Four New Halloween Games: Ghost Hunt, Haunted Words, Pumpkin Patch and Trick or Treat

Halloween is two weeks away, so we've added four games built for it. They run in the same rooms as everything else: one person creates a room, everyone else joins from their own phone with the code, and nobody needs an account. The site has also put on its Halloween colours for the season.

For a room of adults: Ghost Hunt

Ghost Hunt is a hidden-role game for three to ten players. One of you is secretly the ghost. Each night everyone picks a room of the haunted house, and any hunter who picked the same room as the ghost feels a chill, which only they get to know. After three nights you talk it out and vote. It's a game about who you believe, so it works best when people are in the same room or on a call. There's a full guide in how to play Ghost Hunt.

For word lovers: Haunted Words

Haunted Words is Hangman with a spooky word bank and seven candles instead of a gallows. Everyone guesses together, one letter per turn, and every wrong letter snuffs a candle. It's co-op and quiet, which makes it a good pick while people are still arriving. See how to play Haunted Words for tips.

For the whole family: Pumpkin Patch and Trick or Treat

Pumpkin Patch is a memory game with pumpkins, ghosts, bats and spiders, and one cursed pair that costs you a point if you match it. Trick or Treat is a race down a haunted street where you roll a die, collect candy, hit bonus rolls and try not to land on a trick. Neither needs reading, so a five-year-old can play with a teenager. See the posts on Pumpkin Patch and Trick or Treat.

A Halloween night running order

• Before trick-or-treating: Trick or Treat with the kids, since a game takes about ten minutes.
• Candy-sorting time: Pumpkin Patch, which survives being paused.
• While guests arrive: Haunted Words, which works for any number of people.
• Once the party's loud: Ghost Hunt, or Bomb Pass for a bigger crowd.

For the full lineup, see Halloween games, or create a room and pick one.