Read a private witness statement behind fogged glass, pass the phone on, then crack the case the only way possible: by talking. No showing. Just your memory and your own words.
Each player rubs away the fog, takes in their statement, then turns the phone face down.
The phone sits mid-table and the clock starts. Share what you know out loud.
Clear names from the board as the story fits together. A second look is allowed, but it costs everyone time.
All hands on the glass, fingers held down together, while the suspects go dark one by one.
A Vienna ball, a night train to Trieste, a Lisbon gallery, a Roman studio, Bergen in a storm.
Pick how tangled the evidence gets. Every solved case stays pinned to your agency wall.
Thefts and sabotage, nothing grim. You win as a crew or go cold as a crew.
Tap a suspect (or swipe it sideways) to clear them. Can you leave just one?
🕵️ We are a small team of puzzle lovers, storytellers and table-game addicts who believe the best mysteries are solved with friends, not alone.
🎯 Our mission is simple: turn any gathering into a case worth cracking, where every voice matters and nobody sits on the sidelines.
🧩 Tell Don’t Show hands each player a different piece of the truth, then gives you fresh cases, three difficulty levels and a shared agency wall to fill with your wins.
🤝 It is valuable because it replaces competition with conversation. You listen harder, explain better and laugh more, all while your phone does the quiet work.
🔍 Say it out loud. Solve it together.
Effective Date: November 2026
Tell Don’t Show: Team Mystery does not collect, store or share any data. Everything, from witness statements to your agency wall, runs locally on your device.
None. We do not collect personal information, usage data, device identifiers, location or case results.
Because we collect nothing, we use nothing. The app only uses what it needs on your device to generate cases, run the timer and show the fogged glass.
Your progress, solved cases and settings stay in local storage on your phone. There is no cloud, no server and no backup on our side.
The app contains no analytics, no advertising and no trackers, and it does not pass anything to third parties.
Since data never leaves your device, it is protected by your device’s own security. We recommend keeping your phone’s operating system up to date.
We do not knowingly collect information from anyone, including children under 13. The app has no accounts, chat or ads, and its content is thefts and sabotage with nothing grim, in line with COPPA principles.
You are in full control. There are no accounts to manage. To delete all app data, simply uninstall the app.
If the app’s behaviour ever changes, we will update this policy and its effective date before the change takes effect.
Questions? Write to privacy@telldontshowteammysteryapp.com.
📬 Question, idea or a case you would love to see? Drop us a line, we read every message.
⏱️ We usually reply within 24–48 hours.