You've Been Here Before is for quick browser rounds. Choose 80 Days and similar options when players want that exact app, catalog, or ecosystem.
Pick QuickiePlay for short browser play. Pick 80 Days and similar options when the outside game format is the main reason to play.
No app install before play. Open on phone, tablet, laptop, or desktop.
Best when players already want that platform, library, or account history.
You've Been Here Before offers a short message mystery with group votes. Compare it with 80 Days route planning and Choice of Games interactive novels.
You've Been Here Before focuses on one short mystery with shared group votes instead of travel planning.
Use this answer to decide whether You've Been Here Before fits before comparing outside games with similar rules or moods.
Current You've Been Here Before facts and outside comparison notes show when this game fits before the table.
Phone and desktop browser. Six chapters, with about 4 to 6 minutes of active reading. Group waiting adds time.. Async turns.
Reach an ending. Best fit: Solo readers and groups of 2 to 5 players who enjoy choosing a story together..
Readers who enjoy travel strategy and replaying different journeys
You've Been Here Before focuses on one short mystery with shared group votes instead of travel planning.
Setup, install, account, async, device, and player fit in one scan.
| Setup friction | QuickiePlay opens from one browser link. Outside options may need an app, host, lobby, room code, or account. |
|---|---|
| Install need | QuickiePlay public games do not need an app install before play. |
| Account need | Players can start a QuickiePlay browser game before creating an account. |
| Async support | 1 listed QuickiePlay game supports async style turns or runs. |
| Round length | Six chapters, with about 4 to 6 minutes of active reading. Group waiting adds time. |
| Player count | 1 to 5 players |
| Device fit | Phone, tablet, laptop, and desktop browsers. |
| Best fit | Pick QuickiePlay for short browser play. Pick 80 Days and similar options when the outside game format is the main reason to play. |
Where outside games are stronger, and where QuickiePlay is faster to start.
Readers who enjoy travel strategy and replaying different journeys
You've Been Here Before focuses on one short mystery with shared group votes instead of travel planning.
Readers who want a longer story with many choices
You've Been Here Before uses short phone messages and six major decisions, playable alone or together.
| Game | Genre | Turn style | Controls | Best fit | Best edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| You've Been Here Before | STRATEGY | Async turns | Read the messages and tap one option. In a group, each player votes once. | Solo readers and groups of 2 to 5 players who enjoy choosing a story together. | QuickiePlay edge |
| 80 Days | Narrative travel adventure on mobile, desktop and Switch | Choose routes and manage a journey around the world | Readers who enjoy travel strategy and replaying different journeys | You've Been Here Before focuses on one short mystery with shared group votes instead of travel planning. | outside edge |
| Choice of Games | Text based interactive novels on web, Steam and mobile | Read a long branching novel and choose how its story unfolds | Readers who want a longer story with many choices | You've Been Here Before uses short phone messages and six major decisions, playable alone or together. | outside edge |
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You've Been Here Before
Start You've Been Here BeforeYou've Been Here Before offers a short message mystery with group votes. Compare it with 80 Days route planning and Choice of Games interactive novels.
Read a mystery through phone messages. Your choices decide how it ends.
Players read the messages and tap one option. in a group, each player votes once.. Reach an ending. You've Been Here Before keeps the challenge inside a short browser match.
Yes. You've Been Here Before runs through QuickiePlay in the browser, so players can open a normal link.
Sources used for target game facts, outside game context, and comparison fit on this page. Reviewed 2026-10-12. Updated 2026-10-12.
QuickiePlay prepared You've Been Here Before vs interactive fiction from current public game facts and the linked outside sources, with no paid placement deciding the verdict.
Documents branching travel choices, route planning, replay and supported platforms.
Choice of Games official overviewDocuments long text based interactive novels with branching choices on web, Steam and mobile.
Open the game free, then invite players with one link.
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