Free Online Team Games Anyone Can Play

Team games for work provide an opportunity to create some laughter and fun for your employees. The games are fun and free, and you can play them as a remote or hybrid team.

1. Brainstorming Games

Brainstorming games are a great way to get your team thinking creatively. They can be used to generate ideas for new products or services, or to solve problems. There are many different types of brainstorming games, but some of the most popular include:

The Word Association Game

This game is played by asking team members to brainstorm words that are associated with a particular topic. For example, if the topic is “summer vacation,” team members might brainstorm words like “beach,” “pool,” “sun,” and “fun.”

The Analogy Game

This game is played by asking team members to brainstorm analogies for a particular concept. For example, if the concept is “love,” team members might brainstorm analogies like “love is like a rose,” “love is like a river,” or “love is like a song.”

The Scenario Game

This game is played by asking team members to brainstorm solutions to a particular problem. For example, if the problem is “how to get more customers,” team members might brainstorm solutions like “offer a discount,” “advertise in the newspaper,” or “send out direct mail.”

2. Word Games

Crosswords

One player will start by choosing a clue from a crossword puzzle and reading it aloud to the group. The other players will then take turns guessing words that fit the clue. The player who guesses the correct word gets to choose the next clue. The game is over when all of the clues have been guessed.

Word Jumble

Word jumble is a game in which team members must unscramble a series of jumbled words. An example of a word jumble would be if the player was given the letters "tacos," they would have to unscramble the letters to spell out the word "cats."

Word Ladder

A word ladder is a game where players have to make a new word using the last letter of the previous word. An example of a word ladder would be if the player started with the word "cat," they could make the next word "tan" by using the last letter of "cat."

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3. Trivia Games

Jeopardy

Jeopardy is a game where players have to answer questions from different categories. An example of a question from the category "history" might be "What was the name of the first president of the United States?"

Trivial pursuit

Trivial Pursuit is a game where players have to answer questions from six different categories—history, geography, science, art, entertainment, and sports. An example of a question from the category "history" might be "Who was the first person to walk on the moon?"

4. Card Games

Memory

In the game of Memory, each player is dealt a hand of cards. They put the cards face down in front of them, and then take turns flipping over two cards. If the two cards match, the player takes the cards and puts them in front of them. If the two cards do not match, the player flips the cards back over and the next player takes their turn. The game is over when all of the cards have been matched.

War

To play War with a group, each player is dealt half of the deck of cards. They each flip over the top card of their pile, and the player with the higher card takes both cards and puts them at the bottom of their pile. If there is a tie, each player flips over three cards, and the player with the highest card takes all of the cards. The game is over when one player has all of the cards.

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5. Board Games

Board games an be used to show off problem-solving skills, or to test memory and recall skills. There are many different types of board games, but some of the most popular include:

Battleship

To play battleship with a group of people, one player would be the "attacker" and the others would be the "defenders". The attacker would choose one of the 4 defenders to "attack" and would announce a coordinates. The defender would then check if one of their ships occupy that space. If so, they would mark it as a "hit", if not, they would mark it as a "miss". The first player to sink all of the other player's ships would be the winner.

Scrabble

To play Scrabble with a group of people, you will need to divide into teams of 2-3 people. Each team will take turns spelling out words on the board, and the team with the most points at the end of the game wins.

Monopoly

The objective of the game is to become the wealthiest player through buying, renting, and selling property. Players roll two six-sided dice to move around the game board, with the aim of landing on properties in order to buy them. If another player lands on a property that a player owns, they must pay rent to the owner.

To play Monopoly with a group of people, you will need to divide into teams of 2-3 people. Each team will take turns rolling the dice and moving their pieces around the board, and the team with the most money at the end of the game wins.

6. Drawing Games

Pictionary

Pictionary is a guessing game where players try to guess the word or phrase that another player is drawing. You can use a whiteboard and drawing tools in a video chat or use an online whiteboard tool like Miro or Figma Jam.

Telephone Pictionary

Telephone Pictionary is a game in which team members take turns drawing a picture based on a word or phrase that was whispered to them by the person before them.

7. Party Games

Charades

The game of charades is played by acting out clues for words or phrases while the other players try to guess the word or phrase. An example of a charade would be if someone acted out the word "elephant" by holding their hands up to their head to represent the elephant's trunk.

Two Truths and a Lie

Two Truths and a Lie is a game in which team members take turns telling two truths and one lie about themselves.

20 Questions

20 Questions is a game in which team members take turns asking each other questions in order to try to figure out what word or phrase the other person is thinking of.

8. Icebreaker Games

Icebreaker games are a great way to get your team thinking creatively. They can be used to generate ideas for new products or services, or to solve problems. There are many different types of icebreaker games, but some of the most popular include:

What’s in Your Purse?

What’s in Your Purse? is a game in which team members take turns showing and telling the group about the contents of their purse.

The Alphabet Game

The Alphabet Game is a game in which team members take turns naming something in the room that starts with each letter of the alphabet.

9. Team-Building Games

Team-building games are a great way to get your team thinking creatively. They can be used to generate ideas for new products or services, or to solve problems. There are many different types of team-building games, but some of the most popular include:

The Marshmallow Challenge

The Marshmallow Challenge is a game in which team members must build the tallest free-standing structure out of marshmallows and spaghetti noodles.

Home scavenger hunt

You can give each team member a list of items to find, and whoever finds the most items in the allotted time wins. Here are some example scavenger hunt challenges:

• Find something red
• Find something that is square
• Find something that starts with the letter "S"
• Find something that is bigger than your head

10. Communication Games

The Telephone Game

The Telephone Game is a game in which team members take turns whispering a message to the person next to them. The message is then passed around the circle until it reaches the last person, who then says the message aloud.
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Zip Zap Boing

Zip Zap Boing is a game in which team members take turns saying a word that starts with the last letter of the previous word.

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