If you’re looking for the best Halloween games out there, you’ve come to the right place. This list of Halloween party games includes everything you could ever need for planning Halloween classroom parties, trunk or treat games, adult parties, youth group nights, and more!
Plus, it’s the only place you’ll find many of these Halloween games that we created brand new for 2023! So if you’re looking for unique and creative Halloween games that are actually fun, start reading. There’s a reason this post has had over three million visitors already – there’s something for everyone!
Best Halloween Games
As someone who has planned countless classroom parties (hello room mom!), been to over to 30 trunk or treat events, and hosted my fair share of Halloween parties, you can trust me when I say these are the best Halloween games you’ll find out there!
And that’s not just because I created most of them. We’ve tested these out with our family, friends, kids, and youth groups over the years. If it’s not fun, it isn’t on this list.
Whether you’re looking for Halloween games for a classroom party, Halloween activities for kids of all ages, or Halloween games for an adults only party, these are some of the best Halloween party games out there!
If you don’t find something immediately that works for your event, keep reading because with so many different options, there are games for every Halloween celebration!
1 – Ghostbusters Punch Board Game
Make a ghost punch board with cups, tissue paper, and rubber bands! Have players bust through the ghosts with by shooting Nerf guns to win their prizes! Get all the instructions on how to make a punch board here!
Make it for teens or adults by having them stand further back or making them answer Halloween questions to get a chance to shoot!
This DIY Halloween games is one of my favorite Halloween games and always shows up at our Halloween parties and at trunk or treat!
2 – Don’t Lose your Head
This one, inspired by my favorite song from the musical Six, is a Halloween version of my most super viral candy cane games!
Give everyone who is playing a skeleton hand (another Dollar Tree purchase) and a small skull that fits into the hand. Have everyone hold their skeleton hand with one hand and place the other hand behind their back.
When you say go, players have to try and knock off other player’s skulls however they can, without losing their own head. If their skull falls off, they’re out. Last person to still have a head, wins.
One word of advice, don’t wear socks on slippery floors!
3 – Ghost Bowling (aka Skulling)
Use these instructions to make a DIY ghost bowling game for just a few dollars then let kids (or adults) bowl with skulls in a game I like to call skulling!
You can go with the traditional route or try out one of these five unique ghost bowling games (with variations teens and adults will love) instead to make it even more fun!
4 – Halloween Truth or Scare
Print out these 100+ Halloween inspired clean truth or dare questions for a fun activity to play with kids through adults! It’s a one of those old favorites with a fun Halloween twist!
5 – Bone to Pick
Make this DIY spinner with just a bone, some cardboard, and a straw! Then play one of the three different games that go along with this fun bone to pick Halloween game!
6 – Pumpkin Pong
This game is one of my favorites because it seems like it should be so easy. And it’s not. Not at all.
Players have to bounce ping pong balls to get them to try to bounce into plastic pumpkins! This pumpkin game is one of my personal favorites for this time of year!
7 – Halloween Scavenger Hunt
Print out this free Halloween scavenger hunt and set up clues around the house with a pumpkin full of treats or little prizes at the end!
You could also do this with a group – just hide the clues a little harder!
8 – Guess & Feel Mystery Bags
See who can figure out what’s inside these Halloween inspired mystery bags by just reaching in and touching the contents. Get great ideas for stuffing the bag from Edventures with Kids here.
9 – Roll A Jack O Lantern
See who can roll the face for a jack o lantern first in this fun free printable game! Get the free printable and instructions here. You could also play with these cards, some stickers, and a small pumpkin as well!
10 – Halloween Decorations Hunt
Go on a family hunt to find different types of Halloween decorations throughout your neighborhood with this Halloween neighborhood scavenger hunt!
Or just have kids (or party guests) search throughout your house for fun Halloween themed items with the other version included with that hunt!
11 – Witch Hat Ring Toss
This simple Halloween game is perfect for any age depending on where you make people stand! You can either order this game online or pick up witch hat chip containers like I did at Dollar Tree to make your game!
Add prizes to each of the bases of the ring toss, have players stand where you want (kids closer and adults further away), and let them toss. If they ring a witch’s hat, they win a prize! You can see this game in action in this viral TikTok video!
12 – Ghost Stack
Stack up ghost cups like these ones and have kids try to knock them down by shooting Nerf guns from 10 feet away. Give out small toys for the knocking them all down! Get more fun ghost games from Organize Your Stuff Now.
13 – Halloween Mystery Boxes
Spray paint Tupperware containers orange and put creepy food inside for kids to touch and guess what it actually is. Get a full list of great creepy food ideas and what they represent (e.g., cooked spaghetti = brains) from Christina’s Adventures here.
14 – Spider Races
Give kids a straw and a plastic spider and have them see who can get their spider across the finish line first. Full details and instructions from Still Playing School here.
15 – Pumpkin Toss
Give kids candy pumpkins and have them toss them into plastic cauldrons to see who can get the most points. Full instructions from Playground Parkbench.
15 – Poke a Pumpkin
Similar to this gratitude game, create a punch board that looks like a pumpkin with tricks and treats inside! Get full instructions on how to make a poke a pumpkin from Project Denneler here.
16 – An Eyeball in a Haystack
Kids have to search for candy eyeballs in a stack of hay. Get full instructions and more harvest party ideas from Meaningful Mama here.
17 – Full Size Pumpkin Memory
This is a simplified version of pumpkin memory here but make it a little more challenging for seniors by adding in various types of Halloween characters such as bats, cats, and witches! Add this to your other outdoor Halloween crafts as a low key option.
18 – Halloween Family Feud
A Halloween version of the popular game show Family Feud – teams compete to see if they can guess which answers are the most popular to win points. Get the printables and Family feud questions and answers here.
19 – I’ll Be Watching You
This game is played in groups of four. Put three small Halloween buckets and a bowl full of eyeball ping pong balls (I grabbed them at our Dollar Tree, but I’ve seen them plenty of places) on each side of a square or rectangle table then have someone stand behind them.
When you say go, each person has to take their ping pong balls and try to bounce them to land in another person’s cups. If they land it in someone’s cup, that cup gets turned over.
As soon as all three of someone’s cups are turned over, they’re out. The last person person standing wins.
20 – Ghoulish Recall
This Halloween memory game could technically be played by kids as well but it’s better for teens or adults! Show images from this Halloween PowerPoint on a group meeting call (or in person) and see who can answer questions about the images after studying them for a minute.
You never know what’s going to get asked or who’s going to remember the tiniest little things! This one works great for middle school and high school classrooms because it comes with a downloadable PowerPoint!
21 – Mixed Up Memories
Split into two teams and give each a piece of paper, a pen, and one of those small toy kaleidoscopes. Then give each team a silly phrase of some sort.
When you say go, the first player on each team has to look through the prism at the phrase and try to write down the phrase on the paper. When they’re done, they hand the paper to the next teammate.
The next teammate has to look through the prism at what the first player wrote and try to write down what they think player one wrote.
Keep passing the paper, writing what you see through the kaleidoscope, until everyone has had a chance to write. It’s like a big game of telephone but with words!
The team that gets the most words in their final paper matching to the original phrase wins! Make it even funnier by setting a time limit – 15 seconds per each player multipled to get the total time they have to play. (For example, a team of three players would get 45 total seconds, four players would get one minute).
22 – Quik Draw!
This is another super fun Halloween game that would be perfect for any age but kids will really enjoy it! This Halloween pictionary type game will have players trying to guess who a character is based on clues then trying to draw them quickly and well!
This is another game you can play for a team meeting, on a conference call, or in person! it’s a simple game that’s hilarious and always a huge hit with a group of kids or adults! We’ve done it at classroom parties, and it’s a hit!
23 – Halloween Guess the Gross Food Game
Who can figure out what the real food is their eating first – not bat wings but beef jerky! A race to be the first to eat and name foods, this Halloween gross food game is great for adults, teens, and if you do the candy version – kids!
24 – Halloween Name that Tune
See who can come up with the real name of these spooky songs in this free printable Halloween game.
25 – Roll Up Your Reward
Not a clever name, I know, but this one is still a fun game! Tape prizes (or you could do prizes and duds) to the end of caution tape and hang it over a table.
To play, someone has to either answer a Halloween trivia question or complete a Halloween challenge of some other kind. If they complete it or answer the question correctly, they get to choose a piece of tape to roll up and win whatever is on the other end.
Or you could skip the questions and just let people choose which one to roll up!
26 – Dress Up
This Halloween dress up game is really fun for kids but could also be played by teens or adults or entire families participating together! And while it was written to be played virtually (like in a team meeting or conference call, it’s really fun in person too!
The idea is to see who can come up with the best costume in minutes with just things they have from an assortment of props!
27 – Halloween Charades or Reverse Charades
Play traditional charades, reverse charades (one person guesses while the team acts out the word) or any of these other Halloween themed charades game ideas! And there’s even a set of over 100 Halloween charades words you can print to play!
Full instructions on how to play Reverse Charades (and other fun adult party games here).
28 – Would You Rather
Use these Halloween would you rather questions for some fun and interesting conversations or use this would you rather game idea for fun ways to make it more competitive!
29 – Wind Up Race
You could really do this for any holiday, but I think it’s super fun for Halloween. Get everyone little wind up toys for everyone who wants to play to have one.
Tape a starting and finish line (caution tape is fun for this!). Then have everyone choose their wind up guy and get ready to race.
Everyone winds up their toy and places it on the starting line then when you say go, they race to try to get to the finish line first, rewinding their toys only once they’ve completely stopped moving.
First to cross the finish line wins! Or do this tournament style and first three to cross move onto the next round.
30 – Halloween Stack Attack
This fun stack attack party game has teams trying to be the first one to get a connect four by answering Halloween trivia questions. We played with a group fo adults at our Christmas party last year, and it’s an absolute blast!
Just switch out the Christmas theme for Halloween, and you have an awesome Halloween game for adults!
31 – Monster Mash
Print out these free Monster Match Halloween bingo cards and see who can match up four monsters in a row first. This is the perfect Halloween game for classroom parties!
Or if you don’t want to go the monster route, here are some other fun bingo cards! Both are so much fun!
32 – Halloween Trivia
Speaking of Halloween trivia, you could also just use these Halloween trivia questions for a Halloween game! Split into teams and have a spooky trivia competition or ask questions and whoever answers it the fastest wins a prize!
33 – Halloween Group Text Scavenger Hunt
Put together a group text, send out an item, and see who can find it first in this fun spin on a traditional Halloween scavenger hunt! Plus a fun group text scavenger hunt version where the host can actually play – like Halloween tag!
34 – Halloween Treasure Hunt
Have families, groups, or neighbors hide treasure boxes full of treats for other players to find! Send clues or a treasure map to the group then head off on the best Halloween treasure hunt ever!
35 – Halloween Movie Monster Match
See how many movies you can match to their original monsters! This one goes way back so most likely only adults are going to know the answers but you could totally play with teens too if they’ve seen a lot of movies.
Get the free printable Halloween movie game here!
36- Fear Factor
If you’ve ever seen the TV show, this is a way to bring that TV show to life in an adults-only way! Get creepy challenge ideas (like touching actual worms) and free printable invitations from Dating Divas here.
37 – Witches Scattergories
A Halloween version of a classic favorite. Roll a letter and se what Halloween themed words you can come up with without matching others. Get the printable and more instructions from Let’s Get Together here.
38 – Werewolf
This is a personal favorite to play all year long but also works great for Halloween!
Everyone gets a card that tells them if they’re a villager or a Werewolf. Everyone closes their eyes and the werewolves “kill” someone. Then the entire group has to decide who they think did it and one by one try to figure out who the werewolves are. Get the game and more details here!
39 – I Dare Halloween Scavenger Hunt
See who can earn the most points by completing these Halloween dares that are better for adults than kids. Get the printables and more instructions from Wild Truth Designs here.
40 – Halloween Movie Trivia
Who really knows their Halloween movies? Find out with these free printable Halloween movie trivia cards from A Girl and a Glue Gun! There’s both an adults version and a kids version if you want to play both!
41 – Finish My Phrase
Put people in partners and see if they can guess what the other person will write for each fill in the blank. Get the free printables from Adorably Allie here.
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42 – Halloween Word Search
Print out this fun Halloween word search for some simple old-fashioned Halloween fun! Kids will love seeing how quickly they can find all the Halloween words like haunted house, pumpkin, and more!
Or turn it into a game and do word search relays where kids have to race down, find one word, then race back to their team and the next person finds the next word. Keep going until one team has found all the words!
43 – Mummy Wrap
Have two team members work together to wrap up one of the team members like a mummy in toilet paper. Whoever is “the mummy” must be completely wrapped (other than face). You can either play this minute to win it game style or just do it as a stand alone game!
You could use leftover toilet paper for one of these fun Halloween party ideas!
44- Choose the Candy
Open a large bag of candy and put stickers on the bottom on some of the candy (at least equal to the number of teams you have).
One team member must pick a piece of candy, check for a sticker, and if there isn’t a sticker eat the piece of candy. They must keep picking candy pieces until they’ve found a sticker.
45 – Fear Factor (entire team)
Put out a plate of food that the team must eat without using their hands. If you’re doing an adult game night, you can do things that might be tougher and grosser to eat (tofu, blue cheese, octopus, etc.).
For kids try a plate full of Halloween themed goodies (cup of dirt, gummy worms, gummy brains, peeled grapes for eyeballs, etc.).
You could also switch it up and do the same thing but make people actually name what they’re eating in this guess the food game.
46 – Gravedigger
Freeze plastic spider rings in one of these silicone coffin cake baking things, one for each person playing. Give each person a spoon and a frozen graveyard. When you say go, they have to dig through the ice to get the ring out.
First person to get the ring on their finger wins! I recommend playing this one on a plastic tablecloth or one towels for easy cleanup!
47 – Danger Zone
Tape danger zone tape across the table and give teams a handful of Halloween Oreos. Teams have to slide the Oreos across the table and get them to land inside of the different danger zones to win.
48- Red Eye
Place plastic eyeballs (ping-pong balls with eyeballs on them) on top of Red Solo cups then have players try to toss paper airplanes at the eyeballs to knock them off. First team to knock all three off wins. This one is loads of fun for any age!
49 – Pumpkin Sliding
Hang plastic pumpkins, cauldrons, and other Halloweenish containers from the edge of a table. Teams have to slide candy pumpkins across the table and get them to land in the containers to win.
Win money, prizes, or Halloween candy for getting the small pumpkins to slide into the buckets!
50 – Pumpkin Bowling
Using either toilet paper with faces like ghosts or cans like this example, have a pumpkin and “pins” setup.
Team member must bowl a strike before they can move on. After they bowl, they must reset the pins (recommend having x’s where pins go). If another team is also at the pumpkin bowling, they must take turns trying to bowl a strike. It’s extra fun if you use little pumpkins to bowl!
51 – Trick or Treat Balloon Pop
Fill balloons with either candy or little silly Halloween inspired challenges. Teams have to pick a balloon from a bag, blow it up, and then they either get the treat (and win the round) or have to do the trick!
Teams have to just grab one balloon, no rustling around to figure out which balloons are treats vs tricks. This is one of those easy Halloween games that takes very little prep and is hilarious to watch!
52 – Tarantula Toss
Spread spiderwebs
(the white stretchy kind) in a space (doorway, corner of the room, etc.). Have players stand behind a line and toss little plastic spiders at the spider web until they can get three spiders stuck in the web.
53 – Face the Cookie
Play: Players have to put a cookie on their forehead and using only their face muscles (no hands!), get the cookie from their forehead into their mouth.
If the cookie falls to the ground, they must either pick up the cookie from the ground or get a new cookie and start over. This is one of those perfect games when you want something that’s low prep!
54 – Zombie Walk
Play: Set up a short obstacle course (go around, over, and under things) and make the team member complete the obstacle course while walking like a zombie (or Frankenstein).
55 – Dead Weight
Fill up three balloons per person and put some sort of light weight items in them (feather, cereal, etc) that will weigh them down a bit. To play, players have to keep all three balloons in the air. Person who keeps them up the longest wins.
If you have enough space, make it a friendly competition and have players competing against each other at once!
56 – Spider Ring Toss
Setup a Halloween tree and a bucket with those cute plastic spider rings. To play, players have to toss spider rings and try to get them to land on the Halloween tree! Make it easier by covering the tree with the stretchy spider webs so they just have to land it in the web instead of ringing the tree!
57 – Trick or Treat Tree
Place either a trick or a treat inside small plastic pumpkins and hang them on a tree. Let kids (or seniors) pick out a one of the mini pumpkins from a tree and open up what’s inside. If they get a treat, they eat the treat. If they get a trick, they do the trick! Get full instructions and printable tricks here.
You could also skip the tree and do this with face down plastic cups that have tricks or treats inside! It’s fantastic fun watching people try to see what’s inside very not transparent cups before they choose one.
58 – Shoot the Skeleton
Hang fake skeletons on a board and let kids shoot them with slime to win a prize. Full DIY instructions and rules for the game from Brandy’s Happy Home here. If you like DIY Halloween party games, this one’s for you!
59 – Spider Launch
Using just popsicle sticks, plastic spiders, and plastic cups – see who can launch spiders into a web or a bucket. Full instructions and DIY directions for making the launchers from Frugal Fun 4 Boys here. You could even make this as one of your Halloween crafts first then play!
60 – Halloween Bingo
My son’s school always has a big bingo game at their Halloween carnival and these Halloween bingo cards would make a great option for the classic game but with a Halloween twist!
61 – Guess How Many Candy Corn?
Put a bunch of candy corn in a bowl and give a prize to whoever can guess the closest to the actual number. Get a free printable game sign from Better Homes and Gardens here.
62 – Dicey Words
In this fun word and dice game, players have to race to be the first to roll a Halloween word with dice! It’s simple, inexpensive, and a lot of fun for any age!
And if you don’t love the base version of the game, there are three other variations using the same dice!
63 – Spooky Story Game
This spooky story game will have players writing silly stories as fast as they can using random Halloween words! This one is perfect for classrooms, youth groups, and more!
64 – Apple Stack
Pick of these fun fall party games for the perfect addition to your Halloween party! There are 15 different options that include items like candy corn, pumpkins, and apples!
65 – Digging in the Dirt
Fill up buckets with either Cocoa pebbles or Oreo crumbs to look like dirt (like I did in my graveyard cake!) then bury little spider rings or some other Halloween trinket inside of it.
When you say go, players have to race to dig through their bucket of “dirt” using just a spoon in their mouth to find the hidden surprise inside. The first person to find it wins!
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More Fun Halloween Games
If this isn’t a big enough list for you and you’re still looking for more fun Halloween party games, you could use any of our favorite games and just make them Halloween themed!
- Birthday party games – switch out the sweet treats for Halloween themed candies in the candy bar game for the perfect game for a Halloween party for kids!
- Giant games – add Halloween decorations or detailing to any of these for an easy way to turn these into outdoor Halloween games! Or you could do the same with these outdoor games!
- Let’s make a deal – this classic game shown makes the perfect Halloween game for families!
- Dice games – any of these fun dice games would be easy to play with a Halloween twist!
- Name that tune – pick out songs from this Halloween party songs list for a classic game of name that tune!
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