Before we move on to the list of party games for adults, let’s understand why you should include games and fun activities in your party.
The Benefits Of Playing Games Together
Games help build relationships by getting everyone involved in the activity. This is especially helpful when guests don’t know each other well. Party games and activities can foster new friendships and relationships. They can bring out different sides of people’s personalities. Games can ease the tension and help people feel more relaxed with each other.
Most adult party games are easy to set up. Here are some fun games and activities you may try out.
21 Best Adult Party Games And Activities
Birthday Party Games For Adults
1. Charades
This classic game is perfect for parties because it gets everyone involved. Pick a theme like movies, songs, or books. Divide the guests into teams, and one person from each team can act out the theme for the game.
2. Taboo
This is another great game that gets everyone talking and laughing. The goal is to get your team to guess the word or phrase without using that word on the card or any of its variations.
3. Cards Against Humanity
This game is definitely not for the faint of heart, but it can be fun if everyone is in the right frame of mind. It’s a fill-in-the-blank card game where players take turns reading out questions from a black card, and others have to pick the funniest answer from the white cards they have. The answers might be ridiculously funny and not make any sense, but they surely will leave you cracking.
4. Pictionary
This is a more adult-oriented version of charades, and you will need some paper, pens, or markers for this one. The goal is to draw clues to get your team members to guess the word or phrase. Everyone has to write down what they think the word or phrase is, and then you can compare answers at the end.
5. Truth Or Dare
This is another game that can either be tons of fun or incredibly cringe-worthy, depending on the group of people playing it. You can either play in groups or have everyone break off into pairs. The objective of this classic game is for each person to take turns asking the other person a question or giving them a task. They can choose to tell the truth and answer or complete the dare.
6. Spin The Bottle
This can either be super fun or an awkward party game, depending on who you play with. It’s best played with a group of people who are already comfortable with each other. One person spins the bottle, and when it stops spinning and points at a person, that person has to do whatever they are asked to do.
7. I Never
This game is perfect for parties because it gets everyone talking. The goal is to get people to share some exciting stories from their lives by asking them questions like “I never have” or “I never did.” If you are hosting a dinner party, you need games ideas that can get conversations flowing while you wait for the food or for other guests to arrive. Scroll down for some adult dinner party games you may play.
Dinner Party Games For Adults
1. I’m thinking of
This game is perfect for groups because it gets everyone involved. One person starts by saying something like, “I’m thinking of a celebrity,” and then the next person has to say something that comes to their mind when they hear that name. It can be anything related to them, like a movie they starred in or where they were born.
2. Two Truths And A Lie
In this game, everyone takes turns and says two truths and one false statement about themselves, and their teammates have to guess which one is the false statement. This is the best game to learn the deepest secrets of your friends and close ones.
3. What’s In The Bag
This is a fun game to cheer everyone up at the dinner party and have a fun moment. You need to put some interesting, random items in a bag and pass it around the table. Then everyone has to guess what’s inside the bag without looking.
4. What’s Your Story?
This game is excellent if you want to get someone else talking about themselves because it can be highly revealing. For example, one person starts by saying how they spent their last dollar, and the next person continues that story with what happened next. It can get exciting when people have more profound stories to tell.
5. Name That Tune
This is a perfect game for groups. One person starts by humming or singing a few notes of a song, and the next person has to guess the title and artist. If they get it wrong, they have to hum or sing a few notes for the next person.
6. Would You Rather
This adult dinner party game is best played in pairs or small groups of three to four people. This game is more about deciding between dilemmas. For each round, one person asks the other person a “Would you rather” question and gives two options to choose from. For example, one question could be, “Would you rather eat chocolate cake every day for the rest of your life or never be able to eat cake again?” Depending on the group of people and the setting (formal or informal), you can set the questions and have fun knowing each other.
7. Categories
This is another great game for groups. Everyone takes turns to think of a category, like “types of candy” or “things you can buy at a dollar store.” The other person then has to name something in that category, and it keeps going until someone can’t think of anything else. These fun games can spark conversations and spice up a boring dinner party. However, if you are hosting a party in your backyard, you have plenty of options for fun and entertaining outdoor games and activities. Check them out in the next section.
Outdoor Party Games And Activities For Adults
1. The Pool
This activity involves filling up an inflatable pool with water and tossing adult party supplies like ping-pong balls, cheap sunglasses, and plastic animals into the pool. Once everything is in the pool, everyone takes turns diving in to find whatever they can. It’s a great way to cool off on a hot day and have some laughs.
2. DIY Twister
All you need for this game is a large piece of fabric like an old tablecloth or sheet, paint or markers, and a few plastic cups. Draw a large Twister board on the fabric and put some paint or markers in the cups. Players take turns spinning the bottle, and wherever it lands, they have to put their hand or foot on the corresponding color.
3. Giant Jenga
This game is just like regular Jenga, but much bigger! You can buy a Giant Jenga set or make your own by stacking wooden blocks or bricks.
4. Water Balloon Volleyball
This game is a blast on a hot day. All you need is an adult party pool and some water balloons. Divide people into two teams and have them stand at either end of the pool. Players take turns tossing water balloons at the other team’s players. If you get hit, you are out. The team that eliminates all of the other team’s players wins.
5. Freeze Dance
This adult party game is perfect for adult house parties. Turn on the music, give every person a tequila shot to have more fun. Then, pause the music every few seconds, and everyone has to freeze. The person who moves or makes any noise when the music stops is eliminated from the game.
6. Pin The Tail On The Donkey
This adult party game is great for groups of all sizes. Get a Pin the Tail on the Donkey kit and give everyone a blindfold and spin them around a few times before they can try to pin the tail where it belongs.
7. Beer Pong
This drinking game never gets old, and neither does drinking beer! It’s really simple, all you do is set up some cups of beer on one end of a table, and then players take turns trying to throw ping pong balls into the cups. Whoever gets the aim right and throws the ball into the glass gets to drink the beer. The first player to make all of their opponents drink their beer wins.
Check out the infographic below to know some of the best and popular games to play in adult parties with food, pen and paper.
