For the work party
Games the whole team plays at once on their phones, in the office, at the venue or dialled in from home. Free, with no install and nothing to print.
Free · up to 20 players · nothing for IT to approve
The usual office party game goes like this: one confident person reads questions off a sheet, the same five people shout the answers, and everyone else holds a drink and waits for it to end. Remote colleagues on the screen at the back can’t hear a thing.
Phone games fix that. Everyone answers at the same moment on their own screen, so the new starter and the finance director have the same chance. The reveal is the fun part, and it lands for the whole room at once, including people who dialled in.
One person starts a room
Pick a game and press create. You get a room code and a link to share.
Everyone joins on their phone
Each player opens the link or types the code. No app, no download and no account.
Put it on the TV if you like
Most games have a "Put it on the big screen" button in the lobby. Open herdgamesonline.com/tv on the TV and type the code it shows.
A host-led Christmas quiz with a live leaderboard. You control the pace, so it suits a small team or a whole floor (a free room holds up to 20 players; larger rooms are on the pricing page). Put it on the screen in the meeting room and it becomes the centerpiece of the party.
"Name a Christmas movie." "What’s the most stressful part of Christmas?" Everyone answers, and you score by matching what most of the room said. It is Feud-style, with the answers coming from your own colleagues, so every reveal becomes a conversation.
Sit next to your boss at the party, or do karaoke in front of everyone? Everyone votes and the split comes up. It needs no explanation, so it is the easy first game. Anyone who arrives late joins the next one with the same code.
Two teams take turns describing a word without saying the five banned words on the card, against the clock. Sales against engineering is a classic, and the near-misses get the biggest laughs.
Everyone writes two true facts and one lie about themselves, and the room votes on which is the lie. It’s great for mixed teams and new starters, and people still talk about the answers in January.
One letter and a list of Christmas categories, against the clock. Use it between speeches, while food is being served, or whenever there is a lull.
Put the game on the meeting room screen or a TV and everyone plays on their own phone. One person hosts, usually whoever organized the party, and reads out the best answers.
Keep a video call running on the big screen so the people at home can see and be seen, and send everyone the same room link. Because everyone answers on their own device, the people in the room have no advantage.
See virtual holiday party games for work, a plan for running the whole party on Zoom, Teams or Google Meet.
Run it as one event with a party night: the games back to back, one scoreboard for the whole party, and you can run it from a laptop without playing.
If your team would play more often, Herd Games at work gives your company its own private space: your own questions and logo, and a record of who played and won. For the party itself, every game here is free for rooms of up to 20 players.
Games where everyone answers at once on their own phone: Christmas Team Trivia, Herd Mentality with Christmas questions, and Christmas Would You Rather. Nobody waits for a turn, so a big group plays as easily as a small one. A free room holds up to 20 players, and larger rooms are on the pricing page.
Ones where nobody has to perform alone in front of colleagues. Answering on your own phone at the same time as everyone else is low-pressure, and the fun comes from seeing everyone’s answers together. Save acting and solo games for teams that already know each other well.
No. They run in the phone or laptop browser. There is nothing to download, nobody needs an account, and no company data is involved.
Yes. Everyone joins the same room with the link, wherever they are. Keep a video call on the big screen so the people at home can see the room, and everyone plays on their own device.
A free room holds up to 20 players. For a bigger party there are paid plans with larger rooms, and companies that play all year can have their own private space.
About 30 to 45 minutes in total, as two or three short games spread through the party. People came to talk to each other too, so stop while they still want another round.
Questions or stuck? support@herdgamesonline.com