Trivia Tricks news & patch notes

Hello Tricksters! We're excited to share The You Quiz, a new asymmetrical party game where you win by knowing your friends’ and family’s opinions on personal, weird, or hilarious prompts. Just like Trivia Tricks, it also supports Friend Pass!

Best of all, owners of Trivia Tricks can get a 10% discount on The You Quiz through the new Trivia Together Bundle!

One player becomes the King, and all the other players are courtiers desperate for the King’s approval! Courtiers earn that approval by answering questions like, "It’s the end of the world. What is the King’s first reaction?" or "Name three things the King hates."

The King decides which answers they like most, and the better answers move closer to the throne!

Whoever reaches the top steals the crown and becomes the new King! It’s the perfect complement to your trivia game nights!

Best of all, if you enjoy creating Workshop packs in Trivia Tricks, you’ll love making new prompts for your friends to try in The You Quiz!

So check out The You Quiz by following this link to the Trivia Together Bundle! Thanks again for following Trivia Tricks, and thanks to The You Quiz dev team for collaborating with us!

Hello everyone! Happy holidays! Let's get right into today's updates!

Have you completed 'Hollow Knight: Silksong'? Memorized every lyric in ‘Manchild’? Finally watched the entirety of 'KPop Demon Hunters'? You’d better have, because today's Trivia Tricks update prepares our question database for 2026, with over 150 new questions on all the latest topics!

We’ve also reviewed all 5,500 existing questions to ensure they remain factually correct as time marches on. We love delighting players with trivia on recent topics, and we hope you'll enjoy this latest batch!

Imgur has chosen to restrict UK users' access to its service, which affects Workshop creators who rely on Imgur for hotlinking images in their question packs. As a result, we've taken steps to ensure UK players (including us developers!) can access as much Workshop content as possible.

• The ExampleWorkshop pack, our tutorial pack for creating Workshop content, now recommends imgbox and DirectUpload as image hosts. In addition, we no longer host the images from this pack on Imgur.

• UK players will now consistently see the "This content is not viewable in your region" notice in place of Imgur-hosted images from a Workshop pack. Previously, some Imgur links would instead show the less helpful "The image URL cannot be reached" message.

And of course, it wouldn't be a real patch without some general improvements and bug fixes! Thanks to all players who take the time to report issues to us directly.

• Fixed Workshop Packs that contained WEBP image files having the colors display incorrectly.

• Fixed a crash that could occur when loading certain MP4 files into a Workshop Pack.

• The error displayed when attempting to use an unsupported file type in a Workshop pack now correctly lists BMP, WEBP, GIF, and MP4 as supported.

• Fixed an issue where some fan-created packs were incorrectly accredited to 3-Tricks.

Thank you for following Trivia Tricks! Do consider leaving an honest Steam Review letting us know what you think about the game. This helps Trivia Tricks to find more quiz heads on Steam. Thanks for all your support!

Hello Tricksters! We're aware that Imgur has restricted UK users' access to their service. More details can be found here: https://help.imgur.com/hc/en-us/articles/41592665292443-Imgur-access-in-the-United-Kingdom This is preventing UK-based players from viewing the images of Workshop packs that are hosted on Imgur. UK-based players also cannot upload packs that rely on Imgur for hosting their images. Packs that use other hosting providers are unaffected. This issue is impacting several games with user-generated content across Steam and we are exploring alternative solutions. As a UK-based development team, this is something we want to see resolved as quickly as possible! Thanks for your patience and understanding, 3-Tricks

Hello, hello!

Today's Trivia Tricks update introduces an entirely new and highly requested game mode: Team Trivia!

Form up to 4 teams of your friends or CPUs and work your collective brain cells to the top!

Team Trivia is fully compatible with all the features you would expect, such as Friend Pass, Steam Workshop, and Twitch Integration!

Don't worry about uneven numbers! An answering bonus will automatically kick in for smaller teams to ensure a fair match. You could even stack everybody against a single player and make your own Co-op Vs. Boss mode!

Lastly, Trivia Tricks is also on sale! Now, I know most of you reading this will already own the full game, but do think of those pals of yours who are trapped in the cosmetically-starved world of Friend Pass. Please consider gifting them a copy of the game and some individuality to go with it! What a good friend you are!

As always, thank you for following Trivia Tricks! Do consider leaving an honest Steam Review letting us know what you think about the game. This helps Trivia Tricks to find more quiz heads on Steam. Thanks for all your support!

• "Team Trivia" can now be selected! Split into up to 4 teams for competitive trivia!
• If teams have an imbalanced number of players then the smaller teams will automatically get a proportional points bonus to compensate.
• Player avatars now load faster across the game.
• Fixed an issue where CPU characters would sometimes consider using items on themselves.
• Fixed an issue where, when a player received the Hot Potato item from a Chance Round, their podium light wouldn't turn off.
• Updated the question database with a variety of typo fixes and changes due to developments in the modern day.

• The Summer Splash event is back! From now until September 1st complete limited-time challenges to unlock exclusive items!
• The Isle del Trickster stage has been made the default stage for the duration of the event!
• All 24 challenges and 31 cosmetics from the previous years have returned. Grab them while you can!
• For the duration of the Summer event, bosses will also be dressed for the occasion!
• Friend Pass players can earn progress towards missions, but only owners of the full game can redeem mission rewards.

Hey Tricksters!

This is a small update bringing some improvements and bug fixes focused on the recently released GIF & MP4 support for Workshop questions. We have absolutely loved to watch the fantastic question packs which the community has created with these tools. Do check out the awesome content players have been creating in the Steam Workshop.

Interested in creating a pack yourself? The Official Creator Guide will help you get started (anyone can do it)!

Here are the patch notes for Trivia 1.1.4!

• Fixed a bug for GIF questions where, when the answer was being revealed, the GIF would not be shown.

• Fixed a bug where, when a new question was being asked, MP4s and GIFs would not always be at the beginning of their animation.

• Fixed a bug where, when previewing the upcoming MP4s before a game begins, or in the categories menu, they would display as a black square while they downloaded.

• Fixed a bug where, when previewing the upcoming GIFs before a game begins, or in the categories menu, GIFs couldn't be expanded to the fullscreen view.

• Fixed a bug where GIFs would be cleared from memory much later than they should be.

• The prompt encouraging mouse players to use the keyboard so their answer choices can’t be seen has been moved. It will no longer overlap the question credit for Workshop questions.

• Fixed some typos and cleaned up the wording on a variety of questions.

Thank you for following Trivia Tricks! Do consider leaving an honest Steam Review letting us know what you think about the game. This helps Trivia Tricks to find more quiz heads on Steam. Thanks for all your support!

• Added support for GIF, MP4, and WebP formats for Steam Workshop packs.
• When creating or updating a Workshop pack, Trivia Tricks will now validate that all images in the pack can load and that they are under 5MB in size. This will help creators find problematic images in their packs.
• Games will now start faster, as Trivia Tricks no longer needs to download all images that will be used in that game before it begins.
• The thumbnails for Workshop packs in the Categories Menu now download significantly faster.
• Fixed an issue where creating new Workshop Packs could result in the creation of several identical packs.
• Fixed a bug where the notification suggesting that players using the mouse should instead use the WASD keys would not always appear when it should with certain combinations of local players, or would dismiss before the player had answered with the WASD keys.
• Fixed an issue where MP4s would pause on the first frame for several seconds when they were first loaded in the Workshop Preview menu.

• Trivia Tricks and Trivia Tricks Friend Pass are now available on macOS!
• Mac users can play with Windows and Linux users with seamless cross-play. This includes cross-platform Friend Pass!
• Trivia Tricks is compatible with Apple Silicon devices, all the way back to the Apple M1 from 2020!
• Added support for GIFs, MP4s and WebPs in the Workshop Preview menu, although they cannot be uploaded yet.
• Start creating your packs today ready for launch on the 23rd!
• Updated the ExampleWorkshop file to a version that contains an example of an animated question.
• Added a handful of new questions to the base game categories.
• Fixed an issue where the 'Start' button wouldn't open the menu on Steam Deck and Linux.
• Fixed an issue where, when a game is beginning and the download of Workshop packs was cancelled, any local players would incorrectly have their state set to 'unready'.
• Fixed an issue where the 'default resolutions' we load in the options menu (720p, 1080p, etc) weren't always available.
• Improved clarity on some of the written instructions in the Twitch Integration menus.
• Improved clarity on the written instructions telling players to use a keyboard rather than a mouse if other players can see their answers (Twitch, local or remote play). This instruction will now only dismiss once the player has used the keyboard.
• Fixed some typos and cleaned up the wording on a variety of questions. Thanks to all of you who took the time to report these to us directly!
• Placed 2025 copyright on the title screen (for real this time!!)

• Fixed a bug where the 'Saturday Night Trivia' link on the main menu would not work during the Summer, Halloween, and Festive seasonal events.
• Fixed an oversight where questions with three answer choices, set to display in a fixed order, would not display in-game in the same order as four-answer questions. They are now consistent, matching how four-answer questions are displayed.
• Added a handful of new questions to the base game categories.
• Fixed some typos and cleaned up the wording on a variety of questions. Thanks to all of you who took the time to report these to us directly!
• Updated copyright text to 2025.

• Added over 275 new questions to the Question Database, covering events and media relevant in the present day.
• We’ve made sure to add new questions to every category, so there’s something for everyone!
• Reviewed all existing questions to ensure they are both culturally relevant and accurate in the present day.
• Fixed an issue where players could 'Get on Crab' without selecting the option to Get on Crab.
• Replaced the link to our Twitter on the main menu with a link to our Bluesky.

• AI players will now decide whether to use items earlier in the round to ensure items such as the Crystal Ball are used correctly and mirror human behaviour.
• AI players will be more likely to use their items the longer they hold them for. This will make games with AI players more interesting with more happening during the game.

• The ready timer will no longer begin counting down if the host hasn't readied up. This stops games from accidentally starting while the host is still changing settings.
• Improved the uniqueness of item spawns during Chance Round to diversify which items are seen during a game.
• Added text under the 'Visible Answers' and 'Change Answer' options in the lobby to better explain their usage.
• In the Character Creator, the ‘Save Character’ menu has been renamed to ‘Overwrite who’ for extra clarity.
• Improved the wording and ordering for the Windowed settings in the Settings Menu to better promote 'Borderless Fullscreen', and describe 'Exclusive Fullscreen'.
• The Space and Summer stages have been optimized slightly to fix performance hitches.

• Fixed a crash that could occur if the player entered a gamepad input on a certain frame while joining an online game.
• Fixed the Golden Pants' sparkle not sparkling enough!
• Fixed a visual error in the Twitch Latency menu.
• Fixed a visual error displaying a placeholder question on the TV when joining a game.
• Fixed the Tab Menu not respecting the player's aspect ratio correctly.
• Tweaks to a few of Mr. Tricks’ lines after Chance Round has finished.

• Fixed a bug where, during the Halloween and Winter seasonal events, the Halloween and Festive categories were not being enabled by default until players opened the Category menu.
• Fixed a visual bug in the achievements menu where the tracker for 'Gilded Genius' (the achievement for unlocking all achievements) would reach 50/49.
• Fixed a visual bug where the Golden Pants earned for unlocking 'Gilded Genius' weren't sparkling outside of the Character Creator.
• Fixed an inaccurate question in the Sports category that was reported to us on Discord, as well as fixing some minor wording issues in other questions! Thank you!
• Fixed a visual error in the font of one of the picture questions in the Geography category.

• To celebrate the launch of Trivia Tricks, a new stage has been added! Where? In Space!
• Enjoy the new music which accompanies the Space Stage!
• The 'Frequent Flyer' achievement has been updated to require the Space stage to be played at least once (if you have already unlocked 'Frequent Flyer', then you will keep the achievement).

• Seven new achievements have been added, each with their own unlockable cosmetic! Can you unlock them all?
• This includes the ultimate challenge ‘Gilded Genius’, which unlocks the coveted 'Golden Pants'.

• Over 200 new questions have been added!
• Picture questions have been added to the Geography and Art & Literature base game categories!
• Fixed some typos and cleaned up the wording on a variety of questions. Thanks to all of you who took the time to report these to us directly!

• A new tool has been added for streamers to test their connections and to measure their exact stream delay.
• Based on the measured stream delay, Trivia Tricks will suggest an appropriate Answering Time! This is useful as, when playing with Twitch, every question lasts the full selected answering length.
• Several bug fixes and UI improvements have been made to the Twitch menus.

• The ordering in the Character Creator has been updated. Any unlocked cosmetics will now appear at the start of the list, with locked cosmetics being at the end.
• Workshop pack visibility can now be set to ‘Unlisted’ when packs are being created or updated.
• The notification that appears when restarting a lobby now clearly states that the restart will occur after the current question or Chance Round has finished.
• The ‘Tame’ Chance Round setting has been renamed to ‘No Items’ to clearly convey what the setting adjusts.
• To improve loading times in the Workshop Statistics menu the rating information is now placed behind a confirmation.
• Removed the "Trying to add players?" message that would appear in the lobby when using a different control method than originally connected in the Character Select screen.
• Added in a specific error message when trying to preview, create or update a Workshop file that ends in a “)” character.
• Menus across Trivia Tricks have been updated and standardized to use our latest UI elements.
• Now that pants are no longer “coming soon”, we’ve updated the posters that are visible in the Character Creator!

• Fixed an issue where a client leaving the lobby at the ‘Caching’ step would cause the caching to never complete, meaning hosts would have to close and recreate the lobby.
• Fixed a bug where, if a player cancelled downloading picture questions, after the game reloaded the lobby music wouldn’t play.
• Fixed a bug where the Update menu would only display a maximum of 50 Workshop packs.
• Fixed some character dialogue issues where characters would quickly change their portrait after they began speaking, and better synchronized animations to the on-screen text.
• Fixed a bug where the image of a picture question would sometimes appear in the middle of the screen for a single frame after the answer had been revealed.
• Fixed a bug where, when the images of picture questions were being downloaded, the progress bars that show download progress would only say "Complete!" when all players had finished their downloads.
• Fixed a bug where the last player to ready up wouldn't be shown as ‘ready’ while Workshop packs load.
• Fixed a bug where, if a player joined during the intro, the game would tell the player that they will join after the host is finished downloading picture questions, even if the host wasn't downloading picture questions.
• Fixed a bug where, when joining a game during “Question 1”, the screen would say players are currently answering "Question 0”.
• Fixed an issue where the 'Trending Workshop' carousel on the Main Menu would change its size as it was being navigated.
• Fixed some of the lobby setting tick boxes having an incorrect aspect ratio.
• Fixed some missing sound effects in the Workshop and Character Creator menus.
• Fixed a bug where the blur behind the Pause menu wouldn’t always cover everything on the screen.
• Fixed a bug where the “Speed Bonus is turned off when playing with Twitch” notification would appear during the picture question consent screen, as opposed to during Mr. Tricks’ intro.
• Fixed a bug where client player answers weren’t hidden when playing with Twitch for specific question types.
• Fixed a bug where, if a player who was not the host used the Crystal Ball item, they wouldn't be able to see other player answers unless another player answered after they used the Crystal Ball.
• Fixed a bug where Mr. Tricks would lose his Lei during the Summer Splash event if someone joined midgame.
• Fixed an issue where Tricksters wearing the Flamingo Floatie could sit in certain positions on the Main Menu that would cause the Floatie to clip through their head.

• A brand new space-themed stage!
• New achievements and character cosmetics.
• Picture questions in the base game.
• A Twitch Chat stream-delay testing tool.
• Even MORE polish!

• A brand new stage set in SPACE!
• New Achievements and cosmetics
• Base game picture questions
• Even MORE polish!

• The Summer Splash event is back! From now until September 1st complete limited-time challenges to unlock exclusive items!
• The Isle del Trickster stage has been made the default stage for the duration of the event!
• All 24 challenges and 31 cosmetics from the previous years have returned. Grab them while you can!
• For the duration of the Summer event, bosses will also be dressed for the occasion!
• Friend Pass players can earn progress towards missions, but only owners of the full game can redeem mission rewards.

• The in-game Browse Menu and Categories Menu now cache the Workshop thumbnails so that they don't need to be redownloaded. The Browse Menu and Categories Menu should now be more responsive as a result.
• When a Workshop question without a credit is shown, the credit box will now say 'Question is player created' instead of 'Question by player created'
• Fixed a bug where the "Contains Picture Questions" Workshop tag would remain even if the player updated their pack to no longer include picture questions.
• Fixed a bug where, if a Workshop pack was tagged with "Contains Picture Questions", the pack would incorrectly count it as an extra genre tag in the Update menu.
• Fixed some possible performance issues for clients in the lobby.
• Fixed an issue where the ratings bar was still visible for packs with less than 5 reviews.
• Fixed an issue where the game would search the Workshop twice at the start of a lobby.
• Fixed the Categories Menu refreshing the Workshop categories when it was not necessary.
• Fixed a rare crash when opening the Categories Menu.
• Fixed a potential memory leak when the game searched for the host's subscribed categories.
• Fixed some typos in the question database.

• It is now possible to view the community review score of Workshop packs within Trivia Tricks!
• Packs that have a rating of 85% or above are marked with a larger icon.
• The community review score of a pack will not be displayed until it has at least 5 ratings.
• The number of questions from a pack that are required to have been seen before being prompted to rate it has been lowered from 10 to 5.

• When clients suggest a pack to turn on/off in the Categories Menu, the selected category will now change color.
• The method in which players change game modes between Standard and Co-Op now uses buttons instead.
• Clients can now request what game mode they would like to play in a similar fashion to how they can suggest categories.
• The "Most Likes" option in the Workshop Browse Menu has been removed. As this option would sort by total “like” count we felt this would cause confusion with the shown review percentage.
• Added the option to filter the Workshop Browse menu to the last 2 weeks of activity. This has also been set as the default, as opposed to 1 week.
• Fixed a bug where the Bits that were thrown by Twitch characters wouldn't despawn correctly.
• Fixed an issue where players could request to play locked categories.
• Fixed an issue where the error messages for Picture Questions would sometimes flicker.
• Fixed a bug where players could suggest Workshop categories during Vs Boss Mode.
• Fixed a bug where, if the Categories Menu failed to search for Workshop packs, players would have to leave and recreate the lobby to try the search again.

Improvements to pack creation…

• When reviewing a pack you’re creating in the Workshop Preview menu, you will now find buttons which jump forwards or backwards 10 questions, making it easier for creators of large Workshop packs to review specific questions.
• In addition, the general layout of the Workshop Preview menu has been improved.
• The error that creators would see when a question had a blank uniqueId was previously inaccurate (it would fail saying ‘row 0’ was empty). It now informs creators that they either have a blank ID or empty rows at the bottom of their file.

The following issues have been fixed...

• Fixed a bug where picture questions would weirdly resize for a couple of seconds after selecting to reload an image during gameplay, or as you navigated through the Workshop Preview menu.
• The progress bar that tracks picture downloads before a game begins now correctly represents the number of pictures to be downloaded, instead of the number of questions in the upcoming game.
• Fixed some typos in a number of questions.

• When player answers are revealed, the camera position and on-screen location of the picture have been adjusted so they no longer cover the player nametags.
• Added a new validation step on pack upload that ensures all links in the imageURL column must end in .jpg, .jpeg or .png
• Added a suitable error message on the TV on the Preview menu in Ganymede’s Lab to inform creators the imageURL of that question does not end .jpg, .jpeg or .png
• To improve the readability of the Image Preview menu that is shown before a game begins, the background color when highlighting the images has been changed from white to light-blue.
• In the case an image couldn't be downloaded the error shown is no longer the generic 'something has gone wrong' message and instead informs players and creators that the link may be broken.
• Fixed an issue where, if an image from a Workshop pack couldn't be downloaded, the game wouldn't start and players would have to press to cancel and retry.
• Fixed a bug where, when the player answers were revealed, if the image had failed to download the area of the screen that would display the image would just say “ERROR”
• Fixed a bug where, if the same image was used in multiple questions and the first appearance of this image failed to download, the player was unable to retry the download of the later questions which use that image.
• Fixed a bug where the player would be unable to interact with the lobby if they clicked Back during the Workshop Download phase.
• Fixed a bug where the player would be unable to interact with the lobby if the Workshop Verification step failed.
• Fixed a bug where the ‘Reload Image’ button appeared in Ganymede's Lab, despite serving no purpose.

From today, you can join the V2 Workshop Beta to create and share question packs which contain...

Picture Questions

• Include an image that will be shown alongside your question.

Answer Explanations

• Include a short piece of text displayed to players after the answer is revealed.

2 or 3 answer choices

• Questions don't need 4 answers anymore.

• Picture questions! Include an image that will be shown alongside your question.
• The ability to have just 2 or 3 answer choices instead of 4.
• Answer explanations, a piece of text which can be displayed to players after the answer is revealed.

• Added over 1,100 new questions!
• Questions in the base game that were accredited to fans have been removed. This is step was taken for legal compliance and to create a clearer distinction between 'official' and player-created content. We thank everybody who took the time to submit questions to us and encourage you to upload your questions to the Workshop!
• But don't worry, even accounting for the removal of player-submitted questions Trivia Tricks' base game has more questions than ever before!

• Fixed a bug where players who left when a Chance Round ball was flying towards them wouldn't have their score altered.
• Fixed a bug where Mr Tricks would sometimes skip the first question.
• Fixed a bug where the camera transition during the ending would break from the second game onwards.
• Fixed a bug where the Workshop verification process in a lobby could be broken by pressing Back.
• Fixed a bug where it was possible for players to upload the default V2 Workshop pack without any changes.
• Fixed a bug where the Anvil effect would be delayed if used twice or more in one game.
• Fixed a bug where, if a player joined a lobby midgame, all player podiums would animate incorrectly when their score next changed.
• Fixed a possible performance issue when using the right stick.

• Picture questions! Include an image that will be shown alongside your question.
• The ability to have just 2 or 3 answer choices instead of 4.
• Answer explanations, a piece of text which can be displayed to players after the answer is revealed.

• Fixed a bug where, after a game had been completed and players were returned to the lobby, their avatars would be missing.

• After using the 'Call-a-Boss' item, it will now be possible to change your answer for the duration of that question.
• Fixed a bug where the question rounds that grant 30% extra points were awarding players with 1,299 points instead of 1,300 points, leading to uneven scores instead of nice round numbers.
• Fixed a bug where, after playing two or more games in a row, the camera during the final score reveal wouldn't smoothly navigate to the podiums.
• Fixed an issue where player avatars would be redownloaded repeatedly.
• Fixed True or False questions displaying the "TRUE" and "FALSE" answer options in block capitals.
• Fixed a bug where players who joined midgame during a Co-Op Vs Boss match against Santa & Krampus would not see the boss’s name on their podium until Santa & Krampus swapped out.
• Optimized rendering the leaderboard in the Tab Menu.
• Some backend changes to prepare for Picture Questions! 📸 Stay tuned for more information on those coming in the New Year!