What Are the Most Fun Virtual Games to Play on Microsoft Teams?

Are you only using Microsoft Teams for your daily standups and meetings at work? Then, you’re missing out on a lot of the other perks it has to offer! There are plenty of fun virtual games to play on Microsoft Teams that can be a real game-changer (pun intended) for teams. Virtual games for remote teams can break the ice, boost morale and help build stronger team connections.

In this blog, you’ll explore:

• Why play Microsoft Team games with coworkers?
• Best Microsoft Teams games for work
• Tips and suggestions to make the games more fun

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What are Microsoft Teams Games?

Microsoft Teams games are interactive digital activities designed to engage remote or hybrid teams within the Microsoft Teams platform. These games are either built into Microsoft’s “Games for Work” app or available through third-party integrations like Kahoot!, Ricotta Games, and Quizlet. Popular examples include trivia, bingo, scavenger hunt, Wordament, Solitaire, Minesweeper, and more. They’re ideal for virtual team-building sessions, employee onboarding, energizing long meetings, or even a fun coffee break. Whether you’re looking for quick icebreakers, fun multiplayer games, or collaborative team challenges, there’s something for every kind of group.

Can You Play Games on Microsoft Teams?

Yes, you can play games on Microsoft Teams through the ‘Games for Work’ app. It’s an add-on you can install and use directly within the Teams platform. The app supports up to 250 players and features multiplayer games such as Solitaire, Minesweeper, Wordament, and IceBreakers. To use the app, just click the “+” icon at the top of your meeting window and search for Games for Work.

15 Best Virtual Games to Play on Microsoft Teams

If you’re looking for fun virtual games to play on Microsoft Teams, these options are sure to perk up your virtual meetings. Here are some of our top picks.

Fun Team-Building Games

Want to make teamwork feel a little more fun? These games are a great way to keep everyone involved and engaged.

1. Microsoft Teams Trivia

Number of Participants: Customizable
Duration: Customizable 

Trivia is one of the most popular virtual games to play on Microsoft Teams. These games typically involve multiple rounds of timed questions covering a wide range of topics, including general knowledge, movies, music, pop culture, holidays, and more. Players can join individually or in teams, and breakout rooms can be used to manage larger groups more effectively.  

We recently played a fully hosted trivia game with Hooray Teams, where a lively game master led us through 4 to 5 fast-paced rounds. We could even suggest our own categories, which made the session feel personalized and relevant to our group. 

⭐  Try this: Check out themed trivia options by Hooray Teams like Relaxation Day Trivia, Summer Trivia, Funny Bone Trivia, Ice Cream Trivia, and more. 

2. Microsoft Teams Bingo

Number of Participants: Customizable
Duration: Customizable

If you’re looking for easy virtual games to play on Microsoft Teams, Bingo is simple, interactive, and works well for small teams or large groups. Each participant receives a digital bingo card with words, numbers, or even images. They have to mark off items as they’re called out and create a winning combination to win the game. 

We played bingo on Teams during one of our virtual team socials, and it was a lot of fun. To take things up a notch, you can opt for a hosted Bingo experience by Hooray Teams. 

⭐ Try this: To make the game more exciting, you can play themed Bingo games like Drag Queen Bingo, Music Bingo, and Culinary Bingo. 

Here’s a Microsoft Teams Bingo card we’ve created that you can use: 

3. Virtual Escape Room

Number of Participants: Customizable
Duration: Customizable

Escape rooms are one of the most thrilling virtual games to play on Microsoft Teams. Players have to solve puzzles, decode clues, and complete challenges to break free or escape a fictional scenario within a set time limit. Escape rooms come in a variety of exciting themes, such as haunted mansions, mysterious dungeons, or secret research labs. Participants typically play in small groups, with each member contributing to solving different parts of the mystery. 

Some hosted escape rooms by Hooray Teams include:

• Virtual Escape Room – Ronin Realm
• Virtual Escape Room – Rise of the Mad Pharaoh
• Virtual Escape Room – Spirit Speak
• Virtual Escape Room – Nova
• Virtual Escape Room – The Alchemist
• Virtual Escape Room – Mafia 360
• Virtual Escape Room – Dungeon Things
• Virtual Escape Room – Patient 360

⭐ Try this: Delegate tasks according to participants’ strengths to break out of the escape room within the time limit.

4. Scavenger Hunt

Number of Participants: Customizable
Duration: Customizable

A scavenger hunt is a lively and fast-paced game you can play on Microsoft Teams with groups of all sizes. Players are given prompts to find everyday objects, such as books, remotes, keychains, pens, bowls, and more. They typically have a few minutes to locate the item and either show it on camera or share an image or video. If you’re looking for a hosted team-building experience, you can check out the Virtual Scavenger Hunt by Hooray Teams. They have a host to lead the gameplay and keep the fun rolling. 

⭐ Try this: You can include creative twists like themed rounds, bonus challenges, or team-based scoring to amp up the fun. 

5. Charades

Number of Participants: Customizable 
Duration: Customizable 

Charades is a fun and easy virtual game to play on Microsoft Teams that brings laughter, spontaneity, and team connection to any meeting. Participants take turns acting out words or phrases on camera, while their teammates try to guess the correct answer without speaking. Choose categories like movies, actions, office lingo, or pop culture references to make the game even more fun and personalized. 

You can split your team into small groups and track the scores to keep the game competitive. For a smooth experience, send prompts privately to the person who’s acting using the chat feature on Microsoft Teams. 

⭐ Try this: Use an online spin wheel to randomly pick categories before each round.

Built-In App Games and Add-ons

Microsoft Teams offers a variety of built-in games and app integrations that make virtual fun just a click away. Here are some fun virtual games to play on Microsoft Teams that are worth checking out. 

6. Kahoot!

Number of Participants: Customizable 
Duration: 45–60 minutes

Kahoot! is a learning and quiz platform you can easily integrate with Microsoft Teams to host fun team challenges. You can create your own quizzes or choose from thousands of ready-made options across topics like pop culture, general knowledge, or music. To amp up engagement, you can also add images, GIFs, videos, or diagrams to your questions. 

With the premium version, you can even co-create games with your colleagues. Players join using a unique game PIN, and questions appear live on the screen as everyone answers in real-time. Apart from live games, you can also assign self-paced challenges to your team members, like remote training or individual tasks. 

⭐ Try this: Use Kahoot!’s quiz reports to see how your team performed and engage in a follow-up discussion based on the results.

7. Polly Quizzes and Poll Games

Number of Participants: Customizable 
Duration: Customizable 

Polly is a fun add-on for Microsoft Teams that helps you run quick games, quizzes, and pulse checks for your teammates. The platform is mainly used by teams to gather feedback using polls with multiple-choice questions, ratings, or open-ended responses. Polly supports anonymous responses, which makes it great for collecting honest feedback or checking in on team morale. It also allows you to schedule polls in advance or create them in real-time, making it a flexible add-on for team engagement.

Here are some fun ways to use Polly in Microsoft Teams:

• Kick off meetings with a quick “This or That” poll.
• Host a lightning-fast trivia round to re-energize the team.
• Do a Friday vibe check with a 1–5 rating scale on energy or workload.
• Create icebreaker questions like “What’s your go-to work snack?” or “What’s the first app you open daily?”.

⭐ Try this: Use Polly’s recurring polls feature to run weekly check-ins or fun team votes automatically.

8. Microsoft Whiteboard Pictionary

Number of Participants: Customizable 
Duration: 60 minutes

Pictionary is one of the easiest and fun virtual games to play on Microsoft Teams with coworkers. This team-based game is a great icebreaker for virtual meetings or to add some creativity and laughter to the workday. Split the participants into teams, with each team selecting one member to draw random phrases, themes, or words without speaking. The drawing player can use the Microsoft Whiteboard feature to sketch the prompts live on screen. 

The chosen player has a time limit to draw the word or phrase while the rest of the team tries to guess what the drawing represents. The game continues until every player has had a turn to draw. At the end, the team that has guessed the most drawings wins.

⭐ Try this: Add a theme to each round, like movies, office jargon, or famous landmarks, to keep the game fun and engaging. 

9. Wordament

Number of Participants: Customizable 
Duration: Customizable

Wordament is a rapid-fire word game on Microsoft Teams to test your team’s vocabulary and quick thinking skills. In this game, players race to find as many words as possible by connecting adjacent letters on a grid within the time limit. Each round challenges you to spot as many words as possible in a grid before the timer runs out. The game also includes themed rounds, bonus tiles, and speed challenges to keep things fun and exciting.

You can win by scoring the most points, finding the longest words, or simply beating your own personal best. The game tracks stats like top scores, unique words found, and how often you’ve placed first. To decide the winning team, track the combined team scores for each round and total them at the end of the game. 

⭐ Try this: Add a “Word of the Round” section where the person who finds the most unusual or clever word will get a reward. 

10. Minesweeper

Number of Participants: Customizable 
Duration: Customizable

If your team’s into puzzles and strategic thinking, Minesweeper is a great pick for virtual games to play on Microsoft Teams. It’s a quick-thinking strategy game where you click through a grid to uncover safe spots while avoiding hidden mines. The revealed numbers show how many mines are located adjacent to that cell, so you can strategize your next move carefully. 

If you think a cell contains a mine, right-click on it to mark it with a red flag. To win, you’ll need to uncover all the safe cells on the board without clicking on a mine. You can choose beginner, intermediate, or expert modes depending on your team’s skill level. 

⭐ Try this: Play in breakout rooms with identical boards and see which group finishes first with the fewest mistakes.

Quick Icebreaker Games

Whether it’s a daily catch-up or a casual Friday call, these icebreakers to play on Microsoft Teams will get everyone talking. 

11. Two Truths and a Lie

Number of Participants: Customizable 
Duration: Customizable 

Two Truths and a Lie is a fun icebreaker to test how well your teammates know each other. In this game, players take turns sharing three statements about themselves out of which two of these are true and one is made up. The rest of the group has to guess which one’s the lie. You can play it before meetings or during a virtual team social to lighten the mood and learn something new about your coworkers.

Here are some interesting prompts:

• I journal every morning, I can’t ride a bicycle, and I play two instruments.
• I’ve watched all the Marvel movies, I can ace F.R.I.E.N.D.S trivia, and I once met a reality show contestant.
• I used to be in a school band, I’ve never tried sushi, and I’ve been stuck in an elevator.
• I’ve never used a microwave, I’ve visited over 10 states, and I’ve taken a pottery class.

⭐ Try this: Pick a theme, like food, travel, or childhood, for all the rounds to make guessing even trickier and more fun.

12. Never Have I Ever

Number of Participants: Customizable 
Duration: Customizable 

Play the Never Have I Ever game on Microsoft Teams to uncover fun or surprising facts about your teammates. One by one, team members share something they have never done. Anyone who has done it shows it with a raised hand or emoji reaction in the chat. You can also use the Raise Hand feature in Microsoft Teams to keep things organized and smooth.

Here are some Never Have I Ever prompts to check out:

• Never have I ever used a custom background on Teams.
• Never have I ever used a GIF to reply in a work chat.
• Never have I ever tried a viral food trend.
• Never have I ever taken a selfie with a celebrity.
• Never have I ever tried a new hobby.
• Never have I ever ordered dessert before the meal.
• Never have I ever missed a flight or train.
• Never have I ever gone on a solo trip.

⭐ Try this: Keep score in the chat to see who racks up the most “I have” moments to add a fun twist.

13. Guess the Emoji

Number of Participants: Customizable 
Duration: Customizable

Looking for something light and playful? Guess the Emoji is a fun game to liven up any Microsoft Teams session. In this game, one person from each team sends a string of emojis in the Teams chat–each representing a word, phrase, or movie. The opposing team has to decode the emojis and guess the correct answer before time runs out.

Here are some emoji sets we sent to the opposite team when we played this game:

• 🧊❄️🚢🎻 ➝ Titanic
• 🌭🇺🇸🎆 ➝ Fourth of July
• 🍞🥑📸 ➝ Avocado Toast Trend
• 🛍️👜💳 ➝ Black Friday
• 📦🚚💻 ➝ Amazon Delivery
• 🎃👻🍬 ➝ Trick-or-Treat
• 🚗🎶🛣️ ➝ Road Trip

⭐ Try this: Rotate emoji-senders each round and track the scores to keep the game competitive and exciting.  

14. Water Cooler Social

Number of Participants: Customizable 
Duration: Customizable

Water Cooler Social is a fun game to connect over lighthearted, casual conversations on Microsoft Teams. Teammates can join conversation-based activities where they respond to fun, lighthearted prompts like recent project wins, everyday desk habits, or weekend plans. You can also include a few rounds of bingo, trivia, or a scavenger hunt to make the experience even more interactive.

Here are a few fun prompts your team can try:

• What’s a recent challenge you tackled that made you feel more confident?
• If you could swap roles with anyone on your team for a day, who would it be and why?
• If you had an extra hour every day with no responsibilities, how would you use it?
• What’s one thing you always keep near your desk (that’s not office-related)?
• If you had to present a TED Talk with no prep, what topic would you choose?
• What’s something your coworkers might be surprised to learn you’re good at?
• What’s a piece of advice that stuck with you over the years?

⭐ Try this: Ask everyone to bring their favorite desk snack and take a minute to show-and-tell to add a fresh twist. 

15. This or That

Number of Participants: Customizable 
Duration: Customizable

This or That is one of the most engaging virtual games to play on Microsoft Teams with your coworkers. Each player is given two options—like “coffee or tea” or “mountains or beach”—and they have to choose the one they like more. The options can be something real (like winter or summer) or completely imaginative (like time travel or invisibility). This game is perfect for kick-starting meetings, breaking the ice during daily check-ins, or adding fun to any team-building session.

Here are some fun This or That questions to get your team engaged:

• Morning coffee or afternoon tea?
• Winter chill or summer heat?
• Hot Chocolate or Ice cream?
• Fishing or hiking?
• Mountains or beaches?
• Shopping in-store or online?
• Fancy dinner or backyard BBQ?
• Theme park rides or museum strolls?

⭐ Try this: Use the Microsoft Teams poll feature to let the team vote on each option in real-time and see where everyone stands.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Why should I play Microsoft Teams games with my coworkers?

Playing Microsoft Teams games with your coworkers will help everyone feel more connected while enjoying something fun together. These games give your team a chance to relax and engage in conversations outside of work.

How to gamify Microsoft Teams?

You can gamify Microsoft Teams by using apps like “Games for Work” or Kahoot! to add fun activities like trivia, bingo, and icebreakers. Adding challenges, friendly competitions, or team scoreboards can help make meetings more engaging and collaborative.

Can we play Kahoot on Microsoft Teams?

Yes, you can play Kahoot on Microsoft Teams by integrating the app directly into the platform. Just add it to your meeting, pick or create a quiz, and your team can join in real-time from their devices.

What are some virtual games to play with coworkers on Microsoft Teams?

Some online games to play on Teams include Trivia, Bingo, Taboo, Scavenger Hunt, Escape Room, Murder Mystery, and Pictionary. 

What are some fun Microsoft Teams games for large groups?

Some virtual games to play on Teams for large groups include trivia, online bingo, virtual escape rooms, and “Guess Who.” These games are easy to scale, encourage team interaction, and work well with breakout rooms or chat features.

What are some virtual games to play on Microsoft Teams that don’t require any downloads?

Some online games that can be played on Teams without downloading anything include Polly quizzes and Poll games, Minesweeper, Wordament, and Kahoot!.

What are some free games to play on Microsoft Teams with coworkers?

Some free Microsoft Teams team building games you can play with your team are GeoGuessr, Taboo, Pictionary, and Guess Who.

Are there any creative games to play in Microsoft Teams for team bonding?

Yes, you can play creative Microsoft Teams virtual games like Show and Tell, Pictionary game, Guess the Desk, Story Chain, or a themed scavenger hunt.

Do I need to install a gaming app to play virtual team building games on Microsoft Teams?

No, you don’t necessarily need a gaming app. Most virtual work games to play on Teams can be enjoyed directly within a Teams meeting using built-in features like screen sharing and chat. 

What types of games on Teams help with team building?

Games on Teams, like collaborative quizzes, roleplay-based games, or virtual mystery hunts, are excellent for team building.

How can we play interactive games on Microsoft Teams?

You can play interactive games on Microsoft Teams by integrating games into the platform via Games for Work or any third-party apps. Use features like screen sharing, breakout rooms, chats, and reactions to keep everyone engaged. 

What other platforms can I play games on apart from Microsoft Teams?

You can play virtual MS Teams games for work on other video conferencing platforms like Zoom and Google Meet.

Can I host virtual activities on Microsoft Teams?

Yes, you can host virtual events and activities like a virtual paint and sip or a cocktail class.