The Password Game: weird website review & sites like it

The Password Game looks like an ordinary sign-up form with one field: choose a password. Then it starts adding rules. The first few are reasonable. After that they become stranger, more specific and more demanding, and each time you satisfy one, another appears while your password grows longer and more ridiculous.

The page describes itself as a test of your password strength, your patience and your will to live, and that is fair. You will probably mutter at the screen, and you will definitely be tempted to look up the rules in advance, which sort of defeats the purpose. Go in cold at least once.

It is a Neal Agarwal project on neal.fun, which dates to 2023. It takes about five minutes if you are quick and much longer if you are not, and it works on phones. If you have ever been annoyed by a real sign-up form, this is cathartic.

Tips for getting the most out of it

Go in without spoilers; the surprises are the whole game.
Keep an eye on your whole password, not just the newest rule.
It works on a phone, but a keyboard is easier.

Questions about The Password Game

What is The Password Game?

It is a browser game that looks like a password field and adds increasingly odd rules for what your password must contain. You keep editing until every rule is satisfied, which gets stranger and harder as you go. You can find it at neal.fun, and odd-sites.com lists it as a five-minute visit.

Who made The Password Game?

It is by Neal Agarwal and lives on his neal.fun site. It dates to 2023. It is free to play in your browser with no sign-up. We check the link daily, so you can see whether it is still alive. It is free to open in a browser, with nothing to install.