47 Office Party Game Ideas That Don’t Suck

Ahhh, the office party - an awkward meeting with your colleagues that always starts with a mostly boring speech on everyone’s achievements. Then it’s a mandatory game of charades, during which people are mostly preoccupied with imbibing fermented drinks to relieve the tension that eventually leads to one or two embarrassing situations. Even if self-indulgence was well monitored, something shameful may happen anyway. Oh, and if it’s a Christmas office party, double all the emotions and feelings because, you know, everyone’s in a festive mood and usually totally overtired from all the buzz that happens during December.

Now, we know that this scenario of an office party is a bleak one, but there’s always a chance for improvement, even in the direst situations. One way to spice things up is to choose a party game other than charades, and we’ve compiled all the viable options here, so you won’t have to look all around the internet to find them! And although we’re pretty sure that any fun party game at first gets a dozen eye rolls, a few raised eyebrows, and about six displeased groans, once the game is actually on, everyone suddenly forgets about their prejudices and starts to actually enjoy the activities.

And just check out the names of these office party games! There’s the Death Wink, the Grab Tails, and everyone’s beloved Musical Chairs (disclaimer - only suitable if your colleagues are, at best, mildly competitive, otherwise, the fight might get really ferocious real quick). So, scroll on down below to check the full list of office party ideas, and hopefully, this year’s office soiree will be the best one so far!

P.S.: All of them also work perfectly fine if relabeled as holiday party games for the office. Just throw in some candy canes and a Rudolph, and you’re good to go!