Flipping through television shows isn’t doing much to strengthen your relationship or allow you to interact with each other. If you want to get to know your spouse on a deeper level while reaping some great health benefits, you might want to start playing games with your partner. Not head games — but the old-fashioned kind where you sit down together or with another couple and have fun.
The Benefits of Games for Couples to Play
Let’s take a look at some of the ways playing games together can positively impact you both as individuals and as a couple. While you may think you and your partner know everything about each other, play a few games and you’ll be surprised at what you discover. It is never too late to learn something new about your partner by breaking up the boredom and engaging with them in these couples activities
29 Fun Games for Couples
If you’ve wondered, “What are some fun 2 player games?” or “What couple games can we play when friends are over?” we have you covered. We’ve chosen a wide selection of games that are fun, relationship enhancing, strategic, challenging, and funny. Whatever type of entertainment you’re looking for, you’ll find some of the best games for couples in our line-up.
1. Talk Flirt Dare Game For Couples
This is a simple and versatile game that is perfect for people of all comfort levels. It offers you and your partner three games in one, so you can choose how risque you want to get for the evening. It is great to play the “talk” game if you are playing with other couples, and move on to the “dare” portion if you want some spicy action alone with your partner. One thing that makes this game unique from others is that there are no questions about former relationships or sexual experiences. This ensures that the evening won’t end up taking a wrong turn.
2. Routine Breaker
This creative adult card game will have you and your partner keeping secrets from each other as you plan activities to do together. The element of surprise will help put the spark back into your relationship as you each are carrying out secret missions to connect with each other. This isn’t a game you play in just one night. It’s an ongoing challenge that will help spice up your life a bit. If you have been with your partner for a long time and your spark needs to be reignited, this might be the right game for you.
3. Joking Hazard
This is one of the great married couples games for those love to laugh so hard they can’t breathe. You will work with your partner to create stories to finish comics, which allows you to have a ton of room for creativity and enjoy couples competition. The cards include the profane and ridiculous that you put together in hilarious combinations.
4. That’s What She Said
This fast-paced game for couples to play can turn as naughty as your mind allows. It is a perfect game for you to bring to a party with your partner to enjoy some adult humor along with your closest friends. That’s What She Said is light-hearted and easy to catch onto, so you can take it out after having a few cocktails and laugh the night away.
5. Pick Your Poison NSFW Edition
If your group of friends loves a good “Would you rather…” question, this adult card game is perfect for you. Everyone is constantly engaged while playing this fun game for couples, and it gets especially interesting for groups with a wide range of personalities. The questions will not only spark a conversation with your friends, it will also send you home with a lot to talk about with your partner.
6. The Discovery Game: for a Married Couple
One of the best things about this board game for couples is that it gives you the option to take the questions to a deeper level or answer in a light-hearted way. Maybe one night you are both tired and don’t feel like using too much energy — play the light-hearted version. It will beat watching television because you are still relaxing but able to interact face to face with your partner. No one really wins or loses because you are enhancing your intimacy and enjoying new conversation starters. You can change the tone of this couples game depending on your mood and reconnect with your partner whenever you pull this game out.
7. Better Me Game: Self Improvement, Personal Development, Relationships, Positive Thinking, Therapy
If you are looking for a more serious game to spark deeper conversations, this may be the right game for you. While this isn’t necessarily a party game, it can still be played with a larger group of people. However, it is more serious in nature than some of the other games mentioned. This unique tool will help you connect with your partner through prompts to share lessons you have learned throughout life and consider each other’s perspectives on topics that are rarely discussed. Playing this game will help encourage a dialogue with your partner and enhance your communication. It can also lead to long-lasting benefits in your life, as the game asks you to follow up with fellow players to make sure they are practicing their self-improvement promises after the game is over.
8. CoolCats & AssHats
This party game is hilarious and inappropriate no matter who you are playing with. Everyone is fully engaged in every round as you are asked to actually get up and do things throughout the game. One of the best things about this game is that the “inappropriate” cards are labeled, so if you are playing with your family or in a group with some children around, you can take out those cards for some more clean fun. Don’t expect to stay one seat during this game as you will all be getting up and moving soon!
9. Couple’s Kindle Cards
If you are looking to strengthen your relationship in a variety of ways, Couple’s Kindle Cards may be your answer. This game gives you and your partner a 52-week long action plan to strengthen your physical, emotional, financial, social, and sexual connection. Following the unique action steps presented in this game, you will be able to open your communication with each other and experience more positive and sincere interactions within one year. As long as you follow through with the weekly activities, you are bound to create a deeper bond with your partner.
10. Utter Nonsense Naughty Edition
In this game, you will be laughing with your partner and your friends as you combine ridiculous accents with funny phrases to make sayings that are hysterical. This is a great game to play in large groups and can easily be played with people who don’t know each other very well. Be prepared for some raunchy comedy with this game and make sure the kids are asleep.
11. The Voting Game
This game will help you get to know your friends by uncovering hilarious things about them that have never been exposed. It is best played with at least six people, so gather your couple friends together to have some laughs and get to know each other even better. People often share personal stories after a surprising “vote” so you may learn a lot more about people than you even wanted to know! You will want to play this game over and over because the experience drastically changes depending on who is playing.
12. Exploding Kittens Card Game
This game got a huge start on Kickstarter and has grown in popularity ever since hitting the market. It is easy to get used to the gameplay and has the same humor in the illustrations as the popular blog, The Oatmeal, has. This game is appropriate for both children and adults, so if often enjoyed as an entire family. There is certainly a bit of strategy to this game, so the more you play it, the better you will become.
13. Clue Game of Thrones Board Game
This game is a mixture between the popular game Clue and television show Game of Thrones. It allows you and your partner to work together to solve mysteries. With two game boards included, you can pick which game you want to play each time. You don’t need to have watched Game of Thrones to enjoy this thought-provoking game. This is a fun take on a classic game that can keep you busy for hours.
14. Cards Against Humanity
Most people know that there are some parts of this game that are best suited for adults. That said, this popular game will have you and your friends laughing all night long while you’re playing around with the darker side of life, pop culture, and art. This game will have the people at your next party staying all night to keep the laughs rolling.
15. Adult Loaded Questions
With this game in hand, adult game night can start now! Get excited to ask each other fun questions, come up with ridiculous answers, and laugh nonstop. This game offers you and your friends 308 silly, suggestive, and stimulating questions to answer, and you will learn more about each other as you take turns guessing which one of your friends wrote each answer. The more fun your friends are willing to have, the more fun this game will be for you!
16. GoSports Giant Wooden Toppling Tower
Do you remember playing Jenga as a kid? This is a life-sized version of the game to play with your friends and family. The set is made out of pinewood blocks with sanded edges and starts at 2.5 ft tall. As an added bonus, this game has printed numbers on some of the blocks that correspond to a custom rule. The special set of rules make the game even more challenging and competitive. You can even create your own rules on the rule board. This might be the right game for you if you are looking for some clean family fun that the kids can get into as well. It is sure to make everyone laugh as you all stand on edge, waiting for the tower to fall.
17. Hasbro Scrabble Crossword Game
Scrabble is a longtime favorite game that will certainly engage your mind and the minds of other players. While this game has a slower gameplay than some of the others mentioned, it requires a lot of thought and can still make time seem to fly by. This is a perfect game for the whole family or if you just want to spend some time alone with your partner. There are a lot of different ways to play Scrabble, and you can play with the rules that suit you best. This classic game has been around for so long that multiple generations of people within your family will want to join in.
18. Dare Duel – A Romantic Game for Couples
Looking for a romantic game just for the two of you? Dare Duel is a card game in which you and your lover take turns drawing cards. You select words or phrases to create fun and romantic dares to perform while battling over who performs the dare. Since there are so many words and phrases to choose from, the opportunities for unique dares are endless.You can create funny, intimate, crazy, and loving dares depending on your moods.
19. Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza
With every match between a card and a spoken word, you and your partner must race each other to slap your hand on the central card pile. The last one to slap the deck takes all the discards. The first one to get rid of their cards wins. Each game lasts about 10 to 15 minutes, and it doesn’t take long for the competition to get intense. Best to remove your watches for this one.
20. Pun Intended — It’s All Pun And Games — Perfect Game for Pun Lovers
Each player has one minute to solve six puns starting with the same letter. You score puns for each correct answer and the first to score 30 points wins. The game is easy to learn and takes about 20 to 30 minutes each time. Buy this for the pun-lover in your life, but be warned: With 1,332 puns on 222 cards, your cringe muscles will get a workout.
21. 2 Kinds of People: A Visual Compatibility Quiz (Paperback)
Whether you’re in a committed relationship or on a double date, if this game doesn’t necessarily guarantee compatibility (or the lack thereof), it can at least generate some laughs. Go through 85 pairs of images to see which one each of you identify with and tally up your score at the end. By then, you’ll probably already have a sense of how well you get along.
22. Blokus Duo — Strategy Game
Take turns placing each of your 21 pieces on the board, arranging them, so each one touches another of the same color — but only at the corners. Claim and protect your territory while thwarting your opponent. The game is over when there’s no room for more tiles, and the one with the fewest pieces leftover wins.
23. ROPODA 14 Inches 4-Way Shut The Box Dice Board Game
Excellent as a couples game (for one or two couples) or as a teaching tool for basic addition and social skills, this game is easy to learn and provides hours of entertainment. Popular in Manchester pubs and played worldwide, the Shut the Box game teaches problem-solving, logical thinking, and strategizing — all of which come in handy in any relationship.
24. ”I Should’ve Known That!” Trivia Game — by Hygge Games
If you love trivia games, this game will become your newest addiction. With over 400 questions based on information “you oughta know” (or you think you oughtta), it’s as entertaining as it is humbling. Rather than score points for correct answers, you lose points for every incorrect one. Think of it as proof you’re both more observant and less observant than you thought.
25. Node: 2-Player Strategy Game
This “endlessly replayable” game has over 20 billion starting boards. It’s quick to learn (about five minutes), and each game takes about 20 minutes from start to finish. You and your partner compete to build the biggest node network. At every turn, you’ll have to decide whether to grow your network, block your opponent, or save your resources.
26. SKYJO by Magilano: Ultimate Card Game for Kids and Adults
With over 10,000 reviews, this card game is ideal for either couples or groups of up to 8 players. Each game takes about 30 minutes, or as long as it takes for one player to reach 100 points. The player with the fewest points wins. You’ll need enough space for each player to have 12 cards laid out in front of them. It’s hands-free, so bring on the snacks!
27. PRO SPIN Portable Ping Pong Set for Any Table
Turn any table (up to 72” wide) into a ping-pong table. The set comes with two high-performance paddles, three balls, and a portable, retractable net. The click-and-clamp posts fit any table up to 2” thick. Use indoors or outdoors as the weather permits. Make sure to keep hydrating drinks handy for both of you. And if you’ve ever wanted to try beer pong, now’s your chance.
28. Bamboozled: The Bluffing Dice Game
Who’s the better bluffer? Roll the dice to find out. If it’s not as good or better than your partner’s (or, in larger groups, the previous player’s) roll, you have to bluff. Bluffers who get caught lose one of their three lives. Bluffers who succeed in bamboozling the rest get a “Bamboozle Card.” Watch the “How to Play” video on the sales page to get the full overview.
29. Couple Reconnect: 155 Thought-Provoking Conversation Starters & Activities
Created by a U.S.-licensed psychologist, this game initiates meaningful conversations to deepen your connection and strengthen your relationship. In this game, the 155 cards use psychological principles and techniques — like CBT, DBT, and EMDR — to get you both talking, sharing, and experimenting with new approaches and ideas. Use the relationship card to track your progress. Time to play! 9 Of The Best Board Games For Couples 50 Of The Best Gifts for Couples 2019 11 Of The Best Board Games For Toddlers If you’re looking for something new to do with your partner that will not only improve the health of your relationship but also improve your own personal health, try out some of these games. Start with one or two and see which type of game you prefer and then buy more that are based on the preferences you discover.
