The trivia game the internet has missed
Battle of the brains.
The real-time trivia showdown where the fastest sharp mind wins. Duel a live opponent over seven questions across 260+ topics — anyone, anywhere, anytime.
Real-time trivia, done right.
Live duels, 260+ topics, and a game built to last.
Head-to-head knowledge battles used to be one of the internet's favorite ways to compete — then the best of them vanished. Brain Bout brings that back and takes it further: deeper topics, more modes, career-grade content, and an independent team committed to keeping it alive. (QuizUp fans — yes, this is the one you've been waiting for.)
Get in lineThe bout
Three minutes. One winner.
Every match is a fast, fair, head-to-head sprint. Here's the whole loop.
Pick your battleground
260+ topics, from World War II to K-pop to organic chemistry. Play what you know — or test what you don't.
Get matched, live
Seven questions, one shared clock. A random challenger or a friend across the country — matched in seconds.
Fastest mind wins
Speed and accuracy both count, and the final question pays double. Win, climb the rankings, rematch.
More than one way to play
Six modes, not one
Brain Bout is a whole arena — with more rolling out through the beta.
Duel
Classic real-time 1v1. Seven questions, double points on the last, winner takes the bragging rights.
Daily Challenge
Seven questions, the same for everyone, one shot a day. Beat the world and hold your rank.
Win Streak
String wins together in a topic and watch the fire grow. Miss a day and it resets — so don't.
Arcade
Solo, fast-paced rounds against the clock. Warm up, grind XP, chase a personal best.
Party
Group games with a room full of friends. Everyone in, same questions, last brain standing.
Tournaments
Bracketed competition with real stakes. Climb the rounds, prove you're the smartest in the field.
A category for every obsession
From your major to your guilty pleasure
260+ topics across ten themes, each with its own color, leaderboard, and titles to earn — and if we're missing your obsession, create your own category in seconds and duel your friends on it. Which are you here for? Tell us below — it shapes what we build first.
Take on the world.
Challenge friends, rivals, or total strangers anywhere on the planet. Every duel is a battle of the brains — and only one mind wins the bout. Do you have what it takes to be the smartest in the world?
Be first in the ring
Get early access.
Brain Bout is in private beta. The earliest players become founding competitors — first to climb the global rankings, before everyone else shows up.
Welcome to the founding players. We'll email your invite when your wave opens.
brainbout.app
Share your link — every friend who joins helps us open the beta sooner.