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Who Am I? Riddles for Kids: Game Guide
Who Am I? is a riddle game for kids - 4 clues per riddle from hardest to easiest, early guesses earn more stars, and a right guess reveals a painting and a fact.
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🎯 How to play
- Pick a mode: Relaxed with no timer and no losing, or Challenge with 3 hearts and a timer for every clue.
- Start from stage 1, or pick any of the five stages.
- Read the first clue. It is always the hardest one.
- Think you know? Tap one of the four answers. Not sure? Tap Another clue.
- A wrong guess opens the next clue, and in Challenge mode it also costs a heart.
- A right guess reveals the painting and a fun fact. After 5 riddles you move on to the next stage.
The “Who Am I?” riddle game
“Who am I?” is one of the oldest guessing games around. Someone describes something in the first person, and everyone else tries to guess. Here the riddles are written in advance, and each one has four clues that get easier as you go.
The idea is that the first clue is almost never enough. “I sleep very little, sometimes even standing up” could fit plenty of animals. Only the fourth clue (“I have the longest neck in the animal world”) makes it obvious. Players who take a chance and guess early earn more stars.
How to play
Each riddle starts with a purple card showing a question mark instead of a picture. Below it is the first clue, and below that four possible answers. The wrong answers are always the same kind of thing: in an animal riddle all four answers are animals, and in an object riddle they are all objects. That way you can’t just rule out “probably not a pencil”.
Guess right, and the question mark opens to reveal a colorful painting of the answer, with a short fact that was not in the clues. Guess wrong, and that answer is crossed out while the next clue opens.
Five stages, 25 riddles
The game has five stages, each with five riddles in random order. The first stages start with animals and objects every child knows: a cat, an elephant, a frog, an umbrella and a balloon. The last stages bring more surprising clues: an octopus has three hearts, butterflies taste with their feet, and a chameleon changes color mostly to show how it feels.
The menu lets you choose which stage to start from, so you don’t have to replay the easy ones every time.
Two modes
- Relaxed: no timer and no hearts. You can open every clue, and there is no way to lose. Good for younger kids and for playing together.
- Challenge: 3 hearts and a 15-second timer for each clue. When time runs out the next clue opens by itself, and every wrong guess costs a heart. Stars count double in this mode, and the game keeps your best score.
Ideas for home and the classroom
The riddles also work out loud. An adult reads the clues one at a time, and two kids race to guess first. You can also swap roles: once you finish, each child writes a “Who am I?” riddle of their own with four clues from hardest to easiest, and sees whether the family can guess it. Writing one is a lesson in noticing what makes each thing special.
More games
If you like riddles, try Flash Quiz and True or False. For guessing without words there is Family Charades, and for a word game there is Hangman.
🧠 Test Yourself
Answer all three questions correctly to earn 100 stars!
Frequently Asked Questions
How many stars is a riddle worth?
A guess after one clue is worth 3 stars, after two clues 2 stars, and after that 1 star. In Challenge mode stars count double, and finishing every stage adds 10 stars for each heart you have left.
What are the riddles about?
25 riddles about animals, objects and things from nature - from a cat and an elephant to a chameleon, a bat, a rainbow and a candle. Every fact in the game was checked before it was written.
What age is the game for?
Any age that can read. Younger kids can open all the clues and play in Relaxed mode, and older kids will try to guess from the very first clue. You can also play together: an adult reads the clues aloud and the child guesses.
Where did the idea come from?
From a visitor's suggestion sent through the site's Suggest a Game form. The first riddle in the game, about the cat that can't fly but jumps to catch birds, is taken from it almost word for word.