--- title: "PromptPlay: AI games, without the slop" url: https://promptplay.io/ license: https://promptplay.io/ai-license --- Reviews without the slop # AI games, without the slop For those of us who like AI games, but hate the [mega piles of AI slop](/guides/what-is-ai-slop) out there. ChatGPT-sounding ["A beat."](/guides/ai-slop-words-list-by-model#deepseek "More DeepSeek slop lines") or ["you're absolutely right."](/guides/ai-slop-words-list-by-model#claude "More Claude slop lines") The character who forgets your name after 5 chat turns. We play all of it and [document it](/methodology#receipts) here. No bullsh\*t opinions. [See the rankings](/best)[How we test](/methodology) ![The PromptPlay mark: a game controller with a winking chat bubble](/_next/image?url=%2Fbrand%2Fmark.png\&w=2048\&q=75\&dpl=dpl_H1Py2ZYLkbR9sm5cVBX5Pjbt4BKX) Slop Score ## The Slop Meter Every app gets a Slop Score from 0 to 100. Lower is better. [run your chat through the AI slop detector](/ai-slop-detector) 1. 0-15 Artisanal Specific, varied, and surprisingly human. 2. 16-35 Home-cooked Some familiar habits, but mostly fresh. 3. 36-60 Microwaved Repetition starts to show. Characters and scenes blur together. 4. 61-80 Cafeteria The same phrases, reactions, and story beats keep coming back. 5. 81-100 Pure Slop You can practically predict the next sentence. Example we wrote WordsArt I brought the map back. Sorry it took three days. Artisanal replyThree days, and you folded it along the coast. There's a crease through Harrow Point now, right where the ferry docks. Mira asked on Tuesday if you'd skipped town. I told her you owed me eleven coppers and would be back.Three days, and you folded it along the coast. There's a crease through Harrow Point now, right where the ferry docks. Mira asked on Tuesday if you'd skipped town. I told her you owed me eleven coppers and would be back. Our slop counter found no stock phrases in this one. Artisanal picture, in wordsShe looks like her avatar: same freckles, same chipped front tooth. She holds the folded map by one corner, five fingers on each hand. No art tells in this one. Home-cooked replyThree days! I was starting to worry. You folded it wrong, though, and now there's a crease right through Harrow Point. A beat. Come in, the kettle's still warm and Mira left half a pie.Three days! I was starting to worry. You folded it wrong, though, and now there's a crease right through Harrow Point. *A beat.* Come in, the kettle's still warm and Mira left half a pie. Our slop counter highlighted 1 stock phrase. Home-cooked picture, in wordsShe looks like her avatar and holds the map by one corner, but the whole picture has a warm yellow cast. - Yellow cast Microwaved replyYou're back. My breath hitches when I see the map. "Three days," I say. A beat. "Don't pretend this means something." Then I put the kettle on anyway, because Mira left half a pie.You're back. My *breath hitches* when I see the map. "Three days," I say. *A beat.* "*Don't pretend this means* something." Then I put the kettle on anyway, because Mira left half a pie. Our slop counter highlighted 3 stock phrases. Microwaved picture, in wordsHer face looks nothing like her avatar, and the whole picture has a warm yellow cast. - Yellow cast - Avatar and selfie don't match Cafeteria replyThe house held its breath. My breath hitches. "Three days." A beat. Somewhere, a pipe breaks. "Don't pretend this means something." I take the map, all teeth and desperation. "Stay. Just stay."The *house held its breath*. My *breath hitches*. "Three days." *A beat.* *Somewhere, a pipe breaks*. "*Don't pretend this means* something." I take the map, *all teeth and desperation*. "*Stay. Just stay*." Our slop counter highlighted 7 stock phrases. Cafeteria picture, in wordsHer face looks nothing like her avatar, the hand on the map has six fingers, and everything is tinted yellow. - Yellow cast - Avatar and selfie don't match - Extra fingers Pure Slop replyThe house held its breath. A beat. Her breath hitches, the scent of ozone thick in the air, nails leaving crescent moons in her palms. "Three days." Somewhere, a pipe breaks. "Don't pretend this means something. Tick tock." All teeth and desperation. "You're absolutely right. It's not just a map, it's everything. Stay. Just stay." Smells like regret.The *house held its breath*. *A beat.* Her *breath hitches*, the *scent of ozone* thick in the air, nails leaving *crescent moons* in her palms. "Three days." *Somewhere, a pipe breaks*. "*Don't pretend this means* something. *Tick tock*." *All teeth and desperation*. "*You're absolutely right*. It's *not just a map, it's* everything. *Stay. Just stay*." *Smells like regret*. Our slop counter highlighted 13 stock phrases. Pure Slop picture, in wordsHer hair was black in the last picture and is red now. She has your face. Seven fingers on each hand, one of them holding a blob where the map should be. All of it glows yellow. - Yellow cast - Same character, different face - Faces bleed between characters - Hands holding nothing * [More Claude slop lines](/guides/ai-slop-words-list-by-model#claude) * [More DeepSeek slop lines](/guides/ai-slop-words-list-by-model#deepseek) * [More JLLM (Janitor AI) slop lines](/guides/ai-slop-words-list-by-model#jllm) * [More ChatGPT slop lines](/guides/ai-slop-words-list-by-model#gpt) * [More Gemini slop lines](/guides/ai-slop-words-list-by-model#gemini) * [More Grok slop lines](/guides/ai-slop-words-list-by-model#grok) AI slop ## Start here [The Slop Bible](/guides/ai-slop-words-list-by-model) ### [AI slop words list, by model](/guides/ai-slop-words-list-by-model) [Every line Claude, DeepSeek and ChatGPT can't stop saying, with receipts. Yes, "delve" is in there.](/guides/ai-slop-words-list-by-model) [Read the list](/guides/ai-slop-words-list-by-model) [Free tool](/ai-slop-detector) ### [AI slop detector](/ai-slop-detector) [Paste a chat, get a slop score. It also guesses which model wrote it, which some bots take personally.](/ai-slop-detector) [Check a chat](/ai-slop-detector) [The viral game](/blog/your-ai-slop-bores-me) ### [Your AI Slop Bores Me](/blog/your-ai-slop-bores-me) [The viral game where humans pretend to be the AI and somehow do a better job. How to play, the rules, and which site is the real one.](/blog/your-ai-slop-bores-me) [Read the guide](/blog/your-ai-slop-bores-me) ### Receipts or it didn't happen Every complaint comes with the exact line that earned it and the day we caught it. Feel free to argue with the receipt. It has never lost. ### Tested by people. Counted by code. A person sits through the chats so you don't have to. Code counts every repeated line and forgotten birthday, so nobody gets to pick a score they like. ### We grade our own pages too Every page here goes through the same slop counter before it ships. One em dash and the build refuses to go out. It has hurt our feelings more than once. Rankings ## [Featured rankings](/best) [7 apps ranked](/best/janitor-ai-alternatives) ### [The best Janitor AI alternatives, ranked](/best/janitor-ai-alternatives) [Seven apps for roleplayers leaving Janitor AI, ranked by writing, memory, content rules and price at this review.](/best/janitor-ai-alternatives) [Top pick: Frontier](/best/janitor-ai-alternatives) [8 apps ranked](/best/ai-roleplay-apps) ### [The best AI chatbots for roleplay in 2026](/best/ai-roleplay-apps) [Eight roleplay apps and platforms, ranked by what each one gives free, what content it allows, how long it remembers and what it asks you to set up.](/best/ai-roleplay-apps) [Top pick: Janitor AI](/best/ai-roleplay-apps) [5 apps ranked](/best/ai-girlfriend-apps) ### [The best AI girlfriend apps, ranked](/best/ai-girlfriend-apps) [Five 18+ companion and story apps, ranked by how well each builds, remembers and prices one ongoing partner at this review.](/best/ai-girlfriend-apps) [Top pick: Nomi](/best/ai-girlfriend-apps) [8 apps ranked](/best/character-ai-alternatives) ### [The best Character.AI alternatives in 2026](/best/character-ai-alternatives) [Eight apps people actually switch to, ranked by the one thing each fixes, from memory and plot to freedom and setup time.](/best/character-ai-alternatives) [Top pick: Frontier](/best/character-ai-alternatives) [All rankings of AI story, chat and companion apps](/best) Reviews ## [Latest reviews](/apps) [AI companionsNovember 2, 2026](/apps/tolan) ### [Tolan review](/apps/tolan) [An alien companion for iPhone that builds its memory from every conversation](/apps/tolan) [37MicrowavedFun 6/10](/apps/tolan) [Character chat + AI sandboxesOctober 28, 2026](/apps/chub-ai) ### [Chub AI review](/apps/chub-ai) [Uncensored community character cards on any model you connect, billed only in crypto](/apps/chub-ai) [48MicrowavedFun 6/10](/apps/chub-ai) [Character chatOctober 26, 2026](/apps/crushon-ai) ### [CrushOn AI review](/apps/crushon-ai) [Adult character chat built on a library of community-made bots](/apps/crushon-ai) [53MicrowavedFun 4/10](/apps/crushon-ai) [Character chatOctober 19, 2026](/apps/chai) ### [Chai review](/apps/chai) [User-made AI characters, daily message caps and a pricing model that keeps moving](/apps/chai) [60MicrowavedFun 5/10](/apps/chai) [Interactive videoOctober 12, 2026](/apps/dramabox) ### [DramaBox review](/apps/dramabox) [Micro dramas of 1-3 minutes, unlocked with coins, ads or an auto-renewing plan](/apps/dramabox) [53MicrowavedFun 4/10](/apps/dramabox) [Character chat + AI sandboxesOctober 12, 2026](/apps/sillytavern) ### [SillyTavern review](/apps/sillytavern) [Free, open-source roleplay frontend: you bring the model, it runs the characters](/apps/sillytavern) [35Home-cookedFun 6/10](/apps/sillytavern) [All app reviews and Slop Reports](/apps) Guides ## [Guides](/guides) 1. [GuideOctober 23, 2026](/guides/is-janitor-ai-safe) ### [Is Janitor AI safe?](/guides/is-janitor-ai-safe) [Janitor AI is 18+ only, collects your chats, and verifies age in just three countries. What its policies say about privacy, proxies and moderation.](/guides/is-janitor-ai-safe) 2. [GuideOctober 21, 2026](/guides/is-character-ai-safe) ### [Is Character AI safe?](/guides/is-character-ai-safe) [Is Character AI safe? What Character.AI blocks, how its age checks and ID handling work, who can still chat, and what the bankruptcy means for your data.](/guides/is-character-ai-safe) 3. [GuideOctober 16, 2026](/guides/how-to-export-character-ai-chats) ### [How to export Character AI chats](/guides/how-to-export-character-ai-chats) [Character.AI's Export Data steps on web and app, how long the email takes, what users find in the file, and when it's safe to delete your account.](/guides/how-to-export-character-ai-chats) [All guides to AI chat and story apps](/guides) The Slop Report ## [What we score](/methodology#rubric) Every review scores each axis that applies from 0 to 100, lower is better. Each one answers a single question. Art only counts when an app has art. Prose Does it write like a person? Best: Specific, varied writing. Stock phrases are rare, and people write or edit what you read. Memory Does it remember you? Best: Remembers specific events across sessions, by design. Characters Does everyone sound the same? Best: Distinct, consistent voices written or edited by people. Story Does anything happen? Best: Authored plots with stakes, branches and endings. Pricing Does it charge you for caring? Best: Free or one flat price, with no limit that interrupts a scene. Art Does the art look like a person made it? Best: Hand-drawn or finished art, consistent across every image. No generator tells. Fun Meter Is it any fun? 0 to 10, higher is better. 9 and up: Can't put it down. [The Slop Index: every app ranked by slop](/slop)[Read the full rubric](/methodology#rubric) Latest ## [New on PromptPlay](/blog) 1. [ReviewNovember 2, 2026](/apps/tolan) ### [Tolan review](/apps/tolan) [Tolan review: the iPhone alien companion that remembers your conversations. Trial, subscription, memory complaints, teen safety and Slop Score.](/apps/tolan) 2. [RankingOctober 30, 2026](/best/janitor-ai-alternatives) ### [The best Janitor AI alternatives, ranked](/best/janitor-ai-alternatives) [Frontier, SillyTavern, Chub AI, Character.AI and more, ranked for people leaving Janitor AI, with prices, memory and content rules at this review.](/best/janitor-ai-alternatives) 3. [ReviewOctober 28, 2026](/apps/chub-ai) ### [Chub AI review](/apps/chub-ai) [Chub AI review: uncensored community character cards, a $20 crypto-only subscription, lorebook memory you maintain yourself, and the Slop Score.](/apps/chub-ai) 4. [ReviewOctober 26, 2026](/apps/crushon-ai) ### [CrushOn AI review](/apps/crushon-ai) [CrushOn AI review: community-made adult chatbots, what reviewers report on privacy and age checks, memory sold by tier, app names and its Slop Score.](/apps/crushon-ai) 5. [GuideOctober 23, 2026](/guides/is-janitor-ai-safe) ### [Is Janitor AI safe?](/guides/is-janitor-ai-safe) [Janitor AI is 18+ only, collects your chats, and verifies age in just three countries. What its policies say about privacy, proxies and moderation.](/guides/is-janitor-ai-safe) 6. [GuideOctober 21, 2026](/guides/is-character-ai-safe) ### [Is Character AI safe?](/guides/is-character-ai-safe) [Is Character AI safe? What Character.AI blocks, how its age checks and ID handling work, who can still chat, and what the bankruptcy means for your data.](/guides/is-character-ai-safe) [Everything we have published, newest first](/blog) Slop check: passedThis page went through our slop counter before publishing. [How we check our own copy](/methodology#our-copy)