40 Best Family Party Games

Inside: Plan an Unforgettable Game Night with these 40 Best Family Party Games. 

Who doesn’t love family game night? It’s a fun way to get together with your loved ones, play some hilarious or challenging activities, and make great memories. But are the same old games getting stale? Luckily for you, we have a whole list of them right here to choose from!

We have family party games for everyone! Whether you’re playing with just a few or with a whole crew, you’ll definitely find something new and refreshing to try out on your next family game night.

Some of the Best Games for Game Night

1. Charades:  A simple crowd pleaser, you can pre-select words to be acted out, or let people think of their own on the fly. 
2. It’s in The Bag!:  This new family party game is similar to charades, except there are multiple rounds with different rules. Check it out!
3. Giant Jenga:  It’s Jenga… but giant!
4. Pictionary:  Another classic that can’t be beat! Grab a chalkboard, whiteboard, or large pieces of paper and get guessing.
5. Do You Really Know Your Family?:  This family party game has different conversation starters and challenges that’ll bring your crew closer together than ever before.
6. Phase 10:  Phase 10 is fun, competitive, and always leaves room for a comeback! You can purchase the card set on Amazon.
7. Rummy:  Rummy is a staple at all of my gatherings! Learn how to play with this online guide.
8. The Game of Things:  In this hilarious family party game, everyone writes their answer to a prompt, and then tries to guess who wrote what!

Funniest Family Games

9. Cheat:  Cheat is a fun card game that’ll get a ton of laughs from the whole group. Here is an online guide on how to play Cheat. 
10. Jackbox:  You’ll need a computer and your smartphone to play one of the hilarious Jackbox Party Packs, but there’s no end to the fun to be had!
11. Musical Chairs:  Grab some friends, grab some chairs, and let the hilarity ensue with a round of musical chairs.
12. Get A Hint:  This family party game is similar to charades, except you either draw, hum, explain, or mime the word.
13. Herd Mentality:  Try to come up with the popular answer to prompts in this “udderly hilarious” family party game.
14. Air Pictionary:  Play Pictionary… in the air! For double the laughs, download the app to see your drawing up on the screen.

Big Family Games for a Crowd

Check out some of our favorite family party games for big families!

15. Heads Up:  Download the app, buy the card pack, or write up your own cards at home to play this popular guessing game. 
16. Family Feud Board Game:  With plenty of question cards, you can easily play with a huge group of people!
17. Post-It Note:  Put popular celebrities or characters on a post-it, pick one without looking, and go around and have conversations to try and guess who you are!
18. Speed Charades:  Quick! Race to see which team can guess 4 of the 5 words first.
19. Never Have I Ever:  Sit in a circle and put up 5 fingers. When someone says “Never Have I Ever…” and lists something you’ve done, you put a finger down. Last one with fingers up wins!
20. Fish Bowl:  A fun activity for all ages, Fish Bowl is a mix of everything you love in a family party game.
21. The Bowl Game:  Everyone writes two true and one false fact about themselves on slips of paper and places them in the bowl. Guess which fact belongs to who! 
22. Scattergories:  Great for both small and large groups, you can’t go wrong with Scattergories.

More Great Family Party Game Ideas

23. Name 5:  This family party game can be printed, or you can map out your own! Roll the dice and land on a category to name 5 items from. 
24. Family Bingo:  These Bingo cards are available on Etsy, and a whole lot of fun! Learn more about your squad with this printable family party game.
25. Skunk: You can play this game in two ways: with special Skunk dice, or with regular dice and try to reach 100 first!
26. Family Trivia:  Make your own family trivia game for fun and laughs! To get you started on your questions, check out this guide on how to make your own trivia.
27. Pass It On:  Telephone, but with drawing!
28. Candy Dice:  Candy Dice is a great family party game if you have a sweet tooth!
29. Left Center Right:  You’ll need poker chips, or some other set of tokens, and three dice. Last one with chips wins!
30. Flip Cup:  This is most popularly played as a drinking game, but you don’t need to play it that way at all! This is a fast-paced, challenging activity that you can play with regular plastic cups.

Kid Friendly Games for Game Night

31. I Spy:  Easy peasy, just look around the room and say “I spy with my little eye, something…” to describe the object. 
32. Telephone:  Sit in a line, come up with a phrase, whisper the phrase to each other, and see if it makes it to the end!
33. Egg and Spoon:  Try out this fun family party game if you’re not afraid of breaking a few eggs and making a mess in exchange for a whole lot of laughs!
34. 20 Questions:  It’ll be hilarious to see what your kids come up with! If you’ve never played before, check out how to play 20 Questions.
35. Bingo:  Bingo is fun, child friendly, and totally based on luck. Perfect for all ages!
36. Simon Says:  This awesome resource gives you a ton of fun and silly ideas for your family night Simon Says activity!
37. Musical Statues:  Play some music and dance! Pause the music and freeze: anyone caught moving after the music stops is out.
38. Flour Balloon Bomb:  Messy and so much fun! Fill up balloons with flour. Everyone starts blowing up their balloons, and tries to get them to pop. The first to pop- wins!
39. Old Maid: This classic game isn’t as widely known as it used to be, so it’ll be fun to teach them to play Old Maid!
40. Scavenger Hunt:  Put together an at-home scavenger hunt if you have a group of little ones for game night. Make your list and send them searching!

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