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25 date night games for couples
Some nights you don’t want a big plan. You want to laugh, compete a little and maybe learn something new about the person next to you. These 25 date night games for couples need two players and not much else, and each comes with the cost, the time and what you need. One is our own card game, and it’s labeled.
By The Couples Company25 games6 min read
How to use this list
Take turns choosing: one of you picks the pink numbers, the other picks the teal.
- Agree on the stakes before round one. Loser makes breakfast is a classic.
- Match the game to your energy. Silly beats ambitious on a tired Tuesday.
- Cost guide: Free costs nothing, $ is under $20 and $$ is $20 to $50.
No-prep
Games 1 to 5
Zero setup, zero shopping. All you need is each other, and maybe a pen.
- 1
Two truths and a lie, couples edition
Each of you shares three things from your life before you met: two true, one invented. Your partner guesses the lie. Bonus point for a true story they’ve never heard before.
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- 20 minutes
- You need
- Just the two of you
- 2
The alphabet game
Pick a category, like foods, bands or places you’ve been together, and take turns naming one for each letter from A to Z. Stall for more than five seconds and you lose the round.
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- 15 minutes
- You need
- A category
- 3
Twenty questions, couples edition
Think of a person, place or thing from your life together, like your first apartment or a friend’s terrible ex. Your partner gets twenty yes-or-no questions to guess it.
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- 15 minutes
- You need
- Just the two of you
- 4
Guess the memory
Describe a moment from your relationship in three words, like “rain, parking lot, laughing.” Your partner has to name the memory. Swap after every round and keep score.
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- 20 minutes
- You need
- A few good memories
- 5
Fortunately, unfortunately
Tell a story together, one sentence each, taking turns starting with “Fortunately” and “Unfortunately.” Start somewhere ordinary, like a trip to the grocery store, and see how far it goes.
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- 15 minutes
- You need
- Just the two of you
Card and board
Games 6 to 10
For a proper game night. Pull out a deck you already own, or treat yourselves to something new.
- 6
Our product
Play WhoIs?
Our card game for couples. Draw 15 cards each and take turns reading one out, like “Who is the better driver?” Your partner says who it describes, and if you agree, they keep the card. Make a bet before you start: most cards wins it.
- Cost
- $29.99
- Time
- 30 to 90 minutes
- You need
- The WhoIs? deck
- 7
Gin rummy for stakes
A two-player classic that only needs a standard deck. Play to 100 points and agree on the prize before you deal. The loser plans the next date.
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- 30 to 60 minutes
- You need
- A deck of cards
- 8
Speed
The fastest card game there is: you both race to get rid of your cards onto two piles in the middle. It’s loud, it’s quick, and nobody stays calm. Best of five.
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- 10 minutes a round
- You need
- A deck of cards
- 9
Learn a classic together
Pick a two-player game neither of you knows well, like backgammon, cribbage or chess. Learn the rules from a video, then play three rounds. Being beginners together is half the fun.
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- 1 hour
- You need
- A board, or a free app
- 10
Make your own trivia deck
Each of you writes ten questions about yourself on index cards: your first concert, your oddest fear, your go-to karaoke song. Shuffle them together and quiz each other. Keep the deck for next time.
- Cost
- $
- Time
- 1 hour
- You need
- Index cards, pens
Conversation games
Games 11 to 15
Games where the prize is a better conversation. Expect to learn something new, even if you’ve been together for years.
- 11
How well do you know your partner?
Our free quiz, played on one phone. You each answer 12 quick questions about yourself, then guess each other’s answers. See who knows who better, then argue about the results.
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- 5 to 10 minutes
- You need
- One phone
- 12
The hot seat
One of you sits in the hot seat for five minutes and answers anything the other asks, honestly, with one pass allowed. Then swap. Start light and get braver as you go.
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- 20 minutes
- You need
- A timer
- 13
Desert island picks
Each of you secretly writes down your desert island picks: three songs, one book, one meal and one luxury. Before you reveal, try to guess your partner’s list. Points for every match.
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- 30 minutes
- You need
- Paper, pens
- 14
This or that, then why
One of you offers two options, like mountains or beach, early or late, sweet or salty, and the other picks instantly. The asker then gets one follow-up: why? Swap every five rounds.
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- 20 minutes
- You need
- Just the two of you
- 15
Finish the sentence
Each of you writes five sentence starters about yourself, like “My perfect Sunday starts with” or “I always laugh when.” Your partner has to finish them the way you would. A point for every ending you’d sign off on.
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- 30 minutes
- You need
- Paper, pens
Active
Games 16 to 20
Off the couch. These need a little space and a lot of competitive spirit.
- 16
Living room dance-off
Take turns choosing a song and dancing for one full chorus while the other judges, with homemade scorecards. Points for commitment, not skill.
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- 20 minutes
- You need
- A speaker, some floor
- 17
Balloon volleyball
Blow up a balloon, tie a scarf between two chairs for a net, and play to 11. It’s ridiculous, harder than it looks, and very low risk to the furniture.
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- 20 minutes
- You need
- A balloon, a scarf
- 18
Flashlight hide and seek
Turn off every light, give the seeker a flashlight, and hide. Best of five. It’s exactly as fun as it was when you were nine, and somehow more nerve-racking.
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- 30 minutes
- You need
- A flashlight
- 19
A clue hunt for each other
Each of you hides five small things for the other, around your place or your street, with a written clue leading to each one. First to find all five wins.
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- 45 minutes
- You need
- Paper, five small things
- 20
Frisbee golf in the park
Pick targets around a park, like that tree or that bench, and count the throws it takes to hit each one. Nine holes, keep score, and the loser buys the ice cream.
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- 1 hour
- You need
- A frisbee
Silly
Games 21 to 25
Low stakes, high laughs. The point is to be a little ridiculous together.
- 21
Hum that tune
Take turns humming a song, no words allowed, while the other guesses. Harder than it sounds, and funnier than it should be.
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- 15 minutes
- You need
- Just the two of you
- 22
Charades of your relationship
Act out moments from your life together without a word: your first date, the time the car broke down, how your partner looks when the food arrives. The other one guesses.
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- 20 minutes
- You need
- Just the two of you
- 23
Paper airplane championship
Fold three planes each and compete in three events: distance, accuracy (land it in the laundry basket) and style. You judge each other’s style, so expect controversy.
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- 30 minutes
- You need
- Paper
- 24
Back-to-back drawing
Sit back to back. One of you describes a simple picture without naming it, and the other tries to draw it. Compare, laugh, swap.
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- 20 minutes
- You need
- Paper, pens, a picture
- 25
The worst first date
Take turns playing the worst first date imaginable: the over-sharer, the one who reviews the menu out loud, the one who brought a slideshow. Then play the best one, and compare notes on your real first date.
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- 20 minutes
- You need
- A straight face
Play it as a game
Our game night, in a box.
WhoIs? is the card game we make for couples. Read a card, your partner says who it describes, and if you agree, the card is theirs. Play as two, or invite friends and crown your Relationship Royalty.
167 question cards · 12 answer cards · 2 to 12+ players
From the deck
- Who is:More competitive?
- Who is:The better driver?
- Who is:Never wrong?
