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Problem-solving is an important skill to learn and work at. Every problem has a solution and there are skills you can practice in order to come to those solutions easily and quickly. Through critical thinking, logic, and consideration, you’ll be able to solve many problems every day. Use this collection of problem-solving links to help you practice your problem-solving skills specific to reading, math, puzzles, and more.

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• Topmarks Reading and Math Games  – Kids ages 3-14 can choose from a variety of reading and math games that build their problem solving skills as they count sea creatures, spice up a scary story with adjectives, match animals to their sounds, and more.

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• Pattern Quest  – Are you ready for a challenge? Put on your thinking cap and find the secret car pattern, one tricky clue at a time!
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• Pattern Matcher  – Look at the silly pictures to discover their repeating patterns!
• Memorize Patterns  – Memorize each pattern, but be quick! It’s your job to repeat it when it disappears.
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Making decisions is a big part of growing up. Learning to make good decisions early on is super important for kids. It helps them become more independent, confident, and ready to face the world. That’s where decision making games for kids come into play. These games teach kids how to think ahead, make choices, and understand what happens because of those choices—all while having a blast!

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In this blog, we’re going to dive into some fantastic games that do just that. From classic board games that have been around for years to new card games that will soon become favorites, we’ve got a list that will help any kid become a decision-making champ. 

Best for Which Ages: 3 years and up

Decision making games online are one of the best choice making activities for kids to sharpen their critical thinking, problem-solving, and strategic planning skills in a fun, interactive environment. Engaging with these games teaches children to make quick decisions, analyze outcomes, and adapt their strategies in real time. Here’s a look at some engaging online decision making games that are perfect for young minds:

• Challenge Two of a Kind Game

This game tests memory and attention to detail as players flip cards to find matching pairs. It’s about remembering what you saw and making strategic decisions on which cards to flip next. Perfect for developing concentration and memory recall, it’s a hit among kids looking to challenge their minds.

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Jumble Mania sharpens spelling and vocabulary by challenging players to rearrange jumbled letters to form words. This game enhances decision making by requiring players to choose the most logical order of letters, improving their language skills and quick thinking in a fun, engaging way.

• Challenge Match-Up Puzzles Game

Match-up puzzles take the challenge up by mixing memory skills with problem-solving. Players must match related items, not just identical ones, adding an extra layer of decision making. This game is excellent for kids who enjoy puzzles and are ready to think outside the box.

Best for Which Age: 3 years and up

Go Fish is a card game that sharpens memory and introduces kids to strategic thinking. Players ask each other for cards to make sets, using strategy to remember who holds which cards.

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• Deal five cards to each player and place the rest in a “fish pond” in the center.
• Players ask others for specific cards to make sets of four.
• If the player has the card, they must hand it over; if not, they say “Go Fish,” and the asking player draws from the pond.
• The game ends when all sets are made, and the player with the most sets wins.

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Best for Which Age: 6 years and up

Connect Four is all about strategic planning. Players aim to line up four discs in a row. This game challenges kids to think ahead and block their opponents, making it one of the most fun choice games for kids.

• Players choose a color and take turns dropping their colored discs into a vertically standing grid.
• The objective is to be the first to form a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal line of four of one’s discs.
• Players must strategize to block their opponent’s moves while working towards their four-in-a-row.
• The game ends when one player achieves a Connect Four or the grid fills up, indicating a tie.

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Mancala is a classic game that requires players to strategically move pieces around the board to capture more stones than their opponent. It’s a brilliant choice among decision making games for kids, teaching them to plan ahead and predict their opponent’s moves.

• The board is set up with an equal number of pieces in small pits.
• Players take turns picking up all the pieces in one of their pits and distributing them one by one in subsequent pits.
• The goal is to capture more pieces than the opponent by strategic placement and captures.

Price:  $12

Ticket to Ride: First Journey simplifies the classic game for younger audiences, focusing on strategic thinking as players plan train routes across a map. This making choices game is perfect for introducing basic strategy and planning skills to kids.

• Players collect train cards that enable them to claim railway routes on a map.
• The aim is to connect distant cities through a network of trains.
• Strategic planning is required to block opponents and efficiently connect cities.

Price:  $27

Catan Junior takes the beloved strategy game and simplifies it for younger players, focusing on resource management and basic strategic planning. It’s an excellent choice among decision making activities for elementary students, teaching them the importance of resource allocation and strategy.

• Players collect resources like wood and gold to build their pirate lairs.
• Trading resources with other players is a key part of the game.
• The first player to build all their pirate lairs wins, requiring careful planning and resource management.

Price:  $24.99

Best for Which Age: 7 years and up

Uno is a popular card game that combines strategy with luck, requiring players to adapt their strategies based on the cards they have and the actions of their opponents. It’s one of the most fun and engaging decision making activities for children, teaching them adaptability and strategic thinking.

• Players aim to match a card in their hand with the current card shown on top of the deck either by color or number.
• Special action cards, like skips and reverses, add complexity.
• The first player to rid themselves of all their cards wins, requiring strategic decision-making and adaptability to changing game dynamics.

Price:  $11.16

Chess is one of the best decision making games, teaching players to think several moves ahead and consider the consequences of their actions. It’s a classic game of strategy and tactics where every move counts.

• Each player starts with 16 pieces that move in specific ways across the board.
• The objective is to checkmate the opponent’s king, meaning the king is in a position to be captured and cannot escape.
• Players must protect their own pieces while strategizing to capture their opponent’s king.

Price:  $14.99

Battleship is a game that combines strategic planning and deduction, making it a great choice among decision making board games. Players guess the locations of their opponent’s ships and aim to sink them, all based on logical deduction and strategic thinking.

• Each player places their ships secretly on a grid.
• Players take turns calling out grid coordinates to guess the location of the opponent’s ships.
• The first player to sink all of the opponent’s ships wins.

Best for Which Age: 5 years and up

Guess Who? is a fun decision making situations game that enhances logical thinking and decision-making. Players ask yes or no questions to deduce the identity of the opponent’s character, using logic and deduction at every turn.

• Each player chooses a character card and places it in front of them.
• Players take turns asking yes or no questions to narrow down the possible characters their opponent has chosen.
• The first player to correctly guess the opponent’s character wins.

11. Clue (Cluedo)

Best for Which Age: 8 years and up

Clue, or Cluedo, is a classic among group decision making games, where players solve a mystery by deducing who committed the crime, with what weapon, and in which room. It’s a fantastic game for developing deductive reasoning and decision-making skills.

• Players move around the game board, which represents the rooms of a mansion, to collect clues.
• Through a process of elimination and deduction based on the clues gathered, players try to solve the mystery.
• The first player to correctly accuse the murderer, the weapon, and the room wins the game.

Price:  $17.99

12. Tic-Tac-Toe (Noughts and Crosses)

Tic-Tac-Toe, also known as Noughts and Crosses, is a perfect introductory decision making game for kids. It teaches young children the basics of strategy and foresight by encouraging them to think about their moves and anticipate their opponent’s next step.

• Players take turns marking a space in a 3×3 grid with their symbol, either a nought or a cross.
• The aim is to be the first to get three of your symbols in a row, either horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
• Players need to block their opponent’s moves while working towards their own line of three.

13. Checkers (Draughts)

Checkers, known as Draughts in some countries, simplifies strategy and decision-making, making it one of the easiest decision making games for kids. It teaches them to plan their moves and predict their opponent’s actions in a straightforward, engaging way.

• Players move their pieces diagonally across a checkerboard, with the aim of capturing the opponent’s pieces by jumping over them.
• The game encourages players to protect their own pieces while finding opportunities to capture their opponent’s.
• The player who captures all of the opponent’s pieces wins.

Price:  $15.99

14. Rat-a-Tat Cat

Rat-a-Tat Cat is a card game that boosts memory and strategy through the use of card swaps and peeks. It’s a fun and engaging way to enhance decision-making skills in kids, as they must remember the cards’ values and decide the best times to swap.

• Players are dealt cards that they can peek at but then must keep face down, trying to remember the values.
• The aim is to end up with the lowest score by swapping out high-value cards for lower ones.
• Strategic thinking is required to decide when to swap cards and when to stick with what you have.

Price:  $11.99

15. Memory Game

The Memory Game, also known as Concentration, is a fantastic choice for kids to boost their memory and focus. By matching pairs of cards, children practice attention to detail and improve their recall abilities, making it a great pick from games on decision making.

• Spread all cards face down on a table.
• Players take turns flipping over two cards at a time.
• If the cards match, they keep them and go again.
• If they don’t match, they turn them back over, and the next player goes.
• The game continues until all pairs are matched.

Price:  $9.99

Decision making games for kids offer fun and interactive ways to boost critical thinking and problem-solving skills. These games not only keep children engaged but also play a crucial role in their cognitive development. So, let’s encourage our kids to play more of these games and watch them grow smarter every day!

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

How do you teach children decision-making.

Teaching children decision-making involves guiding them through the process of making choices, discussing possible outcomes, and allowing them to experience the consequences in a safe environment. Encouraging them to weigh options and think ahead helps build this skill.

What is a decision-making game?

Decision making games for kids are an interactive activities designed to simulate scenarios where players must make choices, often within a set of rules or constraints, to achieve a goal or solve a problem, thereby sharpening their decision-making skills.

What is decision-making icebreaker activity?

A decision-making icebreaker activity is a short, engaging task that encourages participants to make choices and share their reasoning. It’s often used to warm up a group, foster teamwork, and introduce the concept of decision-making in a fun way.

What are some fun decision-making questions?

Fun decision-making questions can range from hypothetical scenarios like “Would you rather have the ability to fly or be invisible?” to practical choices such as “If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life, what would it be?” These fun would you rather questions stimulate thinking and conversation.

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Virtual Games to Play on Zoom with Coworkers & Adults

By: Michael Alexis | Updated: May 02, 2024

You found our list of the best virtual games to play on Zoom with coworkers.

Virtual games to play on Zoom are fun activities played over online video call. Examples of games include Lightning Scavenger Hunts, Conference Call Bingo, and Guess Who?. These games tend to involve Zoom features like breakout rooms, white boards, screen sharing and reactions. Usually these games are free or low cost to play. The purpose of these games is to have fun, relax and do team building at work. These activities are also known as “online Zoom games” and “Zoom party games.”

These games are a subcategory of video call games and Zoom team building games , and are useful for Zoom icebreakers , virtual game nights and team building online . We use many of these activities in our hosted virtual team building events and virtual team events .

This list includes:

• fun Zoom games for adults
• fun games to play on Zoom with coworkers
• free online games to play on Zoom

Zoom games for large groups

• Zoom games for small groups

So, let’s get started!

Fun Zoom games for adults

1. lightning scavenger hunts ⚡.

For Lightning Scavenger Hunts, create a list of items or characteristics. Then, for your next group activities on Zoom, challenge your coworkers to gather the items and show them on screen to earn points. You can encourage winners of each round to share stories about the item.

Here is an example of items to find:

• Something red.
• Your favorite mug.
• Whatever is in the pockets of your winter jacket.
• The thing you have had the longest.
• A book that you did not enjoy.
• Your must unusual key chain item.

You can get creative with your hunt; the more obscure the objects the better.

Here are some sample scavenger hunts to start with, and more virtual minute to win it games .

Learn more about how to do a lightning scavenger hunt .

2. Zoom “Conference Call” Bingo

Bingo has a number of advantages for team building on Zoom, including a familiar format, fun game mechanics and the potential for prizes. Your team will love it 🙂

Here is a free Zoom Bingo Board you can use:

To play Bingo games over Zoom, distribute the game board and then encourage your coworkers to track their progress throughout the virtual conference call. The first player to complete a row gets a prize.

Zoom Bingo is a version of Online Team Building Bingo and ice breaker Bingo .

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3. Superhero Academy (Hosted Game)

Superhero Academy is a fully hosted virtual game played over Zoom. The event is 90 minutes, and led by an expert host that guides you through a series of mini competitions and challenges. The game also has a “social deduction” element, as players must discover the team of villains that is sabotaging the group.

Superhero Academy is fun, engaging, and built specifically for team building. Remote teams rave about the experience.

Learn more about Superhero Academy .

4. Virtual Mystery Singer

If you are familiar with The Masked Singer , then you may already be familiar with this game format. For this game, have multiple participants enter the Zoom call with their video turned off and with an alias as their name. Then, let each competitor cover one minute of a song. At the end of each round, have audience members vote for a favorite singer using Zoom’s polling feature. Once voters narrow down the singer to an absolute favorite, ask the audience to guess who the last surviving singer is.

5. Zoom Games in the App Marketplace

Zoom’s App Marketplace is relatively new, and so you may not be familiar with the options. These games are built specifically for the Zoom platform, and integrate features like audio, video and clicking to facilitate the rounds. Some of the games are familiar, like Heads Up! and Werewolf, while others may be new to you, like Just Say the Word! or Dive.

Check out our post with the best Zoom apps and the full catalog of Zoom Marketplace Games .

6. Spot the Difference

Like many kids, I grew up reading the funny papers, and got pretty good at solving spot the difference puzzles. These riddles would show the audience two nearly identical illustrations and challenge viewers to find the variations. You can adapt the game for Zoom meetings with the breakout room feature.

• The group will split into teams of two to five people.
• All teams will have one minute to study the screen before entering breakout rooms.
• Within breakout rooms, the teams will decide one background object to change.
• Teams will rejoin the main room.
• Players will hunt for differences, and make guesses by typing in the chat box.
• The first player to spot the difference wins a point for the team.

You can play as many rounds as you like. At the end of the game, the team with the most points wins.

Pro tip : Setting ground rules is helpful. For example, the moved object must be at least three inches large. You could also narrow the choices by asking your coworkers who did not make a change to black-out webcams one by one.

Fun games to play on Zoom with coworkers

7. blackout truth or dare.

Blackout truth or dare is a fun Zoom game that will help your group become better acquainted. The rules are simple:

• One player acts as the dare-master.
• The dare-master calls out dares or truths.
• Players who do not wish to share must stop their webcam feeds.
• The dare-master will call on one brave player to respond.

Use this Truth or Dare generator for your prompts:

The game continues for a certain number of rounds, or until only one player remains. Prompts can be personal or silly, and should be safe for work. For example: “change your display name to a childhood nickname,” or “sing Firework by Katy Perry.”

Blackout Truth or Dare is a great Zoom game for large groups. Here are more virtual games for large groups .

8. Who Wins the Bracket?

If your team is a fan of tournament brackets, then this game is the one for you. Who Wins the Bracket? seeks to find the ultimate winner of a particular category by pitting representatives of that category against each other until only one winner is left.

Some examples of Who Wins the Bracket? topics are:

• Best snack food
• Best Marvel superhero
• Best Disney prince
• Best cuisine
• Best 90’s song
• Best movie dad

To determine who is the best of each of these categories, set up a tournament bracket. As you proceed further down the brackets, your game will come closer and closer to the final winner.

Here are more workplace competitions you can adapt to play on Zoom.

9. Online Office Games (Hosted Game)

Online Office Games is a series of competitive games and challenges played over Zoom. For example, game types include “Can you hear me now?”, virtual trivia, and rapid Bingo.

The event is 90 minutes and fully facilitated by world class hosts. The entire event is optimized for fun, engagement, and team building with coworkers. We have run Online Office Games for teams at Google, Amazon and hundreds of other organizations.

Learn more about Online Office Games .

10. Virtual Werewolf

Virtual Werewolf is the online version of the popular game of deception. To play this game, privately message everyone their role. These roles should include a werewolf, a medic, a hunter, a seer, and villagers. Once everyone knows who they are, gather your coworkers in a Zoom room.

Declare night has fallen, and have everyone close their eyes. During each round, let the werewolf eat someone, the medic attempt to save someone, and the seer guess who the werewolf is. To keep the mystery alive, have the werewolf, the medic, and the seer submit their responses through private message. Then, declare that the sun is rising, and reveal if the werewolf succeeded. Let everyone discuss who they suspect is the werewolf, and vote players out each round. If the werewolf survives until the end, they win.

Here is a step by step guide to play Werewolf online .

11. Virtual Trial by Trolley

To play Trial by Trolley, separate your team into two groups with each group assigned to one side of the tracks. After drawing cards, each group places cards with characters onto the track. Once all players have put down their cards, each group debates with the conductor over which side should be run over by the trolley. The group that loses the debate sees all their characters killed, and the game resets for the next round.

This site has a Zoom friendly version of Trial by Trolley .

12. Guess The Movie

For the movie buffs at your office, Guess That Movie is one of the best Zoom games. Prior to the game starting, curate a YouTube playlist with movie scenes. Then, when playing Guess That Movie, mute all participants and play the movie scene without revealing which film the clip is from. Then, ask the players to submit the name of the movie in Zoom’s chat box. The first person who guesses the film correctly wins the round. Try searching “best movie scenes of all time” or “top movie clips” on YouTube to put together your list.

13. Zoom Game Shows

Zoom game shows are a fun game format for Zoom calls. To play these games, you can use online apps, or emulate the experience using slideshows and spreadsheets. The most popular game shows for remote teams are Jeopardy and Family Feud, since they are a good balance of knowing and guessing.

Check our our list of online game show ideas , this guide to playing Jeopardy online , and this guide to coworker feud .

14. Zoom Trivia

Zoom Trivia tests your team’s knowledge on a variety of random topics. To play this game, compile a list of trivia questions and answers. Then, split your coworkers into groups, and assign a Zoom breakout room to each one. Each time you pose a question, send groups to their respective breakout room. Whichever team returns with the correct answer first earns a point.

Here are some trivia questions you start with .

And here is an entire guide to doing trivia online .

Free online games to play on Zoom

15. five things.

Five Things is an improv game you can play over Zoom to encourage team building. Here is how to play:

• Name a topic and a person. That person has 15 seconds to name five specific items within the topic.
• That player then chooses another topic and player to continue.

For example, you could choose a topic like “aliens” and name your coworker, Peter, to answer. Peter would have 15 seconds to name five aliens, which could be “ALF, Marvin the Martian, Spock, Yoda and Ford Prefect.”

Here is a list with more Zoom improv games .

16. Something in Common

Something in Common is one of the best icebreaker games you can play on Zoom. The purpose of the game is to help improve employee engagement by connecting people with similarities.

• For round one, challenge your team members to find the most unique thing they have in common.
• For round two, challenge your team members to find the most unique thing, while excluding physical traits and places.
• For round three, challenge your team members to find the most unique thing in a specific category, like high school.

Pro tip: One of the most powerful Zoom features to support games is breakout rooms. For this game, organize your people into breakout rooms with four or five people each to encourage participation.

Here are more icebreaker games to play with remote teams and a list of the best Zoom icebreaker questions .

17. Zoom Robot Training

To play Robot Training, ask one of your colleagues to share their screen. Then, using step-by-step directions, proceed to dictate the steps necessary to complete an action on that screen. For example, ask the player to pull up Microsoft Paint and provide instructions on how to draw a cat. The point of Robot Training is to develop your coworkers’ communication and cooperation skills, which is helpful for team building.

Here is a list of communication games to play at work .

18. Virtual Guess Who?

Guess Who? is a Zoom game that challenges players to identify an opponent’s chosen person. For example, a player might ask, “does your person wear glasses?” If the opponent says yes, then the player would eliminate the cards of any non-glasses wearers, and vice versa.

To play Guess Who? on Zoom:

• Choose a random coworker.
• Allow all other players to take turns guessing traits.
• When eliminated, the attendee will stop their webcam, and can continue to play.
• The game ends when only one person remains, and the turn-taker confirms the identity of the person.

Since you and your coworkers know each other, you do not need to limit guesses to physical traits such as clothes or hair colors. For example, a player may guess, “has your person been with the company for more than ten years?” or “did your person travel abroad this year?” Players should try to confirm the identity in as few questions as possible.

Here are more question games to play with teams .

19. Zoom Pictionary

Pictionary is a classic board game that is easy to adapt for remote teams. To play Pictionary online, you share screens and select the whiteboard app in Zoom. The drawing teammate will receive a prompt: you can use an online Pictionary generator to choose a word. The playing team has one minute to guess the drawing. If the team does not guess before the minute expires, then other teams have a chance to steal.

Check out these virtual Pictionary games .

20. Zoom Charades

Charades is one of the best games to play over Zoom. To start playing Zoom Charades, split players into two teams. Then, use a random charades generator to find a word to act out in front of the camera. Since an important aspect of charades is that players cannot use spoken words to express the prompt, mute participants when it is the player’s turn to act. Whichever team can guess the most prompts correctly wins the game.

Here is a tool to generate random charades ideas .

21. Da Vinci Protégé

Da Vinci Potégé is a classic game inspired by speed drawing activities. The goal is to show how accurately you can capture elements of a person’s face in sixty seconds. First, split group members into pairs in breakout rooms and tell players to draw one another’s faces. Players must draw on plain sheets and show it to the camera when the timer dangs. The player in every pair with the better depiction of the opponent’s face moves on to the next round.

The moderator merges winners until a final champion emerges.

Check out online art classes to improve your drawing skills.

22. Zoom Scattergories

Scattergories is a popular word game based on letters of the alphabet. This game fosters deep thinking and quick reasoning and encourages employees to be innovative on the fly.

Here is a Scattergories generator to see how it works:

Each round begins by choosing a random letter of the alphabet. Then, players have two to three minutes to fill in one answer per category starting with this letter. Common categories include cars, cities, countries, girl names, flowers, animals, and food items.

To play Scattergories over Zoom, players could either write answers on a notepad or copy the text into a chat. You can also use an online Scattergories platform such as Swellgarfo.

A timer adds more excitement to the game. Swellgarfo comes with a built-in clock, categories template, and random alphabet generator. One player should share their screen with the app loaded.

Learn more about Swellgarfo and check out these Scattergories lists for teams .

 23. Zoom Taboo

Taboo is one of the most popular free Zoom games for large groups. The game involves describing random words while avoiding synonyms.

On Zoom, a free Taboo words generator can facilitate the game. First, divide the group into equal teams. Turntakers will receive a word to describe and similar words to avoid in that description. Each team member hints about the main word while avoiding taboo words or abbreviations. The moderator can log onto a taboo generator platform and send a screenshot of the card to the active player.

Get free taboo cards at Lingolex .

24. Bet on the Crowd

Zoom’s polling feature allows you to ask for attendee opinions and instantly display the results. Bet on the Crowd turns Zoom polls into a fun wagering game. First, participants will vote on a question or series of questions. You can either stick to a two answer format, or allow for up to four answers.

Here are some sample questions:

• Would you prefer to vacation in your own country or travel abroad?
• Cat or dogs?
• Summer or winter?
• Would you rather give up your phone or your car for a month?
• Work at night or in the morning?
• Emails or phone calls?

Before you reveal the responses, ask your teammates to guess which answer will win. Any player who correctly predicts the majority wins the round. You can play multiple games and keep score, awarding a prize to the highest-ranking teammates.

Here is a list of this or that questions you can use as prompts.

25. Zoom Infinity Sketch

Infinity Sketch is an engaging game where players sketch full figures without lifting their drawing tools.

The moderator divides the group into smaller groups of three to four players. These groups are not teams but blocks of players the moderator can monitor closely. Each sub-group can draw on one member’s screen using the annotating feature.

The moderator yells out a random word, such as “cat” or “airplane,” and the players scramble to draw the images in thirty to sixty seconds. Players must not lift their drawing tools from the virtual board. The other players watch closely for defaulters. Whoever draws the most meaningful depictions without flouting the main rule wins the round and goes to the next match.

Free Zoom games for small groups

26. zoom codenames.

While Codenames is usually an in-person card game, it’s also one of the best online games to play on Zoom. When playing Codenames via Zoom, have one player, who is not a spymaster, share their screen. Then, split participants into either the red or blue team, and designate one person as the spymaster of each team. As players attempt to guess which cards their spymaster hints at, send teams off into breakout rooms, so they can discuss their strategy. Whichever team successfully guesses all cards with their color first, while avoiding the forbidden card, wins the game.

Here is a link to play Codenames online .

27. Virtual Rock, Paper, Scissors

Even if your teammates did not grow up playing rock, paper, scissors, the rules are easy enough to explain: scissor cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes scissors. You can give the game a modern update for Zoom by using the reactions feature to answer in place of hand gestures. The key is as follows:

Teammates cross arms = Scissors

To play, prompt participants with the classic rallying cry, “rock, paper, scissors, shoot!” Teammates will have three seconds to answer. When all players respond, count up the reactions and the majority wins.

28. Zoom Murder Mystery

Most adults love a good murder mystery, and your coworkers can solve an engaging mystery right on Zoom. Players can work in teams and use breakout rooms to swap clues and unravel the case together. A facilitator can guide the game and entertain attendees while moving the story forward.

Learn more about murder mystery games online .

29. Desert Island Intelligences

You may have heard of Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences , which states that people can have different strengths and abilities called intelligences.

Gardner’s eight intelligences are:

• Visual-spatial
• Linguistic-verbal
• Interpersonal
• Intrapersonal
• Logical-mathematical
• Body-kinesthetic
• Naturalistic

Desert Island Intelligences borrows this theory by pitting eight individuals, each representing a different intelligence, against each other on a desert island. Since the island has limited resources, players vote one intelligence off the island at a time in order of usefulness. Since the definition of usefulness is broad, this game leads to fierce debate among team members. You can facilitate this game with the polling feature on Zoom calls.

Here is a list with more problem solving games .

30. The Counting Game

In this game, your coworkers must count to ten. If any players say a number simultaneously, then you start over at one. Reading body language and making eye contact is more challenging during video meetings, and it is important for adults to learn this skill. Savvy virtual employees can even devise strategies to play the game more effectively.

31. Virtual Musical Chairs

For Virtual Musical Chairs, instead of stealing chairs before the music ends, the last participant left dancing when the music ends loses the round, and wins at life.

To play musical chairs on Zoom, create a Spotify playlist with dance tunes. Once everyone is in the Zoom room, start playing songs, pausing at random and phasing out the last player who is still dancing. As each participant is eliminated, ask them to turn off cameras to help keep track of who is still playing. Keep broadcasting great dance tunes until only the winner is left.

32. Read my Lips

Many of us have been in a Zoom meeting when a presenter’s audio cut out or the speaker forgot to take the microphone off mute. Read my lips turns this awkward or frustrating situation into a fun game.

To play, one participant will mute the mic, and then speak a word or phrase. The other players must try to guess the word or phrase correctly. Players have one minute to figure out the message. The turn-taker can also give clues by using the chat box, if necessary.

33. Story Races

Crafting a story one line at a time is a common team building activity, and a fun group activity on Zoom. By using the chat feature on Zoom, you can turn the exercise into a race.

Here is how:

• Elect one team member as the story master.
• The story master will begin to tell a tale.
• At random, the story master will stop to let other attendees add details.
• The first answer in the chat box becomes part of the story.

The story master can either speak the story or type out the tale in the chat box. The story master also has the power to veto the “first answer” in favor of a more creative option.

Pro tip: Record the meeting or copy and paste the story into a new document.

Final Thoughts

Playing virtual games on Zoom with coworkers is a fun way to make meetings more engaging. Especially with adults, these games will help bring joy to the workplace, and support meaningful team building.

You can either plan a dedicated 60 minutes or so to play your games, or include a few quick virtual team games at the beginning of your Zoom call as an icebreaker activity.

Next, check our lists of Zoom drinking games , Zoom meeting ideas , virtual party games , online games for groups , and this one with dozens of virtual team building activities .

We also have a list of quick team building activities for conference calls , list of online board games , list of virtual team challenges , and Christmas Zoom games .

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FAQ: Virtual games to play on Zoom

Here are some of the most common questions about playing games over Zoom with coworkers.

What are Zoom games?

Zoom games are fun activities you can play with friends and coworkers over the video conferencing platform Zoom. These games may include Bingo, Charades and Werewolf. The purpose of these games is to make the meeting more fun and engaging, and to do team building remotely. These activities are also known as “Zoom meeting games”, “Zoom party games” and “Zoom group activities.”

What free online games can you play on Zoom?

Two free online games to play on Zoom are Lightning Scavenger Hunts and Five Fingers. For online scavenger hunts, send your attendees to retrieve items like “your favorite mug” or the “last book you read”. For Five Fingers, everyone puts up five fingers, and the host names life experiences like “made pasta from scratch” or “visited three countries”. Any player that has that life experience puts a finger down.

What are the requirements to play games over Zoom?

For most Zoom games, no special equipment is needed. Anyone with an internet enabled device and decent WiFi should be able to participate. In some cases, you may want to use the breakout rooms feature.

Are Zoom games effective for remote employee engagement?

Yes! Playing games over Zoom and doing group activities on Zoom is a great way to connect with coworkers and other teammates. You can do a virtual meeting dedicated to these games, such as a virtual happy hour, or include a quick game at the beginning of your meeting.

What drinking games can you play on Zoom?

Most drinking games that you can play in person also work over Zoom. For example, Around the World, Cheers to the Governor, and even Beer Pong. For Beer Pong, just setup a cup on your desk and shoot ping-pong balls or little balls of paper into it.

What team building activities can you do on Zoom with coworkers?

Many team building activities are Zoom friendly. For example, you can do icebreaker questions, games like Never Have I Ever, and online team building Bingo. Most offline activities that revolve around talking and listening can be adapted to a Zoom format.

Author: Michael Alexis

CEO at teambuilding.com. I write about my experience working with and leading remote teams since 2010.

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• As video game technology advances, puzzles have become more open-ended, allowing for creative solutions and multiple outcomes.
• Games like Portal 2 and Baldur's Gate 3 reward players for thinking creatively and finding unique ways to solve problems.
• Undertale and Scribblenauts Unlimited offer players the freedom to approach puzzles in their own way, showcasing the importance of player choice.

In the early days of video games, puzzles and their solutions were pretty cut and dry. Get from Point A to Point B, and accomplish A, B, and C using a very specific method. There was only one way to beat the game; players just needed to find it. Part of this was due to hardware and scripting limitations. Consoles had such limited memory that there simply wasn't room for more creative solutions.

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But as video games and consoles become more advanced, puzzle-solving in games has become more open-ended. Developers are now usually more than happy to hand players the reins and let them run wild with their creativity. All the pieces are there; players just need to put them together. There are no right or wrong answers, just what works and what doesn't, and for those looking to flex their creative puzzle-solving muscles and get rewarded for doing so , there are plenty of gaming options available.

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This 2015 smash hit revolutionized puzzle-solving and story progression in RPG adventure games, being one of the first where players could complete the entire game without killing a single enemy. Instead, they could choose the Pacifist route and befriend NPCs instead (or go from killing a single enemy to all of them in the notorious Genocide route ).

Beyond the multiple endings, Undertale is filled with puzzles to overcome, not all of which have a single solution. Is a dastardly skeleton placing a maze trap before the fallen human? They might be able to solve it, or they can opt to simply walk around it. New dialogue options and story branches open and close based on who the player chooses to spare and how. The reward for creative puzzle-solving is that players get to explore more of this colorful world and iconic characters.

Scribblenauts Unlimited

The noun's the limit.

Platform(s) Wii U, Switch, PS4, PC, iOS, Android, 3DS, Xbox One

Released November 13, 2012

Developer(s) 5th Cell

Genre(s) Puzzle, Sandbox

Scribblenauts proves that the pen is indeed mightier than the sword. No, seriously. The titular heroes in this popular puzzle RPG series use the power of words to solve all their problems. Players can write down a noun and watch it appear in the world. Giving it an adjective results in the object or creature transforming to match its new description. Giving a pig wings will allow it to fly, and manifesting some glue out of the ether will permit players to stick things together. The possibilities are literally endless.

Scribblenauts Unlimited builds on its predecessors with an expansive list of nouns, adjectives, and adverbs that players can use and provides multiple ways to solve each puzzle. The game doesn't care how players accomplish their goals, so long as they clear the level's main objective. The only real limit is the player's imagination (and their vocabulary).

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Platform(s) PS3, Switch, Xbox 360, PC

Released April 18, 2011

Developer(s) Valve

Genre(s) Puzzle, Platformer

The Portal games make no secret that they want to test players' problem-solving abilities. The game's central antagonist, GLaDOS , makes that abundantly clear. In fact, the entire plot is to use those same skills to escape the testing facility once and for all. Each test follows the same simple premise: get to the end of the testing chamber in one piece. How the player does it is up to them - and the game's physics engine. Jump through portals, avoid deadly turrets and bottomless pits, propel through the air -- it doesn't matter. As the saying goes, "If it's stupid and it works, it isn't stupid."

Portal 2 takes this engaging premise and amps it up to eleven. Puzzles are bigger, deadlier, and more complicated than ever before. While some answers are laid out more obviously than others, players are free to ignore those options and think outside the box as much as they want. So long as they reach the final door, GLaDOS doesn't mind how they did it. After all, data is data.

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Zonai devices help players reinvent the wheel.

Platform(s) Switch

Released May 12, 2023

Developer(s) Nintendo

Genre(s) Adventure

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was a massive breath of fresh air for the franchise. Linear adventures with clear-cut solutions were swapped out for a massive open world and a fun new physics engine that led to infinitely creative gameplay. Many fans of the series felt the game essentially reinvented the wheel of a franchise that had started to get a bit formulaic. However, its direct sequel, Tears of the Kingdom , didn't just reinvent the wheel; it allowed players to invent their own.

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On top of the many new mechanics introduced in Breath of the Wild , Tears of the Kingdom introduced several new mechanics for players to tinker around with. The best by far is the introduction of Zonai devices, allowing players to use various moving mechanical parts in endless combinations to solve puzzles. Gamers can build siege engines that breathe fire, gliders powered by fans, or massive catapaults to launch enemies (or themselves) off into the horizon.

Baldur's Gate 3

Any solution is just a dice roll away.

Platform(s) Xbox Series X, PS5, PC, macOS, Stadia

Released August 3, 2023

Developer(s) Larian Studios

This award-winning RPG action-adventure game from 2023 famously adapted the core rules of Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition into a video game format. But the game didn't just take the basic stats and mechanics; it went above and beyond to allow players to think just as creatively as they would while playing real D&D . Any D&D campaign can go off the rails at any moment. One bad dice roll or truly chaotic player choice, and there will be consequences. That's what makes the game so fun, and Baldur's Gate 3 understands this.

No two playthroughs of Baldur's Gate 3 are the same, thanks to the infinite array of choices , dice checks, and consequences. Players are rewarded for seeing just how many different ways they can solve the same problem. Do they exterminate the goblin camp or side with them? Can they pickpocket the vendor for powerful items to avoid paying? Can they talk their way out of being arrested, either through smooth-talking or saber-rattling? Every decision opens doors and closes others. Each interaction can forge new allies or enemies. Every quest has multiple endings, good or bad. Players can play the campaign however they want and will be rewarded for their creative thinking along the way.

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The Protesters and the President

Over the past week, thousands of students protesting the war in gaza have been arrested..

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Over the past week, students at dozens of universities held demonstrations, set up encampments and, at times, seized academic buildings. In response, administrators at many of those colleges decided to crack down and called in the local police to detain and arrest demonstrators.

As of Thursday, the police had arrested 2,000 people across more than 40 campuses, a situation so startling that President Biden could no longer ignore it.

Jonathan Wolfe, who has been covering the student protests for The Times, and Peter Baker, the chief White House correspondent, discuss the history-making week.

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Jonathan Wolfe , a senior staff editor on the newsletters team at The New York Times.

Peter Baker , the chief White House correspondent for The New York Times covering President Biden and his administration.

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As crews cleared the remnants of an encampment at U.C.L.A., students and faculty members wondered how the university could have handled protests over the war in Gaza so badly .

Biden denounced violence on campus , breaking his silence after a rash of arrests.

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