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Nobody expected COVID-19 or the lockdowns to last this long
However, until we feel safe gathering with friends and family in person, we can always host virtual game nights!
Every game listed here can be played right in the browser and over video call. No sign-ups, registrations, or downloads needed and best of all, free.
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Here are some of the best games to play with your friends, even from far away:
1. Tetr.io
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Tetr.io is a really fun, battle royale version of Tetris that runs straight in your browser.
The game is easy to understand and you can join without a username to immediately start playing with your friends – just create a private room and send them the invite link.
Better yet, there doesn’t seem to be a limit to the number of players each room can hold – we’ve seen 60 players in one lobby before.
Find the game here.
2. Curve Fever
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If you enjoyed playing Snake on your old Nokia 3310, Curve Fever brings it back in a more chaotic and colourful way as a multiplayer game – you can even shoot fireballs.
No registration required: just type in a name, create a private match, and send the link and password to your friends to join.
A private room can hold up to eight players.
Find the game here.
3. Crate Before Attack
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Crate Before Attack is a real-time, turn-based game with super smooth and really cute animation inspired by the immensely popular PC game Worms in the 90s.
However, instead of worms, it’s frogs! It focuses more on navigating around with their sticky tongues, collecting crates, and obtaining weapons to defeat other frogs.
A private match can take up to eight players.
Find the game here.
4. Gartic Phone
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Gartic Phone is the free, online version of classic board game Telestrations.
It’s ‘the more, the merrier’ with this game because every player will take turns drawing and guessing until the final reveal, which is usually too ridiculous to imagine.
A private game can take up to 14 players, best played with a minimum of four.
Find the game here.
5. Sketchful.io
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Just in case you haven’t come across these yet, here’s another Guess The Sketch kind of game. But it’s good to know a few because they have different libraries of words to play.
Another way to make Sketchful.io different and fun is to add custom words to the game, such as names of all the Pokémon or a list of famous movies.
A private room can take up to 16 players; but there’s an experimental option of 256!
Find the game here.
6. Surviv.io
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Surviv.io is a 2D battle royale game that’s fast and easy to set up. It’s also a simple option for friends of different gaming skill levels to play (compared to having to download and teach them PUBG or Fortnite).
You play with your friends as duos or squads of up to four players in a map, but private games have not been released yet.
Find the game here.
7. Shell Shockers
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First-person shooter (FPS) games are truly a dime a dozen, but in Shell Shockers, you will be playing as eggs armed with guns. Yes. Egg-citing.
It’s so easy to set up and play too: create a private game, choose from many of their fun maps, and send the invite link to your friends.
Private games can take up to eighteen players, depending on the map.
Find the game here.
8. Tough Love Arena
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No, this is not Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat, but Tough Love Arena is a two-player fighting game that’s free and can be played on browser with a friend over video call.
It’s reminiscent of simple games you’ll usually find in computer lab at school – the art looks like someone’s notebook doodles and the attack sounds are adorable.
You will have to enter an e-mail for this one, but you don’t have to leave the screen to verify the account. It’s easy to pick up and play.
Find the game here.
9. TagPro
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TagPro is a free-to-play, capture the flag game where you appear as balls in either the red or blue team.
The object of the game is to steal the enemy’s flag. And bring it back to your own base without your opponents stopping you with their power-ups.
Each team consists of up to four players, for a maximum total of eight players per game.
Find the game here.
10. GeoGuessr
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Since international travel is out of question, GeoGuessr can be a fun game to play with friends: you’re placed randomly anywhere in the world on Google Street View and you need to guess where you are.
You can choose to play worldwide maps or specific maps, like only Malaysia, and try to figure out whether you’re in a random housing area in Johor or at a port in Sabah, simply by recognising signs, flags, or even nature.
You can only play one free game per day, but if one friend has a paid account the rest of you can play more for free. 🙂
Find the game here.