How do you spend your recess at school?
Some of you might play party games with your friends!
Party games that are fun even during school breaks used to be popular on TV variety shows, but these days, games played by YouTubers are getting all the buzz!
In this article, we’ll introduce a wide range of games—from timeless classics to those trending on YouTube!
It’s packed with fun games that will make you think, “We want to try that ourselves!!” so be sure to give them a go!
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Party games that get everyone excited at school (1–10)
Perfect Fit Game
It’s a game where you pose number-related questions and try to guess the exact number.
It gets lively in team matches, and it’s also exciting when everyone tries to guess the exact number together.
It’s a school-friendly party game that’s fun with both small and large groups.
Dream Door Game
It’s a game that’s guaranteed to get everyone hyped! The rules are set in a world with seven people who have special abilities.
The video includes an easy-to-understand explanation, so be sure to check it out.
It’s the perfect game for fans of shonen manga like JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure or Hunter x Hunter!
Lyrics hijacking game
Among middle and high school students, it’s already a classic game.
The rules are: you listen to the lyrics of the song your opponent is singing, then jump in with another song that uses the same word or phrase to take over their song.
How long could it go on if the hijacks keep repeating?
Do-Re-Mi Song Game
It’s impressive how much you can play around with the well-known Do-Re-Mi song.
After finishing the lyrics for the Do scale, for example, the next one is Mi; the person called on sings the lyrics for the Mi scale, and you keep repeating this.
Even if you were singing So, if you’re then assigned Re next, you have to sing in the Re scale, which makes it quite difficult—but it’s a fun game.
Slipper relay
It’s a game where you relay a slipper from foot to foot.
Everyone stands side by side with arms linked and does it while standing, so the team’s overall unity and sense of balance are crucial.
Since slippers are always available at school, it’s easy to set up.
It’s great fun as a team competition.
Weird School Announcement Game
It’s a game born from a JaruJaru comedy sketch where the “straight man” keeps firing back punchlines to keywords spoken by the “announcer” role.
The video makes it very easy to understand.
The trick is to fire off comebacks one after another without any delay.
With a student vibe, you could probably keep it going forever!
Japanese-Only Telephone Game
It’s a game of telephone where you present a prompt in Japanese, but you must relay it only in English—no Japanese allowed.
It’s a party game that gets lively at school and helps with studying English.
Prepare an English dictionary, learn new words, practice English conversation, and have fun together with this game.