Puff River
One raft, one button each. Puff the wrong way and everybody sinks.
1–8 playersA free Fart Together alternative that runs in the browser
Fart Together — the one people search for as “farting together” or “the hippos on a boat” game — got the mechanic exactly right. A group shares one raft, everybody blows, and because a blast pushes you away from where you are sitting, the raft only goes where the group agrees it should go. It is a genuinely good idea and it is worth the money.
The problem is everything around it. It is a Steam game on Windows, which means a download and a gaming PC for every single player, a Steam account each, and a co-op mode built for two to four. None of that fits the night where six people are already in the room.
Puff River is the same idea with the setup removed. One screen is the river, every phone is one PUFF button, up to eight people share the raft, and nothing is installed anywhere. It is free, and so are the other 12 games in the room with it.
Puff River vs Fart Together
Fart Together figures come from their own Steam listing, and the game is mid-launch — check the store page before buying.
| LanPlay | Fart Together | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free, with every game open to every room. | A free demo is on Steam; the full game is listed as coming soon and paid. |
| Download | None on either end — the screen and every phone are web pages. | A Steam install per player; their listing asks for about 4 GB of space. |
| Hardware | Any screen with a browser, plus the phone already in your pocket. | Windows 10 64-bit, with a GTX 1050 Ti / RX 560 class card and 8 GB of RAM as the stated minimum. |
| Players in one room | Up to 8 on one screen, each on their own phone. | Co-op is built for 2–4 and competitive modes go to 8 — but every player needs their own gaming PC. |
| Accounts | None for anyone. | A Steam account per player. |
| Depth | One river, 58-second runs, a single button. Deliberately a party round, not an evening. | A full 3D game with longer courses, more modes and far more content to work through. |
| Time to the first round | About thirty seconds: open a page, scan a code. | However long a 4 GB download takes, times the number of people playing. |
When Fart Together is the right call
Everyone already has a gaming PC. If the hardware is a given, the download stops being a cost and you get a much bigger game for it — longer courses, more modes, more to come back to.
Your group plays online, not in a living room. LanPlay is built around one shared screen everybody can see. If your friends are on Discord in four different cities, their online co-op is the one that fits.
You want an evening, not a round. Puff River is 58 seconds of river. That is the right length for a party and the wrong length for a Saturday night of one game.
Where LanPlay wins is the cold start. Nobody downloads anything, nobody makes an account, nobody is left out because their laptop is six years old, and the eighth person to walk in can still play.
Co-op and physics games to play after it
Same room, same phones, still nothing to install.
Tile Rush
Two lanes each. Hit every tile and finish the song together.
1–8 players
Wavelength
Your partner can see the hidden zone. Say one word. Find it.
2–8 players
Hill Racers
Climb the hills without flipping. Fall behind and you are out.
1–8 players
Balance
The board shrinks. Stay on it, nudge everyone else off.
2–8 players
Falling Planets
Hop from planet to planet as they rise and shrink. Last one up wins.
1–8 playersFart Together alternatives: FAQ
Downloads, player limits and what each one is for.
Is there a free alternative to Fart Together?
Yes. Puff River on LanPlay is the same core idea — one raft shared by the whole group, steered by blowing in the opposite direction to where you are sitting — and it is free in any browser for up to 8 players, with nothing to install on the screen or on anyone's phone.
Can I play Fart Together without downloading it?
No. Fart Together is distributed on Steam and needs an install on a Windows PC for each player. If the no-download part is what you are after, a browser game like Puff River is the category to look in — the whole thing runs as a web page.
What is the game with the hippos on a boat called?
People usually mean Fart Together by GamesMrkt, a co-op physics game where a group steers a shared raft with fart power. It is also searched as “farting together” and “hippos on boats”. The free browser equivalent is Puff River, which has the same shared-raft mechanic and different characters.
Does Fart Together work on a phone?
Their Steam listing is Windows only, so no. LanPlay inverts that split: the game itself runs on a TV, laptop or projector, and the phones are the controllers rather than the thing doing the rendering — which is why an old phone is enough.
How many people can play the free version?
Eight, on every LanPlay game including Puff River. That is the maximum and there is no tier above it, so nobody discovers a player cap halfway through the evening.
When is Fart Together the better choice?
When everyone already has a gaming PC and you want a full game rather than a party round. It has more courses, more modes and more content than a 58-second browser run, and if your group plays over Discord rather than in one living room, their online co-op is built for exactly that.