Games to Play on Microsoft Teams

Want to play something with the team without leaving your Microsoft Teams call? The trick is to use games where everyone joins from their own screen — no screen-sharing, no installs. You stay on the Teams meeting to talk and react, while each person plays on their own laptop. All the games below are free, browser-based, and need nothing approved by IT — just open one, share the room code in the Teams chat, and play.

Why play games on a Teams call?

Remote and hybrid teams miss the small, unstructured moments that build rapport. A quick game on a Teams meeting manufactures one on demand: it flattens the hierarchy (the new hire and the VP answer the same question), it’s genuinely fun rather than a forced icebreaker, and it gives distributed coworkers a shared moment to react to. Ten minutes at the start or end of a call does more for team feeling than another round of "how was your weekend?".

How to run a game on Teams (30 seconds)

1. Keep your Teams meeting running so everyone can talk.
2. One person opens a game — Team Trivia is the easiest crowd-pleaser for a group — and creates a room.
3. Paste the room code (or link) into the Teams chat.
4. Everyone clicks and joins from their own device. Play, laugh, react on the call.

Best games to play on Microsoft Teams

1. Team Trivia — the best game for a Teams meeting

A live, host-led quiz: one person hosts, everyone joins from their own device, and a live leaderboard crowns a winner. It scales effortlessly from a small team to a big all-hands, and the host controls the pace — the single easiest game to run on a Teams call. Start a Team Trivia game and drop the code in chat.

2. Say Anything — the remote-team favourite

Everyone writes a funny answer to a question, then the group votes on the best. It’s fast, inclusive, and made for a call. Start a Say Anything room and share the code.

3. Guesstimate — trivia with a betting twist

Guess the number to a trivia question, then bet on whose guess is closest. Great for competitive teams — play Guesstimate.

4. Spectrum — read the room

One player gives a clue for where a hidden target sits on a scale between two opposites, and everyone else guesses how close they can get. A quick, funny "are we on the same wavelength?" game — play Spectrum.

5. Chameleon — find the faker

Everyone knows the secret word except one player — the Chameleon — who has to bluff. A social deduction game that sparks great debate on a call. Play Chameleon.

6. Quick energisers

Short on time? A two-minute Daily Trivia round or Huddle warms up the room before the agenda. For team bonding, the cooperative Clover Clues rewards communication. Want a themed quiz? Browse trivia games by topic.

Tips for a smooth Teams game

• Keep it short and optional. Tack 10–15 minutes onto an existing call rather than scheduling a separate hour — "optional, low-stakes" gets far better turnout than mandatory fun.
• Let the host narrate. Reading answers and reveals out loud on the call is what turns a quiet round into a laughing one.
• Pin the room code in the Teams chat so latecomers can still join.
• End on a high. Two or three rounds is plenty — stop while people still want one more.

More for remote teams

Building a team-social habit? See Fun Friday games for work and virtual icebreaker games for meetings, or the full office games list. Because everyone plays in their own browser, all of these work on Zoom, Google Meet, Webex and Discord too.