What is For Clicks Sake?+
It’s a guessing game built from real clickbait headlines. Each round shows you a vague or sensational headline pulled from a real publication, plus four possible answers for what the article actually says. You guess. The earlier you guess correctly, the more points you score. Full rules live on the How to Play page.
Is it free?+
Yes. Quick Play is free with no account required. A signed-in account unlocks the daily challenge, leaderboards by name, and stats across devices — also free. We’re planning an optional Pro tier later for an ad-free experience, but the core game stays free.
Where do the headlines come from?+
Real publications. We pull headlines via RSS from around 30 clickbait-prone sites — ScreenRant, BuzzFeed, The Verge, BBC News, IFL Science, Bored Panda, and others across eight categories. An LLM reads the full article body to produce a correct answer and three plausible distractors, and a human reviews everything before it goes live. Roughly half of what comes through the pipeline gets rejected.
Are any of the headlines AI-generated?+
A small minority — only when a category runs short and the approved queue is low. AI-generated headlines are flagged internally and held to the same human review bar as scraped ones. The live pool is heavily weighted toward real publications and the goal is to keep it that way.
How does the spectrum bonus round work?+
After your 5 rounds, you’re shown one more headline you haven’t seen and asked to rate it 1–10 on the clickbait spectrum. The closer your rating is to player consensus, the bigger the multiplier applied to your full game score — up to 1.5x for dead-on, down to 0.85x for 4+ off. It rewards calibration over confidence.
Why does my Stage 1 guess sometimes feel impossible?+
Because some headlines are genuinely good clickbait, which means Stage 1 is supposed to be hard. We score headlines on “quality” during curation and prefer ambiguous ones — the kind where four plausible answers all seem reasonable. If a headline gives the article away in the title, we reject it. That’s the whole point of the game.
What’s the daily challenge?+
A curated 5-round game published once per UTC day. Every signed-in player worldwide plays the same six headlines, so scores are directly comparable on the daily leaderboard. One attempt per UTC day, enforced at the database level — clearing your browser won’t grant another attempt. Daily scores still count toward the main Today / Week / All Time leaderboards too.
Can I play without creating an account?+
Yes. Quick Play works anonymously. Your scores still get tracked under a stable anonymous player ID — when you eventually sign up, that history carries over because we preserve the same ID through the conversion. The only thing anonymous players can’t do is play the daily challenge or appear by name on the leaderboard.
How are my display name and avatar chosen?+
You pick a display name during onboarding (3–30 characters, alphanumeric plus underscore and dash, unique, profanity filtered). You can edit it from your profile, with a limit of two changes per 15 minutes to discourage drive-by name changes. For avatars, you can pick from eight preset emoji or fall back to the avatar from your social login.
Do you collect a lot of data on me?+
Only what’s needed to run the game. Sessions, your individual round answers (used to compute the leaderboard and improve content), your reactions, and your profile. We use Google Analytics 4 with IP anonymisation behind a cookie consent banner. We don’t sell data and we don’t run behavioural ad targeting. See the privacy policy for the full breakdown.
Can I delete my account?+
Yes. Email privacy@forclickssake.app from the address linked to your account and we’ll delete the account and all associated game data. We’re working on a self-serve delete button for the profile page; until then, email is the route.
Does the game work on desktop?+
It works, but the design is mobile-first. The canvas is capped at about 480px wide on purpose — the game is built to feel like a phone game. On desktop you’ll see the game centred with a faint ambient background filling the rest of the screen.
Can I install it on my phone?+
Yes. For Clicks Sake is a Progressive Web App. On mobile, your browser will offer an “Add to Home Screen” option and the game runs full-screen from the icon like a native app. There’s also a small install prompt on the homepage.
Why does my answer time matter so much?+
The speed bonus tops out at +50 points for an instant correct answer and drops to zero at 30 seconds. It’s there to break ties on the leaderboard and to reward genuine reflex pattern-matching, not to punish slow readers. If you take 30 seconds you still get the full base score for your stage.
Are there ads?+
Eventually, yes — contextual ads only, never on the active game screen, and never for anonymous players or under-13s. We’re currently waiting on AdSense approval, which is partly why these content pages exist: AdSense wants to see substantial original content before they’ll approve a site. So in a small way, you’re reading this because of the algorithm we’re also trying to teach you to outwit.
I found a bug / I have a suggestion. Where do I send it?+
Email hello@forclickssake.app. We read everything. Bugs that come with steps to reproduce get fixed fastest.