Game night ideas for teens
Loud, funny and clean enough for every parent.
A great teen game night needs a game everyone can join in seconds, that is funny without being gross, and that nobody has to pay for. Cackle is a free party game for ages 13 and up: put it on the TV, everyone plays on their phone, and there is nothing explicit in any game.
Five game night ideas
- Sleepover tournamentRun Party Mix on Standard (about 45 minutes) and crown an overall winner. Breaks with snacks are built in.
- Birthday roast, the kind versionUse The Lineup on Chill so the birthday person gets voted most likely to everything.
- Art battleRough Draft: draw on your phone, everyone guesses on the TV. Bad drawings win the night.
- Debate nightHot Take and Pick a Side: pick a side, argue it, find out who is the lone wolf.
- Get-off-the-couch roundChaos Deck on Chill: Go Fetch races, Thumb War and harmless dares. Anyone can pass a dare.
Sample prompts on Chill
- Who Wrote It?What would your walk-up song be?
- Most Likely ToWho's most likely to trip over absolutely nothing in public?
- ComebackWhat a landlord says to someone who plays the drums
For parents
- 13+ and clean. No explicit content in any vibe. Chill is the gentlest.
- Filtered. A server-side filter blocks slurs, explicit content and personal info like phone numbers in anything players type.
- Moderated in the room. Players can report an answer, and the host can remove anyone.
- No accounts, no ads. Players type a display name only. Rooms delete themselves about 5 hours after the last activity. See the privacy policy and safety page.
- Points only. Losing a round costs points and gets a WOMP stamp. Nobody has to do anything they do not want to.
Setting it up for the first time? How to play takes two minutes to read.