What is Am I Dead?
Am I Dead? is a daily celebrity identification game that asks whether ten public figures are alive or dead. You set a confidence wager before each answer, can trade points for clues, and unlock a bonus date-placement round for every correct call.
How to play Am I Dead?
- Choose your wager multiplier (1x, 2x, or 3x) before answering. Higher multipliers increase both your potential gain and your potential loss.
- Optionally reveal clues about the person's identity. Each clue costs points by reducing the question's payout.
- Select "alive" or "dead" for the face shown.
- If you answer correctly, place that person's birth or death year in the bonus round.
- Complete all ten portraits to see your final score and compare results with other players.
Scoring and feedback
Each answer resolves immediately. Correct calls earn points multiplied by your wager; incorrect calls subtract points at the same multiplied rate. Clues reduce what a question pays but do not increase what you lose for a wrong answer.
After you finish, the site shows daily winners, all-time high scores, and Dead Last (the lowest-score leaderboard). The weekly Postmortem reviews the faces that fooled the most players with percentages attached, like the 79% who incorrectly called Angela Davis deceased.
Why the game works for some players and not others
The roster draws from twentieth-century public figures across politics, sports, arts, and culture. If you track figures like Garry Kasparov or Angela Davis, the wager mechanic rewards calibrated confidence. If those names sit outside your reference points, wagering becomes guessing.
The game lasts about three minutes and centers on memory rather than the subjects themselves. Anyone uncomfortable with mortality as a game topic should skip it.
Strategy for uncertain faces
When you do not recognize a name, revealing a clue is cheaper than answering blind. A wrong answer at 3x costs you points outright; a clue only trims what the question can pay. Use clues to avoid catastrophic losses on unfamiliar faces.
Set lower wagers on portraits where you feel uncertain and higher wagers where you can name the person and recall recent news about them.
Policy on recently deceased celebrities
The developer removes people from rotation after they die and keeps them out for an extended period. Publicly known terminal illness and violent or tragic deaths also disqualify a person from appearing.
Progress and devices
Your stats live in your browser. There is no sign-in system, so each device maintains separate progress and scores do not sync between your phone and your laptop.