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About Chalo Jantar Mantar
Chalo Jantar Mantar is a free 3D street game you play in your browser, on a computer or a phone. It is a light-hearted satire about a very Indian scene: crowds marching through the streets of New Delhi towards Jantar Mantar, and the police trying to keep the road clear.
The idea
Every Indian has seen it on the news: a paper leak, an exam cancelled, a demand that won't go away, and a march that sets out for Jantar Mantar. Placards, slogans, a dhol, a chai stall on every corner, barricades across the road, a detention bus waiting at the end of it. Chalo Jantar Mantar turns that familiar picture into a playful contest of crowds and tactics. You can play either side:
- ✊ Andolankari: build a kafila (a marching crowd), shout naaras so more people join, push through barricades and hold a peaceful dharna inside Jantar Mantar.
- 👮 Dilli Police: hold the line until time runs out, with barricades, a lathi charge, tear gas, a water cannon and, in the worst case, an internet shutdown.
Matches are best of three rounds and each round runs from morning to night in about four and a half minutes. Online matches have real players on both sides; bots fill the empty places, so there is always a game to join. There is an offline practice mode too.
It is satire
Everything in the game is made up: the characters, the headlines in the news ticker, the shops and their signboards, and the game's "Dilli Police" itself. The game does not take sides in any real issue and is not linked to any government, police force, political party or organisation. It does not promote violence or breaking the law. In real life, protest only peacefully and lawfully. Real politicians' and parties' names are not allowed as player names, and abusive names are filtered out.
What you will find in the game
- A 3D New Delhi with Connaught Place, Janpath, India Gate and Jantar Mantar's own instruments, surrounded by the sea in our version of the map, with crowds of hundreds of people.
- Characters you dress up yourself: kurta, saree or salwar, a Gandhi topi, pagdi or safa, a gamchha, a flag or a placard.
- Levels and XP, awards after every match, a weekly top 10 for each side, a weekly champion's crown, daily rewards, weekly missions and badges.
- Festivals: Diwali lights and fireworks, Holi colours, tricolour bunting on Independence Day and Republic Day, and the Ravan dahan on Dussehra.
- Private rooms to play with your friends, and an Android app.
Who makes it
Chalo Jantar Mantar is designed, written and run by one person: Sandeep Sahu, a software engineer from India. It launched in October 2026 and is updated often, with something new almost every week. If you want to know how a solo developer builds a game like this, read the developer's diary.
Free to play
The game is free, with no sign-up and nothing to buy. Players who enjoy it can choose to support the costs of the game server. The site may show advertising on its pages in the future to keep it free; ads will never appear in the middle of a match.
Get in touch
Ideas, bugs, a name that should be removed from the leaderboard, or press questions: see the contact page.