The Choicer Voicer, explained
A dubbing game where the original dialogue is cut out and you put it back — badly, on purpose, out loud, in front of everyone. This is an independent guide to how it plays, where its scenes come from, and how to make your own.
This is not the game's download page. The game is a paid Windows and Linux release; the link above goes to where you can actually buy it.
What the game is
The Choicer Voicer drops you into a scene with the voices stripped out and the lines written down in front of you. Your job is to perform them — in time with the mouths on screen, in whatever voice you have decided the character has, while the room watches you do it. It is the same instinct as reading a friend's text message aloud in a stupid voice, formalised into a game with a running order and a scoreboard.
It is a desktop release: a Windows and Linux download, built in Godot, bought from itch.io for whatever you choose to pay above the minimum. It runs on one machine, which shapes the whole way it gets played — everybody is in the same room, and the controller or the keyboard goes round the sofa between performers rather than each person sitting at their own computer.
The scenes are not fixed. Most of what people play is community-made — dub packs, published to sites like GameBanana, each one a cut scene with its lines already timed. That is the part of this game that keeps going after the box is empty, and it is what most of this site is about.
Playing something like it in a browser
There is no official browser version of The Choicer Voicer and no online mode — it is a download, and it plays in one room. If what you actually wanted was a dubbing game you could open on a laptop and share with people who are not in the house, that is a different game, and it is worth saying so plainly rather than sending you round in circles.
PartyDub is the closest browser-based version of the idea: everybody joins a room with a code, dubs the same clip without hearing each other, and then the room votes. It is free, it needs nothing installed, and the clip comes off your own device rather than from a pack. It is a different game with the same instinct behind it, and it is run by the same person who runs this site — which is stated here rather than buried, because you should know that before you click.
Four steps, no install, and nobody hears anybody else until the end — which is the part that makes it funny.
- 1
Someone opens a room
The host picks a clip off their own device. It goes straight to the other players and never touches a server.
- 2
Everyone joins with a code
Six characters, typed into a browser. No account, no download, no install — a phone is enough to join.
- 3
Everybody dubs it blind
Each person performs the same scene without hearing what anybody else did, which is what stops the room converging on one joke.
- 4
Then you all watch and vote
Every take played back to the whole room, and the room decides. This is the bit people stay for.
The guides
Five pages, in the order they are usually needed.
- How to playA round from start to finish, what you need before you begin, and how to perform a line so it actually lands.
- Dub packsWhat is inside a dub pack, where the community publishes them, how to install one, and why some of them refuse to play.
- Make a packCutting a scene you are allowed to use, timing the lines against the picture, encoding the video, and publishing the result.
- AlternativesFour dubbing games side by side, honestly — including the two that are free and the one that runs in a browser.
- Play onlineWhether you can play it over the internet with friends who are somewhere else. The answer is shorter than the page.
Common questions
Is The Choicer Voicer free?
No. It is a paid download on itch.io with a minimum price and a pay-what-you-want box above it. The dub packs people make for it are generally free, but the game itself is not.
Can you play The Choicer Voicer online with friends?
Not in the game itself — there is no online mode. It plays on one machine with everybody in the same room. People do play it remotely by sharing a screen over a call, with one person hosting and the others performing down the call, which works but is not something the game does for you.
Is there a browser version?
No. It is a Windows and Linux download built in Godot, and there is no official web build. If a browser dubbing game is what you are after, PartyDub is one, and there is an honest comparison of the options on the alternatives page.
What is a dub pack?
A scene packaged so the game can play it: a video file with the dialogue removed, the lines written out, and the timings that say when each one is spoken. Most are made by players and published free, which is where nearly all of the game's content comes from.
Why won't my dub pack load?
Almost always the video. The game's video player decodes Ogg Theora, and a pack carrying an MP4 — including one built for another dubbing game — will not play even though everything else about it is correct. Converting the video and leaving the lines alone usually fixes it.
Where do you download dub packs?
GameBanana carries the largest published collection, and packs also circulate through the game's own community channels. The dub packs guide on this site covers what to look for and how to install one.
Can I use Voxalike packs in The Choicer Voicer?
Not without converting them. The two games write their lines and timings in a compatible way but package the video differently, so a pack made for one needs its video re-encoded before the other will open it. The lines themselves carry over unchanged.
Can I make a pack from a film or a show?
Only if you have the right to use the footage. A pack you keep on your own machine is your business; publishing one made from material you do not own is redistributing that material, and it is the reason published packs lean on openly licensed and original footage. The guide to making a pack goes into this properly.
Do I need a microphone?
Not for the game itself — you perform out loud in the room and the game does not record you. A microphone matters if you are streaming it, or if you are playing over a call with people who are not there.
Is this the official site?
No. This is an independent guide written by a player. The game belongs to its developers and the link to their itch.io page is at the top of every page here, above anything else.