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50 Fun Family Games For The Best Family Game Nights

April 20, 2022 by Nicole Leave a Comment

Is your game closet stocked with fun family games? You’ll love this collection of 50 fun family games for the best family games nights!

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Board games, card games, and fun games to play make great gift ideas for families and kids of all ages. My family’s game collection grew so big, we have to have a storage closet just for games! Playing together is one of our favorite ways to spend quality time together.

Check out our favorites listed below and let me know, what games does your family like to play together?

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50 Fun Games For Family Game Night

Are you ready for Family Game Nights? We picked 50 of the most loved, best-selling games for family fun. We have suggestions for all ages. From games for preschoolers to tweens and teens, each game's age recommendation is listed below. It's time to build your family's game collection!

1

Sequence Game

Each player or team tries to score the required number of five-card sequences before their opponents. Ages 7 and up.

2

Hoot Owl Hoot 

In this color-coordinated matching game, players cooperate to help the owls fly back to their nest before the sun comes up. Help all the owls home before sunrise and everyone wins! Ages 4 and up.

3

Rummikub Large Numbers Edition

Players take turns placing numbered tiles in runs and groups, rummy style. The "board" continually changes as players adjust the tiles on the table. Be the first player to play every tile on your rack to win! Ages 8 and up.

4

Qwirkle Board Game

An engaging game with easy to follow rules, Qwirkle is great for younger players. The rules of the game are basic: simply build lines by matching tiles based on either color or shape, and score points for doing so. Ages 6 and up.

5

Word Slam

The Fast-Paced Word-Based Guessing Game. Ages 12 and up. 45 minutes playing time.

6

Unstable Unicorns Card Game 

This award winning game takes 30–45 minutes to play and is for 2–8 players (Recommended for ages 14+).

7

Spontuneous - The Song Game - Sing It or Shout It - Talent NOT Required 

Simple to play. Crosses all genres. Ages 8 & Up. 4-10 players/teams. No singing skills needed.

8

Pandemic

The clock is ticking as outbreaks and epidemics fuel the spreading plagues. As a cooperative game, players win or lose together. Ages 8 and up.

9

Not Parent Approved: A Card Game for Kids, Families and Mischief Makers

A fun game for tweens, teens and their families (4-10 players, ages 8+). Inspired by Cards Against Humanity.

10

Catan Junior

Junior version of the popular Settlers of Catan game. Perfect for families! Ages 6 and up.

11

Double Ditto 

Pick a card, read it out loud, and then quickly write down 2 answers you think other players will also write. Laugh or cry as you discover whether you were able to match any answers with other players. Ages 10 and up.

12

Trivial Pursuit Family Edition

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Quick play trivia for the whole family. Cards for kids and adults. Ages 8 and up.

13

Kids Against Maturity: Card Game for Kids and Humanity

Dear Parents, Kids Against Maturity is the perfect parental tool to approach playtime and family time. With age-appropriate toilet humor and funny innuendos for the adults, that can be enjoyed by all ages.

14

Codenames

Ages 8 and up. 15 minutes play time. Codenames: win or lose, it’s fun to figure out the clues.

15

Labyrinth 

Ages 7 and up. In Labyrinth, this hugely popular board game for kids and adults, you have to find the shortest route through the labyrinth to win! Playtime is 20-30 minutes.

16

Catan 

Ages 10 and up. The incredibly popular, Multi award winning civilization building board game of harvesting and trading resources.

17

Scrabble Game

Classic Scrabble game has the letter tiles and game guide for a wordy showdown. Ages 8 and up.

18

Melissa & Doug Suspend Family Game 

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This activity game for families is easy to set up and play. This hand eye coordination game includes 24 game rods, wooden base, 4 frame rods, colored die, and wooden connector. Ages 8 and up.

19

ThinkFun Gravity Maze Marble Run 

Ages 8 and up. Gravity Maze is a combination logic game, marble run, and STEM toy that's one of the best gifts you can buy for boys and girls age 8 and up. It contains 60 challenges from beginner to expert, a game grid, 9 towers, 1 target piece, and 3 marbles.

20

Gloomhaven

A game of Euro-inspired tactical Combat in a persistent world of shifting motive. A game with a persistent and changing world that is ideally played over many game sessions. 60-120 minutes play time. Ages 12 and up.

21

Farkle with Friends

To win Farkle, you'll need to strategically outsmart your friends and family with risky dice rolls! 2-6 player game, 20 minute play time, and great for ages 8+.

22

Blokus Game

Gather the family around the game table for this easy-to-learn favorite. The 30-minute playing time is perfect for short attention spans and can also be repeated for an entire evening of fun. Blokus is the fast-paced strategy game that delivers. Ages 5+

23

Scattergories Game

The Scattergories game is the fast-thinking game of words and categories. Players roll the letter die, flip the sand timer, and race against the clock to come up with answers to each category on the category list. Ages 12 and up.

24

Pass The Pigs (Party Edition)

More pigs, more points, more fun! Ages 7+
If you’re familiar with Pass the Pigs, the classic push-your-luck 'dice' game, then you know all about rolling plastic pigs in pursuit of 100 points.

25

Cards Against Humanity

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26

Kanoodle

Brain games for everyone from puzzle-loving, visual learning kids to puzzle-master adults. Perfect stocking stuffer for boys and girls. Ages 7 and up.

27

The Sneaky, Snacky Squirrel Game

Award Winning Preschool Game for ages 3-6. Reinforce color learning, help develop matching skills, strategic thinking, turn-taking, hand-eye coordination, and fine motor skills with this board game for kids.

28

Twister Ultimate

Do you remember playing Twister when you were a kid? The game that ties you up in knots is still an awesome multiplayer game for kids ages 6 and up.

29

SKYJO 

Try to get as few points as possible through flipping, trading and collecting cards over the course of several rounds. Ages 8 and up.

30

Harry Potter Hogwarts Battle 

Ready Your Wand and Prepare for Battle! Ages 11 and up.
As you advance through Games 1-7 of Harry Potter Hogwarts Battle, you will reveal progressively more challenging adventures and unlock new secrets on your journey to save Hogwarts from the Dark Lord.

31

5 Second Rule Junior

Read a card and give an answer. But you have to do it in 5 seconds. Ages 6 and up.

32

5 Second Rule Game - New Edition

Pick a card, read the seemingly easy topic, then start the timer! now with only 5 seconds to name 3 things that fit the topic, it doesn't seem so easy! Ages 10 and up.

33

Jenga Classic Game

Pull out a block without crashing the stack to win at Jenga. Ages 6 and up.

34

Exploding Kittens Card Game 

Exploding kittens is the perfect card game for adults, teens and kids who are into kittens and explosions and laser beams and sometimes goats. 5 minutes to learn, 15 minutes to play, is for 2-5 players (ages 7+)

35

Days of Wonder Ticket to Ride

A fast-paced, award-winning board game. Connect iconic North American cities and build your train routes to earn points. Ages 8 and up.

36

Monopoly Game: Cheaters Edition 

Follow, bend or break the rules to win the Cheaters Edition of the Monopoly board game. Cheating is part of the game. Ages 8 and up.

37

Hasbro Risk Game

Take over the world in this game of strategy conquest, now with updated figures and improved Mission cards. Ages 10 and up.

38

Spot It!

Between any two cards there is always one and only one Matching symbol; Spot it fast to win. Ages 6 and up.

39

Bears vs Babies: A Card Game From the Creators of Exploding Kittens

Family-friendly, highly-strategic party game for 2-5 players and only 20 minutes to play! Ages 10 and up.

40

Candy Land

Players encounter all kinds of delicious surprises as they move their cute gingerbread man pawn around the path in a race to the castle. Ages 3 and up.

41

Guess Who? 

'Guess Who' is a classic two player game where opponents attempt to guess which character out of 24 possibilities their opponent has picked. Ages 6 and up.

42

Stare Junior Board Game For Kids 

Kids test their visual memory skills, and have a blast doing it. They have 30 seconds to stare at an image on a card and recall as much detail as possible. Ages 6 and up.

43

Spy Alley Mensa Award Winning Family Strategy Board Game

Spy Alley is a Fun Board Game for all ages, that helps sharpen your deductive reasoning, logic, interpersonal, and body language reading skills. Ages 8 and up.

44

HedBanz 

Fun family guessing game: Hedbanz is the fast-paced, easy to play question game of “what Am I?” ask “yes” or “no” questions before time runs out to figure out if the cartoon card on your headband is an animal, Food or object. Ages 7 and up.

45

Sequence for Kids Game

The classic game of Sequence made just for kids! Play a card from your hand, and place your chip on the corresponding character on the board - the first with four chips in a row wins! Ages 3 and up/

46

Rubik's Race Game

Rubik's Race game challenges you to match patterns with your tiles. Ages 7 and up.

47

Castle Panic

Work together to defend your Castle from Monsters. Slay all of the Monsters and have at least 1 Tower standing to win. Ages 10 and up.

48

PicWits! Board Game

FAMILY FAVORITE: PicWits from MindWare is a hilarious card game in which every picture is worth a thousand laughs as players try to match their PicWits photo cards with the judge’s caption card. Ages 10+.

49

Apples to Apples 

It's As Easy As Comparing Apples To Apples, Just Open The Box, Deal The Cards And You're Ready To Play. Ages 12 and up.

50

Sorry! Game

It's an unpredictable game of strategy, chance and luck as players chase, race, bump, slide, and score. Be the first player to get all 4 pawns to home base to win. This family board game is a great choice for Family Game Night! For ages 6 and up.

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