Virtual games

20 mins | 6+ players

Almost everyone knows charades – the game where players take turns acting out a word or phrase without speaking. The rest of the team must then try to guess the word within a given time frame. Whoever guesses correctly wins a point. To play Charades virtually, invite your coworkers to a video call and have everyone turn off their cameras. Use the Charades online generator to generate a new word automatically when it’s your turn. Act out your word to the camera and laugh along as your teammates try to guess.

30 mins | 5 to 15 players

This is best played as an everyone-for-themselves kind of game, as your team members type as fast as they can against the clock. You can create an order of play like a tournament, and the player with the fastest score wins.

15 mins | 5 to 25 players

Wordle is a hugely popular word guessing game, perfect for those all-important team bragging rights. You have to guess a hidden word in 6 tries; the color of the letters change to show how close you are with each attempt.

30 mins | 5 to 30 players

Skribbl is essentially an online version of Pictionary, with the added (hilarious) challenge of having to draw using your cursor. Each team member will have the chance to draw a generated word while everyone else tries to guess what the word is.

15 to 30min | Up to 9 players

Playing Hangman online with your team is a simple but effective way to improve communication and collaboration skills.

Guess the letters in the secret word to solve the puzzle. You can guess a letter by clicking on it or typing it on your keyboard. You'll score points for each correct letter you guess, and if you solve the word, you’ll score for how fast you get it and how many balloons you had left. Get the highest total score after 5 rounds to win the game and earn a trophy!

Note: You’ll need to download the app.

30 mins | 6+ players

At the beginning of the game, each person receives a secret word through the dedicated Undercover app. Remember to keep your secret word hidden from the others. There are 3 types of participants. Civilians receive the same secret word. Undercovers receive a word slightly different from the Civilians'. Mr.Whites doesn't receive any word. At this moment, you don’t know if you are a Civilian or an Undercover. There are 3 main phases during the game. After a cycle of the 3 phases, a player is ousted from the island. Repeat as many rounds as needed until one of the groups (Civilian, Undercover or Mr.White) wins the game. For Undercover, each player should have their own phone.

30 mins | 4+ players

Colonist is a multiplayer strategy game centered around constructing and managing settlements. Each player has to gather resources, build structures, and trade with each other to grow their settlements. The first player to achieve 10 victory points wins the game. You can adapt Colonist into a team game by having coworkers go head-to-head, work together to build settlements, or play tournament-style. You can also chat with your teammates during the game to trade resources and stay social.

30 mins | 6+ players

You're an FBI detective and someone in your department is an enemy spy. You must question each other to discover the spy. The spy will try to guess the round's location and the others will try to figure out who the spy is. In terms of gameplay flow, each round lasts 6 to 10 minutes. You can check out how to play here, and, for this game, each player should have their own phone, computer, or tablet.

45 mins | 5 to 45 players

Choose a range of categories and the Scattergories site will randomly pick a letter. Players have to fill in corresponding words against the clock. It’s a fun one for teams of all sizes.

15 mins | 6+ players

In GeoGuessr, players have to guess the location of a random Google Street View image. Players can explore the image location to look for clues such as road signs, landmarks, or flora. The closer the guess is to the actual location, the more points they earn. To play GeoGuessr, simply visit the game’s website, choose between easy, medium, or expert mode, and click “Play.” Invite your teammates to a group video call and share your screen so you can guess the location together. GeoGuessr also offers casual or competitive multiplayer modes where you can invite and challenge your coworkers.

15 mins | 5 to 25 players

Gather in a call while you all play this popular photo guessing game. You have to guess which city/country a picture was taken in (it changes daily). Those who are the closest, or guess correctly after the allotted 6 guesses, are the day’s winners.

30 mins | 2 to 20 players

While sudoku isn’t usually played as a team game, it can be used for team building if you get a little creative. Utilize breakout rooms on Zoom, or prepare a list of specific sudokus that each team must solve to win.

10 mins | 2 to 12 players

You'll have to find Waldo (Wally) hiding in the picture. Call your team, share the link to the Miro board with the drawing, log in, and be the first to find Waldo!

30 mins | 6+ players

The digital version of a classic, Taboo is a verbal word game where two teams go head-to-head. Teams are made up of clue-givers and guessers. The clue-givers for each team take turns describing the word at the top of the word list without using any of the taboo words listed underneath. If their teammates guess the word, that team gets a point. But, if they say one of the taboo words, they receive a penalty. Spoiler alert: Each team only has 60 seconds to guess the word. When playing Taboo online, have the clue-giver load the game site so they can see the clues and taboo words. On a group video call, they can describe the word to everyone else without sharing their screen. Taboo lets clue-givers keep a running tally of scores, too.

20 mins | 5 to 15 players

It’s basically the Telephone game but with drawings instead of whispering. First, invite your colleagues to a video meeting and send them the link to your game. Each player will write a sentence, then each person will receive a sentence to draw.

Draw your sentence, then the next person has to describe and guess the drawing, and so on. When the game is complete, you’ll get a fun video of the process, from the original prompt to the final drawing.

45 mins | 5 to 8 players

Cluedo is classic murder mystery game. It’s all about WHO, with WHAT weapon and WHERE. Through this official app, you’ll be able to explore cool new boards and use the logic-assisted virtual clue sheet.

Note: You’ll need to download the app.

60 mins | 4 to 10 players

Two teams compete against each other, with each delegating a ‘Spymaster’ to give one-word clues that point to words on a board. The team that guesses all of their words first, wins.

30 mins | 4+ players

CardzMania is home to more than 50 multiplayer card games. Varying in length from 5 to 30 minutes, these games are great as short team building activities for daily stand-up meetings or longer team-building sessions. Virtual teams can play classic card games such as bridge, spades, or solitaire. Choose a multiplayer game, invite friends with your unique URL, and put your card strategy to the test. When inviting people to the game, you also have the option to host a private tournament. The wide variety of card games means you can change what you play and keep things interesting during team building.

45 mins | 2 to 10 players

Playing Cards has nearly 60 online games including chess, rummy, and Go Fish. All you have to do is jump on the site, create a room code to share with your team, then gather everyone to play. It’s a great choice for smaller teams, allowing two players to face off in friendly head-to-head games.

60 mins | 5 to 20 players

Bingo! The site has a free video guide which gives you step-by-step instructions for setting up a game. Why not have a ‘human bingo’ game where players tick off, for example, countries that other team members have visited?

15 to 30min | 10 to 30 players

Everyone is in the same virtual meeting and one person is given the responsibility of being the ‘speaker’. Everyone else in the room is known as an ‘artist’.

The speaker picks a random image and describes it for the artists, who draw it. The catch: the speaker must only describe the image using geometric shapes.

Setting up a Whiteboard in Zoom

1. Click ‘Share Screen’, choose ‘Whiteboard’, and click ‘Share’

2. Tell each participant to click ‘Annotate‘ in the upper panel

3. Pick any type of annotation tools you like— drawing, shapes, texts—you name it!

30 mins / 4 to 10 players

Kahoot is a game-based learning platform that allows users to create and play quizzes, surveys, and interactive games. It's interactive and group-based, allowing players to answer questions that are displayed on a shared screen in real-time. This creates a fun, engaging, and competitive environment that can be used to foster learning, collaboration, and socialization. To improve your experience you can request help from our FrontonGPT based on your team goals and objectives.

45 mins | 5 to 30 players

Any music buffs in the house? Song Trivia plays a snippet of a tune from a genre of your choice. The first player to guess the artist and/or the song title gets the points. This one’s great for a Friday afternoon.