Online games for adults
Quick wit, light stakes, good for a get-together.
Games for a dinner party, a work social, or a night in — fast to teach, easy to talk over, and painless to drop in and out of.
Imposter in particular rewards a room that already knows each other — the bluffing gets sharper the better everyone can read each other's clues.
Good picks for this
- Quick
Connect 4
Drop. Line up. Gotcha.
- Players
- 2 players
- Duration
- 3–10 min
- Ages
- Ages 6+
- 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
- 1Bomb Pass and Imposter carry a dinner-party-length group the longest.
- 2Word Scramble is a fast filler between courses or while food's still cooking.
- 3Nobody needs to download anything — hand someone your phone to show them the code and they're in.
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.