Work Party Games: 30 Games for Teams of Any Size

Work party games

Work party games have one job: get people talking to someone they don't sit next to. Anything that singles a person out in front of the whole company fails that test, however funny it looks on paper.

These are sorted by group size, so you can pick something that works for eight people around a table or eighty in a function room.

Prizes should be small, specific and quick to hand over - a badge, a card, first pick of the leave calendar.

Prizes for work party games

Badges, cards and toppers - small prizes people keep, posted from the UK.

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Icebreakers for small teams

  • Two truths and a lie - still the best two minutes you'll spend.
  • Guess the baby photo, collected in advance.
  • Desert island: one object each, explained in a sentence.
  • First job round the table - always funnier than expected.
  • Guess the colleague from three facts.
  • Superlatives: teams vote on silly categories.

Games for a table of eight to twenty

  • A five-round quiz, teams of four, one hour flat.
  • Pictionary on a flipchart.
  • Beat the intro from a shared playlist.
  • The wrapping challenge - one hand, one awkward object.
  • Office bake-off judged by a guest from another team.
  • Charades with categories written by the team.
  • Blind taste test of supermarket snacks.
  • Photo caption contest from old team photos.

Games for a big room

  • Bingo with squares based on office in-jokes.
  • Photo scavenger hunt in teams of five.
  • Human bingo - find someone who has done X.
  • Heads or tails, everyone standing, one winner in three minutes.
  • Team playlist voting with a live scoreboard.
  • Quiz with a printed answer sheet per table.
  • Awards ceremony with silly categories and real prizes.
  • Sweepstake on something happening that evening.

Remote-friendly games

  • Online quiz with mixed-office teams.
  • Virtual escape room, one hour.
  • Show and tell: one object from your desk.
  • Guess whose home office from a photo.
  • Emoji quiz in the chat, fastest answer wins.
  • Posted prize boxes opened on camera together.

Prizes worth handing over

  • An enamel pin badge specific to the winner.
  • A card everyone signs.
  • A cake with a topper for the winning team.
  • A coffee voucher.
  • An extra hour at lunch in January.
  • First pick of a date on the leave calendar.

Games to skip

  • Anything with forced physical contact.
  • Anything where one person performs while everyone watches.
  • Trust falls. Always trust falls.
  • Games that need forty minutes of setup.
  • Anything built entirely around drinking.

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Banners, toppers and confetti for the office

Decorations that take ten minutes to put up and photograph well.

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How to write it so it lands

  • Announce the games at the start so nobody's ambushed.
  • Mix teams across departments, not by who sits together.
  • Have prizes visible from the beginning.
  • Always let people opt out without being asked why.

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Frequently asked questions

What are good work party games?

Two truths and a lie, a five-round quiz, Pictionary and beat the intro for smaller groups. For a big room: bingo, a photo scavenger hunt and an awards ceremony with silly categories.

What games can you play at a work party with a large group?

Games where everyone plays at once - bingo, heads or tails, a table quiz or a scavenger hunt in teams of five. Avoid anything where one person performs in front of everyone.

How long should work party games last?

Ten minutes each for icebreakers, an hour for a full quiz. Two games at a lunch and no more than four across a whole evening.

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