Ushanka Hat
A party word game: explain, act, guess.
How to install the app
The app is downloaded from Google Play only. While the closed test is running, here is how to get it:
- If you installed the APK from this website, uninstall it first: it has a different signature, so Google Play will not install the app over it. Note that uninstalling deletes the app's data on this phone (settings, your own words).
- Join the testers group: https://groups.google.com/g/ushanka-hat-testers Wait a few minutes: Google does not notice right away that you are in the group. If the testing page says the app is unavailable, wait a bit longer and refresh the page.
- With the same Google account, open the testing page on Google Play and tap “Become a tester”. The install link may not work right away, sometimes only after a few hours.
- Install the app from Google Play and keep it installed for 14 days: Google requires this for the closed test.
“Ushanka Hat” is a classic party game (a Hat game) where you explain a word so that your team can guess it. The words go into a hat, the players take turns drawing them and explaining them while the timer runs. Whoever guesses the most words wins. The game is free: play in the browser or download the Android app.
It is a party word game for two or more people, and you do not have to be in the same place: friends in different cities can play online with voice and video right in the game, up to 6 phones. If everybody is together, one phone passed around is enough, or one room where everyone has their own phone (up to 16 players).
The game has ready-made word lists in English, German and Russian, your own words, teams or everyone for themselves, the rounds “One word” and “Gestures”, plus a separate “Crocodile” mode (charades). It is similar to Alias or Taboo in spirit: you explain a word without saying it, but in Ushanka Hat you can play several rounds on the same set of words.