Press kit

Elijah's Cracker Party · updated 9 November 2026

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A Christmas party game for 2 to 6 players around one iPad: pull a cracker, pass the iPad, and race through 30-second mini-games for the paper crown.

Fact sheet

Developer	Richard Sutcliffe, independent developer, UK
Platform	iPad (App Store); two games also playable free in a web browser
Price	Free to download with two games; one £2.99 purchase unlocks all eleven, for good
Players	2 to 6 on one iPad, passed round
Party length	3, 5 or 8 rounds
Age rating	4+
Adverts, accounts, data	No adverts, no sign-up, nothing collected
Connection	Not needed once installed
Christmas event	20 to 27 December: the Christmas Day Cracker Party, with golden crackers, new jokes and a Christmas Champion
Also by the developer	Elijah Saves Christmas and Elijah's Halloween Quest
Website	elijahscrackerparty.app

About the game

Christmas afternoon, the whole family round one iPad. Two players pull a cracker to find out the round's game, with a joke inside every one. Then each player takes a 30-second go while everyone else watches, cheers and shouts advice. Places score party points, the last round counts double, and the winner gets the crown in a family photo.

There are eleven mini-games: Present Catch, Snowball Showdown, Costume Match, Sleigh Dash, Rooftop Run, Present Tower, Snowman Roll, Naughty or Nice, Chimney Drop, Carrot Toss and Bauble Hang. Each needs one move: a tap, a drag, a hold or a swipe.

Each player picks a level. Little elf is gentler, Normal is the standard game and Expert is faster, so a first-time player can race a grandparent and it is still close. Everything is read out loud, so new readers know what to do. Every player chooses a look, mums, dads and grandparents included, and one of eight costumes, and appears in the games themselves.