Punishment games that amp up the fun at year-end parties—from hilariously gross to super embarrassing!
If you’re playing games at a year-end party, you can’t skip the penalty games, right? Still, when it comes time to actually do one, you might find yourself wondering, “What kind of penalty game would be good?” or “I can’t think of anything that would really hype everyone up…” If you’re having fun with friends or colleagues, you’ll want to pick a penalty that still feels like a penalty but gets everyone laughing—something in just the right balance.
In this article, we’ll introduce plenty of penalty game ideas perfect for year-end parties, from classics to slightly unusual twists.
Don’t forget to be considerate of others, and find ideas everyone can enjoy together!
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Punishment games that hype up the year-end party! From disgustingly gross to hilariously embarrassing (21–30)
face stocking
You often see it as a penalty game on TV, where someone puts a pair of stockings over their head and gets pulled—that one.
It makes your face look absolutely ridiculous.
I can’t really recommend that punishment for women.
If you’re doing a group penalty game, you could even have everyone pull on the stockings and do a sumo match.
play a cutesy/affected-girly character
The act of making yourself look cute through affected gestures or behavior is called “burikko.” It’s seen mostly in women and often stems from wanting to be liked by the opposite sex, which leads them to act that way.
How about incorporating this burikko behavior as a punishment game? I think it would be a punishment that cool, serious women would especially hate to do, and having men who are far from “cute” try it would also inflict a certain amount of damage.
Typical features of burikko include things like “speaking while looking up” and “tilting the head slightly.”
Punishment Game Roulette
How about using a roulette wheel when you run out of ideas for penalty games? It offers lots of fun, easy punishments, and you spin the wheel to decide what to do.
Even people who aren’t the ones being punished might want to give it a spin!
Balloon Burst
It’s a punishment game you sometimes see on variety shows where you put a big balloon against your stomach, keep inflating it, and make it pop.
It can hurt on bare skin, so it might be better to do it over clothing.
It’s a slightly scary, heart-pounding punishment game for the people watching, too.
Super-hot face towel
In this video, some young girls introduce a new punishment game.
One girl, with a towel placed on her face, seems to find it unbearably hot and collapses onto the floor.
The power of suggestion is strong, so it might not actually be that hot.
Please be careful with the temperature.
◯-second wall sit
For an end-of-year party with your athletic buddies, we recommend a stamina-testing wall-sit punishment game! Press your back flat against the wall and lower your hips until your knees are bent at 90 degrees.
Then set a time and hang in there until the end! If it looks too easy, have them try a version without leaning on the wall.
After getting hyped up from the game—and with some drinks in the mix—a wall sit will be seriously tough.
It’s bound to be a pretty hardcore punishment.
Drink a sour beverage
Sourness brings a kind of suffering that’s different from spiciness or bitterness, making it the perfect flavor for a punishment game.
How about a penalty where you have to drink a super sour beverage? For people who find even a little sourness hard to handle, using a store-bought tart drink might be a good option.
For those who are used to sour flavors or penalty games, we recommend having them drink an original sour concoction! Dissolve any edible sour ingredients—like citric acid or malic acid—into water and have them drink it!
