Try Not To Laugh

Try Not To Laugh is a two-minute straight-face challenge for kids, families and anyone who thinks they have a good poker face. The screen throws dad jokes, silly animal pictures, sudden sound effects and sneaky little tricks at you. If you laugh, smile or even smirk, you tap I LAUGHED and lose one of your three lives. Keep a life until the timer hits zero and you survive the round.

Four rounds, rising difficulty

Warm-Up is classic dad jokes and goofy animals. Silly Sounds adds moos, toots and surprises you hear before you see. Chaos Mode rains tacos and dares you to press buttons you really shouldn't. Final Boss saves the hardest bits for last, including slow-build sequences where the joke sneaks up on you. Every round has more than twenty bits, so a game rarely repeats, and the game remembers which rounds you have survived.

It works best with an audience

The honesty rule is the whole game: nobody can see your face but you, or whoever is sitting next to you. It plays best as a family or classroom challenge. Take turns, let everyone watch the player, and call out any smirks. Kids love catching a parent cracking on a pun, and parents get just as much joy from the reverse.

Tips for keeping a straight face

Look slightly past the screen rather than straight at it, keep your breathing slow, and don't read the punchline the moment it appears. The trickiest moments are the ones you don't see coming, such as a sound effect or a picture after a long pause, so stay relaxed instead of tensing up. Everything is family-friendly: no scary content, no rude words, just the silly stuff that gets kids giggling.