129 Halloween Party Games That Are Always A Big Hit

Three-legged mummy race

Divide the participants into pairs and tie their inside legs with toilet paper. Make them walk like mummies toward the finish line. Perfect for the kids.

Shoot the Skeleton

Simple as that — shoot that slime against a skeleton!

Halloween Trivia

Time to use your brains (unless a zombie already ate them). Test your knowledge on everything Halloween with this spook-tacular trivia game featuring questions about pumpkins, scary movies, historical facts, and so much more.

Truth or Scare

Truth or Dare, but Halloween style! Gather friends together for this Halloween version of a classic game of Truth or Dare.

Mummy Sack Race

A sack race... with a twist! Wrap the participants' legs with white crepe paper. The first one that gets to the finish line with no rips in the paper is the winner!

Jack Stack

Like the classic Stack Attack but with a clever twist, you need to stack and unstack the orange cups within a minute and place it in the correct order to make a shape of a pumpkin.

Pumpkin Carving Awards

What's Halloween without a pumpkin carving contest? Print out some ribbons and voting ballets to give your favorite gourd a well-deserved prize!

Wrap the Mummy

Separate children (or your adult guests!) into two or more groups, and select one person from each to act as the mummy. The children will then use toilet paper to wrap the mummy. The first group to finish their roll wins the game!

Tarot Card Reading

If you want to know what the future holds, turn down the lights, burn some candles, and shuffle a deck of tarot cards. And if you need help with how to do it right, hire a psychic for the night to guarantee accurate readings.

Witches Scattergories

A Halloween version of a classic favorite. Get a letter and see what Halloween-themed words you can come up with without matching others.

Danger Zone

Tape danger zone tape across a table, then give each team a handful of Oreos. Every team has to slide their Oreos across the table and get them to land inside different danger zones to win.

Halloween Story Game

If it's a kids' party, include the beginning of a ghost story in your invitations and ask each kid to come to the party with an ending to tell. Hear all the endings and let everyone vote for the best one.

What's the time, Mrs. Witch?

Choose one person to play Mrs. Witch. They can put on the witch's hat and hold the broom. The rest of the players stand at one end of the room, the witch at the other with her back to them. The players ask: “What's the time, Mrs. Witch?” and the witch shouts out a time, like 6 o'clock. The other players take the corresponding number of steps toward the witch. When the players get close to the witch, the witch can then shout out “midnight”: this is when she can chase the other players! Whoever the witch catches is out of the game.

Murder mystery party game

Set a (fake, please) crime scene with an ominous display of clocks, then start the countdown. One of your party guests has met their demise, and it's up to the others to solve the mystery!

Death Charades

This adult Halloween party game is pretty much what it sounds like: acting out various ways to kick the bucket!

Bobbing for Apples

For a Halloween-worthy upgrade of this classic fall game, swap the glass bowls with life-size witch cauldrons.

Halloween Tic Tac Toe

Use mini pumpkins as markers (one color for Xs, another for the Os) for a spooky take on the classic game.

Poke-A-Pumpkin

A little prize inside every pumpkin — you just have to poke to find it!

Musical Pumpkins

Blast your playlist full of Halloween songs, and have fun! Here's how it works: a player rolls the dice, then anyone standing on a numbered pumpkin that matches that rolled number has to participate in the activity corresponding to the number.

Halloween Sensory Bags

These are perfect for pre-schoolers; just fill them with ghostly, ghastly shaving cream and put googly eyes. Keep in mind to glue the bags closed before letting the game begin. Make a contest to determine who will make a better Halloween sensory bag!