5 unexpected games you can play with ChatGPT

Choose your own adventure

Kids who grew up in the 1980s and 1990s probably remember books like the Choose Your Own Adventure series, where readers could shape the story by making choices. This involved constant flipping through pages and led to one of many possible endings.

With ChatGPT, you can relive that excitement — you control the story and pick the theme. Just type something like “Let’s play a Choose Your Own Adventure game” and describe what you want — for example, “inside Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory” — and the AI will generate a tale full of twists and decision points.

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Create a quiz

ChatGPT has a vast knowledge base, which makes it a great quizmaster. You can ask it to come up with questions on a specific topic — for example, “a football history quiz” — or play a general knowledge trivia game.

You can also try a “True or False” format, where ChatGPT gives you statements, and you decide whether they’re fact or fiction.

You get to choose the number of questions, break them into rounds, set it up for multiple players, and even let the AI keep score. Just don’t forget to specify the difficulty level — otherwise, the game might become too easy or, on the flip side, way too tricky.

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Have fun with word games

If you feel like taking a break and having some fun for five minutes, you can play simple word games. For example, try Hangman — guess the word letter by letter. Or ask ChatGPT to create a word search or a word ladder, where you change one letter at a time to form a new word.

The AI can also give you a list of words where you need to find the odd one out, or build an association chain. Other fun games include "Who Am I?" — guessing a person or object based on clues, and "Would You Rather?" — for instance, “fly at walking speed or only run in a straight line.”

Basically, if you can think of a word game, chances are ChatGPT is already ready to play it with you.

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Play Dungeons & Dragons

If you want to dive into a fantasy RPG adventure, just type "play Dungeons and Dragons." ChatGPT will ask if you already have a character or a fictional setting, and whether you prefer a one-shot adventure or a full-length campaign.

You can describe the desired style of gameplay in detail — it all depends on your imagination. And if you don’t feel like inventing anything, just reply “you decide” when creating the scenario — this will allow the adventure to be randomized and more surprising.

To get the most out of it, you can also type “tips for creating a D&D game in ChatGPT” — this will help you better understand the possibilities. Additionally, you can use ChatGPT to write scripts for tabletop D&D games — it's excellent at creating storylines and descriptions.

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Play a board game

Speaking of board games — ChatGPT can play chess with you! The AI will show the starting position of the pieces on the board using letters and symbols, and you can make moves like: E2 to E4.

ChatGPT also knows how to play other classic games: Battleship, Connect Four, Checkers, Tic-Tac-Toe, Sudoku, Scrabble, and many more. The best experience comes if you ask the AI to "run the game on a grid" — that way, you don’t have to draw everything out by hand on paper.

As with all games using ChatGPT, the key to success is describing exactly what you want. That way, it can tailor the game to match your style perfectly.

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