Duck Duck Goose
Catch the picker before they sit in your spot
🧰 This screen to pick players and time the chase · 👥 4–20
Fun games for birthdays, classrooms, family time and playdates. All 51 games are free to play, with no sign-up needed.
These free kids party games let the screen be the game master. It plays and stops the music, calls out "Simon says", counts down the scavenger hunt and keeps score. That way, the grown-up can join in instead of refereeing.
Games are grouped by the age they suit best, but most work for younger or older children too. Many have a Kids setting that slows the pace and keeps the rules gentle.
Nothing needs an account, a download or a printer. Open a game on a phone, cast it to the TV for a party, and tap Fullscreen so everyone can read it across the room.

Simple rules, big buttons, lots of movement, short rounds.
Catch the picker before they sit in your spot
🧰 This screen to pick players and time the chase · 👥 4–20
Follow every "Simon says" command — and ignore the ones without it
🧰 This screen (it speaks the commands) · 👥 2–30
Be the last player still sitting when the music stops
🧰 Chairs — one fewer than players · This screen for the music · 👥 3–20
Freeze the instant the music stops; wobble and you are out
🧰 This screen for the music · 👥 2–30
Do not be holding the potato when it explodes
🧰 A soft ball, cushion or beanbag (the "potato") · This screen for the ticking · 👥 3–20
Unwrap the final layer when the music stops
🧰 A parcel wrapped in several layers (a small treat in each) · This screen for the music · 👥 3–20
Place the tail as close to the right spot as you can, blindfolded
🧰 This screen (a phone, tablet or TV with a mouse) · 👥 1–10
Reach the finish line without being caught moving on red
🧰 This screen as the traffic light · 👥 2–30
Act out the card without speaking so your team guesses it in time
🧰 This phone · Something to time (the screen does it) · 👥 4–20
Reading-light games with a bit of strategy, teamwork and silliness.
Find as many items as possible before each timer runs out
🧰 Nothing — the screen gives the list · A phone camera for the photo hunt · 👥 1–30
Guess as many words as you can from your team's clues before the timer ends
🧰 This phone, held on the forehead · 👥 2–12
Say a word starting with the last letter of the previous word before the timer ends
🧰 This phone · 👥 1–10
Unscramble ten words as fast as you can
🧰 Nothing — just this screen · 👥 1–4
Draw the word so your team guesses it before time runs out
🧰 Paper and pens, or a whiteboard · This phone for the words and timer · 👥 4–20
Keep your fingers up longer than everyone else
🧰 This phone · Ten fingers each · 👥 3–20
Complete the relay challenge faster than the other team
🧰 Whatever the card says (a spoon, a cushion, a balloon…) · 👥 4–30
Pass a whispered sentence down the line without changing it
🧰 This phone · 👥 4–30
Solve the riddle before the answer is revealed
🧰 Nothing — just this screen · 👥 1+
Name three things in the category before the five seconds run out
🧰 This phone · 👥 2–10
Faster timers, word play, guessing games and the first tournaments.
Guess as many words as you can from your team's clues before the timer ends
🧰 This phone, held on the forehead · 👥 2–12
Write a unique answer for every category starting with the letter
🧰 Paper and a pen for each player · This screen for the letter and timer · 👥 2–10
Say a word starting with the last letter of the previous word before the timer ends
🧰 This phone · 👥 1–10
Describe the target word without saying the five forbidden words
🧰 This phone · 👥 4–12
Villagers: find the mafia. Mafia: outlast the villagers
🧰 One phone to pass around (this screen) · 👥 6–20
Mark a line (or the whole card) of called music prompts
🧰 A speaker and your own playlist · One phone per player for cards · 👥 2–50
Act the emotion, character and situation on the card so the room guesses all three
🧰 This phone · Something to time (the screen does it) · 👥 4–20
Win your matches and climb the bracket to the final
🧰 This screen for the bracket · 👥 3–32
Win a series of different mini-games to become the party champion
🧰 This screen for the bracket and the games · 👥 3–32
Complete the challenge before the timer runs out
🧰 Whatever the challenge says · 👥 2–20
The classics every birthday needs — the screen plays the music and keeps score.
Play the Happy Birthday song with the birthday person's name, sing along and blow out the candles
🧰 Nothing — just this screen · 👥 1+
Be the last player still sitting when the music stops
🧰 Chairs — one fewer than players · This screen for the music · 👥 3–20
Unwrap the final layer when the music stops
🧰 A parcel wrapped in several layers (a small treat in each) · This screen for the music · 👥 3–20
Place the tail as close to the right spot as you can, blindfolded
🧰 This screen (a phone, tablet or TV with a mouse) · 👥 1–10
Freeze the instant the music stops; wobble and you are out
🧰 This screen for the music · 👥 2–30
Do not be holding the potato when it explodes
🧰 A soft ball, cushion or beanbag (the "potato") · This screen for the ticking · 👥 3–20
Follow every "Simon says" command — and ignore the ones without it
🧰 This screen (it speaks the commands) · 👥 2–30
Guess as many words as you can from your team's clues before the timer ends
🧰 This phone, held on the forehead · 👥 2–12
Win a series of different mini-games to become the party champion
🧰 This screen for the bracket and the games · 👥 3–32
Catch the picker before they sit in your spot
🧰 This screen to pick players and time the chase · 👥 4–20
Brain breaks and whole-class games for a smartboard or projector.
Follow every "Simon says" command — and ignore the ones without it
🧰 This screen (it speaks the commands) · 👥 2–30
Write a unique answer for every category starting with the letter
🧰 Paper and a pen for each player · This screen for the letter and timer · 👥 2–10
Say a word starting with the last letter of the previous word before the timer ends
🧰 This phone · 👥 1–10
Get the tables right, faster every week
🧰 Nothing — just this screen · 👥 1
Make numbers with beads, read them, then solve abacus sums
🧰 Nothing — just this screen · 👥 1+
Reach the finish line without being caught moving on red
🧰 This screen as the traffic light · 👥 2–30
Solve the riddle before the answer is revealed
🧰 Nothing — just this screen · 👥 1+
Guess as many words as you can from your team's clues before the timer ends
🧰 This phone, held on the forehead · 👥 2–12
Read the card, do what it says, pass it on
🧰 Nothing — just this screen · 👥 5+
Freeze the instant the music stops; wobble and you are out
🧰 This screen for the music · 👥 2–30
Rainy days, living rooms and small spaces.
Guess as many words as you can from your team's clues before the timer ends
🧰 This phone, held on the forehead · 👥 2–12
Place the tail as close to the right spot as you can, blindfolded
🧰 This screen (a phone, tablet or TV with a mouse) · 👥 1–10
Unwrap the final layer when the music stops
🧰 A parcel wrapped in several layers (a small treat in each) · This screen for the music · 👥 3–20
Pass a whispered sentence down the line without changing it
🧰 This phone · 👥 4–30
Unscramble ten words as fast as you can
🧰 Nothing — just this screen · 👥 1–4
Be the last player still sitting when the music stops
🧰 Chairs — one fewer than players · This screen for the music · 👥 3–20
Draw the word so your team guesses it before time runs out
🧰 Paper and pens, or a whiteboard · This phone for the words and timer · 👥 4–20
Gardens, parks and playgrounds — the phone is the whistle.
Reach the finish line without being caught moving on red
🧰 This screen as the traffic light · 👥 2–30
Catch the picker before they sit in your spot
🧰 This screen to pick players and time the chase · 👥 4–20
Complete the relay challenge faster than the other team
🧰 Whatever the card says (a spoon, a cushion, a balloon…) · 👥 4–30
Do not be holding the potato when it explodes
🧰 A soft ball, cushion or beanbag (the "potato") · This screen for the ticking · 👥 3–20
Freeze the instant the music stops; wobble and you are out
🧰 This screen for the music · 👥 2–30
Follow every "Simon says" command — and ignore the ones without it
🧰 This screen (it speaks the commands) · 👥 2–30
Complete the challenge before the timer runs out
🧰 Whatever the challenge says · 👥 2–20
Burn off the cake: music, chasing, freezing and racing.
Be the last player still sitting when the music stops
🧰 Chairs — one fewer than players · This screen for the music · 👥 3–20
Freeze the instant the music stops; wobble and you are out
🧰 This screen for the music · 👥 2–30
Do not be holding the potato when it explodes
🧰 A soft ball, cushion or beanbag (the "potato") · This screen for the ticking · 👥 3–20
Reach the finish line without being caught moving on red
🧰 This screen as the traffic light · 👥 2–30
Catch the picker before they sit in your spot
🧰 This screen to pick players and time the chase · 👥 4–20
Complete the relay challenge faster than the other team
🧰 Whatever the card says (a spoon, a cushion, a balloon…) · 👥 4–30
Follow every "Simon says" command — and ignore the ones without it
🧰 This screen (it speaks the commands) · 👥 2–30
Find as many items as possible before each timer runs out
🧰 Nothing — the screen gives the list · A phone camera for the photo hunt · 👥 1–30
Complete the challenge before the timer runs out
🧰 Whatever the challenge says · 👥 2–20
Calm games to play sitting down, perfect after lunch or before bedtime.
Solve the riddle before the answer is revealed
🧰 Nothing — just this screen · 👥 1+
Unscramble ten words as fast as you can
🧰 Nothing — just this screen · 👥 1–4
Make numbers with beads, read them, then solve abacus sums
🧰 Nothing — just this screen · 👥 1+
Place the tail as close to the right spot as you can, blindfolded
🧰 This screen (a phone, tablet or TV with a mouse) · 👥 1–10
Nothing to buy or print. All you need is one phone and the kids.
Follow every "Simon says" command — and ignore the ones without it
🧰 This screen (it speaks the commands) · 👥 2–30
Reach the finish line without being caught moving on red
🧰 This screen as the traffic light · 👥 2–30
Catch the picker before they sit in your spot
🧰 This screen to pick players and time the chase · 👥 4–20
Freeze the instant the music stops; wobble and you are out
🧰 This screen for the music · 👥 2–30
Guess as many words as you can from your team's clues before the timer ends
🧰 This phone, held on the forehead · 👥 2–12
Pass a whispered sentence down the line without changing it
🧰 This phone · 👥 4–30
Say a word starting with the last letter of the previous word before the timer ends
🧰 This phone · 👥 1–10
Solve the riddle before the answer is revealed
🧰 Nothing — just this screen · 👥 1+
Our kids party games guide sorts every game on this page by age and occasion, with a simple one-hour birthday plan, quiet games for winding down and no-equipment ideas for rainy days.
Musical Chairs, Freeze Dance, Duck Duck Goose, Pass the Parcel, Hot Potato and Pin the Tail work well for four-year-olds. The music games have a slower Kids music style, and Freeze Dance can be played without knocking anyone out.
Memory Match, Riddles, Word Scramble, 20 Questions, Who Am I?, Tic Tac Toe and One Word Story are all played sitting down. They suit the time after lunch, the end of a party or the hour before bed.
Musical Chairs, Freeze Dance, Hot Potato, Red Light, Green Light, Duck Duck Goose and the Relay Challenge Generator get everyone moving. The screen runs the music and the timing, so the grown-up can play too.
Simon Says, Red Light, Green Light, Duck Duck Goose, Freeze Dance, Telephone, Who Am I? and 20 Questions need nothing but a phone and the players. There is nothing to buy, set up or print.
No. The screen shows the prompts, plays the music and keeps score. For scavenger hunts, pass one phone around or show the game on the TV.
Yes. Open the game and tap Fullscreen. On a keyboard, Space starts the next round and F turns fullscreen on or off.
No. All 48 games on this page are free kids party games that play in the browser, with no sign-up, no download and no paywall.
All content in the Kids settings is written for young players, with no scary, romantic or adult prompts. Teen games such as Mafia are social games with no mature content.
Curated by the AllPartyGames.com team. Every game here is built in-house, free to play and tested on phones, tablets and computers before it goes live. Rules follow the traditional versions of each game, and anything written for children is kept kid-safe.