We bring you 25 best online games to play with friends and family while you practice social distancing.
You can play these games with friends in the comfort of your own home.
These are some of the best ways to stay in touch, hang out, and play online games with friends during these COVID times.
Check out our super cool list of best online games to play with friends and family.
And, these games are completely free!!
Online Games to Play with Friends and Family
Gaming Apps
Mario Kart Tour
Get ready to play the mobile version of your childhood favorite video game, and challenge up to seven friends from around the world.
Players can create a multiplayer room and invite their friends for a game. So, tour the world with your friends on karts or gliders on your mobile from the comfort of your home.
How to invite friends and family:
- Download the game on Android or iOS
- Link your Nintendo Account or create one
- Invite your friends via your Nintendo account (using Friends Code), or Twitter and Facebook account
Cost: Free with optional in-game purchases
Download On: App Store or Google Play
Scrabble Go
Play this latest version of the classic Scrabble game online with your friends.
Download the game, challenge your friends, and use fun phrases and chat emoticons to chat with friends and family.
The game is available on iOS and Android-based mobile devices.
How to invite friends and family:
- Download the app and log in
- Connect with Facebook to invite friends or if they have already joined search them by name or user ID
- Compete with your friends by creating words using a collection of tiles.
The game is suitable for kids above 12 years of age.
Cost: Free with optional in-app purchases
Download On: App Store or Google Play.
Psych! Outwit Your Friends
You can play Psych on the phone with your friends. Players can choose the category and then make up fake answers to real trivia questions. And other players have to guess the correct answer.
How to invite friends and family:
- Download the app
- Pick from a variety of fun categories
- Give your friends the secret code to join the game
- Make up fake answers to real factual questions
- One player has to choose a real answer among the fake ones
Cost: Free with optional in-app purchases
Download on: App Store or Google Play
Words With Friends 2
Download Words With Friends 2 and get ready to Train Your Brain!
Words With Friends 2 is a free word game that can be played on any mobile device. This multiplayer game has word games and word puzzles to play with your friends.
How to invite friends and family:
- Invite your friends via mail, SMS, or Facebook
- Challenge your friends and family for a game
- Create most words out of the letters and get points
- The player with the most points wins
Cost: Free with optional in-app purchases
Download on: App Store or Google Play.
UNO With Friends
Play the colorful version of the classic game UNO with your friends online.
It is a fast-paced, fun, and competitive game to play with 2 or 3 friends at a time. You can also speak to each other with the text and talk function while playing.
How to invite friends and family:
- Download the app
- Create a private room
- Invite your friends by clicking the social button on the screen
- Click on the invite friends button to send an invite via text or Slack/Whatsapp
Cost: Free with optional in-app purchases
Download on: App Store or Google Play.
QuizUp
QuizUp is a fun, challenging, and addictive online trivia game. Pick from a variety of topics and play with friends online.
You can challenge friends and random opponents from anywhere in the world on topics like trivia on Harry Potter, flags, logos, general knowledge, languages, sports, and many others
How to invite friends and family:
- Download the app
- Log in using mail or Facebook
- Click on “Invite Friends” in the main page to invite your friends via Whatsapp or contacts
Cost: Free with optional in-app purchases
Download on: App Store or Google Play
Best Fiends STARS
Best Fiends STARS is a free puzzle game with numerous levels. All you have to do is match and blast fun combos and collect cute characters.
You can also team up with your friends to play. What’s more, you can chat with your friends and send them gifts.
Connect to the game via Facebook and you can win 100 credits for free.
How to invite friends and family:
- Download the app
- Get a friend code by opening a tab with an “i” on it
- Give this code to a friend so they can add you on the team
- You can create a team once you complete level 22
Cost: Free with optional in-app purchases
Download on: App Store or Google Play
8 Ball Pool
Play this classic multiplayer pool game online with your friends on your mobile device.
You can play 1-on-1 or enter an 8 player tournament to refine your skills before challenging your friends. Level-up and win Pool coins to customize the cues and cloth at the Pool Shop.
How to invite friends and family:
- Download 8 Ball Pool
- Sign up with your Miniclip or Facebook account
- Challenge your friends for a game anytime, anywhere
You can also play the game on the web at https://www.miniclip.com/.
Cost: Free with optional in-app purchases
Download it: App Store or Google Play.
Call Of Duty
Call of Duty is the most popular shooter video game which now has a mobile version.
This free-to-play first-person shooter has been designed exclusively for mobile phones.
You can easily add your friends to play on multiplayer maps like, 100 player Battle Royale battleground, or 5v5 team-based combat or, Sniper vs Sniper battle.
The game has thrilling graphic effects, sound, and voice & text chat options.
How to invite friends and family:
- Download the game
- Add your friend by clicking on the Friend icon
- Click on Add Friends or “Enter Name or ID” in the search box
- Once they accept your invite you can ask them to join you for a game
Cost: Free with optional in-app purchases
Download on: App Store or Google Play
Boggle With friends
Make family night super fun with Boggle With Friends!!
Compete in live tournaments with friends and family!
The mobile version of this classic family game keeps your game score. It allows you to play with random people or challenge your friends.
How to invite friends and family:
- Download the game app
- Click on the Friends tab to invite contacts that already have the app, or
- Invite friends to join Boggle With Friends by sending a text invite link
Cost: Free with optional in-app purchases
Download On: App Store or Google Play
Hearthstone
Hearthstone is an online card game that lets you experience magic and mischief with your friends. The aim is to beat your enemies by reducing their health to zero.
You and your enemy take turns to play their cards. So, use the power of cards to defeat your opponents.
How to invite friends and family:
- Challenge your friends who already have the game by opening your friend list and inviting them for a duel
- Recruit your friends using a unique recruitment link. And unlock rewards once your recruit completes their introductory mission.
Cost: Free with optional in-app purchases
Download on: App Store or Google Play
Lords Mobile: Kingdom Wars
Be a Lord and a real hero by becoming a part of the army in the magical world!!
Download the Lords Mobile app on Android, Steam, or iOS today. And, get ready to build your kingdom, experience the thrill of war, forge alliances, and do a lot more.
How to invite friends and family:
- You have to reach Castle Lv 7 to start inviting friends
- Send your friends an invite link
- They can use the link to download the game, log-in and link their account within 24 hours
- Friends get a Welcome Gift and you can get an Invitation Reward once they join a game
Cost: Free with optional in-app purchases
Download on: App Store or Google Play
Golf Battle
Join an exciting round of multiplayer mini-golf game.
Gather your friends and play one-on-one or together with up to 6 Facebook friends at the same time.
So, get ready to play with your friends in real-time across the world on over 120 mini-golf courses.
How to invite friends and family:
- Download the game
- Log in using Facebook account
- Get 100 points free and challenge your friends
Cost: Free with optional in-app purchases
Download on: App Store or Google Play
Werewolf
Werewolf is an ultimate game of lies and deceit. Teams are divided into werewolves and villagers and they have to fight to survive.
It is a multiplayer online game that allows up to 16 players to take part in the game. You will have to uncover the roles of other people and convince them to join you.
How to invite friends and family:
- Invite your friends to join the game and get rewards
- You can invite your friends via Facebook or Gmail
- Add your friends and invite them for a game
Cost: Free with optional in-app purchases
Download on: App Store or Google Play
Scattergories
Train your brain with Scattergories!
You get questions from various categories. Answer the questions and win.
Type the answers fast before time runs out and give as many answers as possible.
So, start playing this fast-paced and exciting category game with friends.
How to invite friends and family:
- Download the app
- Invite your friends via message, email, or Whatsapp
- Challenge your friends and family
- You can also log in via Facebook and add your friends.
Cost: Free with optional in-app purchases
Download On: App Store or Google Play
Guess The Spy
Guess The Spy is a super fun and addictive game!
It is best to play this game with 3 or more players.
All you have to do is go around in circles and ask each other questions about their location.
If a player can’t answer, expose them as the Spy!
How to invite friends and family:
- Download the game
- Join or create a game
- Invite your friends
So, let the games begin!!
Cost: Free
Download on: App Store
Web Games
Playingcards.io
Playing cards.io brings together free versions of all the classic card games in one place.
You can choose from games like Checkers, Backgammon, Go Fish, Match up, and many others.
Playingcards.io does not have chat so you can make Zoom or Skype calls to chat with friends while you play.
How to invite friends and family:
- Pick a game and create a room
- Share the link with your friends
- After choosing a game you can send invites to an unlimited number of friends
Skribbl.io
Skribbl is a super fun game to play with your friends online. You can play with up to 12 friends in a private room.
To make it more fun you can give custom words and drawing time in a private room.
So gather your friends online and Skribbl!
How to invite friends and family:
- Go to the website
- Click on “Create Private Room”
- Share the link generated to invite your friends!
Cost: Free
Spyfall
Become an FBI detective and find the enemy spy in your department. Question each other to discover the identity of the spy.
Find 4 to 10 friends with their computer or mobile phone and have them in the same Zoom call.
How to invite friends and family:
- Go to the website
- Click on Start a Game to get a room code to share with friends
- Or Join the Game by using room code sent by your friends
To read more about how to play Spyfall click here.
Cost: Free
Cards Against Humanity
Another fun virtual way to hang out with friends is a popular card game, Cards Against Humanity. The game challenges players to give funny answers to a given question.
You can play Cards Against Humanity online on websites like:
How to invite friends and family:
- Friends can join the game via a shareable link or in some cases, an identification code
- Everyone can view the game in real-time while keeping their cards, private
Krunker.io
Krunker.io is a first-person shooter game. The game has 11 different courses and setups.
It is an internet browser video game that can be played in browsers like Chrome or Firefox.
Krunker allows you to host hour-long gameplay with your friends.
How to invite friends and family:
- Add Krunker chrome extension
- Create a private room to invite your friends to join
- Or add a game URL or code to join a room created by your friend
The game is not yet available on mobile devices like Android or iOS.
Cost: Free
Download on: Chrome Extension
Secret Hitler.io
You can now play the hit board game Secret Hilter on the browser. And it’s free!
The game is set in 1930’s Germany and the players are secretly divided into two teams- fascists and liberals. The liberal team is supposed to stop the Secret Hilter.
A private game can have around 5 to 10 players.
How to invite friends and family:
- Sign up or Log in on the website
- Create a room and invite your friends
Chat Apps with Games
Bunch
With the Bunch app, you can do group video chat and play games with your friends, simultaneously.
Bunch has many different multiplayer games to play. And you can also launch your favorite multiplayer titles and play video chat with them.
Some of the built-in games include Draw Party, Bunch Pool, Trivia, Flappy Lives, and Mars Dash.
How to invite friends and family:
- Download the app and get started
- Sign in with your Facebook account or phone number
- Create a username your friends recognize
- Pick a game and click on the “+” sign to select friends you want to play with
Download On: App Store or Google Play
Houseparty
Houseparty is a group video chat platform where you can video chat with your friends while playing games.
Enjoy a virtual get together with your friends while playing games like Heads Up!, Chips and Guac, Trivia, and Quick Draw.
Houseparty allows up to 8 people to hang out virtually.
So, host a virtual game night today!
How to invite friends and family:
- Download the app
- Invite new users or add friends from your contacts or use Facebook to connect
- Create a private chat room
Download now: App Store or Google Play or Google Chrome Extension
Plato
Plato is a chat app that has over 30 multiplayer games to play with friends. The app requires no sign-ups or emails.
Plato’s online games include Mini Golf, Polo, Minesweepers, Go Fish, Draw Together, Ludo, Dice Party, and many more.
Create that perfect game night by inviting your friends for playing and chatting.
How to invite your friends and family:
- Open the game and Add Friend and invite them via Whatsapp, Facebook, Instagram, or email
- You can also add a friend using their Plato ID if they already have the app
- Another way to a friend is by clicking on the game you want to play.
- Click play with a friend to Add Friend using Plato ID or invite Friends via Whatsapp or email
Cost: Free
Download on: App Store or Google Play
Conclusion
That’s it from us, folks!!
Our list of 25 best online games to play with friends and family will help you plan an awesome game night.
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