In Codenames, 2 teams compete to see who can guess all of their words correctly first — but those words are hiding in plain sight in a 5x5 grid that includes the words of the other team, neutral words, and an assassin that will cause you to lose the game immediately if you guess it. One person on each team is the spymaster and only these 2 know which words belong to each team. Spymasters take turns providing one-word clues that can point to multiple words on the board. Their teammates attempt to guess words of the right color while avoiding those that belong to the opposing team — and everyone wants to avoid the assassin.

Codenames: Disney Family Edition keeps the Codenames gameplay, while showcasing characters and locations from a variety of Disney and Pixar films, with words on one side of the cards and images on the other.