[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] Collection of Exciting Games and Recreational Activities (41–50)
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.
[For University Students] A Collection of Exciting Games and Recreational Activities (51–60)
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.
A game where you answer without looking at the question
This game is all about answering without seeing the question—what does that even mean? It’s super simple: one person stands at the front as the representative.
A question is written on a piece of paper and shown, but the person doesn’t look at it.
They just answer with whatever comes to mind, purely on intuition.
Since they don’t know the question, there’s no way the answer will match, right? The fun is in that mismatch.
The people watching try to keep a straight face while holding a drink in their mouth—who can avoid laughing? And every now and then, by some miracle, the question and answer actually match, which makes it even funnier.
Reverse Parody Song Quiz
A reverse parody song quiz—where you change the melody but keep the original lyrics and others have to guess the song—is more challenging than the host expects, which makes it exciting.
All you have to do is sing the lyrics of a well-known song with an ad-libbed melody, so it works with both small and large groups.
You can also make it harder by, for example, singing the lyrics of a famous song to the melody of another famous song, letting the melody’s image mislead people.
It’s a recommended game that’s fun whether you craft the melody seriously or just go with the vibe.
We are the best! game
“We are the best!” is a game created by the popular comedy duo, 3ji no Heroine.
It’s designed around the concept of making English easy to learn, and the game involves using a lot of English.
The rules are fairly simple: one person says something in English to the rhythm, and the other gives the Japanese translation.
You can also play the reverse version.
If you decide on the English phrases in advance, it becomes easier, but I think it’s more fun if you don’t decide which English to say or which Japanese translation to give! For college students, it’s a two-birds-one-stone game where you can have fun and improve your English at the same time!
