Two truths and a lie online

Two truths and a lie is an old party game built around a simple bet: you can lie convincingly enough to pass as the truth, and the other person can tell the difference. Doing it online with a stranger sharpens that bet, because neither of you has years of knowing each other to fall back on. Every statement is new information, which makes the lie genuinely harder to guess, and genuinely harder to tell.

On decal, it is one of the three mini-games you can open during a call, next to tic-tac-toe and truth or dare, and it starts the same way they do: with an invite the other person can accept or decline.

Unlike the other two mini-games, this one is not played turn by turn. Both of you write at the same time:

• Write three statements about yourself, then mark which one is false. The interface shows the kind of thing that works as an example while you type, things like “I’ve seen the northern lights” or “I’m scared of pigeons.”
• Submit when ready, and wait. You cannot see the other person’s statements until both sides have sent theirs, so there is no way to shape your lie around what they already wrote.
• Read the other person’s three statements and pick the one you think is false.
• Both lies are revealed together, points go to whoever guessed correctly, and the score stays on screen for the rest of the call.

The statements people guess wrong share a pattern: the lie sits at the same level of detail and the same ordinary tone as the two truths around it. A lie that sounds suspiciously impressive, or suspiciously boring, stands out before the other person even has to think about it.

• Match the specificity of your truths. “I speak 3 languages” works as either a truth or a lie precisely because it is stated plainly, with no extra flourish either way.
• Avoid the two obvious failure modes: a lie too wild to be believed, and a lie too flat to be interesting. Both get guessed correctly more often than a lie that simply sounds ordinary.
• Keep all three statements roughly the same length. A lie that is noticeably shorter or longer than the truths next to it draws attention for the wrong reason.

A written version of this game removes half the fun: on a call, the other person sees your face while you write, submit, and then watch them read your statements back. Reading their reaction while they guess, and showing nothing while they read yours, is most of what makes it work as a video game rather than a text one.

Nothing about the round is kept once the call ends. The statements you write stay part of the conversation for as long as the chat lasts, the same as any message, which is what makes it possible to report something written there, exactly as talking to strangers on video already works outside of any game.

A faster, more competitive option is tic-tac-toe on a video call, and a game built around light dares and honest answers is truth or dare online. All three sit together on the video chat games page. If you are still choosing where to meet a stranger on video in the first place, our Omegle alternatives page covers that. Otherwise, start from the decal home page, and the Games button will be waiting under the video the moment you connect with someone.