Community guidelines
Last updated 3 November 2026
Hunchbox is about reading people and bluffing with friends, never about hurting anyone. These guidelines apply whenever you play: in person, on video, and in anything you type.
Play with people you know
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Only play people you’ve invited, or who invited you.
Hunchbox is for playing with people you know. Only share your game code or link with people you mean to play.
Never pretend to be someone else, and never try to get into a game you weren’t invited to.
Bluff, but be kind
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Banter is fine. Bullying isn’t.
Bluffing and teasing are part of the game. Bullying, harassment and making someone feel small aren’t.
No mocking anyone’s looks, body, voice, or anything about who they are.
No hate: nothing attacking anyone for their race, religion, sex, gender identity, sexuality, disability or age.
No threats, and nothing encouraging anyone to hurt themselves or anyone else.
No following, tracking or repeatedly contacting someone who doesn’t want it, on Hunchbox or anywhere else.
On video
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Keep your camera to your face and the game. Nothing sexual, ever.
Nothing sexual, no nudity, and nothing violent or gory. Never ask anyone, of any age, for anything sexual.
Never share, or threaten to share, intimate pictures or videos of anyone.
Don’t show anyone on camera who hasn’t agreed to be on it.
Don’t screen-record or film a call without the other player’s agreement.
What you play for
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Play for fun things that are safe and legal, never money.
Play for things that are safe, legal and fair to both of you: a slice of pizza, picking the film, doing the washing up.
Never play for anything dangerous, illegal, sexual or cruel, and never pressure anyone into a stake they don’t want.
Never play for money, or for anything that works like money, such as gift cards, vouchers or cryptocurrency. Hunchbox isn’t for betting.
Video replays
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Only share replays you both agreed to, and never to embarrass someone.
Never pressure anyone into recording or into making a replay. Saying no is always fine.
Only share a replay you both agreed to, and never post one to embarrass, mock or hurt the other player.
If the other player asks you to take a replay down, please do.
Play fair
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No cheating, and no breaking the game.
Don’t cheat, or try to see what’s in the other player’s box before the reveal by any means other than reading them.
Don’t try to break, overload or get around how Hunchbox works.
If something’s wrong
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Tell us. Use “Report a player or a problem” in the game’s menu, or email [email protected].
If someone breaks these guidelines, or anything worries you, tap Report a player or a problem in the game’s menu, or email [email protected]. We never tell the player you reported who reported them. You can also leave the game at any time.
If you’re under 18, tell an adult you trust too. We don’t watch games as they happen and can’t send help, so in an emergency, call 999, or your local emergency number outside the UK.
What happens if someone breaks them
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We might warn them, suspend their account or close it. Serious things go to the police.
We may warn someone, remove what they put in, suspend or close their account, or remove a guest’s player, depending on how serious it was and whether it has happened before.
Sexual content involving anyone under 18, sharing or threatening to share intimate pictures, and threats of violence always mean the account is closed straight away.
Anything that may be a crime, especially anything that puts a child at risk, we report to the police or the National Crime Agency.
If you think we got a decision about your account wrong, you can appeal, as our terms explain.