diff --git a/cockatrice/src/interface/intents/url_parser.cpp b/cockatrice/src/interface/intents/url_parser.cpp
index 8b5309603..509390611 100644
--- a/cockatrice/src/interface/intents/url_parser.cpp
+++ b/cockatrice/src/interface/intents/url_parser.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #include "url_parser.h"
 
+#include "../widgets/tabs/tab_room.h"
+#include "../widgets/tabs/tab_supervisor.h"
 #include "../window_main.h"
 #include "contexts/context_join_game.h"
 #include "intent_join_server_game.h"
@@ -9,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <QMessageBox>
 #include <QUrl>
 #include <QUrlQuery>
+#include <libcockatrice/network/client/abstract/abstract_client.h>
 #include <memory>
 
 IntentUrlParser::IntentUrlParser(QObject *parent, MainWindow *_mainWindow) : QObject(parent), mainWindow(_mainWindow)
@@ -71,6 +74,15 @@ void IntentUrlParser::handleJoinGame(const QUrlQuery &query)
         return;
     }
 
+    const QString gameDescription = query.queryItemValue("game", QUrl::FullyDecoded);
+    const QString message = generateJoinGameMessage(*ctx, gameDescription);
+
+    const QMessageBox::StandardButton answer = QMessageBox::question(
+        mainWindow, tr("Join game"), message, QMessageBox::Yes | QMessageBox::No, QMessageBox::Yes);
+    if (answer != QMessageBox::Yes) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     // The join game intent owns the context and the credential lookup; once the
     // chain finishes (or fails) it deletes the whole tree.
     ContextConnectToServer *serverContext = &ctx->roomContext.serverContext;
@@ -87,3 +99,38 @@ void IntentUrlParser::handleJoinGame(const QUrlQuery &query)
 
     getLoginCredentialsIntent->execute();
 }
+
+QString IntentUrlParser::generateJoinGameMessage(const ContextJoinGame &context, const QString &gameDescription)
+{
+    const QString hostname = context.roomContext.serverContext.hostname;
+    const QString port = context.roomContext.serverContext.port;
+    const int roomId = context.roomContext.roomId;
+    const int gameId = context.gameId;
+    const QString server = QStringLiteral("%1:%2").arg(hostname, port);
+
+    // Prefer the room name over the raw numeric id: it means something to the
+    // user. The name is only known when we are already connected to the same
+    // server and sitting in that room — otherwise fall back to a plain prompt.
+    AbstractClient *client = mainWindow->getTabSupervisor()->getClient();
+    const bool sameServer = client != nullptr && client->getStatus() == StatusLoggedIn &&
+                            hostname.compare(client->serverName(), Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0 &&
+                            QString::number(client->serverPort()) == port;
+    TabRoom *roomTab = sameServer ? mainWindow->getTabSupervisor()->getRoomTabs().value(roomId) : nullptr;
+
+    const QString gameIdStr = QString::number(gameId);
+    // Links built by newer clients embed the game description ("game" item);
+    // restate it in the confirm so it matches what the chat anchor showed.
+    // Unknown query items are ignored, so old links without it keep working.
+    // The multi-arg .arg() overloads replace in a single pass, so a description
+    // containing "%…" cannot corrupt later placeholders.
+    // FullyDecoded undoes every %XX escape and must match the chat anchor's
+    // decode mode, so a description containing "%" reads identically in both.
+    if (gameDescription.isEmpty()) {
+        return roomTab ? tr("Join game #%1 in \"%2\" on %3?").arg(gameIdStr, roomTab->getRoomName(), server)
+                       : tr("Join game #%1 on %2?").arg(gameIdStr, server);
+    }
+
+    return roomTab ? tr("Join game \"%1\" (#%2) in \"%3\" on %4?")
+                         .arg(gameDescription, gameIdStr, roomTab->getRoomName(), server)
+                   : tr("Join game \"%1\" (#%2) on %3?").arg(gameDescription, gameIdStr, server);
+}
diff --git a/cockatrice/src/interface/intents/url_parser.h b/cockatrice/src/interface/intents/url_parser.h
index bac0e3d25..6d705e013 100644
--- a/cockatrice/src/interface/intents/url_parser.h
+++ b/cockatrice/src/interface/intents/url_parser.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <QUrlQuery>
 
 class MainWindow;
+struct ContextJoinGame;
 class IntentUrlParser : public QObject
 {
     Q_OBJECT
@@ -14,6 +15,8 @@ public:
     void handleJoinGame(const QUrlQuery &query);
 
 private:
+    QString generateJoinGameMessage(const ContextJoinGame &context, const QString &gameDescription);
+
     MainWindow *mainWindow;
 };