The best games where you have to act 🕴 2024
In games with acting mechanisms, players must use some form of mime or mimicry to communicate with the other players.
Charades as an example of acting social games
Charades is probably the poster child for this mechanic, in which one member of a team must give nonverbal clues so that the other members can guess the solution.
Monikers brings a breath of fresh air to the genre
The very popular party game Monikers has recently brought a breath of fresh air to the acting-social games genre. But also many other recently released games offer a lot of fun. But just check out our list for yourself:
List of the best acting games list 2024 🕴
Monikers
Monikers is a lively and entertaining party game inspired by the classic public domain game Celebrities. It is designed for players who enjoy guessing games and offers a fun challenge through a series of rounds where the methods of clue-giving evolve and become more restrictive.
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Monikers- 4 - 16 Players
- 30 - 60 Minutes
- 17+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Monikers
Monikers: Serious Nonsense
- 4 - 20 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 18+ years old
- Immediately playable
Time's Up!
Time's Up! is a lively and entertaining charades-based party game, ideal for playing in teams of two or more. It's particularly engaging when played with teams of two. The game revolves around guessing famous historical or fictional characters, with each player contributing to a communal deck of names used across three distinct rounds.
Nominated for 5 awards and won 2.
More details for Time's Up!- 4 - 18 Players
- 90 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Immediately playable
Time's Up! Edición Azul
- 4 - 12 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Immediately playable
Imagine
Imagine is a creative and engaging party game that challenges players to guess over a thousand different items from various categories using 61 unique transparent cards. These cards can be combined by placing them next to each other or by layering them on top of one another to create representations of the items to be guessed. The key rule is that players must convey these concepts silently, relying solely on their ability to manipulate and combine the cards to express their ideas.
Nominated for 6 awards and won 2.
More details for Imagine- 3 - 8 Players
- 15 - 30 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Immediately playable
Time's Up! Academy
- 4 - 12 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Immediately playable
Time's Up! Family
- 4 - 12 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Spyfall
Spyfall immerses players in a unique party game experience where they step into the intriguing roles of spies, navigating through various scenarios to decipher their surroundings. In this engaging game, participants aim to uncover the spy in their midst while the spy endeavors to blend in and discern the secret location.
Nominated for 7 awards and won 2.
More details for Spyfall- 3 - 8 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Spyfall
Don't Get Got!
- 2 - 10 Players
- 30 - 1440 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Don't Get Got!
Feed the Kraken
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for Feed the Kraken- 5 - 11 Players
- 45 - 90 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
Time's Up! Kids
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Time's Up! Kids- 2 - 12 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 4+ years old
- Immediately playable
Two Rooms and a Boom
Two Rooms and a Boom is an exhilarating social deduction and hidden role party game designed for six or more players. The game divides players into two teams, the Red Team and the Blue Team, each with a critical role: the President for the Blue Team and the Bomber for the Red Team. Players are split between two separate playing areas, representing two rooms, where the strategic interplay and deception unfold.
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Two Rooms and a Boom- 6 - 30 Players
- 7 - 20 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Spyfall 2
Spyfall 2 elevates the intriguing and humorous party game Spyfall to new heights. This game is all about deception, quick thinking, and trying to pinpoint the spy among your friends. Each round, players find themselves at a secret location, except for the spy (or spies, in this version), who has no idea where they are. Through clever questioning, players must figure out who the spy is while the spy tries to blend in and guess the location to win points.
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Spyfall 2- 3 - 12 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Spyfall 2
Snake Oil
Snake Oil offers a refreshing twist on party games, where creativity, quick thinking, and persuasive skills reign supreme. Players transform into cunning salespeople, concocting bizarre products from a random assortment of word cards to pitch to various "customers" drawn from a deck of unique character cards. The aim is not just to sell a product but to tailor the pitch to the whims and needs of an ever-changing clientele, ranging from pirates to zombies.
Nominated for 1 award and won 1.
More details for Snake Oil- 3 - 10 Players
- 20 - 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
Treasure, Ready, Go!
- 2 - 4 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 5+ years old
- Immediately playable
Der HeidelBÄR: Wilde Wasser Edition
- 3 - 6 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
Funemployed
- 3 - 20 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Immediately playable
Freeze
- 4 - 10 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Immediately playable
Sound Box
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More details for Sound Box- 4 - 7 Players
- 30 - 45 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
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- 4 - 8 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 9+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Shifty Eyed Spies
Do De Li Do
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More details for Do De Li Do- 2 - 6 Players
- 10 - 20 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
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- 6 - 8 Players
- 180 Minutes
- 16+ years old
- Immediately playable
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- 4 - 8 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Debatable
- 3 - 16 Players
- 30 - 120 Minutes
- 15+ years old
- Immediately playable
Rock the Beat
- 4 - 12 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Speechless
- 3 - 8 Players
- 45 - 90 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Immediately playable
Ugg-Tect
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Ugg-Tect- 2 - 8 Players
- 30 - 45 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
HINT
Nominated for 3 awards and won 2.
More details for HINT- 4 - 10 Players
- 45 - 60 Minutes
- 15+ years old
- Immediately playable
News@11
- 3 - 6 Players
- 30 - 45 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Voodoo
- 3 - 6 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
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