Akinator
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…
Akinator is a quiz/trivia developed by Elokence, released 1 August 2007 on Android, iOS, Web browser and Windows Phone.
What Akinator is
Akinator is a quiz/trivia game developed by Elokence and released in 2007. It is available on Android, iOS, Web browser and Windows Phone.
The premise, in the publisher's words
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.
How it plays
It is played from a text perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Akinator launched on 1 August 2007, within three weeks of BioShock, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Game of the Year Edition, The World Ends with You and Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword.
Released around the same time: BioShock, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Game of the Year Edition, The World Ends with You, Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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All media
Dlc
Quick answers
Akinator — frequently asked questions
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