Catfishing

Catfishing is a browser-based trivia game built around Wikipedia categories. Instead of receiving a direct question, the player sees the categories connected to a hidden Wikipedia article and must identify its title. The subjects include people, locations, historical events, works, organizations, and other notable topics. The game has no storyline or playable characters because it focuses entirely on general knowledge and deduction.

Daily Puzzle Structure

Every day, Catfishing selects ten articles from a curated database containing more than 6,000 entries. These puzzles function as the game’s levels, although they are not arranged as a permanent campaign. All players receive the same daily selection, allowing them to compare results. A new group replaces the previous set after the daily reset, creating a short session with a fixed endpoint.

How to Play Catfishing

For each puzzle, read the displayed Wikipedia categories and look for connections between them. Broad categories establish the general subject, while references to dates, professions, countries, genres, or awards help narrow the answer. Enter the suspected article title into the answer field and submit it. Capitalization, accents, punctuation, and bracketed information are generally not required.

A practical approach includes:

• Identify whether the answer is a person, place, object, or work.
• Use dates and geographical categories to reduce the possibilities.
• Compare repeated topics across all available clues.
• Enter the most specific Wikipedia article title you can determine.

The game records correct and incorrect answers across the ten daily puzzles. When an answer is nearly correct, the interface may indicate that the player is close instead of rejecting it without feedback. Players can also award themselves half a point when their response is reasonably close to the official title. After completing the set, the result can be copied and shared without revealing the answers directly.

Progression and Strategy

Catfishing has no traditional stages, upgrades, inventory, or unlockable abilities. Progress is measured through daily results and the player’s growing familiarity with Wikipedia’s category system. Some answers can be recognized immediately, while others require eliminating several possibilities. The most useful strategy is to begin with highly specific categories rather than reading every clue as equally important. Catfishing can be played alone, but players may also solve the same questions with friends and compare who identifies each article first.