Fun Date Night Games
15 games with no emotional content whatsoever.
15 questions · Free
Rapid fire: 30 seconds to name as many of your partner's habits as you can.
Tap for a random one. Nothing is saved, so the deck is new every time.
About Fun Date Night Games
Fun date night games do not have to bring you closer together. These 15 are competitive, mildly stupid, and involve keeping score — which turns out to be exactly what some evenings need after a long week.
Sample questions to get you started
- 1Rapid fire: 30 seconds to name as many of your partner's habits as you can.
- 2Guess the year: each name three photos and the other guesses when they were taken.
- 3Two truths and a lie, best of five rounds.
- 4Charades, five prompts each, all about your own relationship.
- 5Blind taste test, five items, points for each correct guess.
- 6Name that tune from a hum, five each.
- 7Draw your partner in sixty seconds without looking at the paper.
- 8Guess the price of five things in the house, closest wins.
- 9Each write five predictions about the other's week and check on Sunday.
- 10Speed round: who can name more of the other's friends in a minute?
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- 11Alphabet game: take turns naming things you have done together, A to Z.
- 12Impressions: three each, other person guesses who.
- 13Best of five at any game in the house that neither of you is good at.
- 14Twenty questions, but the answer must be something in this room.
- 15Final round: each predict the final score before totalling it up.
Tap the game above to play through all prompts.
How to play Fun Date Night Games
- Pick a game, play it properly, and keep score.
- Winner picks the next one.
- Best of three across the evening.
- Loser makes the drinks.
Why couples love this game
Not every date night should be a conversation. Competing at something trivial is a genuinely good way to spend an evening, and the winner is insufferable for long enough afterwards to be worth it.
Tips to make it more fun
- Keep a running score across the whole evening.
- Actual stakes make it better — drinks, chores, the choice of film.
- Take it just seriously enough.
- Most of these work with another couple too.
Frequently asked questions
What are fun games for couples on date night?
Competitive, mildly stupid ones with a score. Not every date night needs to be a conversation, and competing at something trivial is a genuinely good way to spend an evening.
Do we need anything to play these?
Almost nothing — a pen for a couple of them and whatever is already in the house. Nothing needs buying.
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