Party Pack 01: a party game on your phones

Checkout Time

  • Ages 10+
  • 3 to 20 players
  • Murder mystery trivia game

A storm, a guesthouse in the hills and a guest who has vanished. Answer right to earn clues. Answer wrong, and the culprit comes for you.

Free now

How Checkout Time plays

  1. Check in. You are guests at Mistwood Guesthouse on a stormy night. A guest has vanished, and one of the four staff is behind it.
  2. Answer to survive. A trivia question lands on every phone. Get it right and you earn a private clue. Get it wrong and you face a 15-second challenge on your own phone; fail it and you play on as a ghost, whispering clues to the living.
  3. Name the culprit. At dawn everyone votes in secret. Name the right member of staff and you escape.

The suspects, and some of the questions

  • Bert Tully, the cookIvy Moss, the gardenerJasper Quill, the night porterOpal Finch, the housekeeper
  • Which of these birds can't fly?

  • What colours are the flags you swim between on a patrolled Australian beach?

Nothing gory: everything happens off screen.

Gail the Galah as the Mistwood night concierge: a pink and grey galah in a gold sequinned bow tie.

Your host

Hosted by Gail the Galah

In Checkout Time, Gail is the Mistwood night concierge. She runs the front desk, dings the bell for every question and keeps a very calm face while the chandelier swings.

She speaks from the TV, or from one phone if there is no TV, with her words on every screen. Played it before? Skip her intro and get straight in.

Play it free now

Play free now

Free for every host in the Launch Party until the end of 20 November, Brisbane time. After that it comes in Party Pack 01:

Part of Party Pack 01: 10 games. Free in the Launch Party until 20 November, then $15 launch price ($25 after 31 January 2027), for all ten. The host buys once; everyone they invite plays free, every time.

Free in the Launch Party until 20 November

The other games in Party Pack 01

Want something free tonight? Murder in the Dark, Snooze Bandit, Spot the Blow-in and Which Would Ya? are free for good. See every party game.

Questions about Checkout Time

Is it scary?

It is spooky, not gory. Nothing is shown: a guest has vanished, the storm rattles the house and the clues point at the staff. The stormy night is for 10 and up; After hours is for 15 and up.

What happens if I get knocked out?

You become a ghost. You keep answering, and every right answer lets you whisper your clue to someone still living. Ghosts can still solve it.

How long does it take?

About 15 to 25 minutes, with 6, 8 or 10 questions.

Does everyone need to buy Party Pack 01?

No. Only the host buys the pack, once. Everyone they invite joins free with the room's QR code or code, signed in or as a guest, every time.

Do we need an app or a TV?

No. It runs in each phone's web browser. The host opens a party, everyone scans the code, and every phone is that player's own screen.

How much is it?

It comes in Party Pack 01, with all 10 games. The host pays once and the pack is theirs for good; the price for today shows on this page and at checkout.

Plan a mystery night

Join a game

Type the four letters on the host's screen.

No app and no account needed. Guests always play free.