14 Trivia Games to Play Online with your Friends

Written by Trivia Mastermind Editorial Team in Trivia Apps,Trivia Hosting 

Finding, downloading, inviting friends to play, and assessing online trivia games can be very time consuming, so I decided to do it for you. Trivia games have become a popular pastime again since we are looking for creative ways to pass the time and still enjoy the element of human interaction.

Contents

14 Trivia Games to Play Online
1. HouseParty
2. Bunch Group Video Chat & Games
3. WAVE
4. The Jackbox Party Pack
5. PSYCH!
6. Sporcle Party
7. Trivnow
8. Kahoot!
9. Trivia Crack
10. Trivia 360
11. Scattergories
12. Taboo
13. SKRIBBL
14. Draw Something

If you’re like me, you enjoy a night in with your friends playing trivia. If you are looking for some ways to play in person or virtually, this is a good source of ways to play trivia online with your friends. Take a look at this list of the best online trivia games you can enjoy for a night in with your family and friends.

1. HouseParty

HouseParty offers a great video chatting service for free. There is an awesome game option where you can play trivia and other games with your friends. To me, this is one of my favorite ways of playing online trivia with my friends. The games integrate directly into the video chatting service and make interacting and playing very simple, quick, and a lot of fun.

I highly recommend this app to play online trivia games with your friends. It is very easy to get started, just have your friends download the HouseParty app and you can invite them to the game to the play. Select trivia and get started. It really is that simple, and a lot of fun once you get going. The presentation in the games really sparks conversation and will make everyone have a great time talking while playing.

2. Bunch Group Video Chat & Games

Bunch is a group video chat app that allows you to also play games with your friends and family. The multiplayer aspect along with the video chat feature makes this an awesome app for a virtual game night with your friend.

The app comes bundled with several multiplayer games to play and you can also launch many of your favorite multiplayer games and play them while video chatting. Some of the pre-built-in games include Draw Party, Mars Dash, Fappy Lives, Bunch Pool, Trivia, and more. You will be familiar with these games because you have likely already played very similar versions of the titles.

I recommend this app because like HouseParty, it is very easy to get to play the game with your friends once you get the app. It works well and it is a lot of fun.

3. WAVE

WAVE is another video chat gaming app that allows you and your friends to play games together and interact through your phones. There is a nice variety of multiplayer games including a memory game, 4 in a Row, Never Have I Ever, Whac-A-Mole, Drawing Quiz, and more.

You can also create group chats for you and your friends, watch videos together, share doodles, and use it to just hang out as if you are all in the same room. I highly recommend WAVE to play trivia games online with friends. You will have a fun night in using it.

4. The Jackbox Party Pack

The Jackbox Party Pack is a bundle of 5 of the games from the creators of “YOU DON’T KNOW JACK” game for you to play in the same room as a multiplayer game with friends and family. The game pack includes YOU DON’T KNOW JACK, Fibbage XL, Drawful, Word Spur, and Lie Swatter.

When you play the trivia game “YOU DON’T KNOW JACK”, your phones become your controllers. You use your control as a buzzer and it makes the game a lot more exciting and interactive. For a fun trivia game to play with your friends at home, “YOU DON”T KNOW JACK” is a great time, and if you get bored of trivia, you can play one of the other 4 games for some variety.

5. PSYCH!

PSYCH! is a great online trivia game to play with friends because of a cool twist to the game; each player creates fake answers to real questions. This elements adds a lot of humor to the game when you start creating trivia questions and answers about your friends. You score points when other players choose a fake answer you created and when you answer questions correctly.

“PSYCH!” was created for an in home gaming experience with friends, but if you add some video chatting like Zoom, it works really well virtually. It is a lot of fun, very exciting and will create a lot of laughs between you and your friends at your next trivia game night. I highly recommend this one.

6. Sporcle Party

Sporcle Party is a trivia game to play with your friends from home. The host of the groups will create the game and share the code with your friends to join the game.

The game comes with free packs and extras you can buy if you need more variety. This is a great app to play online trivia games with your friends. You can get started playing very quickly once everyone is on the app. Making trivia games is really fast and then once everyone joins, the game starts right away.

7. Trivnow

Trivnow is a trivia creator that allows you to create trivia night games quickly and easily. To start right away, choose a host, and play their game. If you want to play with friends, set up your trivia game for them to join.

Select your packs for each of the 3 topics, configure your question type, the timer, points, and then create your game. Then text your friends the game invite to join. As everyone joins, you start the event game.

This is a very quick and intuitive app. You can create your game quickly so it makes for a good quick trivia night to play with your friend and family.

8. Kahoot!

Kahoot! is a quiz maker app that allows you to create your trivia games for you and your friends from your phone. This app positions itself for teachers, students, and work, but it also has a social option. You can then choose to play the game with friends and family by creating a quiz, selecting the question type, choosing your options to customize the game look and feel, edit the timer, and creating your questions.

Once you create your trivia game, you can go live and share your screen to play with your friends who also have the app. Sharing your trivia game is simple and you and your friends can video chat to make the game even more interesting.

9. Trivia Crack

Trivia Crack is a trivia game app that lets you play against opponents in games of trivia to win points and move up the leaderboard. There is a nice variety of challenges. You can invite your friends to the app and play against them. This is a head-to-head trivia game that works well and is easy to use.

You can set up and get started quickly. Playing against a random opponent is quicker but playing against friends is more fun. There is no video chat in the app, so calling your friends using a video chat service would be useful to chat while you play.

10. Trivia 360

Trivia 360 is a trivia app where you can challenge friends or random opponents to pre-built trivia challenges. If you want to play your friends quickly in a fun, easy to use game of trivia, Trivia 360 will suit you well.

Once you both download the app, join your game together to compete head-to-head. You can talk if you want by integrating a video chatting service which I recommend.

11. Scattergories

Scattegories is a classic board game that has been brought online for multi-play with friends, family, and even random challengers. There is the unofficial version you can play online with friends using a video chat service, and the official app versions in the App Store and Google Play In the game, you have to think fast and give answers to questions that start with specific letters.

You can challenge your friends and family or go up against a random opponent using the app. There are new power-ups and items you can use in the game which adds a nice variety and fun new elements to the gameplay. There is even a leaderboard so you can keep track of how well you are playing.

This is a fun trivia game because it is very informal and fun to play. The speed of the game and the answers using certain letters add a certain type of difficulty that comes with the pressure of having to respond fast. Invite your friends and family directly from the app for a fun trivia night. Add video chat if you want to have a great time laughin it people’s responses together.

12. Taboo

Taboo is a word game you play with two teams of 3 or more players. Each team takes turns being the clue-giver and a member of each team gives clues as to what is on the card without using certain “taboo” words. The other team monitors the usage of these words and can penalize the other team for using them. The object is to get your team to guess the word on your card before time runs out.

This is a fun game to play online with friends using the unofficial version here. Playing is as simple as video chatting with your friends and using the site to play the game. The play button functions as a timer and you can pass the game using remote viewing

13. SKRIBBL

SKRIBBLE.io is a picture drawing game where one player chooses a word to draw and the other players have to guess what the picture is. The more you answer correctly first, the more points you get.

This is a fun and quick game to play with your friends for an impromptu game night. All you have to do is go to the SKRIBBLE.io site, create a private room, send your friends the link, and play the game. You can play on your computer or mobile; there is no app. The game workes surprisingly well and it is a lot of fun.

Add video chat for you and your friends to make a it a game night from home.

14. Draw Something

Draw Something is a picture drawing game where two players take turns drawing a picture for their partner to guess. The person drawing is provided three words of varying difficulty with more points awarded for the more difficult pictures.

The game allows you to invite your friends and family to play in the app. It is easy to install and easy to invite to play. There is a lot of new content update regularly and a lot of questions in the game; you will never run out. The game is a lot of fun and one I recommend for a quick fun night in with friends from home. You can use a video chatting service to talk while you play.

Trivia Mastermind Editorial Team

We are fact fanatics, writers, and most importantly, trivia enthusiasts. We have spent thousands of hours creating original trivia questions and fun fact articles for your enjoyment. There are currently, over 6,250 trivia questions on Triviamastermind.com for you to check out. We hope you love them!

Recent Posts