THE FINE PRINT

Terms of Service

Last updated: October 20, 2026

Welcome to Factually..., a trivia and deduction game about strange truths, misleading half-truths, and convincing falsehoods.

By accessing or using Factually..., you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the game.

1. About Factually...

Factually... is a free-to-play trivia and deduction game.

The game includes daily challenges, scoring, limited-use wildcards, an archive of past challenges, and Daily Community Stats.

We aim to make the game entertaining, educational, and grounded in credible sources. However, the game is intended primarily for entertainment and general informational purposes. It is not a substitute for independent research or professional advice.

2. Eligibility and access

Factually... is intended for a general audience. You do not currently need to create an account, register, or provide your name or email address to play.

You agree to use the game in accordance with these Terms and applicable law.

If you are not legally permitted to use a service under applicable law, you must not use Factually....

3. Free access and advertising

Factually... is currently free to play. We do not currently offer subscriptions, in-game purchases, or paid gameplay features.

We may introduce advertising to support the operation and development of the game. Google AdSense is planned but is not currently active.

We may change how the game is funded in the future, including by introducing optional paid features or other monetization methods. If those changes materially affect your rights or obligations, we will update these Terms as appropriate before or when the changes take effect.

We will not represent a feature as free if payment is required to use it.

4. Daily challenges, scoring, and wildcards

Each daily challenge has its own claims, verdicts, scoring rules, and available features. The game may also offer an archive of previous challenges.

Scoring, wildcard behavior, challenge availability, and other gameplay mechanics are described in the game. We may adjust them to fix errors, improve fairness, address abuse, or develop the experience.

Daily Community Stats may display estimated results before enough valid completed submissions have been received and actual results after the relevant threshold is reached. These statistics are intended to summarize challenge performance; they are not guarantees of how any individual will perform.

We aim to apply the published rules consistently, but technical errors, incorrect records, or other unexpected issues may occasionally affect a game or its displayed results.

5. Fair play and acceptable use

You may play the game for personal, non-commercial entertainment and participate honestly in its challenges.

You must not:

• Use bots, scripts, or automated systems to submit or manipulate game results, except where we expressly authorize a use.
• Intentionally manipulate Daily Community Stats or other shared results.
• Exploit bugs, vulnerabilities, or unintended behavior to gain an unfair advantage or interfere with other users' experience.
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the website, database, APIs, or other systems.
• Disrupt, overload, damage, or interfere with the game or its infrastructure.
• Circumvent reasonable technical safeguards or access restrictions.
• Use the game to distribute unlawful, harmful, or malicious material.
• Copy, scrape, redistribute, or commercially exploit substantial portions of the game's content or data without permission, except where applicable law allows it.

We may investigate suspected abuse and take reasonable measures to protect the game, its data, and its users.

6. Intellectual property

Unless otherwise indicated, the Factually... name, branding, original game design, interface, code, written explanations, and other original materials are owned by or licensed to the operator and are protected by applicable intellectual-property laws.

You may access and play the game for personal, non-commercial use. These Terms do not transfer ownership of the game or grant you permission to reproduce, republish, sell, sublicense, or commercially exploit its materials beyond what applicable law permits.

Claims may discuss historical events, scientific findings, public information, or other subject matter that is not itself owned by Factually.... Individual facts and ideas may receive different protection from the original wording, explanations, presentation, and compilation in which they appear.

Third-party names, trademarks, and materials remain the property of their respective owners.

If you believe material on Factually... infringes your rights, contact us at [email protected] with enough information for us to understand and review your concern.

7. Accuracy and corrections

We research claims and aim to provide explanations and credible sources. Nevertheless, factual errors, outdated information, ambiguous wording, broken links, or incomplete context may occur.

A claim's classification reflects the game's intended interpretation and the evidence available to us when it was prepared. It should not be treated as an infallible or universally authoritative conclusion.

We may correct, clarify, replace, or remove claims and sources when we identify an error or receive credible information that warrants review. We may also update archived material when appropriate.

We do not guarantee that every claim, explanation, source, statistic, or other item of content will always be complete, current, error-free, or available.

If you spot a potential error, please contact [email protected] and, where possible, include the relevant claim and supporting evidence.

8. Availability and changes to the game

We may update, modify, suspend, or discontinue parts of Factually... to maintain, secure, improve, or develop the service.

This may include changes to daily challenges, scoring, wildcards, the archive, Daily Community Stats, or other features. We may also temporarily restrict access for maintenance, security, technical issues, or circumstances beyond our reasonable control.

We do not guarantee uninterrupted availability, permanent access to a particular challenge, or preservation of every game result.

Where reasonably practical, we will seek to avoid unnecessary disruption. Nothing in this section excludes obligations that applicable law does not allow us to exclude.

9. Third-party services and links

Factually... relies on third-party services, including Cloudflare for website hosting and Supabase for shared game data and statistics. The source code is maintained in GitHub.

The game may also link to external sources used to support claims or to third-party websites and services. We do not control all third-party content, policies, availability, or practices.

Your use of a third-party service may be subject to its own terms and privacy policy. A link to an external source does not necessarily mean we endorse every statement or service on that website.

10. Disclaimers

Factually... is provided on an "as available" basis, to the extent permitted by applicable law.

To the extent permitted by law, we do not guarantee that the game will always be available, secure, uninterrupted, error-free, or suitable for every purpose. We do not guarantee the completeness or accuracy of every claim, explanation, source, score, or statistic.

The game is intended for entertainment and general information. You are responsible for independently verifying information when accuracy is important, especially before relying on it for professional, financial, medical, legal, or other consequential decisions.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits a consumer right, legal warranty, or other protection that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited.

11. Limitation of liability

To the extent permitted by applicable law, the operator will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your use of, or inability to use, Factually....

To the extent permitted by applicable law, the operator will not be liable for loss arising from temporary service interruptions, loss of locally stored game progress, errors in game content or statistics, or actions taken in reliance on information presented by the game.

This section does not exclude or limit liability where such exclusion or limitation is prohibited by law. In particular, it does not override any rights or remedies that cannot legally be waived.

12. Suspension or restriction of access

Because Factually... does not currently require accounts, access restrictions may be applied through reasonable technical measures where necessary.

We may restrict or block access, limit requests, remove affected content, or take other proportionate steps if we reasonably believe that someone is abusing the game, interfering with its operation, attempting unauthorized access, or violating these Terms.

We may also take action to address security incidents, comply with legal obligations, or protect the service and its users.

13. Changes to these Terms

We may revise these Terms as Factually... evolves, including if we introduce accounts, paid features, new monetization methods, or significant changes to gameplay or data handling.

We will update the "Last updated" date when revised Terms are published. Where appropriate, we will provide notice of material changes. Continued use of the game after revised Terms take effect constitutes acceptance only to the extent permitted by applicable law.

If you do not agree to a revised version, you should stop using Factually....

14. Contact

For questions about these Terms, game content, or possible errors, contact:

Email: [email protected]