Predict when famous people leave us.
Private matches. Real friends. Terrible taste.
Sad when your favorite artist dies? Not anymore. Now we celebrate.
A game about time,
played with friends.
myDeathMatch is a prediction game that plays out over weeks, months, or a whole year. You create a private match, invite friends, family or colleagues, pick famous people — and watch the standings shift as time does its thing.
How we got here
- Early 2000sA joke between friendsSomebody says it out loud at a party. Somebody else writes it down.
- 2023The analog revivalPen, paper, envelopes sealed at a dinner table. Scores tallied by hand.
- 2026myDeathMatchThe same game, now with leaderboards, match codes and fewer envelopes.
The spirit of it
This is a game about mortality the way a dinner-table joke is about mortality — in poor taste, with great affection. Matches are private, picks are public figures only, and nobody roots for anything. We just count what time was going to count anyway.
- myDeathMatch is a game where you predict when famous people will pass away and earn points when it happens. A match runs over a fixed period with a fixed group of players.
- A match is completely private — only you and the people you play with can see the match, the picks, and the comments. Nothing is shared outside your group.
- Creating a match — a player sets it up in one step: the match name, game mode, when picks close, how long the match runs, and how many picks each player makes. Others can be invited or join while it's still open for picks.
- Adding picks — everyone adds the picks they believe will pass away during the match period (and favorites, if the mode uses them) before picks close. Until the match starts you only see your own picks.
- Once everyone's added their picks and the picks-close date arrives, the match starts on its own the next day — or the owner can start it early. The owner can also push back the deadline or nudge anyone who isn't done.
- During the match — the roster locks: picks can no longer be added, edited or removed. Everyone's picks become visible, and deaths are logged as they happen.
- Scoring — when a pick passes away during the match period, every player who added that pick earns points. A death before the match starts or after it ends doesn't count.
- The finish — the player with the most points when the match ends wins. If players are tied on points, the winner is decided in order by: most correct hits, then highest average points per hit, then most favorite hits. If they are still level, the victory is shared.
Chosen when the match is created. Everyone in the match plays the same mode.
Classic and Favorites are included for everyone. Seasons and Ultimate may require a plan — you'll see exactly what when creating a match.
Try it — drag the age
- A pick's age is locked in at the moment of death, so a finished match's scores never drift.
- If favorites are enabled for the match, a favorite pick's points are multiplied by the match's favorite point multiplier — 46 points becomes 92 with a x2.
- When any pick dies — including your own — you can pay your respects with a 🪦 RIP (once each); each pick shows how many players have done so. It's purely social and has no effect on points.
- Separately from a match's points, you earn experience points (XP) that build up your level — a title shown next to your name, on your profile, and on the leaderboard.
- When one of your picks is confirmed dead, you earn 50 XP — paid to you, the pick's owner, whether the death is reported manually or detected automatically via Wikipedia.
- Simply picking someone earns no XP: it's the hits that count.
- You also earn 20 XP for creating a match and 15 XP for joining one.
- There are 12 levels, from "Rookie Reaper" all the way up to "Death Himself". Levels are just for bragging rights — they don't affect your score in any match.
- myDeathMatch is played with other players because it's fun — don't take it too seriously.
- A player must never actively influence the outcome of a match in any way that would cause a player to score points.
- Only famous people that no player in the match has a personal relationship with may be added as a pick. "Famous" means they have their own Wikipedia page.
- Every pick added to a match must be alive when the match starts.
- Only adults aged 18 or over may be added as picks in a match.
- A match can have at most 40 players.
- Taking part in a match is always free — you never pay to play.
- Everyone can create their first match for free, with up to 5 players.
- To create more or larger matches, you buy a match pack — a one-time purchase, no subscription.
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