Play a friend live

Any Arena game can be played live against a friend. You both get the same questions at the same moment and watch each other’s score as you go.

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01Start a match

1. 1

   Choose “Play with a friend · live”

   From a game’s How to play screen, Play live on a result screen, or Challenge on another student’s profile.

2. 2

   Find your friend

   Search their name or @username. They get a pop-up and a notification.

3. 3

   Wait for them

   They have one minute to join. Stay on the waiting screen — leaving it cancels the invite.

4. 4

   Play

   Five seconds after they accept, you both start on the same 3 · 2 · 1.

02Who wins

Most right answers wins (in Memory, most rounds cleared). If it’s a tie, fewer mistakes wins, then whoever got there first. If it’s still level, it’s a draw.

• Leaving mid-match, or going quiet for 20 seconds, means you forfeit.
• Each player earns Dopamine for their own round, just like a solo game.
• Up to 40 invites a day. Sending a new invite cancels your previous one.
• You can’t invite someone who’s already in a match, or someone you’ve blocked (or who blocked you).