[For University Students] A Roundup of Fun Games and Recreational Activities
We’re introducing recommended games and recreational activities for college students!
We’ve gathered a variety of options—from exciting activities perfect for club or seminar retreats and welcome/farewell parties, to simple games for small groups, and large-scale recreation suited for spacious venues like school grounds.
There are plenty of activities you can enjoy indoors too, so no need to worry about the weather on the day!
These can be used across many event scenarios, so feel free to use them as a reference.
Let’s play some classic recreational activities and trending games, and have a great time together!
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[For University Students] A Collection of Exciting Games and Recreational Activities (51–60)
ito
A board game where you describe the value of the number you’ve been dealt in words and aim to clear the game.
It’s a cooperative team game, so it’s great to play with friends or a partner you’d like to get closer to.
You also choose a theme card at the start, so you’ll never run out of things to talk about.
As you describe how big your hand is, you’re bound to have laughs and little mishaps along the way—that’s part of the fun.
Everyone can get lively together while thinking about the cards each person holds.
Try playing it with friends from your club, circle, or seminar.
Arm Wrestling Tournament
How about arm wrestling as an idea that requires no preparation or practice and is guaranteed to get everyone excited? Everyone knows arm wrestling: two people face each other, rest one elbow on the table, clasp hands, and start.
The winner is the one who pushes the opponent’s arm down.
It’s so simple and universally known that it’s bound to be a hit! You could make it a team competition where the next challenger steps in each time someone loses.
You could also split men and women into separate brackets, or if you mix genders, introduce handicaps to even things out.
Weathering With You Game
This is a game inspired by the hit 2019 animated film Weathering with You.
Two or more players take turns improvising and singing a playful twist on a line from the theme song: one person riffs on a line, and another answers with the next line.
It may seem like it requires quick thinking, but don’t overthink it—just have fun joking around and enjoying it at a relaxed pace!
Stand-up game
This is a stand-up game where you guess how many people will stand.
Everyone starts seated.
In turn, each person calls out a number: the minimum is zero and the maximum is the number of people currently seated.
At that moment, everyone who is seated chooses either to stand up or stay seated.
If the number called matches the number of people who stood up, the caller is out (safe).
The last person remaining loses.
The loser gets a penalty!
Russian chocolate egg
Chocolate eggs are egg-shaped chocolates with a toy inside.
Now, let’s stuff various foods inside them and try a “Russian Chocolate Egg,” where you don’t know what’s inside.
It’d be great if you got something tasty, like snacks or whipped cream, but the unlucky ones get death sauce inside.
Death sauce in chocolate—just imagining it is a bit, no, very unpleasant.
Real object shiritori
A regular shiritori game is boring—let’s try “real-life shiritori”! It goes beyond wordplay: you actually play shiritori using real objects.
In this example, we’ve rented out a supermarket, so we’re playing with foods and daily necessities.
Since renting a supermarket is impossible, why not try it with things in your room? If your home has lots of items, you can do it.
Ranking Quiz
If you’re looking for a recreation activity that lots of people can enjoy, quizzes are highly recommended! Among them, this ranking quiz is especially appealing because it’s about familiar, everyday topics, so anyone can join in.
The quiz might include prompts like, “Name five items that appear in the Top 10 of the ◯◯ ranking,” or “In the ◯◯ ranking, ▢▢ is second—so what’s first?” If you incorporate unexpected rankings, it won’t just make for a fun quiz—it’ll also spark conversation and help keep the chit-chat lively afterward.
Earphone Loud Telephone Game
We play a telephone game where no one can hear anything.
Even if someone shouts, you can’t hear them because you’re listening to loud music through earphones, so the only clues are lip movements.
Since what reaches the last person is very likely to be a hilarious misinterpretation, this game is guaranteed to cause an uproar of laughter and really liven things up.
Fight game
The fighting game that uses Miyuki Nakajima’s famous song “Fight!”—a song everyone knows—tests your quick thinking and sense of rhythm.
The rule is to replace the “Fight!” part that appears in the chorus with another word, then sing an explanation of that new word in time with the melody and rhythm.
This requires the skill to choose words and fit your explanation into the melody.
For example, if you pick “panko,” the key is whether you can instantly give an explanation that satisfies the other players.
Because it’s played almost like ad-libbing, no matter what prompt you choose, it’s guaranteed to be a game everyone can play while bursting into laughter.
Ten Times Game
The “say ‘pizza’ ten times!” game—better known as the Ten Times Game.
Didn’t you play it when you were a kid? After saying a word ten times, you end up answering with a similar-sounding word; it’s an easy quiz you could solve if you thought it through, but you blurt out the wrong answer because you get caught up in the flow.
If you got it wrong, there were punishments like a finger flick.
Now that we’re college students, what if we tried it seriously? Can we answer correctly this time?