Codenames is available in ENGLISH, GERMAN, FRENCH, ARABIC, ITALIAN, PORTUGUESE, SPANISH, and CZECH.
Codenames is a clever word game of deduction, teamwork, and strategy, inspired by the popular board game loved worldwide.
Give one-word clues, link multiple words, and read your teammates’ minds to win before the other team does.
Easy to learn, hard to master
Codenames is simple to understand and instantly rewarding. Every match tests your logic, creativity, and intuition — a perfect blend of casual fun and deep thinking.
Play at your own pace
Turn-based matches let you play whenever you want, as much as you want. Start several games at once and return when it’s your turn — perfect for busy players.
Smart fun for sharp minds
If you enjoy games that make you think, this is for you. Every clue and guess matters — there’s no autoplay, no idle waiting, just pure wordplay and deduction.
Why players love Codenames
• Turn-based multiplayer — play with friends or online opponents.
• Based on a beloved board game concept: give one-word clues, guess multiple words.
• Exclusive twists and new game modes available exclusively in this version.
• Choose your role — Spymaster or Operative — and master both perspectives.
• One-time purchase unlocks a full experience — no freemium grind, no intrusive ads—just the pure enjoyment for the price of a cup of coffee for the dev team.
Join millions of players and test how well you can get into the minds of others.
Download Codenames today — the top multiplayer word game for clever thinkers.
A brilliant adaptation (appdaption?) of one of the best word games. If you know the original, it will all be really intuitive. If you don’t, the tutorial is great - my 9 year old got it in no time.It has a really compelling progression system with unlocks of new modes/ characters and words. Online play is flawless - with a seemingly really nice community who so far haven’t gotten angry at some of my whackier 5 word clues. Maybe just let cge do all app conversions of board games??
Developer Response
We wish we could do everything, but we think Codenames will need our care for quite a while to come ;)
Great game
Badoldman
I love this and have been playing pretty much non stop since I downloaded it. So refreshing to just pay one price and not keep getting prompted to pay for add ons like in so many other games.Only a couple of minor issues; I’d sometimes like to play games just with people from my own country as the geography can get in the way; some clue words mean nothing to me and the clues I give aren’t always understood widely. Would be great to see this added in future versions.I’d also like to see an option to turn off chat so you don’t have to read rude comments from people who don’t like your clues and take things far too seriously!Otherwise, what a great game!
Developer Response
Dear player, thank you for your nice review. We are happy you like it so much.As for your questions: 1. yes, very soon there will be an update including the option to turn off the chat.2. we are not going to include this feature (of matching geographically close players/players from one country into games) in any close future. I am sorry.But I hope you will be able to develop your agent career disregarding this fact. Wishing you many happy hours spent playing Codenames App - your CGE Team
Too many issues
Didymograptus
It looks good but there are too many problems.Response time by other players is appalling, for each move you make you need to wait for three others to respond a simple game can take 24 hours. There are too many cultural differences between English speakers across the globe so that a clue that might make sense to a person in the UK will mean nothing to someone in South Africa. Would be better if we could play by country, which also avoids the issue of time zones and potential players being asleep. Nasty comments from other players about chosen words doesn’t help either.
Developer Response
Hi, thank you very much for your feesback. The game is designed as asynchronous, which means people can take between 24h and 4 days to make a turn. The idea is to be playing multiple games at the same time - we recommend anywhere up from 5 games running at all times to have enough things to do in the app. And there is also a single player contect, you can try the Daily Challenges! We hope this helps. Kind regardsCGE Team
Everything I could of wanted and more
Deci1888
Not only does it work just like the board game or online versions but the added edition of daily cases and scenarios keeps the game relevant while waiting for teammates and opponents, while I like unlocking words aswell would like to be able to pick specific genres like marvel codenames but still very good. Worth the money.
minor fix - displaying duet price on pop-up
Version 2.6.4702
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