A masquerade built for two
About MasquePlay
Same partner. New characters. Different chemistry. MasquePlay is a private roleplay game for couples. Two partners who are already together choose fictional characters, find each other in a shared scene, and play the story that follows in a private, in-character chat.
What MasquePlay is
MasquePlay is a game, and the two of you are the only players. Each night starts with a scene, a cast of fictional characters, and a small secret: which character each of you decided to be. The game's job is to set the stage. Where the story goes after that is up to you.
It is not a dating app. There is nobody to meet, nobody to match with, and no way for a stranger to find you. Every character you see is fictional; the only real person on the other side is your partner.
Who it is for
- Existing couples. MasquePlay is designed for two adults in a consenting relationship. Accounts are paired one-to-one with a partner code, and a pairing cannot be switched to someone else.
- Adults only. Both of you must be 18 or older.
- Two phones. You each play on your own smartphone. There is no solo mode.
- People who like a story. Readers of romance and romantasy, people who enjoy improvising, and couples who want date night to feel like something other than another evening in.
How a night plays
Whoever opens the app first picks tonight's scene, and you both play it. Each of you is dealt a pool of fictional characters, keeps one, and locks it in without saying which. Then you look through your partner's characters: every face is visible, and only their choice is hidden. If you each liked the character the other kept, the scene opens as a private chat where you play those two characters together.
The homepage has a short, playable version of a round if you would rather see it than read it: try it here.
How privacy works
MasquePlay is built so that nothing you do in it is public.
- There is no feed, no public profile, and no way for another couple to see you. Your roleplay chats are shown to the two of you.
- We do not sell your data, use it for advertising, or share it with anyone for marketing, and we don't use tracking or advertising cookies.
- Staff access to account or chat data is limited to what is reasonably needed to run and fix the service, answer support requests, investigate reports, keep it secure, or meet legal obligations.
- You can delete your account in the app at any time. Because the game is shared, deleting an account can also remove roleplay history the two of you had together.
The full detail, including what is collected during the private beta application, is in the Privacy Policy.
How AI is used
AI is part of how MasquePlay works, and it has clear limits.
- The characters are AI-generated. Their names, bios and photos are made with AI and are entirely fictional.
- The writing help is optional. When a chat opens, MasquePlay may suggest an opening line you are free to ignore. A rewrite of your message in your character's voice, scene direction, and an extra character photo run only when one of you asks for them. Because a rewrite or scene direction sends recent messages from the chat for context, a request from either partner can include messages the other wrote.
- AI never plays your partner, and never sends a message as either of you.
- Your messages are not used to train MasquePlay models, and under the terms we use, our AI providers do not train on them by default.
The AI Disclosure explains exactly what is sent to an AI provider and when.
The Real World, The Veil, and Perigee
Every couple plays in a world: a setting with its own cast, its own manners, and its own reasons to stand too close.
The Real World
Modern romance. Rooftops, galleries, hotel bars and last trains: exactly as things are now, except the names.
The Veil
Romantasy. Thornmere after dusk, with lantern light on black water and courts that have been waiting a long time.
Perigee
Space opera. Vesper Station keeps its own hours: garden concourses, midnight docks, and a window with nothing behind it.
The private beta
MasquePlay is in private beta. A small number of Founding Couples are being invited to play all three worlds, play twice over two weeks, and tell us honestly how it went, with full access for as long as the beta runs.
Contact
MasquePlay is based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. For general questions, write to [email protected]. For account support or a privacy request, write to [email protected].