50 Best Virtual Team Building Activities for Remote Teams
Teams today are more mobile than they’ve ever been before. Staff members are free to collaborate with one another from anywhere in the world. And work is no longer limited to in-office environments.
But if we aren’t careful, our remote teams can start to feel isolated, instead of connected. This is where the power of virtual team building comes in.
What is a Virtual Team Building?
Virtual team building brings remote teams together by simulating in-person experiences through activities. For example, group games provide human connection. Strategy-based activities curate a sense of community. And problem-solving puzzles keep creative brains stimulated.
In short, when teams play games together, they build bonds together. And stronger bonds lead to stronger teams.
Do you need to organize a Virtual Team Building in Singapore? Check out the virtual team-building activities and games Jambar Team Building offers for remote Singaporean teams! Contact us for more information!
50 Free Fun Virtual Team Building Activities and Games to Play Online
Are you ready to build a stronger, happier team? Here’s our list of the top 50 best virtual team building activities for remote teams. Let’s go!
50 Free Fun Virtual Team Building Activities and Games in Detail
Let’s dive deeper and learn more about the rules of each game. See how you can make the virtual team building activities more fun and engaging!
10 Common Things
Divvy up your team into small groups and task them with listing 10 things they ALL have in common. This can be in an online doc or on a digital whiteboard. Plus, you can choose a topic (like hobbies or food) or let them brainstorm freely.
💻 Platform: Zoom/MS Teams
⏱ Timing: 10 – 15 mins
👐 No. of Participants: 4 – 30 pax
🎯 Objective: Icebreaker
50 States Challenge
Split your team into groups and work against the clock to name all 50 states in the U.S. The best part? It’s a fun, quick game you can play with an unlimited number of people.
💻 Platform: Zoom/MS Teams
⏱ Timing: 1 Hour
👐 No. of Participants: 2 – 1000 pax
🎯 Objective: Encourage Teamwork
Bookclub
If you have lots of literary aficionados on your team, organize a weekly or monthly book club. Each cycle, choose a book that interests the group. Then schedule a virtual meetup to discuss characters, plot lines, or themes as you go. Or discuss after everyone’s finished the book.
💻 Platform: Zoom/MS Teams
⏱ Timing: 1 Hour
👐 No. of Participants: 2 – 1000 pax
🎯 Objective: Foster Creativity & Innovation
DIY Craft Challenge
Grab a timer, set it for 60 minutes. Then tell everyone on the team they have an hour to build something with whatever’s around them. It could be paperclips, sticky notes, pencils — you name it. At the end of the hour, everyone shares their craft on-screen and votes for their favorites.
💻 Platform: Zoom/MS Teams
⏱ Timing: 1 Hour
👐 No. of Participants: 2 – 20 pax
🎯 Objective: Foster Creativity & Innovation
Experience The B.E.S.T.
Keep everyone pumped as you work as a team through multiple mini-games. Each of which is the B.E.S.T.! Boosting, engaging, short, and totally fun!
💻 Platform: Zoom/MS Teams
⏱ Timing: 1 Hour
Fit Teams, Strong Teams
Promote health and wellbeing with Jambar’s Fit Teams, Strong Teams. It’s a fun series of virtual fitness courses. They’re perfect for any remote team member, of any skill level. Courses cover yoga, HIIT, and everything in between.
💻 Platform: Zoom/MS Teams
⏱ Timing: 1 Hour
GIF Battles
Spice up working remotely with a little laughter. Create a new Slack channel and hold a GIF competition. Team members get to drop GIFs in the channel and vote. Whoever has the most votes, wins the battle!
💻 Platform: Zoom/MS Teams
⏱ Timing: 1 Hour
👐 No. of Participants: Unlimited pax
🎯 Objective: Improve Morale & Motivation
Get The Most Fun, In 60 Seconds Time!
Amp up the fun with a bunch of fast-paced mini-games that are ready to play remotely in 60 seconds or less! Challenge your team mentally and physically. And build stronger team connections at the same time.
💻 Platform: Zoom/MS Teams
⏱ Timing: 1.5 Hours
Green Impulse
Inspire your team to work together for a good (or should we say green) cause. Work through each module of Green Impulse to learn how to fly an aircraft. And guess what … it’s powered by renewable, sustainable energy.
💻 Platform: Zoom/MS Teams
⏱ Timing: 1.5 Hours
👐 No. of Participants: 5 – 1000 pax
🎯 Objective: Encourage Teamwork
Guess the Country
Test your remote team’s geography skills with this quick and fun game. Split up your team into groups and start moving through the alphabet. Teams have to name a country starting with that letter, and whoever says a country first gets a point. Keep score because the team that gets the most points by the end of the alphabet wins.
💻 Platform: Zoom/MS Teams
⏱ Timing: 1 Hour
👐 No. of Participants: 2 – 50 pax
🎯 Objective: Encourage Teamwork
Guess the Artist
Ask everyone on your team to draw or choose an image that best represents themselves. Take turns showing the image onscreen and let the group guess who the picture belongs to. Once the group guesses, the person it belongs to gets to share a quick story behind the image.
💻 Platform: Zoom/MS Teams
⏱ Timing: 30 mins
👐 No. of Participants: 10 – 15 pax
🎯 Objective: Foster Creativity & Innovation
Innovative Minds Make Wonders!
Put each team member in the spotlight and watch as their creativity comes to life! This online group activity is designed to reduce anxiety. Plus, it’ll elevate moods as each member unleashes their imagination.
💻 Platform: Zoom/MS Teams
⏱ Timing: 1 – 1.5 Hours
Interactive Social Bonding
Focus on interactivity and online bonding with up to 8 different challenges. This series includes virtual team building games like trivia, riddles, and more! Each activity gets your team talking, bonding, and discussing … no matter where they are in the world.
💻 Platform: Zoom/MS Teams
⏱ Timing: 1 Hour
Mindfulness & Meditation
Support a more mindful team by giving everyone time throughout the day to pause and meditate. Encourage your team to journal, write down what’s bothering them, or take note of something they appreciate. At the end of the half-hour, open the discussion so members can share if they wish.
💻 Platform: Zoom/MS Teams
⏱ Timing: 1 Hour
Mister Rogers Calls
This icebreaker game will help you to get to know your virtual work neighbors with 30-minute coffee chats each week. Start by assigning coffee chat partners, then gab away for a half-hour about anything you want. The only rule is you can’t talk about work!
Also, check out Best 20 Online Icebreaker Games that Jambar Team Building offers for remote teams in Singapore!
💻 Platform: Zoom/MS Teams
⏱ Timing: 30 mins
👐 No. of Participants: 4 – 300 pax
🎯 Objective: Icebreaker
Never Have I Ever
Start by saying “never have I ever.” Follow it up with something exciting you’ve never done, like visiting a foreign country. Everyone in the group holds ten fingers up. And anyone who has visited another country then puts a finger down. The next person lists something they’ve never done. So on and so on until there’s one person left with at least one finger up.
💻 Platform: Zoom/MS Teams
⏱ Timing: 1.5 Hours
👐 No. of Participants: 5 – 50 pax
🎯 Objective: Icebreaker
Niagara Falls (Water Challenge)
Encourage your team to live healthier with an ongoing game of Niagara Falls. It’s a water challenge where team members post a water emoji for every bottle of water they drink. At the end of the day (or week or month), whoever posted the most water emojis wins.
💻 Platform: Zoom/MS Teams
⏱ Timing: Ongoing
👐 No. of Participants: Unlimited pax
🎯 Objective: Improve Morale & Motivation
No Smiling
This one’s simple, but effective. Choose someone in the group to be “it” — and their goal is to go as long as possible without smiling. The catch is that everyone else has one job: to make that person smile or laugh. Get ready for some belly laughs!
💻 Platform: Zoom/MS Teams
⏱ Timing: 1.5 Hours
👐 No. of Participants: 5 – 50 pax
🎯 Objective: Icebreaker
Pulse Employee Engagement Quiz
Check out PulseMate to get a birds-eye view of your team and how each member is feeling. Each week, send out a survey to your remote team and give them some time to fill it out. Then, read the results and check in with the team to brainstorm ways to improve morale.
💻 Platform: Zoom/MS Teams
⏱ Timing: 1 Hour
👐 No. of Participants: Unlimited pax
🎯 Objective: Enhance Productivity
Quiz About Employees
Introduce new employees and get them integrated with the rest of the team. Have new members create short presentations about themselves, complete with trivia questions. Distribute the quiz at the end of the presentation. Whichever team member gets the most right answers, wins!
💻 Platform: Zoom/MS Teams
⏱ Timing: 1 Hour
👐 No. of Participants: Unlimited pax
🎯 Objective: Icebreaker
Read My Lips
If you want to get your group giggling, this is THE game for you. Have one person in the group turn off their mic and say a phrase on camera. Everyone else tries to read their lips and guess the phrase. The team member with the highest number of correct guesses wins!
💻 Platform: Zoom/MS Teams
⏱ Timing: 1 Hour
👐 No. of Participants: 5 – 50 pax
🎯 Objective: Improve Morale & Motivation
Round Robin Recognition
Everyone likes a little appreciation now and then. And Round Robin Recognition does just that. Start your next meeting by giving each team member the chance to “shout out” two other members. Each shout-out recognizes something positive another staff member accomplished … big or small.
💻 Platform: Zoom/MS Teams
⏱ Timing: 5 – 20 mins
👐 No. of Participants: 2 – 40 pax
🎯 Objective: Improve Morale & Motivation
Shazam
Shazam is great for bonding, and for improving listening comprehension skills. Pull up Spotify, iTunes, or YouTube and play a song that’s popular with your team. Whoever calls out the song title and artist first, gets a point. Whoever gets the most points, wins.
💻 Platform: Zoom/MS Teams
⏱ Timing: 10 – 15 mins
👐 No. of Participants: 10 – 15 pax
🎯 Objective: Icebreaker
Spelling Bee
Have a lot of wordsmiths on your team? Organize a virtual spelling bee with your team and ask them to spell words one at a time. To make it challenging, make the words harder with each round.
💻 Platform: Zoom/MS Teams
⏱ Timing: 2 Hours
👐 No. of Participants: 5 – 20 pax
🎯 Objective: Enhance Productivity
Sun Salutation
Sitting at a desk all day isn’t great for neck, back, and shoulder pain. This is true whether you work remotely or not. But Jambar’s Sun Salutation starts every day the right way with guided, remote exercises. Plus, it’s structured as a competitive challenge to get everyone motivated.
💻 Platform: Zoom/MS Teams
⏱ Timing: 1 Hour
The Ultimate Cook-Off Challenge
Bring out everyone’s inner chef in this fun, relaxing online team building activity. Each team member works together to make a full-course meal … remotely! Get family members in the mix to encourage even more team bonding.
💻 Platform: Zoom/MS Teams
⏱ Timing: 1.5 Hours
The Virtual Amazing Race Challenge
Virtually travel to cities and countries all over the world with your remote team. Explore together, play games, and solve puzzles as a team to make the most of your adventure.
💻 Platform: Zoom/MS Teams
⏱ Timing: 1.5 Hours
Theme Photo Contest
Get those creative juices flowing with a quick game of Theme Photo Contest. Start by choosing a weekly theme (like coffee or pets). Everyone on the team has to choose or create a photo that best represents the theme. Let the team vote and whoever has the most gets to choose the theme for next week.
💻 Platform: Zoom/MS Teams
⏱ Timing: 0.5 Hours
👐 No. of Participants: 10 – 200 pax
🎯 Objective: Foster Creativity & Innovation
Tiny Campfire
Although you can “play” Tiny Campfire any time of year, it’s perfect for fall and winter. Have everyone on your team roast marshmallows over tiny tea lights. You can make some s’mores, and have some lighthearted convos or play trivia.
Check out the fun online trivia games and quizzes that Jambar Team Building offers!
Choose the topics you like the most from our collection: Animal Trivia, Geography Trivia, Movie Trivia, Music Trivia, and Sports Trivia!
💻 Platform: Zoom/MS Teams
⏱ Timing: 1 Hour
👐 No. of Participants: 5 – 10 pax
🎯 Objective: Improve Morale & Motivation
Together We Paint
There’s more than one way to play this creative game. A few days before the activity, we’ll send each team member a box of art supplies. And it’s up to the group, and each individual member, to create a masterpiece.
💻 Platform: Zoom/MS Teams
⏱ Timing: 1 – 1.5 Hours
Tree or Bob Ross
One person secretly chooses an object or concept (like a football, or time travel). Everyone else in the group has to ask them questions to figure out what they’ve chosen. The added twist is that the first question has to be “is it more like a tree, or more like Bob Ross?” — and the answer is carried forward into the next question. For example, the next question could be “is it more like Bob Ross, or more like an apple?”
💻 Platform: Zoom/MS Teams
⏱ Timing: 2 Hours
👐 No. of Participants: 5 – 10 pax
🎯 Objective: Encourage Teamwork
Two Truths & A Lie
This is a party-style game that gets people thinking. Give each player a chance to share two facts about themselves, and one thing that’s totally made up. When it’s your turn, your goal is to stump the rest of the group — so don’t be afraid to have some fun.
💻 Platform: Zoom/MS Teams
⏱ Timing: 2 Hours
👐 No. of Participants: 5 – 10 pax
🎯 Objective: Icebreaker
Typing Speed Race
Send everyone in your group a link to TypeRacer (or any other online typing game). Compete to type the most amount of words. Whoever gets the highest score, wins. For larger groups, break off into small teams. You can organize winners into a bracket to keep the competition going.
💻 Platform: Zoom/MS Teams
⏱ Timing: 1 – 3 Hours
👐 No. of Participants: 5 – 500 pax
🎯 Objective: Enhance Productivity
Uncover Your Superpowers
If your team already knows one another well, break through another layer by digging deep. Have each person take a strength assessment, then take turns sharing their results. This game highlights what everyone is good at. And it gives people a chance to get to know their coworkers on an even deeper level.
💻 Platform: Zoom/MS Teams
⏱ Timing: 1 – 2 Hours
👐 No. of Participants: 5 – 20 pax
🎯 Objective: Enhance Productivity
Virtual Birthday Parties
Let loose and celebrate each team member’s birthday with a virtual hangout. Take some time out of the day to virtually share some cake, fun stories, and a couple of laughs. Don’t forget to sing Happy Birthday all at once!
💻 Platform: Zoom/MS Teams
⏱ Timing: 0.5 Hours
👐 No. of Participants: 5 – 500 pax
🎯 Objective: Improve Morale & Motivation
Virtual City Tour
Check Airbnb and other apps to find local hosts who will give you a virtual tour of their city. Think New York, London, Paris, and more. Get everyone on a call to see the sights and ask the tour guide questions. You might just learn something new!
💻 Platform: Zoom/MS Teams
⏱ Timing: 1.5 Hours
👐 No. of Participants: 5 – 500 pax
🎯 Objective: Improve Morale & Motivation
Virtual Cocktail Session
Cocktails, trivia, and online team building — what else could you ask for? Let Jambar lead your team through a series of virtual cocktail challenges (and lessons!). Then sit back, relax, and watch as your team learns new skills and bonds like never before.
💻 Platform: Zoom/MS Teams
⏱ Timing: 1.5 Hours
Virtual Debate Club
Remember debate club in high school or college? It’s making a comeback, and this time, it’s for virtual team building. Start by choosing a topic and splitting up your group into two teams. Give everyone enough time to gather their arguments, then let the debate begin.
💻 Platform: Zoom/MS Teams
⏱ Timing: 1 Hour
👐 No. of Participants: 5 – 20 pax
🎯 Objective: Encourage Teamwork
Virtual Dinner & Dance
Let your team dance the stress away with a virtual dinner and dance party hosted by Jambar. We’ll bring the music, the activities, and the fun. All you need is a great plate of food and your best dance moves.
💻 Platform: Zoom/MS Teams
⏱ Timing: 3 Hours
Virtual Escape: Diamond Heist
Get ready to put your cat burglar hats on because your team is going to steal some diamonds. Break up into teams and figure out the best way to reach the top of a billionaire’s penthouse. Get the diamonds … and then get out!
💻 Platform: Zoom/MS Teams
⏱ Timing: 1 Hour
Virtual Escape: Space Survival
Split your group up into teams and work together to repair your spaceship before time runs out! It’s a game of observation, creative problem solving, and communication. Plus, you’ll get to work through mind-boggling clues to get back to Earth.
💻 Platform: Zoom/MS Teams
⏱ Timing: 1 Hour
Virtual Holiday Parties
There’s a holiday nearly every month of the year. If you want to celebrate the New Year of Thanksgiving, all it takes is scheduling a virtual meeting. Take a half-hour every holiday to have some fun together. Chat about life and eat some afternoon snacks with your remote team.
💻 Platform: Zoom/MS Teams
⏱ Timing: 0.5 Hours
👐 No. of Participants: 5 – 200 pax
🎯 Objective: Improve Morale & Motivation
Virtual Show & Tell
Everyone likes sharing something they love with people they care about. Schedule a quick show and tell session each day or week. And let one person show something they’re interested in on-screen and talk about it. You’ll be surprised how many people share common interests.
💻 Platform: Zoom/MS Teams
⏱ Timing: 0.5 Hours
👐 No. of Participants: 5 – 500 pax
🎯 Objective: Icebreaker
Virtual Team Building Bingo
Everyone loves a good game of bingo — especially remote teams. It’s quick, it’s easy, and it’s fun. Start with a template or a free online app, call out those numbers, and wait until someone calls BINGO!
💻 Platform: Zoom/MS Teams
⏱ Timing: 1 Hour
👐 No. of Participants: 5 – 200 pax
🎯 Objective: Icebreaker
Virtual Treasure Hunt: Redbeard’s Treasure
Level up your planning, observation, and creative skills, matey! Start with your team and a map. Then work through challenges to find the treasure before the other teams do.
💻 Platform: Zoom/MS Teams
⏱ Timing: 1 Hour
Visual Thinking
Practice breaking down complex ideas and brush up on some communication skills. This activity helps develop “visual vocabularies” to better share ideas with others.
💻 Platform: Zoom/MS Teams
⏱ Timing: 2 – 3 Hours
What Would You Do?
Break your group up into teams and give them a list of hypothetical questions. Watch as your remote teams discuss fun, interesting, and puzzling topics. It’s designed to build connections and up the engagement.
💻 Platform: Zoom/MS Teams
⏱ Timing: 1.5 Hours
👐 No. of Participants: 5 – 500 pax
🎯 Objective: Icebreaker
Who Said This?
Put together a list of well-known TV quotes and reach each one out loud to your remote team one by one. Whoever guesses the line first gets a point. And whoever has the most points when you reach the end of the list wins the game.
💻 Platform: Zoom/MS Teams
⏱ Timing: 20 – 30 Minutes
👐 No. of Participants: 5 – 10 pax
🎯 Objective: Icebreaker
Whose Office Is It Anyway?
Get everyone on the team to take a photo of their remote office or workspace. Each member uploads their photo into a shared folder. Go through each photo one by one and get the team to guess which workspace belongs to whom.
💻 Platform: Zoom/MS Teams
⏱ Timing: 1 – 2 Hours
👐 No. of Participants: Unlimited pax
🎯 Objective: Icebreaker
WorkStyle Personality Tests
You’ll need some cash for this one, but it’s a great investment. WorkStyle has put together a portfolio of personality tests. Snag one set per person and give everyone about an hour to fill them out. When everyone’s finished, open the floor to let people share what they learned.
💻 Platform: Zoom/MS Teams
⏱ Timing: 1 Hour
👐 No. of Participants: Unlimited pax
🎯 Objective: Enhance Productivity
