Team Games
In our modern remote-work-oriented world, it's important to remember to take some breaks so that you and your team don't burn out. It's also important to get to know your colleagues and build great working relationships.
What better or simpler way to do that than by doing a bit of team game time!?
Here is a list of some of the best games that my previous teams have enjoyed playing while being remote. Even as many of us return to the office, these games still make for great team
experiences and lasting relationships!
Note: Here's the format I've used for each game's information:
<<Game Name>>
🤔 Overview: <<Game Premise>>
👥 Type: <<Team or Competitive Free for All>>
🎮 Good For: <<Group Situation/Dynamics>>
💵 Price: <<Is it free?>>
🎲 Recommended Number of Players: <<Min to Max Player>>
🖥 Platform: <<Browser vs Mobile>>
🔗 Link: <<Where can I find it?>>
👥 Type: <<Team or Competitive Free for All>>
🎮 Good For: <<Group Situation/Dynamics>>
💵 Price: <<Is it free?>>
🎲 Recommended Number of Players: <<Min to Max Player>>
🖥 Platform: <<Browser vs Mobile>>
🔗 Link: <<Where can I find it?>>
⏰ Game Length: <<What's our commitment for a round?>>
🤔 Overview: I'm not sure who built this, but it does not seem that they verified all of the terms in the game made sense in English. Which is all the better in many ways.
👥 Type: Free for All
🎮 Good For: Spending some time getting to know how people strategize, and good unexpected laughs. Once the demons join the game, there are no true winners (usually)!
🖥 Platform: Web Browser (Full Remote or In-Person) - If in person, each person needs their own screen so other players can't see their cards. If remote, then each person can have the game in a tab and have Zoom or a similar to talk with other players.
🔗 Link: https://godfield.net/
🤔 Overview: A combination of three games in an online format: Taboo, Charades, and Password. Teams are formed, then guess words based on clues (words or acting)
👥 Type: Team
🎮 Good For: Larger groups. 6 is probably a reasonable minimum. This game is great to get a group to open up and get people comfortable with each other.
🎲 Recommended Number of Players: 4+
🖥 Platform: Web Browser (Full Remote) - You'll need to have a webcam and mic for each person.
🔗 Link: https://fishbowl-game.com/
⏰ Game Length: Approximately 30 minutes
🎮 Good For: The more people the better this one typically turns out as there is more room for misinterpretation with more players/rounds. This game helps everyone get a brief introduction to others in a large group. This one is also great to get some creativity flowing before meetings that might benefit from new veiwpoints.
💵 Price: FREE!
🎲 Recommended Number of Players: 4-14
🖥 Platform: Web Browser (Full Remote) - Best when played with video chat. Each person needs a screen.
🔗 Link: https://garticphone.com/
⏰ Game Length: Approximately 20 minutes
🤔 Overview: Basically an online version of Scattergories. Some categories are selected, then players try to fill in as many categories as possible within a time limit. The catch is that a random letter is selected, and each player's response must start with that letter.
👥 Type: Free for All
🎮 Good For: People looking for a game that doesn't have many rules and that resembles more of an in-person experience.
💵 Price: FREE!
🎲 Recommended Number of Players: 3+
🔗 Link: https://citycountryriver.net/new-game.xhtml
⏰ Game Length: Approximately 20 minutes
🤔 Overview: Draw a prompt and have your teammates try to guess the prompt based on your depiction! At the end, there is a final drawing battle under a time crunch!
👥 Type: Team
🎮 Good For: People that want a challenge and for getting to understand the cultural norms of people from different backgrounds.
💵 Price: FREE!
🎲 Recommended Number of Players: 4+
🖥 Platform: Web Browser (Full Remote or In-Person) - Each person needs a screen.
🔗 Link: https://drawbattle.io/
⏰ Game Length: Approximately 20 minutes
🤔 Overview: Draw an image from a prompt, and everyone else has to guess what it is. The faster the correct guess, the more points are earned for the guesser and drawer.
🎮 Good For: players that are creative and have higher energy.
💵 Price: FREE!
🎲 Recommended Number of Players: 3+
🖥 Platform: Web Browser (Full Remote or In-Person) - Each person needs a screen.
🔗 Link: https://skribbl.io/
⏰ Game Length: Approximately 15 minutes
👥 Type: Team
🎮 Good For: Understanding communication styles and for people that want something with more action than a typical board game.
💵 Price: FREE!
🎲 Recommended Number of Players: 4-15
🖥 Platform: Android, iOS, PC (Full Remote or In-Person) - Each person needs a screen.
⏰ Game Length: Approximately 10 minutes
👥 Type: Team
🎮 Good For: People with lots of energy or those that don't want to learn complex rules.
💵 Price: FREE!
🎲 Recommended Number of Players: 2-6
🔗 Link: https://www.haxball.com/
🤔 Overview: Two teams face off after
selecting their team's clue giver. The person giving clues attempts to get their teammates to select certain cards on the
table without selecting the other team's cards.
👥 Type: Team
🎮 Good For: Building collaboration skills and learning how team members think about associations.
💵 Price: FREE!
🎲 Recommended Number of Players: 6+
🖥 Platform: Web Browser (Full Remote or In-Person) - Each person needs a screen.
🔗 Link: https://codenames.game/
⏰ Game Length: Approximately 30 minutes
👥 Type: Free for All
🎮 Good For: A group that wants an easy game or to learn trivia.
💵 Price: FREE! (For basic version)
🖥 Platform: Web Browser (Full Remote or In-Person) - Each person needs a screen.
🔗 Link: https://kahoot.com/
⏰ Game Length: Approximately 10 minutes
🤔 Overview: This is a t-shirt drawing game where you match phrases to images that the players come up with. It's a great way to put a funny spin on work ideas and lighten the mood.
👥 Type: Free for All
💵 Price: $10 for one PC app that everyone can use (varies based on deals being offered)
🎲 Recommended Number of Players: 4-8 (The more, the more funny combinations occur)
🖥 Platform: PC (One person can host the main app and share it via Zoom or similar. Everyone playing needs a web browser on any device type that can be used to draw/add answers to prompts)
🔗 Link: https://www.jackboxgames.com/tee-ko/
⏰ Game Length: Approximately 20 minutes
🤔 Overview: Each player attempts to use their cards to avoid the exploding kittens hidden somewhere in the deck. There are a few special rules, but they can be picked up quickly.
👥 Type: Free for All
💵 Price: $1.99 per player that downloads the app on their phone (varies based on deals being offered)
🎲 Recommended Number of Players: 2-5
🖥 Platform: Android and iOS
🤔 Overview: This mobile version is very similar to the console versions of the classic racing game, but has some simplified controls.
👥 Type: Free for All
🎮 Good For: Teams that want a quick game that is competitive and fast-paced, but has only a few controls to learn.
💵 Price: FREE!
🎲 Recommended Number of Players: 2-8
🖥 Platform: Android and iOS
⏰ Game Length: Approximately 5 minutes (initial setup takes longer)
The Games
God Field
It's a turn-based
card game where the last person standing wins. Once you turn on the "demons" option, the outcomes can be as
hilarious as the awkwardly titled cards.
Note: Private team games can be created under the "Hidden Melee"
option. Just trust me and give it a try.
👥 Type: Free for All
🎮 Good For: Spending some time getting to know how people strategize, and good unexpected laughs. Once the demons join the game, there are no true winners (usually)!
💵 Price: FREE!
🎲 Recommended
Number of Players: 2-9
🖥 Platform: Web Browser (Full Remote or In-Person) - If in person, each person needs their own screen so other players can't see their cards. If remote, then each person can have the game in a tab and have Zoom or a similar to talk with other players.
🔗 Link: https://godfield.net/
⏰ Game Length: Approximately 10-40 minutes
(really varies a lot on if you activate the "demons" mode…
Fishbowl
🤔 Overview: A combination of three games in an online format: Taboo, Charades, and Password. Teams are formed, then guess words based on clues (words or acting)
👥 Type: Team
🎮 Good For: Larger groups. 6 is probably a reasonable minimum. This game is great to get a group to open up and get people comfortable with each other.
💵 Price: FREE!
🎲 Recommended Number of Players: 4+
🖥 Platform: Web Browser (Full Remote) - You'll need to have a webcam and mic for each person.
🔗 Link: https://fishbowl-game.com/
⏰ Game Length: Approximately 30 minutes
Gartic Phone
🤔 Overview: Basically Telestrations or the old-school telephone game
online. Each person takes turns writing a word, then drawing a picture of what the previous person wrote, ect.
Eventually, you end up with something crazy.
👥 Type: Free for
All
🎮 Good For: The more people the better this one typically turns out as there is more room for misinterpretation with more players/rounds. This game helps everyone get a brief introduction to others in a large group. This one is also great to get some creativity flowing before meetings that might benefit from new veiwpoints.
💵 Price: FREE!
🎲 Recommended Number of Players: 4-14
🖥 Platform: Web Browser (Full Remote) - Best when played with video chat. Each person needs a screen.
🔗 Link: https://garticphone.com/
⏰ Game Length: Approximately 20 minutes
City, Country, River
🤔 Overview: Basically an online version of Scattergories. Some categories are selected, then players try to fill in as many categories as possible within a time limit. The catch is that a random letter is selected, and each player's response must start with that letter.
👥 Type: Free for All
🎮 Good For: People looking for a game that doesn't have many rules and that resembles more of an in-person experience.
💵 Price: FREE!
🎲 Recommended Number of Players: 3+
🖥 Platform: Web Browser (Full Remote or In-Person) - Each person needs a screen.
🔗 Link: https://citycountryriver.net/new-game.xhtml
⏰ Game Length: Approximately 20 minutes
Draw Battle
🤔 Overview: Draw a prompt and have your teammates try to guess the prompt based on your depiction! At the end, there is a final drawing battle under a time crunch!
👥 Type: Team
🎮 Good For: People that want a challenge and for getting to understand the cultural norms of people from different backgrounds.
💵 Price: FREE!
🎲 Recommended Number of Players: 4+
🖥 Platform: Web Browser (Full Remote or In-Person) - Each person needs a screen.
🔗 Link: https://drawbattle.io/
⏰ Game Length: Approximately 20 minutes
Skribbl
🤔 Overview: Draw an image from a prompt, and everyone else has to guess what it is. The faster the correct guess, the more points are earned for the guesser and drawer.
👥 Type: Free for All
🎮 Good For: players that are creative and have higher energy.
💵 Price: FREE!
🎲 Recommended Number of Players: 3+
🖥 Platform: Web Browser (Full Remote or In-Person) - Each person needs a screen.
🔗 Link: https://skribbl.io/
⏰ Game Length: Approximately 15 minutes
Among Us
🤔 Overview: A murder mystery in space… One player needs to eliminate the others in secrecy before they are
detected. Whodunit?! Usually the guy with the weirdest hat. Or that can't keep a straight face at the emergency meeting.
👥 Type: Team
🎮 Good For: Understanding communication styles and for people that want something with more action than a typical board game.
💵 Price: FREE!
🎲 Recommended Number of Players: 4-15
🖥 Platform: Android, iOS, PC (Full Remote or In-Person) - Each person needs a screen.
⏰ Game Length: Approximately 10 minutes
HaxBall
🤔 Overview: It's soccer on a web browser!
👥 Type: Team
🎮 Good For: People with lots of energy or those that don't want to learn complex rules.
💵 Price: FREE!
🎲 Recommended Number of Players: 2-6
🖥 Platform: Web Browser (Full Remote or In-Person) - Each person needs a screen.
🔗 Link: https://www.haxball.com/
⏰ Game Length: Approximately 10 minutes
Code Names
Note: I'd recommend that clue-givers on Zoom turn off their video and voice so that they don't accidentally reveal any info. They can just enter their clues in the game and listen in on the Zoom meeting.
👥 Type: Team
🎮 Good For: Building collaboration skills and learning how team members think about associations.
💵 Price: FREE!
🎲 Recommended Number of Players: 6+
🖥 Platform: Web Browser (Full Remote or In-Person) - Each person needs a screen.
🔗 Link: https://codenames.game/
⏰ Game Length: Approximately 30 minutes
Kahoot
🤔 Overview: Gameshow-like quiz game where each person responds to questions in a selected category to
complete for the most points.
👥 Type: Free for All
🎮 Good For: A group that wants an easy game or to learn trivia.
💵 Price: FREE! (For basic version)
🎲 Recommended Number of Players: 2+
🖥 Platform: Web Browser (Full Remote or In-Person) - Each person needs a screen.
🔗 Link: https://kahoot.com/
⏰ Game Length: Approximately 10 minutes
Jackbox: Tee K.O.
🤔 Overview: This is a t-shirt drawing game where you match phrases to images that the players come up with. It's a great way to put a funny spin on work ideas and lighten the mood.
👥 Type: Free for All
🎮 Good For: Teams that are looking for humor as well as a challenge.
💵 Price: $10 for one PC app that everyone can use (varies based on deals being offered)
Note: The best way I've found to host this game is to run the app on one computer and then share the audio/video via Zoom. When that is running, I use a separate computer to join the Zoom meeting with all the other players.
🎲 Recommended Number of Players: 4-8 (The more, the more funny combinations occur)
🖥 Platform: PC (One person can host the main app and share it via Zoom or similar. Everyone playing needs a web browser on any device type that can be used to draw/add answers to prompts)
🔗 Link: https://www.jackboxgames.com/tee-ko/
⏰ Game Length: Approximately 20 minutes
Exploding Kittens
🤔 Overview: Each player attempts to use their cards to avoid the exploding kittens hidden somewhere in the deck. There are a few special rules, but they can be picked up quickly.
👥 Type: Free for All
🎮 Good For: Small groups that want something silly and unpredictable.
💵 Price: $1.99 per player that downloads the app on their phone (varies based on deals being offered)
🎲 Recommended Number of Players: 2-5
🖥 Platform: Android and iOS
⏰ Game Length: Approximately 15 minutes
Mario Kart Tour (Mobile)
🤔 Overview: This mobile version is very similar to the console versions of the classic racing game, but has some simplified controls.
👥 Type: Free for All
🎮 Good For: Teams that want a quick game that is competitive and fast-paced, but has only a few controls to learn.
💵 Price: FREE!
🎲 Recommended Number of Players: 2-8
🖥 Platform: Android and iOS
⏰ Game Length: Approximately 5 minutes (initial setup takes longer)
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