Stunt Doubler

SMSPlayers

The games.

We run collaborative mystery games over text message. You get clues, you talk to each other, you work out what happened. No app, no account, no login.

How a game works

  1. You joinText the keyword on your invitation to the number it came from. That text is your opt-in — nothing starts until you send it.
  2. The game beginsClues, messages and developments arrive as texts, at the pace the story runs.
  3. You playReply to move things forward. What you and the other players send changes what happens next.
  4. It endsEvery game finishes. When yours does, gameplay messages stop on their own.

Two kinds of messages. Two separate choices.

We keep these apart on purpose. Agreeing to one never signs you up for the other.

Gameplay

Clues, story beats, and replies to what you send. These run only while a game you joined is active, and stop when it ends.

Future games & news — optional

New games, early access, the occasional thing we're doing. You opt into this separately, and declining changes nothing about your game.

Stopping, and getting help

Text STOP to any message to leave immediately. You'll get one confirmation and then nothing further.

Text HELP for help, or email [email protected].

Leaving mid-game is always allowed and costs you nothing. If you stop marketing messages, your gameplay messages carry on — and the other way around.

What it costs

Playing is free. Message and data rates may apply — that's between you and your mobile carrier, and depends on your plan. Message frequency varies by game and by how much you play.

Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages.

Who can play

These games are for adults. You must be 18 or older to take part, and you must play on a phone that's yours, using a number you're allowed to use.

If we learn a player is under 18, we remove them from the game and delete their number. If that's someone you know, email us and we'll take care of it.

Your number, and what we do with it

We use your phone number to run the game, and — only if you asked for it — to tell you about future ones. We don't sell your number and we don't share it for anyone else's marketing.

The full detail is in our Privacy Policy, the rules of the program are in our Terms, and the contest itself is governed by the Official Rules.

One thing worth saying plainly

These games are fiction. Messages are part of a story you chose to join. Nothing we send is a real emergency, a real legal notice, or a real request for money. We will never ask you by text for a password, a payment, or a Social Security number. If a message claiming to be from us does, it isn't us. Text STOP and email us.

One honest exception: if you win a prize worth $600 or more, US tax law requires us to report it, so we'll need your legal name, address and taxpayer number on an IRS form. That happens only after you've been notified as a winner, never over text, and never before. The detail is in the Official Rules.

Last updated: September 3, 2026