Employee engagement increases by 48% when office games are part of the company culture. Let’s explore 99+ quick and fun games you can do to get your team spirit and morale up.
Top 10 Quick & Easy Office Games to Improve Team Spirit & Morale
If you don’t have the time to go over the full list, here are 10 top picks you can consider.
| Game | Setup Ease | Duration | Number of Participants | Benefits |
| Two Truths and a Lie | Very Easy | 10-15 minutes | 5-20 | Builds trust, improves communication |
| Office Bingo | Easy | 15-30 minutes | Any number | Encourages interaction, icebreaker |
| Desk Chair Races | Moderate | 10-20 minutes | 4-20 | Fun, stress relief, promotes teamwork |
| Office Trivia | Easy | 20-30 minutes | 5-30 | Increases knowledge, team bonding |
| Scavenger Hunt | Moderate | 30-60 minutes | 10-50 | Promotes problem-solving, team dynamics |
| Charades | Very Easy | 15-30 minutes | 4-20 | Enhances creativity, non-verbal skills |
| Pictionary | Very Easy | 15-30 minutes | 4-20 | Boosts creativity, communication |
| Paper Plane Contest | Very Easy | 10-20 minutes | Any number | Encourages creativity, competitive spirit |
| Silent Auction | Moderate to High | 30-60 minutes | Any number | Fosters generosity, strategic thinking |
| Guess Who? (Employee Edition) | Easy | 15-30 minutes | 5-20 | Improves personal connections, fun |
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1. Two Truths & a Lie
- Materials Needed: None.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Participants take turns sharing 3 statements about themselves – 2 truths and 1 lie. The rest of the team guesses which statement is the lie and the one with the highest points wins.
2. Office Bingo
- Materials Needed: Bingo cards (pre-made or custom-made for your office) and markers or pens.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Give out bingo cards featuring office events or actions. Participants mark off their cards as they observe the events happening. The first to get a complete straight line wins.
3. Desk Chair Races
- Materials Needed: Office chairs, a stopwatch, cones, or markers for the race course.
- Remote Employee Friendly: No.
- Instructions: Set up an obstacle course in an open area of your office using cones or markers. Participants race in office chairs, pushed by teammates, to the finish line. Make sure the area is clear to keep employees safe.
4. Office Trivia
- Materials Needed: List of trivia questions, paper, pens, and a way to keep score.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Prepare trivia questions about your workplace, company history, or industry. Divide players into teams and set a time limit. Ask questions in turns, and the team with the most correct answers wins.
5. Scavenger Hunt
- Materials Needed: List of items or clues, pens, and paper for each team.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes, with adaptations.
- Instructions: Create a list of items to find or tasks to complete around the office. Give a few minutes to the teams or individuals to do as many tasks or find as many items. Whoever finishes first at the end wins. For remote teams, tailor the list to common household items or tasks.
6. Charades
- Materials Needed: Slips of paper with words or phrases, a bowl or hat.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Players get a word or phrase from a bowl and act it out without speaking. Their team guesses within a time limit and the one with the most correct guesses wins.
7. Pictionary
- Materials Needed: Whiteboard or large paper, markers, cards with words or phrases.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes, with digital tools.
- Instructions: Players draw the word on a card while their team tries to guess what it is without any verbal clues, letters, or numbers being drawn. Use online whiteboards or drawing tools for remote play.
8. Paper Plane Contest
- Materials Needed: Paper, tape measure for distance measuring.
- Remote Employee Friendly: No, but adaptable.
- Instructions: Each participant creates a paper plane and competes to see whose plane can fly the farthest or hit a designated target. Remote team members can fly their planes at home, with everyone watching live via camera.
9. Silent Auction
- Materials Needed: Items or services to auction, bid sheets, pens.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes, with online meeting tools.
- Instructions: Display items up for auction. Your participants should write their bids silently on sheets. The highest bid at the end wins the item.
10. Guess Who? (Employee Edition)
- Materials Needed: Facts about employees (collected beforehand), a way to display or read facts.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Read interesting facts about employees out loud, one at a time. Everyone tries to guess which employee the facts are about.
Trivia Games
If you want to challenge your team’s knowledge on a wide range of topics, here are games you can consider.
11. Team Jeopardy
- Materials Needed: Computer, video conferencing tool, Jeopardy board template.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Organize employees into groups and have them select questions from a board, sorted by category and point value. The winning team is the one with the most points. For remote teams, simply share the screen that has the board in it.
12. Corporate History Quiz
- Materials Needed: List of corporate history questions and quiz app.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes
- Instructions: Divide your employees into small groups or let them play individually. Then, ask questions about your company’s history. Award points for each correct answer and the one with the highest score wins. Use a quiz platform, like TriviaMaker, for remote teams.
13. Who’s Who?
- Materials Needed: Photos of team members and a presentation tool.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Display your employee’s baby picture or an awkward teenage photo one-by-one. Each participant guesses who’s who and the one with the most points wins.
14. Industry Insider
- Materials Needed: List of industry-related questions, buzzer system, or chat feature.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Divide your employees into teams and quiz them on industry trivia. The team that answers first scores points, and the one with the most points wins.
15. World Cultures Challenge
- Materials Needed: Facts about different cultures and a presentation tool.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Split your employees into smaller teams then present cultural facts or scenarios. The first team to raise their hands answers first. Wrong answers allow other teams to steal and guess. The team with the highest points wins.
16. Tech Titans
- Materials Needed: List of tech-related questions and a chat feature on tools like Zoom.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Divide into teams or let employees play individually. Ask questions about tech giants and innovations. The one with the most points wins. Use the chat feature on video conferencing tools for remote response collection.
17. Environmental Quiz
- Materials Needed: List of environmental questions, answer collection system.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Quiz your teams on environmental facts and challenges. Award points for each correct answer. For a virtual setup, let them play individually and collect answers using Google Forms.
18. The Project Management Game
- Materials Needed: Project scenarios, decision-making platform, and computer.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Create project management scenarios. Teams decide on courses of action and earn points based on outcomes. Use the screen sharing and chat features on Zoom for scenario presentation and decision submissions to turn this into an online game.
19. Health & Wellness Trivia
- Materials Needed: List of health and wellness questions, scoring system, and computer.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Quiz your teams on health and wellness topics. Correct answers earn points, and the one with the highest score wins. For remote teams, use Slido to create the quiz and play the game online.
20. Marketplace Masters
- Materials Needed: Market scenarios.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Present your teams with market scenarios. The entire team needs to make strategic decisions and they gain or lose points based on outcomes.
21. Legal Eagles
- Materials Needed: Legal scenario descriptions, response system.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Create hypothetical work-related legal challenges. Each team proposes solutions and you score them based on accuracy.
22. Finance & Economy Challenge
- Materials Needed: Financial and economic questions and answer submission method.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Compile finance and economic concepts and quiz your employees. The team member who answers correctly gets the point.
23. Art and Design Decipher
- Materials Needed: Images of art and design works and response collection system.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Split them into teams or let them play individually. Set a time limit, show the images, and let the teams guess. The one with the most correct guesses wins. For remote teams, share images via screen sharing and collect responses through the chat feature.
24. Sports & Teamwork Trivia
- Materials Needed: Sports trivia questions and answer collection method.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Quiz your teams on sports facts and teamwork principles. Give a point for each correct answer and the highest scoring team wins. Use Slack’s app directory to find trivia games if you want to play virtually.
25. Science & Innovation Quiz
- Materials Needed: Science and innovation trivia questions and scoring system.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Challenge teams with questions on scientific discoveries and innovations. Award points for each correct answer. To play virtually, use video chat tools to distribute questions and collect answers.
26. Literature & Languages Game
- Materials Needed: Literature and language questions and answer submission platform.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Test teams on general language and literature knowledge. Give points for correct answers until you get a winner. For remote teams, use Zoom or Microsoft Teams to play the quiz.
27. History Heroes
- Materials Needed: History trivia questions and response system.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Quiz your teams on historical figures and events. The first person or team to raise their hands can answer first. Whoever gets the highest score wins. Use HatQuest to turn this into an online game.
28. Culinary Quiz
- Materials Needed: Food and culinary trivia questions and answer collection method.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Compile questions about cooking techniques, international cuisines, and famous chefs. Let your teams or individuals guess and the highest-scoring participant wins.
29. Music & Bands Trivia
- Materials Needed: Music trivia questions and answer submission system.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Make your own or find an existing quiz about music history, bands, and genres. The one with the most points win. Use Virtual Team Trivia for remote play.
30. Travel & Geography Challenge
- Materials Needed: Geography and travel trivia questions and scoring mechanism.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Test your teams on their knowledge of world geography, landmarks, and travel facts. The one with the highest points wins. Use TriviaMaker to make this an interactive game for your remote teams.
Icebreaker Games
If you want to warm up conversations, ease introductions, and build connections, play these games.
31. Coffee Roulette
- Materials Needed: Names of participants and random selection tool.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Use the Coffee Roulette tool or randomly pair participants for a coffee chat. Pick out an unbiased judge. The pair shares what they learn about each other during the meetup and the one with the most interesting exchange wins.
32. Speed Networking
- Materials Needed: List of participants, timer, and meeting platform.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Set brief meetings between participants and let them rotate partners every few minutes. The participant who connects with the most people during the game wins. For a remote setting, use an online meeting platform with breakout rooms for timed sessions.
33. The Alias Game
- Materials Needed: None.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Each person picks an alias for the day. The only rule is that everyone must interact while dropping subtle hints to give others clues. The person who correctly identifies the most aliases by the end of the day or meeting wins. Use an online meeting tool to facilitate interactions or a chat system for submitting guesses.
34. The Marshmallow Challenge
- Materials Needed: Spaghetti noodles, tape, string, marshmallow.
- Remote Employee Friendly: No.
- Instructions: Divide your employees into teams and give them a time limit to build the tallest tower with a marshmallow on top using only spaghetti, tape, and string. The tallest standing structure after the set time wins.
35. Story Round-Robin
- Materials Needed: None.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Split your employees into groups. Within the groups, one would start a story with one sentence. Each team member needs to add a sentence in turn. The story ends after one round or a set time. Have each team vote for the most creative story.
36. Emoji Story
- Materials Needed: Messaging platform.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Choose a messaging platform and create a group channel. Set a time limit and let participants send emojis to describe a movie, book, or work concept. Others will guess what it is. The one with the most correct guesses wins.
37. Quick Debates
- Materials Needed: List of debate topics.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Split your employees into teams. Then, give each team a short time to argue their side of a topic. The rest of the teams should vote for the most convincing argument.
38. Board Games
- Materials Needed: Board games (offline and online).
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes, with digital versions.
- Instructions: Choose a board game. Have your players take turns according to the rules. The winner is the one who successfully completes the game objective. For remote teams, go to sites like Board Game Arena or Tabletopia to find more games.
39. The Innovation Game
- Materials Needed: Idea submission platform or notecards.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Create a list of office-related problems or challenges. Then, have every participant submit an innovative solution. You or another judge should vote for the most creative or practical solution for each round and award a point to the winner.
40. The Alphabet Game
- Materials Needed: None.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Start with A, then each person says a word related to work that starts with the next letter. Continue until Z. The first to stumble or repeat a word is out and the last person standing wins. Use video calls for remote teams.
41. Caption This
- Materials Needed: Photos in need of captions.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Show one photo per round and let each team write a funny or clever caption within a set time. Vote for the best caption and the team with the highest points after all the rounds wins. To play remotely, show the photos through a video call and give each team time to communicate through chat and submit captions.
42. Personality Match-Up
- Materials Needed: Personality test results from each participant.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Share the personality test results. Participants guess who matches each personality type. The one with the most correct guesses wins. For a virtual setup, send a shared document with the personality test results and let each employee guess through video calls.
43. Dream Career Quiz
- Materials Needed: None.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Participants guess what each of them wanted to be as a kid. The one with the most correct guesses wins.
44. Office Supply Sculpture
- Materials Needed: Office supplies.
- Remote Employee Friendly: No.
- Instructions: Divide them into teams and let them create sculptures using only office supplies within a set time limit. Then, vote for the most creative sculpture.
45. Language Learner
- Materials Needed: List of phrases in different languages, and translation tools (optional).
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Create a list of foreign words or phrases along with their translations. Then, split the participants into teams. Share the foreign term, and the first team to correctly use it in a sentence wins.
46. Blind Drawing
- Materials Needed: Paper, pens, and online whiteboard.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes, with adaptations.
- Instructions: Pair up participants. One describes a picture without naming it, while their partner, blindfolded, draws it. The duo with the drawing most similar to the original wins.
47. “This or That” – Company Edition
- Materials Needed: List of company-related “this or that” choices.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Present 2 options related to the company culture or preferences (e.g. morning or afternoon meetings). Each team guesses the most popular choice among current employees and the closest one wins.
48. Craft Your Elevator Pitch
- Materials Needed: Timer.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: The participants create an elevator pitch for the company and share it with the others. The most compelling pitch, as voted by the rest, wins. For remote teams to present their pitches, gather them for a video call.
49. Company Jargon Buster
- Materials Needed: List of company-specific jargon or acronyms.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Let your teams guess each jargon’s meaning. The team with the most correct definitions wins. To play virtually, go on a video call.
50. “Find the Imposter” Game
- Materials Needed: None.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: One person is secretly assigned the role of ‘imposter’ and must blend in. The rest of the group asks questions to identify who the imposter is. The game ends when the imposter is caught or successfully fools everyone.
Easy To Play Games
Short on time or need a quick mood lift? Replace that gloomy work vibe with these easy office games to play.
51. Memory Game
- Materials Needed: A series of workplace-related images or items.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Display items or pictures for a moment, then hide them and ask players to recall what was shown. The one with the most correct items wins. For remote teams, use the screen share feature to display items.
52. Guess the Sound
- Materials Needed: Audio clips of different sounds.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Split them into teams, play short audio clips of different sounds, and let them guess what each sound is. The team with the most correct guesses wins.
53. Compliment Cards
- Materials Needed: Cards, sticky notes, or a digital document/note.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Give your team cards or sticky notes where they can write compliments about their colleagues. Collect and post them on a positivity wall. Let the participants guess who wrote the compliments and the one with the most correct guesses wins.
54. Speed Typing Contest
- Materials Needed: Online typing test platform.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Participants take a timed typing test using a platform like TypingTest. The one with the highest words per minute (WPM) wins.
55. Spot the Difference
- Materials Needed: Pairs of images with subtle differences.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Show your players pairs of images for a limited time. Let them find and list differences. The person with the most correct findings wins.
56. Desk Makeover Competition
- Materials Needed: Office supplies and decorative items.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Make your participants makeover their desks. Let them share the before and after photos. Vote for the best transformation. Remote participants can submit photos through a messaging platform for voting.
57. Wellness Challenge
- Materials Needed: Fitness tracking app or device.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Launch a wellness initiative, like weekly yoga sessions. Set a date and invite participants. The one with the most attendance monthly gets awarded.
58. Meme Making Marathon
- Materials Needed: Meme generator software or website.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Participants must create memes about their work or industry using Canva or a meme generator like Imgflip. Have them share their memes and everyone can vote for the funniest or most creative meme. To play remotely, share the memes through a group Slack channel.
59. Online Puzzle Challenge
- Materials Needed: Access to online puzzle games.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Choose an online puzzle and participants race to complete it. The first one to finish it wins. For remote teams, choose a puzzle for them to complete online and have them send a photo of the finished piece through the group chat.
60. Desert Island Survival
- Materials Needed: Pen and paper.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Teams must list items they’d take to survive on a desert island. Each team should discuss and defend their choices. The team with the most practical and well-explained list wins. Use a video conferencing tool and an online whiteboard for remote participants.
61. Sustainability Idea Swap
- Materials Needed: List of sustainable practices or products.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Have your staff share eco-friendly practices. Then, everyone gets to vote for the most practical method. The winning practice will be tried by everyone. At a later date, regroup to share experience.
62. Motivational Quote Exchange
- Materials Needed: None.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Get your employees to share their favorite motivational quotes and discuss why. Then, let everyone vote for the most motivational quote and original explanation. You can do this before starting an in-person or online meeting.
63. Origami Race
- Materials Needed: Origami paper or any paper.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Participants race to complete an origami design and the first to copy it accurately wins. For remote teams, do this via a video call for demonstration and to judge finished products.
64. Musical Chairs
- Materials Needed: Chairs (one less than participants) and a music player.
- Remote Employee Friendly: No.
- Instructions: Arrange the chairs in a circle and play music while the participants walk around the chairs. When the music stops, everyone needs to sit in a chair. The one without a chair is eliminated. Remove one chair each round and the last person seated wins.
65. Office Riddles
- Materials Needed: List of riddles.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Share an office-related or work riddle and players guess the answer. The first one who gets the answer wins.
66. Lip Reading Challenge
- Materials Needed: List of work-related phrases.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Have one member from each team draw a work-related phrase from a bowl. That person has to say the phrase on mute while other team members guess. The highest-scoring team wins.
67. Flash Fiction Email
- Materials Needed: Email.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Participants write a flash fiction story (100 words or less) related to work and send it via email. At the end of the day, have everyone vote on the most creative or engaging story to pick a winner.
68. Coffee Break Trivia
- Materials Needed: List of trivia questions.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Set a group coffee break weekly or monthly. Select a quizmaster to ask trivia questions. The one with the highest points wins. For remote teams, use a chat app or video call to play.
69. Positivity Email Chain
- Materials Needed: Email access.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Start an email chain where each person shares a positive thought, story, or compliment to a colleague. Each recipient adds their own before forwarding. The one who adds the most in the thread wins at the end of the day.
70. Movie Pitch
- Materials Needed: Timer.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Each person pitches a movie idea about work or team values in 60 seconds. You or another judge needs to vote for the best pitch.
Subtle Office Games
For games that make work fun and improve team relationships without too much prep, pick from this list.
71. Step Counter Contest
- Materials Needed: Step counter or smartphone with step tracking app.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Set a daily step goal and whoever reaches or exceeds the goal for most days in a month wins.
72. Weekly Yoga Pose Challenge
- Materials Needed: List of yoga poses.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Each week, introduce a new office yoga pose. The participants should take and share a photo or video of them doing it. The most accurate one wins, but if they’re all correct, the first one who sent it wins.
73. The Barter Puzzle
- Materials Needed: Puzzle pieces distributed among teams.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Divide them into groups and each team has to complete a puzzle but the pieces they need are with other teams. They should strategize to trade missing pieces with others to complete their puzzle first.
74. “No Smiling” Contest
- Materials Needed: None.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Participants try not to smile or laugh while others make quick, funny faces or tell jokes during meetings. The last person to keep a straight face wins.
75. “Undercover Boss” Emails
- Materials Needed: Anonymous email account.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Managers need to anonymously send emails with small tasks or riddles. The employees have to guess which leader sent them.
76. Email Keyword Bingo
- Materials Needed: Bingo cards with common office email phrases.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Distribute bingo cards with common email phrases. During the week, employees have to mark off phrases as they appear in emails. The first to get bingo wins.
77. Photo of the Day Contest
- Materials Needed: Camera or smartphone.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: In the group chat, employees share a photo related to a daily theme. Then, everyone gets to vote for the best photo at the day’s end.
78. Email Easter Eggs
- Materials Needed: Email account.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Hide “Easter eggs” (hidden messages or jokes) in regular email communications. The first to spot and report them wins a small prize.
79. Guess Who? – Career Edition
- Materials Needed: Employee career facts.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Share interesting or unusual past job facts about employees. Then, let everyone guess who the fact belongs to. The one with the most correct guesses wins. You can do this in a group chat or an email chain to keep it low-key.
80. Desk Snack Showdown
- Materials Needed: Camera or smartphone.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Participants share photos of their desk snack setup. Then, vote on who has the best snacks. Use a group chat for sharing photos and voting.
81. The Unusual Object Game
- Materials Needed: Any unusual object.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Players place an unusual object on their office desk or video background. The other participants reveal their guesses at the day’s or meeting’s end.
82. The GIF Reaction Game
- Materials Needed: Chat platform (Slack, Teams).
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Share a topic or situation in the chat; every member must respond with a GIF. The most creative or fitting GIF wins.
83. Dress Code Day
- Materials Needed: None.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Choose a fun theme for the day (e.g., superhero, retro). Employees dress accordingly whether in-office or via video calls. Then, vote for the best outfit.
84. The Office Detective
- Materials Needed: Clues hidden around the office or shared online.
- Remote Employee Friendly Yes.
- Instructions: Participants must get clues to uncover a mystery about the office or a fictional case. The first employee to solve wins. You can leave clues through chat, email, or video calls for remote play.
85. Guess The Hobby
- Materials Needed: None.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Each player shares a vague hint about their hobby. Then, the rest will guess what the hobby is and the person with the most correct guesses wins.
86. The Innovation Box
- Materials Needed: A box and notecards or an online submission form.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Employees anonymously submit innovative ideas to improve something work-related. Have everyone guess who suggested each idea and the one with the most correct answer wins. In a remote setting, select a moderator to receive participants’ suggestions via chat. Play with your remote team via group chat or video calls.
87. Doodle Duel
- Materials Needed: Paper and pens or a digital drawing tool.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Give participants a work-related theme and they have to draw something relevant. A designated person votes for the best doodle.
88. Mystery Desk Drop
- Materials Needed: Small gifts or notes.
- Remote Employee Friendly: No.
- Instructions: Employees secretly leave a note at a colleague’s desk. Recipients guess who the mystery giver is.
89. Secret Mission
- Materials Needed: Mission cards or emails.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Assign a secret mission to each participant about improving team dynamics or work environment. At the day’s end, have everyone guess what each other’s missions were. The one with the correct guesses wins.
90. Desk Treasure Hunt
- Materials Needed: Hidden items and clues.
- Remote Employee Friendly: No.
- Instructions: Hide items around your employees’ desks and provide clues. Participants search for them during breaks. First to find all items wins.
Creative Office Games
If you are looking for games that are fun and unlock creativity, check this list.
91. Team Mascot Design
- Materials Needed: Art supplies or digital design tools.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Teams create a mascot representing their spirit or department. Use paper, digital tools, or crafts. Let them share designs in a meeting or chat. You or someone else vote for the best.
92. Improvised TED Talks
- Materials Needed: Timer and list of random topics.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Participants extract a topic and give an improvised TED Talk for 3 minutes. Select someone to vote for the most convincing and creative talk relevant to their topics.
93. Superpower Synonyms
- Materials Needed: None.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Employees describe their jobs as if they were a superhero’s power. Then, vote for the most creative job description.
94. Propose a Product
- Materials Needed: Timer.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Split them into teams. Each team pitches an outlandish product that solves a common office problem within a limited time. Vote for the most creative and amusing solution.
95. Reverse Brainstorming
- Materials Needed: Paper and pens (or digital equivalent).
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Players identify a problem, then brainstorm how to cause it, not solve it. Have them analyze their ideas and think about what they would do to achieve the opposite effect.
96. Improv Email Theater
- Materials Needed: Selection of real or fabricated work emails.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Play as teams or individually. Players perform dramatic readings of emails while adding humorous or exaggerated interpretations. Vote for the most entertaining performance.
97. Guess the Movie
- Materials Needed: Paper, pen, and movies with their plot summaries.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Participants draw from a bowl. They should describe the movie plot in the context of work-related scenarios. The other participants guess the movie. The one with the most correct guesses wins.
98. Office Anthems
- Materials Needed: Paper, pen, or phone.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Divide them into teams and let them create and perform a quick anthem that represents their work mood or role. Vote for the most creative anthem and fun performance. For remote sessions, pre-assign employees into groups and have each team perform the anthem during a video call.
99. Photo Reenactment
- Materials Needed: List of famous photos.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Participants draw from a bowl to know what image they have to reenact. After they share their photos, vote for the most accurate. To play remotely, share numbers 1-10 in a group chat with each number representing a photo up for reenactment. Use a shared online album for remote submissions.
100. Creative Collages
- Materials Needed: Magazines, newspapers, glue, scissors, or digital collage tools.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Split them into groups and let them create a collage representing their vision or goals for the team. Then, have them share and explain their creation. Vote for the most inspiring or creative collage.
101. Logo Redesign
- Materials Needed: Drawing tools or graphic design software.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Employees redesign the company logo to reflect its future vision or a fun theme. They will share their designs and explain the concept. Then, vote for the most creative redesign.
102. Upcycling Challenge
- Materials Needed: Recyclable or discarded items.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes, with photo sharing.
- Instructions: Participants create a simple but useful product from recyclable or discarded items. Let them share photos of their creation while you vote for the most innovative upcycling project.
103. Desk Item Storytime
- Materials Needed: Any item from your desk.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Players select an item from their desk, invent an imaginative backstory for it, and share it with the team. The most creative or amusing story wins.
104. The 6-Word Memoir Challenge
- Materials Needed: Pen and paper or digital document.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Instruct the participants to write a memoir of their work life or a project in exactly six words. Everyone gets a vote on the most impactful, funny, or creative memoir.
105. Celebrity Head, Work Edition
- Materials Needed: Sticky notes or virtual equivalent.
- Remote Employee Friendly: No.
- Instructions: Get a celebrity or character name on a note. Stick it on the participant’s forehead and they have to guess who it is by asking yes/no questions about how they would fit into the office or department.
106. Mock Press Conference
- Materials Needed: Timer.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: A participant stands in front of the room and the rest of the players ask questions about completed projects or company news. Set how many questions should be asked.
107. DIY Trophy Challenge
- Materials Needed: Recyclable materials, and craft supplies.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes, with adjustments.
- Instructions: Employees craft a trophy from office supplies and award it to other participants for fun milestones. Then, vote for the most creative or meaningful trophy.
108. The Unconventional Storyteller
- Materials Needed: None.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Participants choose a routine work task and narrate it as an epic adventure or fairy tale. The most creative, engaging, or funny story gets voted as the winner.
109. Caption the Cat
- Materials Needed: Cat photos.
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes.
- Instructions: Send pictures of cats in odd or funny poses to your employees and instruct them to caption the images with work-related quips. The most creative one wins. Use a shared online album or chat app for remote sharing and voting.
110. Mockumentary Day
- Materials Needed: Video recording devices (smartphones, cameras).
- Remote Employee Friendly: Yes, with adaptations.
- Instructions: Participants create short mockumentary videos about daily work life while parodying common situations. Let them share it with the rest so you can watch it together. Vote for the most humorous or creative video.
Conclusion
From quick energizers to deepening connections, these super fun office games offer everything to keep your team engaged, sharp, and enjoying their workdays.
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FAQs
1. How do I start an office fun activity?
To start a fun office game, choose 1 or more from this guide and follow the instructions.
2. What are the key considerations for selecting office games?
The key considerations are your team’s size and dynamics. For instance, “Pictionary” is a great classic game if you have a smaller team so you can let every member have a turn more frequently.
In contrast, trivia games can be more effective for larger teams since they encourage broad participation and can be easily scaled to accommodate more players.
3. What are some challenges in implementing office games and how do I fix them?
The challenges you’ll most likely encounter are finding activities that engage all employees and balancing between fun and staying productive.
To overcome these, choose flexible games that can be easily integrated into breaks or team meetings. You should also set clear guidelines on game duration and frequency.
4. Can office games be played in a remote or hybrid work environment?
Yes, the majority of the office games on this list can be played remotely. With tools like Zoom, Google Meet, and Slack, you can easily play a party game with your remote employees.
