Banana Society is a free browser game about teamwork and hidden appetites. Most monkeys are Citizens, trying to bring bananas home. A few are Eaters, secretly trying to eat them. You share the same jungle, so the challenge is working out which helpful-looking monkey is working against you.
Play on a desktop or laptop with a keyboard. We recommend 6–12 players. Smaller groups can add bots; practice mode lets one person learn the controls alone.
Start your first room
Open the game and choose Create Game. Set your monkey's name, copy the invitation from the lobby, and send it to your friends. They can open that link or choose Join with code and enter the six-character room code. Guests do not need an account.
Wait until everyone is in the same lobby before starting. Leave the settings at their defaults for your first round. Optional Discord or Steam sign-in saves your monkey and progression; it is not required to join the game.
If you are scouting the game by yourself, choose Practice vs Bots instead. It fills the match with bots and starts without organizing a group.
Know your role
| Role | Your job | How your team wins |
|---|---|---|
| Citizen | Shake trees, carry bananas to matching crates, and identify Eaters. | Fill the collection quota, or eject every Eater. |
| Eater | Eat bananas while concealing your role; interfere with the collection effort. | Reach the Eaters' eating quota, or have the last Citizens ejected. |
The standard collection target is 60 bananas, split across four crates. The standard Eater target is 25 eaten bananas. Hosts can change settings, so use the lobby and in-game counters as the authority for your match.
A timer also limits the round. With default settings it starts at ten minutes; if it expires, the side closer to its goal wins, with ties going to the Citizens. Lobby time and interruptions mean an entire visit can take longer.
Your first round, step by step
- Read your role. Your role determines what helps your team. Everyone can move around the same map.
- Find a tree. Hold the interact control to climb and shake it. Notice the colors of the bananas you collect.
- Find the matching crate. Hold interact beside it. Under standard rules, a crate only takes its own banana color.
- Watch another interaction. Did a carrier reach a crate? Did a stack disappear? Did someone visibly eat, snatch, or trip?
- Talk at the council. Describe what you actually saw and where it happened. Listen for information you could have missed.
- Choose and confirm your vote. Confidence is not proof. Compare accounts before committing.
A useful first goal is to complete one collection-and-deposit trip. You will understand an accusation about missing bananas much better after doing the job yourself.
Controls you will use
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| WASD or arrow keys | Move. |
| E or Space, held | Interact with a tree, matching crate, or Coconut Alarm. |
| Shift, held | Brace against a snatch or trip. |
| F, held — Eaters | Eat carried bananas, or drain a nearby crate. |
| G — Eaters | Snatch a carrier's bananas from behind or beside them. |
| H — Eaters | Trip a carrier and scatter their bananas. |
| E at a vine — Eaters | Travel to the next vine in the sequence. |
| M / N | Toggle the minimap / open the full map. |
| Enter during a council | Send text chat. |
| V | Push to talk when in-game voice is configured. |
| Esc | Open options, including controls and audio. |
The on-screen ability buttons mirror their keyboard actions. Desktop movement still uses the keyboard.
Councils, evidence, and voting
Jungle Councils bring the argument into the open. They can be triggered by the Coconut Alarm, collection milestones, or the match's council schedule. With standard settings, each player can use the alarm twice and every second filled crate calls a council; finishing the collection objective ends the match instead.
Name the place and the action: “I saw that monkey take bananas beside the beach crate” is more useful than “they seem suspicious.” A large belly is a clue because Eaters build up their gut as they eat. Losing sight of somebody, by itself, proves much less.
Votes have a confirmation step. If you are ejected, the match continues; wait for the result rather than assuming your team has already lost.
Talking with your friends
A voice call makes discussion easier. In-game proximity voice depends on the server's configuration; check Options rather than assuming it is active. Council text chat and emotes remain available. If you use a separate call, agree on how to handle discussion outside councils before you start.
For the next round, try the Citizen guide, or learn what an Eater is trying to get away with in the Eater guide.
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Free browser play. Bring your friends, or learn the controls with bots.
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