Exciting! Multiplayer games everyone can play. Time-killing app games
There are those moments when you want to liven things up with everyone—like while waiting at a theme park or during the trip to your destination.
In this article, we’ll introduce games and recommended apps that everyone can enjoy together.
From nostalgic games everyone knows to trending time-killer apps, there’s plenty to choose from! It’s a waste if everyone’s just glued to their own phone when you’re together, right? When you’ve got some downtime, that’s your chance—let’s hype things up and turn it into a fun time for everyone!
Games everyone can play (1–10)
Logic/Puzzle Game (Umigame no Soup)
This game is a type of brain teaser also known as a lateral thinking puzzle.
In Japan, it’s often called “Turtle Soup” after the title of a representative problem.
In this game, you’re presented with situations that don’t make sense at first glance, and the respondent asks the questioner yes/no questions to get closer to the correct answer.
Because you can ask questions from many angles, it’s also great fun as a game for large groups.
Magical Banana
If you’re looking for a game that requires no preparation and can be played easily with just words, how about “Magical Banana”? In this game, players quickly link associated words, like “Banana makes me think of yellow,” “Yellow makes me think of dandelions,” and so on, based on the previous person’s word.
If you can’t come up with a word or fail to keep the rhythm, you’re out, and the last person remaining wins.
Personality test
Personality tests are popular games, and many people can’t resist trying them when they see them in magazines or online.
And when you hear that they were “used by the FBI,” it makes them even more intriguing, doesn’t it? If you want to enjoy these kinds of games with a group, it might be helpful to prepare a few questions in advance and write them down, or put them on flip cards for clarity.
Playing this game can also liven things up by revealing hidden sides of your friends.
Mr. Wolf, what time is it now?
Let’s play tag while enjoying a call-and-response using the phrase, “Mr.
Wolf, what time is it?” First, choose one player to be “It” (the wolf).
The children face the wolf and ask, “Mr.
Wolf, what time is it?” The wolf answers with various times, and if it’s anything other than “3 o’clock,” the children respond, “Phew, thank goodness!” If the wolf says “3 o’clock,” that’s the signal to start chasing.
Run away so you don’t get caught! Whoever gets caught becomes the next wolf.
The “Haa” game
This game is a card game where players act out prompts using only their voice and facial expressions and try to guess each other’s performances.
Even a single word like “haa” can carry many meanings depending on how it’s said.
You have to figure out whether the current “haa” is an angry “haa,” a feigning-ignorance “haa,” an impressed “haa,” and so on.
Based on the situation card you were dealt, everyone votes on whether the “haa” you performed matches the prompt, and the player who earns the most points wins.
It’s a game that seems well-suited for online play, too.
Do-Re-Mi Song Game
If you’re looking for a music-themed game, the “Do-Re-Mi Song Game” really gets everyone excited! Here’s how it works: you start singing the familiar “Do-Re-Mi” song from a specified pitch, and anyone who slips into the wrong pitch or messes up the lyrics is out.
Because you’re suddenly given a pitch, people often get flustered and sing in funny ways, which makes everyone laugh.
It’s also a great icebreaker to help people get to know each other.
No Japanese Allowed Game
Many people might be familiar with the “no-English (no katakana loanwords) game,” since it often appears on TV, but I also recommend the opposite: the “no-Japanese game.” While playing this game, using Japanese is prohibited, and you do everything in English (or other languages).
Playing a telephone game can be fun, and simply having everyday conversations in English is likely to be lively as well.
Earphone Loud Telephone Game
When someone talks to you while you’re wearing earphones and listening to something, it can be hard to catch what they’re saying, right? This game takes advantage of that and turns it into a game of telephone.
If you play telephone while blasting loud music through earphones, it’s funny to see how the message gets more and more off the mark.
However, listening to very loud sounds right by your ears can potentially cause hearing loss due to acoustic trauma, so be careful with the volume.
In that case, try adjusting by whispering the message or finding other ways to make it work.
Gesture Game
When it comes to party games, charades is a classic.
The usual way is plenty of fun, but adding a rhythm element makes it even better.
Come to think of it, rhythm-based comedy bits are popular too.
Play some music, and while dancing to the beat, act out your clues; the person who gets the most correct answers wins.
It doesn’t affect the score, but when your dance really clicks, it’s fun for the performer and it really livens up the room.
Wink Killer
In this game, you use a lottery or similar method to choose a single Wink Killer, and then compete to see how many people they can wink at within five minutes.
The person doing the winking must avoid revealing that they are the Wink Killer.
Anyone who gets winked at must report it ten seconds later.
During those five minutes, everyone makes casual conversation, while the Wink Killer looks for chances to wink without being detected.
It’s more fun with three or more players.