games to play on facetime,
long distance.
you’re on the call. nobody has anything left to say. keep the call on and open a game in the browser — you each play on your own phone or laptop.
- free
- no download
- no account
- any video call
- start the facetime. or whatsapp, meet, zoom — doesn’t matter, yui doesn’t touch the call.
- one of you makes a code on link up. the other types it in.
- pick a game. play it on your screen, react to each other on the call.
one phone only? put the call in picture-in-picture and open the game in the browser behind it. a laptop for the call and a phone for the game is easier.
the ones that are better when you can see their face.
mind meld
you both answer the same prompt in secret, then reveal. same answer is a meld. watching their face when you don’t match is the point.
play mind meld → head-to-head · 10 roundswavelength
one of you sees a hidden target on a scale and gives a clue. the other spins the dial to find it. arguing about the clue out loud is allowed.
play wavelength → co-op · 3 eachknow me
write three questions about yourself, then guess each other’s answers. you think you know them. find out on camera.
play know me → 2 playerstwo truths & a lie
write three statements about yourself. they pick the lie. harder when they can see you trying not to smile.
play two truths → 2 playersstory weave
write a story together, one line each. one writes while the other directs the twist. read it out loud at the end.
play story weave → 2 playerspictionary
one draws on their screen, the other guesses before the timer runs out. then swap. shouting guesses down the call works fine.
play pictionary → solo or vs · timedtrivia
11 categories, blitz and sudden death. race each other to the right answer. someone will claim lag.
play trivia → co-opmystery room
a noir case you crack together, two phones, one room. talk it through on the call. no hints unless you ask.
play mystery room → red vs yellowconnect 4
drop pieces, get four in a row. the one you already know, now from two cities.
play connect 4 → 2 playersdots & boxes
draw lines, close boxes, chain them. quietly more strategic than it looks.
play dots & boxes → 2 playerstic tac toe
quick, for when you only have five minutes before one of you has to sleep.
play tic tac toe → 18+ · after darknever have i ever
flirty confessions that escalate. anyone who has, drinks. better on a call than over text.
play never have i ever →