30+ Hottest Year-End Games Not To Be Missed

Some game ideas for an indoor year-end party

"Bottom of the Pool"

• Divide the total number of players into small teams.
• Each team selects one member to participate in the game.
• Prepare a transparent glass box or container and place it in front of the audience.
• Put around 10 different objects inside the box. These objects can be makeup items, office supplies, toys, or any items suitable for the year-end party.
• The player stands facing the box without looking inside. They have a maximum of 3 minutes to feel and identify the objects using their hands.
• After the time is up, the player must name the objects they identified. The team that recognizes the most objects in the shortest time wins the game.

Bottom of the pool game

"Whose Money Is It?"

• Prepare a piggy bank or a similar prop to hold money.
• Place a random amount of money inside the piggy bank and announce the total amount.
• The host reads out 5 numbers corresponding to 5 players who will participate.
• The 5 players pass the piggy bank to each other according to the music playing.
• When the music stops and someone is holding the piggy bank, they are eliminated from the game and do not receive the prize.
• The passing continues until there is only one person left in the group, and that person receives all the money inside the piggy bank.

"Guess the Scent, Guess the Dish"

• The host writes the names of various dishes on small pieces of paper and places them in a small box.
• Randomly invite 8 participants to join the game and divide them into 2 teams of 4.
• Place the box with the paper away from both teams, around 5 meters away.
• The host plays music and stops it randomly during the game.
• When the music starts, both teams have to dance and synchronize with the music. When the music stops, the player standing at the front of each team must run to the tray to claim the right to play for their team.
• After randomly selecting a piece of paper from the tray, the first player's task is to describe the dish using only scent-related words (without using color, ingredients, etc.).
• The remaining members of the team have to guess the correct dish based on the hints from the first player. After playing 3 rounds, the team with the highest score wins.

"Subtraction Counting"

• There is no limit to the number of participants.
• The host starts the game by counting the number "1". Then each subsequent player continues counting in order.
• If multiple people say the same number at the same time, that group of people is eliminated and faces a small penalty.
• Additionally, the player who says the final number is also eliminated.

"Jumping Stickers"

• Prepare sticker paper, pens, a music player, and a stopwatch.
• Divide the party attendees into 2 teams, with each team consisting of 5-7 players.
• Each player is given 20 sticker pieces. The teams will take the corresponding number of stickers for each player and stick them on the opponent's face or body.
• The objective is to jump and dance to the music without using their hands to prevent the stickers from falling off.
• The team that drops all the stickers in the shortest time wins the game.

"Forbidden Word"

• Choose one person to step into the circle. The rest of the group agrees on a forbidden word, such as "no," "yes," "gold," "blue," etc.
• The person designated to be in the circle is then asked questions, given requests, or any other means to make them say the forbidden word.
• While the person in the circle answers the questions, they also try to guess the forbidden word.
• If the person in the circle guesses the forbidden word correctly, they select someone else to take their place, and the game continues. Players take turns being in the circle and the one guessing the forbidden word.
• The game ends when all players have had their turn.

"Eating Cake without Hands"

• The equipment needed for this game is cakes.
• The game is divided into two teams, each consisting of 8 to 10 players, depending on the number of participants.
• The number of cakes will be balanced according to the number of players in each team.
• The objective is for players to eat all the cakes off their faces without using their hands or causing any impact on their faces.
• The team that finishes eating all the cakes off their faces the fastest becomes the winner of the game.

"Beer Challenge"

• The equipment needed for this game is a blindfold and beer.
• The girls will be blindfolded and hold an unopened bottle of beer for the boys to drink.
• In this game, the boys are not allowed to use their hands to assist the girls.
• The couple that finishes drinking all the beer in the shortest time becomes the winner of the game.

Beer Challenge

"Don't Let the Balloon Burst"

• This game is most suitable for teams of 3 to 5 players in each round.
• Prepare a chair and a large balloon that can be continuously inflated and contains either powder or paper poppers.
• The balloon is placed above a player. The host prepares a set of questions, and each team has to answer the questions correctly within the time it takes to inflate the balloon.
• The team that answers slowly or answers incorrectly will have to sit on the chair for a longer time. The team that answers all the questions correctly before the balloon bursts will be the winning team.

"Magical Paper"

• This game is played in teams and is suitable for 4 players in each round.
• The players stand together on an A4 paper. After each round, the paper is folded in half, making the paper's area smaller.
• The team must ensure that no team member's feet go beyond the paper. If any player's feet go beyond the paper, the team is eliminated from the game.
• The team that remains on the paper without letting their feet go beyond it until the end will be the winning team.

"Three, Six, Seven, Eight"

• The equipment needed for this game is headphones.
• Each team sits in a row, and all team members must wear headphones.
• Each team will play in turn, and only the first person in each team knows the answer.
• They have to orally transmit their answer to their teammates by observing the mouth shape of the previous person. The process continues until the last person gives the correct answer, and then it moves to the first person of the next team.
• Each team scores one point for each correct answer.
• The team that answers quickly and correctly the most questions will win the game.

"Guess the Puzzle"

• The equipment needed for this game is images describing idioms, proverbs, objects, phenomena, etc.
• A screen on the stage displays an image describing an object, proverb, idiom, place, etc. The players must decipher it correctly and quickly to receive an interesting prize.

"Hunt for the Mysterious Item"

• This game is suitable for 10 to 15 participants in each round.
• The host will ask the participants to find and bring a specific item or person in the year-end party.
• For example, the host may ask the participants to find a long hair strand or a man wearing a white shirt. The goal of the game is to search for and bring the requested item or person to the stage as quickly as possible.

"Pink Balloon Transformation"

• Prepare makeup tools, dresses, wigs, colored paper, pens, tape, and scissors for each team.
• Divide the participants into teams, with each team consisting of 2 players, preferably one female and one male in each team. If there are not enough females, the game can be played with two males in a team.
• Each team will use the makeup tools and accessories to transform the male team member into a beautiful and shining "pink balloon." Use colored paper, pens, tape, and scissors to create unique costumes and accessories.
• After the time is up, each team will invite their "pink balloon" to the stage and perform a catwalk for everyone to admire and evaluate.
• The organizer will arrange a behavior contest to select the outstanding "queen" of the party.

Pink balloon transformation game

"Lucky Number"

• The equipment needed for this game is a box containing numbers and pieces of paper with numbers written on them.
• The host will randomly draw a lucky number from the box.
• If any player has a matching number, they will be invited to the stage and participate in a small challenge to receive a prize.

"Musician Challenge"

• The equipment needed for this game is song keywords.
• Each team will face 5 music challenges.
• The team members will compete against each other. The screen on the stage will display keyword hints from anonymous songs.
• The players' task is to sing a part of the song that contains the given keywords.
• The team that sings the most correct songs will win the game.

"Word Chain"

• The host will choose any compound word, for example, "year-end party," then go around the tables and randomly select a person. The selected person quickly reads a new compound word, starting with the last letter of the previous word.
• For example, the word "year-end party" can be followed by the word "party animal," and so on. The process continues, and other team members continue the word chain.
• Participants must correctly read a suitable word within 5 seconds. If they cannot read a word within this time, they will be eliminated and can be marked by standing up, sitting down, or moving to another area.

"Reverse Talk"

• The number of players: 7 players
• The host stands in front of the player, calls out a body part, and points to another body part.
• The player's task is to point to the body part the host is referring to and say the name of the body part the host is pointing at.
• The player must react quickly and correctly within 5 seconds. If they react slowly or say the wrong body part, they will receive a fun penalty.

"Team Pose"

• This year-end party game is suitable for small office settings, where most people in the company have interacted or know each other.
• The organizers prepare pieces of paper with the names of company members and a blindfold. The game can be played individually or in teams.
• The host blindfolds the player and invites them to draw the name of a colleague randomly. The chosen colleague stands in front of the player without making any sound or gesture. The player is allowed to touch the hands and face of their colleague to try to guess who it is.
• The player tries to correctly identify the colleague they touched. If they guess correctly, they may receive a reward or score points for their team.

"Musical Chairs"

• Equipment needed: Music playing from a speaker and chairs arranged in a circle facing inward.
• The chairs are arranged in a circle, with the number of chairs being fewer than the number of players (at least 1 player).
• When the music starts playing, all players move around the circle clockwise. When the music suddenly stops, everyone must quickly find an empty chair to sit on. Anyone who fails to find an empty chair is eliminated from the game. This process continues until only one player remains sitting on a chair, and they will be the winner of the game.

"Music Team Challenge"

• In this game, the participants are divided into 2-3 teams. The organizers will display certain words or phrases on the screen. Each team must perform a song that contains the given words to earn points.
• In case multiple teams compete to answer, the MC will prioritize the team that quickly raises their hand.
• With a simple gameplay that does not require complex props, this game can be varied in different ways. For example, the MC can give any word and ask the teams to read or even compose a poem containing that word.

"Hahaha"

• Equipment needed: Prizes for the winner.
• All participating members line up in a long row. The first person turns to the second person and says "ha." Then, the second person continues by saying "ha ha" to the third person. In order, each player has to say an increasing number of "ha."
• Each player must remember and say the correct number of "ha" in their turn. Those who fail to say the corresponding number of "ha" will have points deducted or receive a small penalty. The player with the highest score will win and receive a reward.

"Taller Than Who"

• Prepare straws and tape for each team. Divide the participants into multiple teams, with each team consisting of 3-5 people.
• Each team is provided with 100 straws and a roll of tape.
• Within 3 minutes, each team must use this number of straws to build a tall and sturdy tower.
• The team members must cooperate and be creative in building the tower. They can use tape to connect the straws together and create a solid structure.
• When the time is up, the organizers will determine the winning team based on the tower that the team has built. The tallest and most stable tower will be the winning team in this game.

Some game ideas for an indoor year-end party

"Ba Ba Goes to the Market"

• This game is suitable as a warm-up activity to get everyone energized before moving on to the main games. Players have to listen and react to the instructions given by the game leader, using the following phrases:
• "Ba Ba goes to the market,
• She encounters a fish, Ba kicks it away.
• Ba Ba goes to the market,
• She encounters a stork, Ba jumps like a stork.
• ......
• Encounters a flowing stream, Ba walks and jumps.
• Encounters a mountain, Ba goes up and down.
• Encounters a cow, Ba walks and swings."
• The "Ba Ba Goes to the Market" game becomes more exciting when everyone participates together and quickly reacts to the next phrase.

"Dropping Marbles into Water"

• Prepare a container filled with water and a floating tray. Use plastic bowls that can float on the water to create a small water basin.
• Prepare marbles of various sizes. The game organizers put all the marbles in a shared tray.
• Divide the participants into two teams, each team consisting of 3-4 members. Representatives from each team will play the first round.
• The first member of each team takes marbles from the shared tray and drops them into an empty bowl placed floating on the water.
• Next, the remaining members of both teams take turns picking marbles from the shared tray and dropping them into the bowl.
• The team that drops a marble into the bowl, causing it to sink, will be the losing team in this game.

"Blowing Balloons into Cups"

• This game is suitable for 3 to 5 players per round.
• The teams compete against each other, and each round will have one participant. The player uses their mouth to blow up a balloon and tries to make it as big as possible.
• Place paper cups on a table about 20 meters away from the starting point.
• After blowing up the balloon, the player runs to the table and uses the air inside the balloon to push the cups off the table.
• The game continues until a team makes the required number of cups fall off the table the fastest, and they will be the winners.

"Drawing on Backs Guessing Game"

• Prepare a sheet of paper and a pen for each player.
• The game leader will give a topic for the drawing, such as a mountain, sea, forest, etc.
• Each player places the sheet of paper on the back of the person in front of them.
• The first player directly draws on the sheet of paper on the back of the person in front, trying to recreate the given topic.
• The person in front feels each pen stroke and then sketches it on the back of the next person.
• This process continues until the last person in the group, and the group with the most similar image to the answer given by the game organizer wins.

Drawing on Backs Guessing Game

"Popping Balloons with Buttocks"

• Equipment needed: Balloons (quantity depends on the number of players).
• The game is divided into 2 to 4 teams, with a flexible number of players.
• Each team will have a team leader standing at the finish line in a plank position. The team members hold balloons and wait for a signal from the game leader.
• Upon receiving the signal, the team members collectively blow up the balloons and quickly move to the team leader's position, using their buttocks to pop the balloons.
• The team that pops the most balloons within the specified time will win this game.

"Using Back to Move Balloons to the Finish Line"

• Equipment needed: Pre-inflated balloons.
• Teams send two players to the starting line and place a balloon behind them.
• Both players will use their backs to press the balloon (without using their hands) and move towards the finish line.
• Once they reach the finish line, they will return to the starting point to prepare for the next round.
• The winning team will be the one that moves the most balloons to the finish line in the least amount of time.

"Gift Lottery"

Prepare a box with lottery tickets containing numbers based on the lottery results of the day.

The lucky number will be determined based on the lottery results of the day.

Each prize will be announced in ascending order. Players with matching numbers will receive gifts from the sponsor.

This process will continue until all the prizes are given to the corresponding players.

"In and Out"

This game requires a spacious playing area. The organizers can clear the space in the middle of the room.

Participants will form a circle or a U-shaped formation around that space. The rules can vary from easy to difficult.

Background music is played, and everyone can move or dance to the rhythm.

The MC will sequentially read the "in and out" codes and give requirements for the number of people or number of legs in the group for people to find and form a group. For example: "group of 3 people," "group of 5 people," "group with a total of 7 legs," etc.

Players who cannot find a group or cannot meet the requirements will be eliminated from the game.

"Bird, Animal, Fish"

This game doesn't require any special equipment; having about 7-10 players is enough.

All players stand together in a circle.

The game leader stands in the middle and points at someone, then loudly shouts "bird, animal, or fish."

The designated person must immediately think of the name of a bird, animal, or fish that has not been mentioned before. If they answer incorrectly or fail to answer within 5 seconds, they will be eliminated from the game.

These are some additional year-end party games that can make your company's year-end party memorable and meaningful. However, if you are looking for more unique and fun game ideas for your upcoming year-end party, feel free to contact Thien An Media, an event planning company. With their young and creative team, they can provide you with many innovative and exciting year-end party themes and games.