Office party games
Games for work parties and team days that nobody has to be talked into.
Start with a guide: Office party games for large groups that nobody has to be talked into
All office party games
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Baby Photo Match
Pin up a baby photo of every guest and let everyone work out who grew up to be whom.
- 6+ players, think game
- 15 min
- Ages 10+
- Calm
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Back-to-Back Drawing
One partner describes a picture using only shapes and directions while the other, facing away, tries to draw it.
- 2+ players, make game
- 15 min
- Ages 7+
- Calm
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Candy Jar Guess
Fill a jar with candy, let everyone write down a guess, and whoever comes closest to the real number takes the jar home.
- 4+ players, think game
- 5 min
- Ages 5+
- Calm
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Fishbowl
The same bowl of names is guessed three times: first by describing, then with one word, then in silence.
- 6–20 players, talk game
- 40 min
- Ages 10+
- Lively
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Marshmallow Tower
Teams have a fixed time to build the tallest free-standing tower they can from dry spaghetti and marshmallows.
- 3+ players, make game
- 20 min
- Ages 7+
- Lively
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Mummy Wrap
Teams race to wrap one teammate from head to toe in toilet paper until they look like a mummy.
- 4+ players, make game
- 10 min
- Ages 5+
- Rowdy
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Name That Tune
Play the first few seconds of a song and see who can name it first. The shorter the clip, the bigger the bragging rights.
- 3+ players, think game
- 20 min
- Ages 8+
- Lively
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Paper Telephone
A sentence becomes a drawing, the drawing becomes a sentence, and by the end of the stack nothing is what it started as.
- 4–10 players, make game
- 25 min
- Ages 8+
- Calm
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Secret Santa
Everyone draws one name in secret and buys a single gift for that person, so the whole group exchanges presents for the price of one.
- 4+ players, think game
- 30 min
- Ages 6+
- Calm
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Two Truths and a Lie
Each player makes three statements about themselves and everyone else votes on which one is false.
- 3–20 players, talk game
- 15 min
- Ages 10+
- Calm
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White Elephant
Everyone brings a wrapped gift, then takes turns either opening a new one or stealing one that is already open.
- 6–30 players, think game
- 45 min
- Ages 12+
- Lively
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Who Am I?
Everyone wears a name they cannot see and asks yes-or-no questions around the room until they work out who they are.
- 4–20 players, talk game
- 20 min
- Ages 8+
- Lively
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Would You Rather
Players choose between two equally tempting, or equally awful, options and then have to defend their choice.
- 2+ players, talk game
- 15 min
- Ages 6+
- Calm
How to choose
At a work party nobody should be made to perform, touch a colleague or share anything personal. Choose games where joining in is easy and watching is also fine, and where teams mix people who do not usually work together. Short rounds help: people can step in between conversations and step out again.
Not sure which of these fits your group? The game picker asks how many people you have, how old they are and where you are, then deals three games.