Birthday party games
Group games that scale from four kids to twenty.
Whether it's a handful of kids around a table or a living room full of them, these games start in one tap and let latecomers jump in.
For a kids' party, put one adult on hosting duty from a laptop and let the QR code do the work — faster than explaining rules to a room of six-year-olds.
Good picks for this
- Quick
Hangman
Guess the word. Save the doodle.
- Players
- 1–8 players
- Duration
- 3–8 min
- Ages
- Ages 6+
- Quick
Word Scramble
Unjumble it first.
- Players
- 1–8 players
- Duration
- 5–10 min
- Ages
- Ages 6+
- Quick
Memory Match
Two of a kind.
- Players
- 1–6 players
- Duration
- 5–12 min
- Ages
- Ages 5+
- Medium
Snakes & Ladders
Climb up. Slide down. Curse the dice.
- Players
- 2–4 players
- Duration
- 10–20 min
- Ages
- Ages 5+
- Long
Ludo
Roll. Race. Knock them out.
- Players
- 2–4 players
- Duration
- 20–40 min
- Ages
- Ages 6+
- Medium
Imposter
Everyone knows the word. Except one.
- Players
- 4–10 players
- Duration
- 5–15 min
- Ages
- Ages 10+
- Medium
Bomb Pass
Pass it before it pops.
- Players
- 3–20 players
- Duration
- 5–15 min
- Ages
- Ages 8+
Hosting this one
- 1Scan-to-join means a new arrival is playing within ten seconds, no rules explanation needed.
- 2Memory Match and Snakes & Ladders read clearly enough for a five-year-old to follow on their own.
- 3For older kids, Imposter and Bomb Pass hold up a full party's worth of rounds.
How a game night works
- 1
Pick a game
Eight to start with. Quick fillers to full board games.
- 2
Create a room
One tap. You get a 4-digit code and a QR to share.
- 3
Share the code
Friends type it in, or scan the QR from their phone.
- 4
Play
Host hits start. You're in. Play again in one tap.