Password Not Valid Press Kit
Password Not Valid logo: the words Password Not Valid in pixel lettering on a dark window, with Not in red
Press kit · Dancra

Password Not Valid

A party game for up to 6 players. You start with a normal password and end up with twelve vowels, text in quotes and even another player's name, because your friends are the ones picking the rules. Can you outlast them?

Free demo out now on Steam · Full game Q1 2027

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Developer & publisher
Dancra
Release
Free demo out now (September 29, 2026)
Full game Q1 2027
Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux / SteamOS
Players
2–6, online through Steam
Practice mode with bots
Languages
English, Spanish (Spain and Latin America), Portuguese (Brazil), French, German, Italian
Genre
Party game, word game, PvP
Price
To be announced
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Password Not Valid

Password Not Valid is a chaotic competitive party game for 2–6 players where you build your own password while the rules never stop changing.

It starts easy. A few rounds later your password needs as many vowels as digits, every consonant in uppercase, a symbol at the end, a Roman numeral and another player's name. The rules aren't random: the players take turns choosing them, and every rule applies to everyone, so picking an easy one helps your opponents too.

Every rule you break damages your system. Lose it and you aren't out: you become the hacker, cracking the passwords of everyone still standing.

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The game must follow these 6 rules:

  • [players pick]Every rule is chosen by a player

    Each round someone picks the next rule from a few options, and it binds the whole table.

  • [clashing rules]Easy alone, impossible together

    No repeated characters plus six vowels? There are only five, until you remember "A" and "a" are different characters.

  • [modifiers]Modifiers twist every rule

    A rule can come flipped, hardened, dangerous, volatile, personal… and one rule can stack several. Votes on special effects add more mid-game, and someone always votes for whatever hurts you most.

  • [hacker]Losing makes you the attacker

    Knocked-out players guess the survivors' passwords. Every hit damages their system.

  • [dark web]Kits from the Dark Web

    Trade system Integrity for kits that bend the rules in your favour.

  • [and more]Trivia, chat play and more

    Trivia rounds quiz the table on its own match: the longest password, the letter nobody typed, who proposed the newest rule. Streamers can bring their Twitch, YouTube or Kick chat in to pick rules and vote. Plus practice against bots, achievements and plenty of surprises between rounds.

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Rule proposal: a player picks one of three new rules while four rules are already active
Rule proposal. A player picks the next rule; it applies to everyone.
A knocked-out player guesses another player's password, with matched letters highlighted
The hacker. Knocked-out players try to crack the survivors' passwords.
Players vote with their cursors on the next special effect
Effect vote. The table votes on what goes wrong next.
Trivia round asking which player typed the most vowels last round, with four player names to pick from
Trivia. Questions about the match itself, played for a free kit.
The Dark Web window offering kits in exchange for Integrity
The Dark Web. Kits cost Integrity and change how you play.
A player enters the password LIVE_12:30 to follow three rules
Password entry. A Roman numeral and a valid time, with no character repeated.
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