Games Like Heardle: 9 Daily Song Guessing Games to Play Now
Updated Oct 23, 2026 · 9 games · official links only
Heardle shut down: Spotify bought it in 2022 and closed it on May 5, 2023, and the Heardle sites still online were made by other people. The original played the first second of a song and gave you six tries to name it, adding more of the intro after each miss or skip. This list picks live daily games that scratch the same itch, starting with song-guessing games and then adding a few movie, video game and art puzzles that reveal more after each wrong guess.
New to it? Read our Heardle page, orplay Heardle on its official site.
Songless
The closest live match: name the song from its opening, with a longer clip after each miss or skip and six tries. It starts from just a tenth of a second and has separate daily songs for all genres, rock and hip hop.
Bandle
Still a guess-the-song game, but the track is built up one instrument at a time, from drums to vocals, instead of growing in length. It also has unlimited and multiplayer play.
Lyricle
Heardle's six-step reveal applied to lyrics: you start with one line of the song, and every miss or skip shows another, with no audio needed. It also offers play beyond the daily song.
Spotle
A music guessing game about artists instead of songs: find the mystery act in ten tries using tiles that compare genre, debut year, popularity and nationality. Recent puzzles can be replayed.
Harmonies
A daily music puzzle with no audio: sort sixteen song, artist and music-slang squares into four groups of four, with four mistakes allowed and an archive of older boards.
Framed
The Heardle structure for movies: name the film from one still frame, with a new frame from the same movie after each wrong guess or skip, up to six.
GuessThe.Game
Six tries to name a video game from screenshots, with each miss or skip unlocking a more revealing image and an extra clue, much like Heardle's growing clip.
Artle
The National Gallery of Art's daily game: name an artist from one work, and each wrong or skipped guess reveals another work by the same artist, with four guesses.
Deckades
A timeline card game that includes songs: place movies, songs, inventions and historical moments where they belong on a growing timeline. Less about recognizing a tune, more about knowing when it came out.
FAQ
Is Heardle still available?
No. Spotify bought Heardle in 2022 and closed it on May 5, 2023. The old address sends you to Spotify, and the Heardle sites you can still find were made by other people, not the original team.
What is the best game like Heardle?
Songless is the closest live game: you name a song from its opening, with a longer clip after each miss or skip and six tries. Bandle is the best pick if you want unlimited play.
Is there a game like Heardle with unlimited play?
Yes. Bandle and Lyricle both let you play beyond the daily song. Songless, Spotle, Harmonies and Framed are daily, though Spotle, Harmonies and Framed keep an archive of past puzzles.