5. Virtual Office Water Cooler Hour
Nope not all water cooler talk needs to be gossip.
Have a live office cooler hour for anyone to join in to share their personal or team experiences. It could be about the new baking recipe they tried out yesterday or the best sales anecdote – give a platform for those stories to be heard.
Best results seen when the activity is hosted every Friday!
TIP: Don’t over-moderate, trust your employees to self discipline – after all, you hired them!
6. Live Gravity Challenge
Confused? Made popular on Tik Tok & Instagram this challenge is simple except lets do it live!
- Choose a male AND a female colleague and bring them LIVE on screen.
- Ask them to get on all fours
- Then ask them to rest their forearms on the floor, followed by their elbows, with their faces resting in their hands.
- Then, they quickly move their arms from the ground to behind their back.
Here is how others fared! This activity is best done once.
TIP: Our bet is that women crush it. Don’t forget to record the challenge.
7. Micro-Learning Virtual Workshops
Learning never stops and it doesn’t always need to be about work. Invite external experts or find one within your company to continuously teach and learn new skills & techniques. It could be How to bake your own sourdough, or 30 must use shortcuts in excel, or Under 5 minutes makeup essentials – no dearth of topics.
TIP: Keep it short and have limited seats – let your audience ask for more.
8. Book Club
Reading is a dying art with the onset of social media & netflix. All great leaders are readers and a company book club can be a great start to find your next generation of leaders.
Use your employee app to build a digital library with recommendations from avid book fans.
Host book club meetups to discuss the book-of-the-month.
TIP: Internal podcasts could be used to promote audio books but be careful of copyrights
9. Company Cribs
Remember MTV Cribs?
Let’s go live weekly into one of our colleague’s homes. Let them give us a tour of their home and share their favourite things. If they feel comfortable we get to say hi to their family and it surely is a great way to know each other on a personal level
TIP : Ideal for small teams where all team members are comfortable
10. Karaoke Battle
Do we need to say more? Best results when done anytime – every night can be karaoke night and convert it to be a championship with brackets!
TIP : Your CEO & COO have to be the first ones to battle it out with live results
11. Offsite & Team Dinners
If we can enjoy virtual birthdays and virtual weddings we surely can have a virtual offsite with our teams ending with an amazing dinner that everyone orders from their favourite restaurant nearby. Don’t forget to send them their offsite goodies – what better way to surprise them and have everyone wear the offsite hoodie at the virtual event
TIP: Add frequent breaks and trim the agenda
12. Office Culture Trip
Who doesn’t miss their annual vacation to new places? While we can’t wait to get back to travelling, let’s make the best of what we have.
A virtual culture tour from our colleagues.
With an increasingly diverse workforce coming from different countries & cultures, ask individuals to share unique culture facts & tips. So when we are back to travelling, our colleague’s hometown would surely be an option . Best results done monthly.
TIP: Make it interactive by asking them to teach us a few words in their language
13. Virtual Celebrations
Use push notifications, virtual events , app contests and more to celebrate festivals, company milestones, individual achievements, diversity, anniversaries & birthdays. Celebrate small wins and most importantly celebrate each other.
TIP: Here is how we celebrated virtual holi & virtual easter
14. Meet In-Person!
Meeting in person in itself will be an event. Ensure you make the most out of it.
In conclusion, there are many enjoyable and interactive online team building games that can enhance communication, and team dynamics among employees, regardless of their age or location.
These games will not help you break the monotony of work.
By incorporating these games into your regular employee engagement activities, you can create a more positive and enjoyable work culture that benefits everyone involved.
15. AI Icebreaker Bot
Use ChatGPT to generate quirky questions like “If our team were a TV show, what would it be called?” or “What would surprise your 12-year-old self about your life now?”
TIP: Perfect to start a team call with energy.
16. Slack Dice
Create a six-sided “fun task” list: give a shoutout, share a win, recommend a song, post a meme, drop a tip, or send an emoji-only update. Roll daily or weekly.
TIP: Keeps async communication fresh and lively.
17. Where in the World?
Ask teammates to submit a photo from their location – a café, a view, or an object – and guess where it’s from.
TIP: Best done as a monthly challenge to keep curiosity alive.
18. Lunch Roulette
Randomly pair teammates for a 20-minute coffee or lunch catch-up.
TIP: Add themes like “Ask Me Anything” or “What I’ve Learned” for variety.
19. Team Playlist
Build a shared Spotify playlist for moods like “Friday Feels” or “Deep Focus.”
TIP: Use it as virtual event waiting-room music.
20. Time Zone Trivia
Each person shares an obscure or funny fact about their city or country. Others guess who it belongs to.
TIP: Works great for quarterly meetings or cultural spotlight days.
21. Recognition Bingo
Turn team values into a bingo card with actions like “Helped debug a problem” or “Made the team laugh.”
TIP: Offer small prizes for completed cards.
22. AI Role Play
Use ChatGPT to simulate customer conversations, tricky feedback, or silly workplace situations. Let team members act out responses.
TIP: Great for practice in a low-pressure setting.
23. Mic Drop Mondays
Kick off the week with a 1-minute share from one team member – a rant, a tip, or a fun story.
TIP: Builds confidence and public speaking skills.
24. Puzzle Race
Teams compete to finish a digital jigsaw puzzle first.
TIP: Use tools like JigsawPuzzles.io or PuzzGrid and set a timer for extra fun.
25. Meme Chain
Start a thread where each reply must be a meme related to the previous one.
TIP: Keep a shared meme template folder for easy creation.
26. Online Game Tournaments
Run quick tournaments using online games like Skribbl.io, Gartic Phone, GeoGuessr, or Codenames.
TIP: Choose games that need no downloads to maximise participation.
27. Team TikTok Challenge
Try a trending dance, lip sync, or skit as a team. Edit the clips into one fun video.
TIP: Keep participation voluntary and creative.
28. Secret Question of the Week
One person picks a meaningful question, collects anonymous answers, and shares them on Friday.
TIP: Use tools like Typeform or Google Forms for easy collection.
In conclusion, there are many enjoyable and interactive online team building games that can enhance communication, and team dynamics among employees, regardless of their age or location.
These games will not help you break the monotony of work.
By incorporating these games into your regular employee engagement activities, you can create a more positive and enjoyable work culture that benefits everyone involved.