[Doable at School!] Fun Punishment Game Ideas That Will Hype Up High Schoolers
We’re introducing penalty games that will get high schoolers excited!
Once you’re in high school, your range of activities expands, and you end up spending more time with friends not just at school but off-campus too.
When everyone gets together, you probably play games pretty often, right?
In this article, we’ve gathered a bunch of fun penalty games you can use on those occasions.
From classic options to laugh-out-loud challenges and even slightly embarrassing ones—we’ve got plenty!
If you’re a high school student looking for penalty game ideas, be sure to use this as a reference!
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- A simple punishment game you can do anywhere without any props—even at school or outdoors.
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- A forfeit/punishment game for couples to get hyped (from girlfriend to boyfriend)
[You Can Do This at School!] Punishment Game Ideas That Will Get High Schoolers Excited (21–30)
Say the name of the person you like
As a punishment game unique to students, we recommend “saying the name of the person you like.” If you’re a student, you probably have a crush among your classmates or upper/lowerclassmen.
Just making it a punishment to say who you like will really liven up the game.
It can even lead into romantic talk, so it’s a punishment game with lots of ways to build on it.
My signature song a cappella
Why is it that we’re not embarrassed when there’s backing music at karaoke, but we get embarrassed when it’s a cappella? Let’s have you sing the song you’re best at—your signature number—as a penalty game! Don’t be so stiff about doing only the chorus; let’s go for a whole verse! When it’s a cappella, all the flaws you managed to hide with the power of karaoke get exposed, so the embarrassment really ramps up.
[You Can Do This at School!] Punishment Game Ideas That Will Excite High Schoolers (31–40)
rubber band snap
It’s a classic, tried-and-true punishment game that’s been around on variety shows for ages.
Doing a regular rubber-band snap is fine, but bundling a bunch of rubber bands together could be fun too.
Just be careful—if you don’t go easy, you might send the other person flying.
By the way, it seems the rubber bands for this snap game are pretty easy to get.
Change your social media profile picture to a funny face photo
How about a penalty game where the loser has to temporarily change their social media profile picture to a funny face icon? The essential conditions are that all participants are enthusiastic and that everyone has a social media account.
It’s guaranteed to get everyone hyped.
Communicating in cat language
Things that make you feel embarrassed are a classic for punishment games, aren’t they? Here’s one to try: a punishment game where you communicate in “cat language.” Because it has a game-like element, it’s great for keeping things fun as you go.
First, decide on a prompt.
Then the person receiving the punishment has to convey what the prompt is by using cat sounds like “meow,” and other cat-like expressions.
As a variation, you could make a rule to wear cat ears, or switch to the sounds of other animals for extra fun.
Senburi tea
It’s that bitter tea you sometimes see on variety shows.
It’s extremely bitter, and they say the bitterness lingers in your mouth for a while after drinking it, so it might be a good idea to have something to cleanse your palate ready.
By the way, it’s not just bitter—apparently it’s good for your health, so I recommend it.
Conversation with chuunibyou-style lines
A conversation using words you’d never hear in normal talk—cringey, chuunibyo-style lines that make you want to curl up.
It’s an onslaught of mysterious phrases to the point you can’t even tell if it’s a punishment game anymore.
Things like, “I have obtained the power of darkness,” or “The world moves by my power”… It’s not exactly just being pretentious; it’s more like the kind of slightly painful lines you often see in manga.
That’s what chuunibyo language is.