Free virtual team games
Remote teams are not always online at the same moment. These free virtual team games cover both cases: a live round when people are on a call together, and a daily game people can play whenever it suits them. No login, no registration and nothing to download.
Live: when the team is on a call
Start your call, then make a room and paste the 6-letter code in the chat. Everyone joins from their own device with a nickname. The host can share the Big screen window so the call can watch the live scores.
- Paint War: team colours and a shared board that changes as you play.
- Sketch Squad: one person draws, everyone else guesses. It gets people talking.
- Bomb Pass: loud, quick and funny.
- Echo Squad: the whole squad shares one growing pattern and three lives.
- Button Panic: the orders for your buttons show on a teammate's screen, so you talk it out on the call.
- Odd Duck: a who-is-the-imposter game for a call.
Any time: for teams in different time zones
When people work in different time zones, a game they can play any time works better than a fixed slot.
- Daily 5: everyone gets the same five games each day, and the scores add up in one daily table. See leaderboards.
- Private group table: signed-in players can create a private group and share its code, so your team gets its own daily table.
- Weekly Cup: a running total over the week.
- A quiz about your team: write one with Make a quiz and share the link. Players play it when they have time.
A simple weekly routine
- Monday: post the Daily 5 link in the team channel.
- Wednesday: a ten-minute live round on the call.
- Friday: share the weekly table and name the winners.
More ideas: games to play on a Teams or Zoom call, 10 team games for a 10-minute break and icebreaker games.
Questions
Do my colleagues need to sign up?
No. For a live room they only type a nickname. Signing in with Google is optional and is only needed for personal bests, leaderboards and private groups.
Is it free?
Yes. The games are free to play.
Can people in different time zones play together?
Yes, with the daily games and leaderboards, which anyone can play at any time. Live rooms are for people who are online together.
Which tools does it work with?
Any video tool. You paste the room code or link in the chat, and everyone plays in their own browser.
Paint War
Sketch Squad
Bomb Pass