an M-rated collection featuring three games that very much aren’t for your children. The prompts are spicier, the innuendos less subtle, and the Drawful owl wears a thong. It’s a party pack that encourages players to keep their mind in the gutter.

Read more
Herdling is an indie game that Panic hopes is the next Firewatch
The player pets a creature in Herdling.

Herdling, a charming new indie game where players have to guide creatures up a mountain, was revealed at Gamescom Opening Night Live. It's developed by Okomotive, the game developer behind Far: Changing Tides and Far: Lone Sails, and published by Panic, the publisher behind Untitled Goose Game, Firewatch, and the Playdate handheld.

In Herdling, players guide a variety of unique-looking fantasy creatures called Calicorns up a mountain. It's a single-player game in which the main challenge is herding and protecting the Calicorns players encounter as they solve puzzles and ascend the mountain. We see some of that in the game's reveal trailer, in addition to stampede sequences with a greater sense of speed that will pop up throughout the adventure.

Read more