Find fun youth ministry games, Christian icebreakers, and team-building activities for church groups, Bible studies, and youth retreats. With Games for Youth Ministry by YM360 you can choose from:
Students likely know alot about current celebrities- their names, professions, maybe even where they're from. But, can they decide how tall these celebrities actually are? Find out with this true or false model game!
This fast paced game has students racing to be the first to make a word with the letters provided. This game keeps students engaged and on their toes!
Step into the spotlight with Director’s Chair – Harry Potter Edition! In this hilarious crowd-powered game, you’ll reimagine the wizarding world by casting iconic characters with unexpected actors. The audience gets the final say, but can you predict who they’ll choose?
How to Play
Bring two players on stage and show a Harry Potter character along with two alternative actors. Each contestant secretly locks in their pick with the host. Then the crowd votes by moving left or right for the actor they think fits best. If the contestant’s choice matches the crowd’s vote, they score a point!
Think your group has the ultimate besties in it? Let them compete as best friends go head-to-head in ridiculous challenges to make each other laugh — and keeping a straight face is the only way to win! From wild impressions to nonsense rants and dramatic stares, it's all fun and games... especially when someone cracks up!
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Hooray for Hollywood! At least, some of it. Among all the exciting films, actors, and more in these different rounds, one has to go. Students vote by holding up 1, 2, 3, or 4 fingers to say which one is cut! Then the host reveals their selection, and anyone who matches scores 1000 points! It's the ultimate casting call – and you all get to make the decisions! ACTION!
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Tough choices just got a whole lot sweeter! In Sweeten the Deal, players consider what it would take to say “yes” to a difficult decision between two potential payoffs if they did. This can just be a fun mixer full of fun, debate, and surprising preferences – or, you can use it to see if students will do something challenging in your program. Have fun as you SWEETEN THE DEAL!
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Looking for a fun and powerful way to get your group talking? Play this creative game as a face-off or with the whole group. Most of the prompts will bring out some wild, hilarious stories — those unforgettable “did that really happen?” moments. A few others will shift gears and tap into the heart a bit more. It’s all so your group can deepen and widen their journey together through sharing experiences!
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Ready for more stories, more laughs, and more connection? Volume 2 of “Who Has A Story?” brings a brand-new batch of prompts designed to get your group talking (and cracking up). Whether you play as a head-to-head face-off or open it up to everyone, you’ll hear those wild “no way that happened” moments and a few that tug at the heart, too. It’s the perfect way to spark openness, joy, and community… one story at a time.
How well can your students actually define popular slang from their generation? With "Gen Z Slang" students can put their pop culture vocab to the test! Each slide presents a different word that is common with current teens. This hilarious game keeps students entertained and laughing!
Second edition of "KING OF THE QUIZ". This game tests your students knowledge of their royal rulers knowledge. Each question shows a well-known animated King, Emperor, or other Royalty. Students race to be the first to name the fictional character shown. The winner of this fast paced game can confidently declare themselves the KING OF THE QUIZ!
Students race to correctly identify the logo representing each iconic hero. From Marvel to DC, each question sparks friendly competition! Students can easily work individually or in teams, allowing everyone to participate.
It’s the classic game you know and love—but with a twist that turns up the tension! In Rock Paper Scissors, the whole room plays at once, but this time the screen is in charge. Each round, a video rapidly cycles through rock, paper, and scissors while students lock in their move by holding it out in front of them. Then the reveal video plays… and the screen throws down its choice. If your move loses to what’s on the screen, you’re out! It’s fast, it’s intense, and the last one standing takes the win.
How to Play:
Have all students stand up and get ready. Play the first video, which quickly cycles through rock, paper, and scissors to build suspense. When it ends, students choose and lock in their move by holding it out clearly. Then play the reveal video to show what the screen picks. Anyone whose move is beaten by the screen’s choice is out and sits down. Repeat with the remaining players until only one student is left—they’re the champion!
Get ready to say “No way!” over and over again. No Way! – TV Edition will have your whole group second-guessing reality as you try to decide if these ridiculous-sounding TV shows are actually real or totally made up. From wild reality shows to bizarre scripted plots, some of these were somehow greenlit… and some are complete fakes. Can you spot the real ones, or will you fall for the fakes?
How to Play:
Display the title and description of a TV show on the screen. Some are real shows that actually aired, and some are completely made up. Students decide whether they think it’s real or fake and move to one of two sides of the room—Left for Real, Right for Fake. Once everyone has picked a side, reveal the answer. Anyone who guessed incorrectly is out. Keep playing until only one contestant remains!
Grab your passports and fire up your GPS—it's time for Map Quest! Each round, two different road trips pop up on the screen, and teams have to decide which one is the shorter drive. It’s a fast-paced guessing game that mixes road-trip trivia with wild travel match-ups. Perfect for high-energy crowd participation and a little friendly competition!
How to Play
Split your group into two teams. Each round, show two different trips on the screen. Teams must guess which drive is shorter by pointing left or right (or by having team captains lock in their team’s answers). Once both teams have guessed, reveal which trip was actually shorter. Award one point to the team that guessed correctly. Keep score and play as many rounds as you like—the team with the most correct guesses wins!
Get ready to enter the ultimate debate stage with Hypotheticals – Movie Characters! Each round pits two iconic movie characters against each other in a ridiculous, over-the-top scenario—like “Who would win a bake-off: Darth Vader or Shrek?” or “Who’d survive longer in a zombie apocalypse: Elsa or Indiana Jones?” The crowd doesn’t get to sit this one out! One person is brought up to argue for each character, then the entire room casts their vote by physically moving to the left or right side of the room to show where they stand. It’s funny, it’s fiery, and it’ll have your group passionately defending their favorites in the most absurd situations.
How to Play:
Bring one student from each team on stage to represent each of the two characters shown on screen. Read the hypothetical scenario out loud, then give each student 20–30 seconds to argue why their character would win. Once both sides have argued, the rest of the group votes with their feet—everyone moves to the side of the room that matches the character they think would win. Keep score for each round or just play for fun and laughs!
Hut, hut... guess! Total Survival – NFL Edition is the ultimate football trivia faceoff where your only play is your gut. From jaw-dropping touchdown records to mind-blowing stat lines, you'll see one number at a time and then try to survive by guessing whether the next NFL-themed answer is higher or lower. Guess wrong and you're out. Guess right and you live to play another down. It's fast, competitive, and full of football surprises!
How to Play:
Display an NFL-themed question on the screen with a number as the answer. For the next round, show a new question—but only the question, not the answer. Students must guess if the answer to the new question is higher or lower than the previous number.
Students who think it’s higher move to the left side of the room; those who think it’s lower move to the right.
Once everyone picks a side, reveal the correct number. Anyone who guessed wrong is out. Keep playing until one student is left standing—or see who can survive the longest in this gridiron guessing game!
Everyone uses emojis. Test how well students can identify what the first emoticons meant! This throwback game keeps students engaged and laughing, as well as gives a small history lesson in the origins of emojis!
How well can your students actually define popular slang from their generation? With "Gen Z Slang" students can put their pop culture vocab to the test! Each slide presents a different word that is common with current teens. This hilarious game keeps students entertained and laughing!
Test out your students geography knowledge with "FINISH LINE." The question slides with show a letter(s) and the goal is for the students to name at least 5 countries that END with that letter. Whether your students work in teams or as individuals, this game is great for building connections and introducing students to places they might not know!
See how well your students can name these baby animals. Students will race to give the correct name for the baby version of the animals shown.
A scrambled word appears on the screen, and students race to unscramble it into its proper form. Each word is a name, place, or book in the Bible. The first person to shout out the correct word wins the round and earns a point. Each word tests player's Bible vocabulary, keeping students engaged and on their toes!
Random objects will appear on the screen. Students are racing to be the first to produce the items shown. Whether it's an item they may have brought for bible study, or a trusty waterbottle they never leave at home, these game keeps students engaged and energized.
Think you can spot a tall tale—or sell one? In Tell Me More, players spin wild stories or true confessions while their opponent asks for more to dig deeper, and then makes the ultimate call: real or made-up?
What if your favorite cartoons stepped out of the screen and into real life? In this game, you'll see real-life versions of beloved animated characters — and your job is to guess who they originally were! Can you recognize the cartoon behind the transformation? NAME THAT TOON!
Start a wild conversation as students hold up their fingers or move from one side of the room to the other to share how sad random situations in life would make them. Don’t worry, though – most of these aren’t heavy but rather frustrating circumstantially. It’s the perfect way to break the ice and engage your whole room as a mixer or a primer to a message on feelings!
Which celebrities grew up with parents who were in ministry? See if your group can guess at who comes from great roots. Vote thumbs up or thumbs down to show your answer!
Ready for another round of fun that will engage the whole room? Use all the great rounds in this game that builds connection, creates laughter and gets everyone mixed up into it all. Play it as an all-play or a face-off on stage as players participate in a lively exchange of being the first to respond to a prompt that reveal interesting facts, quirks, and experiences about others in the room!
Forget the classic debate over Hawaiian pizza! It’s time to unite your group against real pizza crimes! Get ready to crank up some energy in your room as everyone votes between two options to share what they think is the worst pizza crime. The host will reveal his/her choice, and if players match It they stay in! (And yes, there is a Hawaiian pizza option to cleanse the palate at the end of the game) Enjoy!
Your students see things everyday that cost money… but how good will they be at guessing if the price of something is higher or lower than what’s proposed? Play it as an all-play with thumbs up or down, or as a stage game. You can also hand out prizes for every round they get right!
Sure, you’ve splattered ketchup, mustard, mayo or chipotle sauce on your food… but how much do you really know about these condiments? Guess which fact belongs to which topping, whether as an all-play where players hold up one, two, three or four fingers, or as a stage game where it’s all on the line!
Get your group into teams for this exciting and hilarious game of challenges! Once you present each round’s task, a player from each group comes up to compete to see who does it best, the longest, or whatever the ask is. Judge who performed it best, and then introduce the next round. With quick rounds and plenty of laughs, "Can You Do This?" is the ultimate test of skill and creativity for players of all ages.
Supplies needed: Pennies, Bubble Gum, Squeezable fruit (i.e. lemon or orange), cup, cinnamon, spoons
Emoji Bible Stories is a fast, high-energy screen game where 4–5 emojis hint at a famous Bible story and students race to figure it out first. It’s simple to run, hilarious to watch, and perfect for getting the whole room shouting guesses, cheering for teammates, and having those “aha!” moments when the story finally clicks.
Think you know everyday items? Alternative Names will put your creativity to the test as your team races to decode hilarious and unexpected names—shout it out first to win!
How to Play:
In Alternative Names, teams will be shown a quirky, offbeat name for a common item (like “nose towel” for a tissue). Teams must quickly figure out the real name of the item and be the first to shout it out. The fastest team scores a point—get ready for clever clues and quick thinking!
This game is loud, chaotic, and absolutely hilarious. Guess What Now? puts one brave contestant on stage with their back to the screen, while the rest of the crowd sees a wild, animated video of a ridiculous scenario—like a leprechaun playing basketball in a haunted library or a vampire roasting marshmallows on the moon. The video highlights three capitalized words that the contestant has to guess, but here’s the catch: the crowd can’t say any of the words—they can only act them out! From zombies to sports to spooky settings, every round is unpredictable, and the energy is off the charts.
How to Play:
Split the group into two teams. For each round, bring one volunteer from each team to the front. The contestant faces the crowd while a video plays behind them with a wacky scene and three capitalized words. The crowd must act out the scene without using any words or sounds. The first contestant to correctly guess all three words wins the round and earns a point for their team. Play as many rounds as you want, and the team with the most points at the end wins!
Some mascots are fierce. Some are… let’s just say, creatively questionable. In High School or No School – Mascot Edition, you’ll see a parade of mascots flash across the screen—complete with a name and an image. But not all of them are real! Some of these wild mascots are totally made up. Each round, you decide: is it an actual high school mascot somewhere in the world… or is it completely fake? From “The Pretzels” to “The Fighting Pickles,” this game will have your students second-guessing everything they thought they knew about school spirit.
How to Play:
Have students stand in the middle of the room. When a mascot appears on screen, students must decide if it’s real or fake. If they think it’s a real high school mascot, they move to the right side of the room. If they think it’s fake, they move to the left. After everyone makes their choice, reveal the answer on the next slide. Students who get it wrong are out! Keep going until one student remains—or reset each round and just play for fun.
As a riddle appears on the screen, students race to think fast— whoever shouts the correct answer first earns a point and earns the title of riddle champion for that round. The friendly competition keeps everyone on their toes and focused, eager for the next brain teaser to be shown. Each riddle brings cheers, laughter, and a boost of confidence to the solver—and a spark of determination to the rest. As the points stack up, the energy builds, transforming a simple activity into a lively highlight of your youth gathering.
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