Games for 10-year-olds
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. BugaAges 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
Frequently asked questions
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.