How the spin the bottle wheel works
The wheel loads with eight slots labelled Player 1 through Player 8. Before you spin, swap those labels for your actual players' names in the entry panel on the side. Type a name and press Enter, or click the existing label to edit it inline. If you have fewer than eight people, delete the extras with the X next to each entry. If your group is larger, add more names the same way.
Each name takes up an equal slice by default, so every player has the same chance of being picked. Hit the big Spin button and the wheel picks one at random. The winner — the person who's "it" — appears in a pop-up when the wheel stops.
Replacing players between rounds
The Remove Winner toggle below the wheel is useful if your game calls for picking a different person each round without repeats. Turn it on and the winning name is pulled from the wheel automatically after each spin, so the same player can't land twice in a row. Turn it off to keep everyone in the pool for every spin — the classic bottle-style setup where the same person can come up again.
If players join or leave mid-game, just add or delete names in the entry panel between spins. The wheel redraws instantly.
Making it feel like a party game
A few small tweaks make the wheel feel more like a game and less like a utility. Pick a loud palette from the Customize panel — Carnival or Neon work well for party lighting — or hit Shuffle colors to randomise the slice colours. Enable a spin sound so there's audible tension while the wheel slows down, and pick a win sound that gets a reaction when it lands. The 3-beat countdown option adds a moment of suspense before the spin even starts.
If you want to pair this with a dare or challenge for whoever gets picked, check out the challenge wheel — run the bottle wheel first to pick the person, then spin the challenge wheel to decide what they have to do.
Other ways to use the picker
The same wheel works for any group game where you need to pick one person randomly: who goes first in a board game, who asks the next truth-or-dare question, or who has to do a forfeit. It's not limited to the classic kissing-game format — it's just a fair random picker with player names on it.
If you need a wheel built from scratch for a completely different group or game, the wheel generator lets you start with a blank slate. Or browse the full range of ready-made options in the party hub for other group-game wheels.