129 Halloween Party Games That Are Always A Big Hit

Zombie Walk

Set up a short obstacle course that includes going around, over, and under things and make players complete the obstacle course while walking like a zombie.

Pumpkin Drop Game

This Halloween-themed party game gets kids moving before they start indulging again in their Halloween sweets. The goal of this activity is to protect the “pumpkin” from falling. You will need to save your toilet paper rolls and put balloons on them. Allow the players to move from the starting point to the finish line as fast as they want as long as they keep the balloons on the toilet paper rolls. If the balloon drops, they have to start all over again.

Eyeball Slime

This eerie, gooey glob of eyeballs is just as fun to make as it is to play with. Whip up a few batches so all your ghoul guests can take turns and enjoy the game.

"Feed the Monster" Halloween Game

Easy to make and even more fun to play! Plus, the monster makes a perfect Halloween decoration. Craft a monster from a large cardboard box and feed him with various candies.

Pumpkin Ring Toss

Take some glowing rings and pumpkins with long stems, and you have a fantastic Halloween ring toss game. You could even color the pumpkins with glow-in-the-dark paint to play in pitch dark!

Halloween Cakewalk

Similar to musical chairs, players walk around a circle of numbers on the floor — then step on a number when the music pauses. The person standing on the number that's drawn from a tin wins!

Halloween Prize Wheel

Challenge the guests to a friendly competition with this prize wheel game. Prizes like gift cards, little bottles of booze, and makeup will keep things interesting.

Wreath-Making Party

Your Halloween party guests can put their creativity to the test by making their very own wreaths.

Act & React

Have partygoers think of some spooky scenarios to act and react to (like Dracula coming to suck your blood). Throw these ideas into a plastic pumpkin, then have one person draw and act out their scenario while others try to guess.

Two Truths & a Lie

See who's the best player during a round of Two Truths And A Lie. Everyone sits or stands in a circle. One by one, each person in the circle says three statements about him/herself. Two of these statements must be facts, or "truths," and one must be a lie. The other members need to guess which statement is the lie.

Tarantula Toss

If you have some white stretchy spiderweb left, tack it to the door or corner of a room. Have players stand behind a line, then toss plastic spiders at the web until they can get three spiders stuck in it.

Halloween Face Painting

No Halloween party is complete without a face-painting station! Even better if you can hire a professional to paint faces according to the costumes.

What Am I?

Have the players draw Halloween-themed pictures on a piece of paper (or prepare them yourself) and tape them each to a different guest’s back without the guest seeing what it is. While others can only give yes/no answers, each guest must assume what they think the subject on their back is.

Tag, You’re a Zombie

In this game, one player is selected as “the zombie”. Each time a player tags someone else, that person also becomes a zombie. The last person standing who isn’t a zombie wins.

Scary Hide-and-Seek

This twist on traditional hide-and-seek is a more frightening version for adults. Start by deciding who's gonna act as the seeker. Then, if you are the seeker, wear a terrifying costume to spook your guests when you find them. Turn off all the lights, and one by one, find the hiding guests with a flashlight. Once found, send them to another room, designated as "the graveyard," and have them lay down like corpses. Prepare a small prize for the last person found.

Horror Movie Scenario Game

This entertaining Halloween party game for adults will show who has the chance to survive in a horror scenario. Print the plots of several horror movies, highlighting the characters' decisions that result in their demise. Lay out the fatal scenarios for your guests, and ask them what decisions they would make. They get a point if they don't end up making the same fatal (and often dumb) choices as the characters.

Head Waiter

Here's a creepy balloon relay race made even more intriguing because balloons here symbolize heads on a platter. Split your guests into two teams, and give each one a "balloon-head" to balance on a plate, just like a waiter. Set up obstacles, and then have each person hand off the balloon plate to a teammate. The first team that finishes the relay with the balloon still on the plate wins the game.

The Grave Keeper

A must-play for any zombie fan! Have one guest be the grave keeper while the others stay on the floor as the undead. If the grave keeper has their eye on you, you can't move (and if you do, you're out). But if their back is turned to you, you can move. The goal is to stand all the way up without the grave keeper catching you moving.

Deadly Wink

Designate one person that, in secret, will act as the “murderer.” The murderer has to use discretion while winking at people sitting around the room. It has several versions, but generally, If you're winked at, you must "die" on the spot and sit out of the game. If you see the murderer winking at someone, you can call them out. If you're right, you win the game. But if you're wrong, you also must "die" and are out of the game. The game is over once the murderer is found.

Blair Witch Short Films

Ask each guest to take their phone and film themselves confessing something. Show all the videos near the end of the party.