Akinator cover

Akinator

First release
Aug 2007
Publisher
SCIMOB, Elokence

Akinator, the Web Genie (formerly Akinator, the web Genius) is an internet game and mobile app based on Twenty Questions that attempts to determine which character the player is thinking of by asking them a series of questions. It is an artificial intelligence program that can find and learn the best questions to ask the player. Created by three French programmers in 2007, it became popular worldwide in November 2008, according to Google Trends. In Europe popularity peak was reached in 2009 and Japan in 2010 with the launch of mobile apps by French mobile company SCIMOB, reaching highest ranks on app store . While playing "Akinator", questions are asked by a cartoon genie.

Also known as Akinator, the Web Genie, Akinator, the web Genius

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Release dates
Web browser
Aug 2007
Android
2010
iOS
2010
All 4 release dates
Windows Phone
2010
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Text
Keywords
freeware, artificial intelligence, digital distribution, genie, customizable characters

How it plays

Languages

  • Englishinterface
  • Deutschinterface
IGDB · recorded 31 Oct 2026
Also in 12 other languages

Language data: IGDB · recorded 31 Oct 2026