🎉 Games for 10-year-olds

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From age 10, almost every game here works in terms of rules, so the question is no longer 'will they get it?' but 'will it feel grown-up enough?'. Ten-year-olds shy away from anything that looks like a preschool activity and get excited about games that remind them of what teens and adults play: funny reviews, recreating a movie in a minute, voting on friends.

At this age, humor and friends are everything. Games where the whole group votes, reacts or laughs together do better than games where one child stands alone and might freeze. Choose games where kids can perform as a team, and keep personal questions positive and funny, never embarrassing.

How to choose: if a game is aimed at younger kids, use its advanced version: more categories in Name, Place, Animal, Thing, three forbidden words instead of one, faster commands in Simon Says. A game for 10-year-olds can run 15-20 minutes, and a good party is built from two laugh-out-loud games and one team competition.

Our top picks

🎬 One-Minute Movie: Each team gets a famous movie and five minutes to prepare a one-minute version. One of the funniest games here for this age.
⭐ One-Star Reviews: One star for homework, five stars for a traffic jam: humor that 10-year-olds get and love to invent.
💡 Silly Inventions Pitch: Invent a product nobody needs, with a name, a price and a slogan. Creative teamwork that ends in a short pitch.
👉 Who's Most Likely To...?: 'Who's most likely to...?' and everyone points. A social game that works brilliantly as long as the questions are positive and funny.
📝 What Will Everyone Say?: Don't write what you think, write what most people will write. A fairly quiet game that teaches a lot about the group.

All 101 games

One-Star ReviewsAges 10+ · 3-20 players · 10-15 min One-Minute MovieAges 10+ · 4-20 players · 10-20 min Guess the BabyAges 10+ · 6-30 players · 10-15 min Get Me Out of This!Ages 9+ · 3-30 players · 10-25 min Would You Take the Deal?Ages 8+ · 3-20 players · 10-15 min Closest Guess WinsAges 8+ · 2-30 players · 10-15 min Silly Inventions PitchAges 8+ · 3-20 players · 10-20 min Finish the SentenceAges 8+ · 3-30 players · 10-30 min Secret AgentAges 8+ · 6-20 players · 10-15 min Everyone Knows But MeAges 8+ · 5-20 players · 10 min Wrong Answers OnlyAges 8+ · 3-20 players · 5-10 min What's the Connection?Ages 8+ · 2-20 players · 5-10 min Tip of My TongueAges 8+ · 2-20 players · 10-20 min Speed MeetingAges 8+ · 8-30 players · 10-15 min Who's Most Likely To...?Ages 8+ · 5-20 players · 10 min What Will Everyone Say?Ages 8+ · 5-20 players · 10 min One Line, Three EmotionsAges 8+ · 3-20 players · 5-10 min The Secret WinkerAges 8+ · 8-20 players · 10 min Three Truths and a LieAges 8+ · 4-20 players · 10-15 min Word LinksAges 8+ · 2-20 players · 5-15 min Sell Me This!Ages 8+ · 3-20 players · 10-20 min Challenge Tic-Tac-ToeAges 7+ · 4-20 players · 15-25 min One-Sentence StoryAges 7+ · 3-20 players · 10-20 min Excuses, Excuses!Ages 7+ · 3-30 players · 10-20 min What Would You Do?Ages 7+ · 2-40 players · 10-30 min Family Trivia NightAges 7+ · 2-40 players · 10-30 min Crazy LetterAges 7+ · 3-20 players · 5-10 min Three-Word Birthday WishesAges 7+ · 4-30 players · 5-10 min Six UsesAges 7+ · 3-20 players · 5-10 min Silent Line-UpAges 7+ · 6-30 players · 5 min Emoji RiddlesAges 7+ · 2-20 players · 10 min Five-Second CategoryAges 7+ · 3-20 players · 5-10 min The Human MachineAges 7+ · 5-20 players · 10 min Freeze FrameAges 7+ · 5-20 players · 10-15 min The Great Team ChallengeAges 7+ · 10-30 players · 20-30 min The Yes/No GameAges 7+ · 2-20 players · 5-10 min Would You Rather?Ages 7+ · 3-30 players · 10-15 min Find Your TwinAges 7+ · 8-30 players · 10 min Drawing TelephoneAges 7+ · 6-20 players · 10-15 min Forbidden WordsAges 7+ · 4-20 players · 5-10 min Invent a New HolidayAges 7+ · 3-20 players · 10-15 min Who's in My Group?Ages 7+ · 10-30 players · 5-10 min Describe and DrawAges 6+ · 2-20 players · 10-15 min People BingoAges 6+ · 8-30 players · 10-20 min Bracket BattleAges 6+ · 4-30 players · 10-20 min Group SculptureAges 6+ · 5-20 players · 5-10 min Name, Place, Animal, ThingAges 6+ · 2-30 players · 10-20 min I Went ShoppingAges 6+ · 4-20 players · 5-10 min Minute to Win ItAges 6+ · 2-20 players · 10-20 min Everyone vs. CapyAges 6+ · 5-30 players · 15-25 min Who Am I?Ages 6+ · 3-20 players · 10-15 min Invent a SuperheroAges 6+ · 3-20 players · 10-15 min This Is Not a BroomAges 6+ · 4-20 players · 5-10 min Drawing ChainAges 6+ · 4-20 players · 10-15 min Guess the SongAges 6+ · 2-30 players · 10-15 min Blind DrawingAges 6+ · 4-20 players · 10-15 min How Well Do You Know the Birthday Kid?Ages 6+ · 5-30 players · 10-15 min Do the OppositeAges 6+ · 4-25 players · 5-10 min Paper Airplane ContestAges 6+ · 4-30 players · 15 min CharadesAges 6+ · 4-20 players · 10-20 min Fact or Fib?Ages 6+ · 2-30 players · 5-15 min Find Someone Who...Ages 6+ · 8-30 players · 10-15 min This or ThatAges 6+ · 5-30 players · 5-15 min Human MemoryAges 6+ · 8-24 players · 10-15 min TelephoneAges 6+ · 6-20 players · 10 min Picture RevealAges 5+ · 2-30 players · 5-15 min If I Were an AnimalAges 5+ · 4-25 players · 5-10 min Challenge WheelAges 5+ · 4-20 players · 10-20 min Four CornersAges 5+ · 8-30 players · 10 min Who Switched Places?Ages 5+ · 6-25 players · 5-10 min My Favorite ThingAges 5+ · 4-25 players · 5-10 min Mystery BagAges 5+ · 4-20 players · 10 min Invent an Imaginary PetAges 5+ · 3-20 players · 10-15 min Who Made That Sound?Ages 5+ · 6-25 players · 5-10 min Cup Tower ChallengeAges 5+ · 2-20 players · 5-10 min Challenge DiceAges 5+ · 3-20 players · 10-20 min Speed Ball PassAges 5+ · 8-25 players · 5-10 min What's Missing? (Kim's Game)Ages 5+ · 3-20 players · 5-10 min Egg and Spoon RaceAges 5+ · 4-20 players · 10 min The Mirror GameAges 5+ · 2-20 players · 5-10 min What's Changed?Ages 5+ · 4-25 players · 5-10 min The No-Instrument OrchestraAges 5+ · 5-25 players · 5-10 min Sock BasketballAges 5+ · 2-20 players · 10 min Add-a-MoveAges 5+ · 4-20 players · 5-10 min Shrinking IslandAges 5+ · 5-20 players · 10 min Fold-and-Draw MonstersAges 5+ · 4-20 players · 10-15 min Switch Places If...Ages 5+ · 8-30 players · 5-10 min Freeze DanceAges 4+ · 4-30 players · 5-10 min Keep the Balloon UpAges 4+ · 2-20 players · 5-10 min Name and MotionAges 4+ · 5-30 players · 5 min Hot and ColdAges 4+ · 3-20 players · 5-10 min Scavenger Hunt at HomeAges 4+ · 2-15 players · 10-15 min Dance SwitchAges 4+ · 4-30 players · 10 min Copy MeAges 4+ · 4-20 players · 5-10 min Pass the ParcelAges 4+ · 6-20 players · 10-15 min Simon SaysAges 4+ · 4-30 players · 5-10 min Red Light, Green LightAges 4+ · 5-30 players · 5-10 min Musical Chairs With No One OutAges 4+ · 6-20 players · 10-15 min Tic-Tac-ToeAges 4+ · 2-30 players · 5-15 min Walk Like a...Ages 3+ · 4-30 players · 5-10 min Color HuntAges 3+ · 3-30 players · 5-10 min

Questions and answers

Which games suit a 10th birthday party?

One-Minute Movie, One-Star Reviews and Who's Most Likely To...? are especially good, with a team competition to finish. Skip games that look 'babyish', even fun ones, or offer them in their advanced version.

How do I get shy 10-year-olds to join in?

Choose games where kids perform as a team, not alone, like One-Minute Movie, or games where everyone writes quietly before revealing, like What Will Everyone Say?. Being the judge or scorekeeper is also a pressure-free way in.

What about games for 11- and 12-year-olds?

From 10 and up almost every game here fits, so the list would be the same. For older kids, also look at the 5th grade and 6th grade collections and the game night collection.