A Daily Game of Judgment
Moral Compass is a daily puzzle game that puts your sense of fairness to the test. Instead of riddles or wordplay, the game shows you real stories from Reddit’s famous “Am I the Asshole?” (AITA) forum. Your job is simple: read the story, predict how the Reddit community ruled, and see whether your moral compass points the same way as the crowd’s.
Five Challenges, Every Single Day
Each day, Moral Compass gives you five new AITA stories. These are not made-up scenarios invented by the developer — they’re drawn from actual posts where someone asked the internet to judge their actions.
The daily format keeps the game quick. You can play in a few minutes, but each story asks you to put yourself in the writer’s shoes, weigh the details, and decide what most people would say. Because the stories are real, you’re not just matching a puzzle designer’s logic; you’re trying to predict the unpredictable nature of a massive online community.
How Scoring Works
In Moral Compass, your performance is measured by how many predictions match the actual verdict from the AITA community. The game compares your answers to the community’s collective judgment and gives you a score that reflects your “match rate.”
So, for each daily set of five, you might correctly predict four out of five rulings. A perfect day means you understood the crowd on every story — something that’s harder than it sounds. The game does not grade your personal moral code; it only grades how well you can anticipate what thousands of Reddit users decided.
What Does “Matching the Crowd” Mean?
This is the heart of Moral Compass. You aren’t being asked whether you agree with the verdict or whether you think the person in the story is right or wrong. You’re asked to step into the shoes of an online jury and think about how they would rule.
This makes the game a fascinating social experiment. Researching human behavior and group psychology matters here, not just your personal values. You might read a story and think, “I would never do that,” but the crowd might have a different opinion based on nuance, tone, or cultural norms. Matching the crowd means understanding the consensus — even when you don’t fully share it.
How to Play: A Step-by-Step Guide
- Go to moralcompassgame.com and make sure JavaScript is enabled in your browser — the game needs it to run.
- Wait for the daily five challenges to load. They’re the same for everyone that day.
- Read each story carefully. Each one is a condensed version of a real AITA post, so pay attention to the key details.
- Choose the verdict you think the Reddit community gave. You’ll see the standard AITA ruling options, so pick the one that you believe received the most support.
- Submit your answer and move to the next challenge.
- Review your results at the end to see the official verdict for each story and your overall match rate for the day.
After that, you can return the next day for a fresh set of five challenges and try to beat your previous score.
A quick tip: The goal is not to decide what is morally correct — it’s to predict how a group of internet strangers will judge the situation. Try to think about what the majority sees, not what you personally would do.
FAQs
What does AITA stand for?
AITA stands for “Am I the Asshole?” — a Reddit community where people describe a situation and ask the forum to judge whether they acted badly.
Is Moral Compass about my personal values?
Not really. It’s about your ability to read a group’s social norms and predict their verdict. Your personal opinion might be different from the crowd’s, and that’s exactly what makes the game challenging.
What if I miss a day?
The game gives you five new challenges each day. There’s no need to worry about catching up on old puzzles — just open the site tomorrow for a fresh set.
Moral Compass turns everyday judgment into a fun daily ritual. Whether you score 2/5 or 5/5, each round teaches you a little more about how others see the world — and about where your own moral compass points.
