See our list of fun grown up games you can try with friends and family this year on your birthday. Here are 9 Adult Games for Your Next Birthday Party!
As we age, celebrating a birthday can often lose its thrill. However, birthdays can also be a great time to get your closest friends and family together to celebrate the past year and the years to come. One way to keep the mood light and engage your guests is by playing a good old-fashioned game.
Here’s what’s great about this game list:
- These birthday party games for adults are affordable and require limited supplies
- These games get the entire group involved and make sure no one is left out
- These games are great for any age of adult
- These games will get your guests laughing
Ice Breaker Birthday Party Games for Adults
Sometimes, not all of the guests at a party know each other. These get-to-know-you games are a great way to involve everyone from the beginning and set a more comfortable stage for the rest of the party.
1. How I Know the Guest of Honor
Although everyone at the party may not know each other, they all have one thing in common: the birthday guy or gal! Have all the guests write down three things that connect them to the guest of honor. Then have the host read the items aloud to the group and have the guest of honor guess who wrote on the card. This game takes approximately 10 minutes.
Items Needed:
•Pens or Pencils
•Small Jar
•Guests
2. Three Truths & a Lie
This is another opportunity for your guests to get creative and get to know one another from the beginning. Party guests will be asked to come up with three statements about themselves. Two of the statements should be true and one statement should be false. Guests are then asked to guess which statement is false. This game takes approximately 10-15 minutes depending on the number of guests.
Items Needed:
None! Just your guests!
3. The Purse & Pocket Game
This game gets your guests up and moving. Guests are divided into teams and given a list of items. The guests must then look through their purses, wallets, and pockets to try to come up with the items. The team that has the most items on the list wins the game. This game takes approximately 10 minutes.
Items Needed:
•Printed item check-list
•Pens
•All guests
Humorous Board and Card Birthday Party Games for Adults
Sometimes in smaller spaces its best just to get some traditional board games out for the group. These unique games are sure to get your guests laughing and out of their comfort zone! They are all available for purchase at most major storefront and online chains including Amazon, Target, and Walmart.
4. Cards Against Humanity
This card game includes some dark humor. Each round someone selects a card with a fill-in-the-blank phrase. The remaining players must complete the phrase with one of their cards which contain typically offensive or risqué words and phrases. The game can last for as long or as little as you’d like. The time limit is up to you!
Items Needed/Included:
•Cards Against Humanity Game($25)
•All guests
•Table or other flat playing surface
5. Would You Rather?
This edgy game inspires a lot of hilarious discussion. Each card has two options listed and participating players must discuss and determine the better of the two presented options. No matter how awful the choices “Neither” is not an option! The game lasts about 30 minutes and can be played with 2-10 people.
Items Needed/Included:
•Would You Rather Game Pack(includes one playing board, one die, 300 Question Cards, 20 Challenge Cards, 8 glass player pieces, one 90-second sand timer, ballot tickets, and pencils)
•All guests
See our list of 40 Would You Rather Questions!
6. Funemployed
This is a card-based game in which everyone is trying to get employed using quirky qualifications. Players try to convince the “employer “to hire them using the qualifications they are given on the card. The game lasts about 30 minutes and can be played with 3-20 people.
Items Needed/Included:
•Funemployed card pack($25)
•All guests
Outdoor Birthday Party Games for Adults
7. Blindman’s Swag
This game requires guests to be split in pairs of two. One player in each pair is blindfolded and his or her partner observes while the host hides the “prize” in a neutral area. All the teams should start on one side of the playing area. The non-blindfolded team member must then try to lead his blind teammate to the prize before any one else using only words (no touching).
Items Needed/Included:
•A prize
•Blindfolds
•large playing area
•All guests
8. Shave the Balloon
This classic birthday party game for adults is sure to bring lots of laughter amongst the group. The guests should be divided in groups of two. One player will cover a balloon in shaving cream and hold the balloon in his or her mouth while their teammate will attempt to remove the shaving cream with a razor without popping the balloon. The first team to complete this task wins!
Items Needed/Included:
•Balloons
•Shaving Cream
•Cheap Razors
•Bowls of Water
9. Sponge Launch Birthday Party Games for Adults
This game is a fun game for the outdoor summer months. Guests are divided into teams of 2-4 and must stand on opposite sides of the playing surface or yard. Each side of the playing field has a large bucket. One bucket is full of water and sponges. The guest teams on this side of the field must take the soaked sponges and launch them to their teammates using a makeshift slingshot. Their teammates must then wring the sponge into their empty buckets attempting to be the first team to fill their bucket with the sponge water.
Items Needed/Included:
•Sponges
•4-6 buckets
•Sling shots
If you are planning a birthday party, consider introducing one of the following games to the group. These birthday party games for adults will not disappoint and will contribute to the making of many new memories!!