Best Games to Play on a Group Video Call With 10+ People (2026)

Small-group games fall apart with a big crowd — half the call ends up watching. The trick for 10 or more people is teams, so everyone stays involved even when it isn't their turn. Here are the games that scale.

1. Team word-guessing (Codenames-style)

This is the big-group winner. Two teams means five, eight, even ten people per side, all debating the same clue at once. WordSpies supports big rooms — everyone joins from their phone, picks a team, and the spymasters give the clues while the rest of the team argues happily. Nobody sits out.

2. Trivia in teams

Split the call into teams and keep score. Works at any size, though someone has to host the questions.

3. Draw-and-guess games

Drawing party games handle big lobbies well by rotating who draws.

4. Werewolf / Mafia

Social deduction genuinely gets better with more people — ten-plus is ideal — but it needs a moderator and can run long.

5. Categories chain

Go around naming items in a category; you're out if you repeat or stall. Scales to any size.

Why teams beat a free-for-all

With big groups, the games that flop are the ones where you wait ages for your turn. Team games fix that — you contribute on every single turn. Start a free WordSpies room, split into red and blue, and even a 15-person call stays loud and involved.