Screen-free games for kids

Every game here needs zero screens and almost nothing else. Just kids, voices and a bit of space. Pick one, read the rules and go.

Aankh Micholi

4-15 players · Ages 5-12 · Anywhere

Agawan Base

5-10 players · Ages 6-14 · Outdoors

Ail Ger (Building the Home)

1-6 players · Ages 3-8 · Outdoors

Akkad Bakkad

2-10 players · Ages 4-10 · Anywhere

Al Natt (Leapfrog)

4+ players · Ages 6-14 · Outdoors

Ampe

2-20 players · Ages 5-14 · Outdoors

Animal Muk

4+ players · Ages 6-14 · Anywhere

Antoakyire

6-20 players · Ages 6-14 · Outdoors

Aračkinje Baračkinje

8+ players · Ages 7-14 · Outdoors

Askar w Harameya

6-20 players · Ages 7-14 · Outdoors

Baraf Paani

4+ players · Ages 4-12 · Anywhere

Bear Race

2+ players · Ages 4-12 · Outdoors

Bee Baw Babbity

6+ players · Ages 4-10 · Anywhere

Bentengan

6-20 players · Ages 8-16 · Outdoors

Berek

4+ players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Bit Mat Bat De

5-15 players · Ages 6-14 · Anywhere

Blind Hen

5+ players · Ages 5-12 · Anywhere

Blind Man and the Lame Man

4+ players · Ages 5-12 · Anywhere

Blind Man's Buff

4+ players · Ages 5-12 · Anywhere

Blind Midwife

4+ players · Ages 5-12 · Anywhere

Blindfolded Tag

4+ players · Ages 5-11 · Anywhere

Boju Boju

4-12 players · Ages 6-14 · Outdoors

Bok-Bok

6-16 players · Ages 8-16 · Outdoors

Bou Chhhi

8-20 players · Ages 8-16 · Outdoors

British Bulldog

6+ players · Ages 7-14 · Outdoors

Bro Bro Brille

6+ players · Ages 4-9 · Outdoors

Brown Girl in the Ring

6+ players · Ages 4-11 · Anywhere

Bull in the Pen

7+ players · Ages 6-14 · Outdoors

Bullrush

6+ players · Ages 6-14 · Outdoors

Butterfly Hide and Seek

3+ players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Cabra Cega

4+ players · Ages 5-12 · Anywhere

Captain's Coming

5+ players · Ages 4-10 · Anywhere

Capture the Flag

8+ players · Ages 7+ · Outdoors

Care Care Gospodare

4+ players · Ages 4-10 · Outdoors

Cat and Mouse

8+ players · Ages 5-11 · Outdoors

Chai-Chai Vyruchai

5+ players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Chain Tig

6+ players · Ages 6-14 · Outdoors

Cham Cham Cham

2 players · Ages 5-99 · Anywhere

Chat Perché

3+ players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Chhupamari

4-15 players · Ages 5-12 · Anywhere

Chidiya Udd

3-15 players · Ages 5-12 · Anywhere

Chinese Whispers

5+ players · Ages 5+ · Anywhere

Classic Tag

3+ players · Ages 4-14 · Outdoors

Cockfight

2+ players · Ages 6-14 · Anywhere

Cops and Robbers

6+ players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Corner to Corner

5 players · Ages 6-12 · Outdoors

Crack the Whip

5+ players · Ages 6-12 · Outdoors

Cublak-Cublak Suweng

4-10 players · Ages 5-12 · Anywhere

Daria Bandha

8-16 players · Ages 8-16 · Outdoors

Daruma-san ga Koronda

4+ players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Dembee

3+ players · Ages 6-99 · Anywhere

Der Plumpsack geht um

6+ players · Ages 4-9 · Anywhere

Dinifri

6-16 players · Ages 7-14 · Outdoors

Dong Dong Dongdaemun

5+ players · Ages 4-10 · Anywhere

Dorokei

6+ players · Ages 6-14 · Outdoors

Down by the Banks

4+ players · Ages 6-12 · Anywhere

Dox-en-Eye

8 or more players · Ages 6-14 · Outdoors

Drip Drip Drop

5+ players · Ages 4-10 · Outdoors

Drop the Cap

7-10 players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Drop the Handkerchief

6+ players · Ages 4-10 · Anywhere

Duck, Duck, Goose

5+ players · Ages 3-8 · Anywhere

Eagle and Pigeons

5+ players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Eagle Catches Chicks

4+ players · Ages 4-12 · Outdoors

El Pañuelo

6+ players · Ages 6-14 · Outdoors

Escravos de Jó

5+ players · Ages 6-14 · Anywhere

Esto'omaya

3-15 players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Everybody's It

5+ players · Ages 5-12 · Anywhere

Farmer in the Dell

8+ players · Ages 3-7 · Anywhere

Fire on the Mountain

8-30 players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Five Stones

2-4 players · Ages 6-12 · Anywhere

Flashlight Tag

4+ players · Ages 7-13 · Outdoors

Flower or Empty

6+ players · Ages 7-14 · Anywhere

Follow the Leader

3+ players · Ages 3-8 · Anywhere

Forty Forty

4+ players · Ages 6-14 · Outdoors

Four Corners

5+ players · Ages 4-10 · Anywhere

Fox and Flock

6+ players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Fox and the Chicks

6+ players · Ages 5-10 · Outdoors

Freeze Tag

4+ players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Frozen Tag

6+ players · Ages 6-14 · Outdoors

Fruit Salad

6+ players · Ages 4-10 · Anywhere

Galah Panjang

6-12 players · Ages 8-15 · Outdoors

Ghost in the Graveyard

4+ players · Ages 7-14 · Outdoors

Gilli Danda

2-10 players · Ages 7-14 · Outdoors

Go Home Stay Home

4+ players · Ages 6-12 · Outdoors

Gobak Sodor

6-12 players · Ages 8-15 · Outdoors

Gonggi

1-4 players · Ages 5-13 · Anywhere

Grandmother's Footsteps

3+ players · Ages 4-10 · Anywhere

Guay Zhua Ren (Zombie Tag)

6+ players · Ages 6-14 · Outdoors

Ha-Du-Du

6-14 players · Ages 8+ · Outdoors

Haka Moa

2 players · Ages 7-16 · Outdoors

Hana Ichi Monme

6+ players · Ages 5-12 · Anywhere

Heads Down Thumbs Up

7+ players · Ages 5-12 · Anywhere

Heads Up, Seven Up

8+ players · Ages 5-11 · Indoors

Hei Tama Tu Tama

2 players · Ages 6-16 · Anywhere

Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush

3+ players · Ages 2-6 · Anywhere

Hide and Seek

3+ players · Ages 3+ · Anywhere

Hide and Seek (Turkish)

3+ players · Ages 4-12 · Outdoors

Hipitoi

2 players · Ages 6-14 · Anywhere

Hot and Cold

4+ players · Ages 4-10 · Anywhere

Hot Hands

2 players · Ages 6-12 · Anywhere

Hunia

6-20 players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Hunter in the Dark

4+ players · Ages 6-13 · Outdoors

I Sell Oil I Sell Honey

6-15 players · Ages 5-11 · Anywhere

If You Are Born In

6-20 players · Ages 5-14 · Anywhere

In and Out the Dusty Bluebells

6+ players · Ages 4-9 · Anywhere

In the River, On the Bank

3+ players · Ages 4-10 · Anywhere

Indikatu Keliya

4-12 players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Intu Mintu

6-20 players · Ages 5-12 · Anywhere

Jacques a dit

3+ players · Ages 4-10 · Anywhere

Jane and Louisa

6+ players · Ages 4-10 · Anywhere

Ka Fak Khai

5-12 players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Kabaddi

10-14 players · Ages 8+ · Outdoors

Kabaddi Kabaddi (Junior / Chant Version)

6-16 players · Ages 5-9 · Anywhere

Kagome Kagome

5+ players · Ages 4-10 · Anywhere

Kahraba

4-20 players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Karavai

5+ players · Ages 3-8 · Anywhere

Keeper of the Fire

4+ players · Ages 6-14 · Outdoors

Keeper of the Keys

5+ players · Ages 6+ · Anywhere

Khamsa Hjira

1-4 players · Ages 5-12 · Anywhere

Kho-Kho

12+ players · Ages 8-16 · Outdoors

Kick the Can

5+ players · Ages 6-14 · Outdoors

Kijembe

2 players · Ages 6-12 · Anywhere

Kissa ja Hiiri

7+ players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Koori Oni (Freeze Tag)

4+ players · Ages 4-12 · Outdoors

Langdi

6-20 players · Ages 7-14 · Outdoors

Leapfrog

2+ players · Ages 5-10 · Anywhere

Leapșa

4+ players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Line Tag

6 or more players · Ages 6-12 · Outdoors

London Bridge is Falling Down

6+ players · Ages 4-10 · Anywhere

Long Donkey

6+ players · Ages 7-14 · Outdoors

Loup y es-tu?

4+ players · Ages 3-8 · Outdoors

Lukochuri

5-15 players · Ages 5-12 · Anywhere

Luksong Tinik

4+ players · Ages 6-14 · Outdoors

Mamba

8-30 players · Ages 6-14 · Outdoors

Manhunt

6+ players · Ages 8-14 · Outdoors

Marco Polo

3+ players · Ages 5+ · Outdoors

Martin the Fisherman

8+ players · Ages 5-11 · Anywhere

Mbube Mbube

6-20 players · Ages 5-12 · Anywhere

Menya Kwan Mansen

6-20 players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Miss Mary Mack

2 players · Ages 5-12 · Anywhere

Mongolian Chain-Breaking

8+ players · Ages 7-14 · Outdoors

Mosca Cieca

4+ players · Ages 5-12 · Anywhere

Mother May I

3+ players · Ages 4-10 · Anywhere

Mugunghwa Flower Has Bloomed

3+ players · Ages 5-14 · Outdoors

Musical Statues

4+ players · Ages 3-10 · Anywhere

Nestle a Person

7+ players · Ages 6-12 · Outdoors

Nu Na Nu Nong

4-12 players · Ages 3-9 · Anywhere

Nyama Nyama Nyama

4-20 players · Ages 5-10 · Anywhere

Ochs am Berg

4+ players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Octopus Tag

6+ players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Off Ground Tig

3+ players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Ojingeo (Squid Game)

6+ players · Ages 7-14 · Outdoors

One Two Three Pumpkin

4+ players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Oni Gokko

3+ players · Ages 4-12 · Outdoors

Oranges and Lemons

6+ players · Ages 4-10 · Anywhere

Oshikura Manju

3-10 players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Pakdam Pakdai

6-20 players · Ages 6-14 · Anywhere

Patintero

6-10 players · Ages 7-14 · Outdoors

Petak Umpet

4-10 players · Ages 5-14 · Outdoors

Pilolo

4-12 players · Ages 6-12 · Outdoors

Please Mr Crocodile

4+ players · Ages 3-8 · Anywhere

Poisoned Tag

4+ players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Police and Thief

6-20 players · Ages 6-14 · Outdoors

Polis Sentri

6-16 players · Ages 7-14 · Outdoors

Poor Jenny Sits A-Weeping

6+ players · Ages 4-9 · Anywhere

Port and Starboard

5+ players · Ages 5-12 · Anywhere

Posham Pa

5-20 players · Ages 4-10 · Anywhere

Prisoner's Base

8 or more players · Ages 8-14 · Outdoors

Rabbit Leave Your Burrow

7+ players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Raja Mantri Chor Sipahi

4 players · Ages 6-14 · Anywhere

Räuber und Gendarm

8+ players · Ages 7-14 · Outdoors

Red Light Tag (Hong Lu Deng)

5+ players · Ages 6-12 · Outdoors

Red Light, Green Light

3+ players · Ages 4-10 · Anywhere

Red Rover

8+ players · Ages 7-14 · Outdoors

Red Rover Kazakh

8+ players · Ages 7-15 · Outdoors

Relievio

6+ players · Ages 7-14 · Outdoors

Rice Pudding

6+ players · Ages 4-9 · Anywhere

Ring a Ring o' Roses

3+ players · Ages 3-8 · Anywhere

Ring Around the Rosie

3+ players · Ages 2-7 · Anywhere

Ring in the Hands

10+ players · Ages 8+ · Anywhere

Ringolevio

8 or more players · Ages 8-14 · Outdoors

Rong Ran Len May

6+ players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Rooster Fight

2+ players · Ages 7-14 · Outdoors

Rooster Fight (Kazakh)

2+ players · Ages 6-14 · Outdoors

Rucheyok

7+ players · Ages 4-10 · Anywhere

Run Run the Guaraca

6+ players · Ages 5-12 · Anywhere

Sardines

5+ players · Ages 6+ · Anywhere

Šarena Jaja

6+ players · Ages 5-11 · Outdoors

Satoliya

6-20 players · Ages 6-14 · Outdoors

Seesaw Jump Game (Inch by Inch)

4-10 players · Ages 6-14 · Outdoors

Sharks and Minnows

6+ players · Ages 5-12 · Anywhere

Shoulder Hip Dodge

2 players · Ages 7-16 · Anywhere

Simon Says

3+ players · Ages 4-12 · Anywhere

Six Pillars Swing Song

6+ players · Ages 8-16 · Outdoors

Sleeping Lions

4+ players · Ages 3-10 · Anywhere

Spotlight

4+ players · Ages 7-13 · Outdoors

Squeak Piggy Squeak

4+ players · Ages 5-12 · Anywhere

Statue Game

3+ players · Ages 4-10 · Outdoors

Steal the Bacon

8+ players · Ages 6-12 · Anywhere

Stiv Heks

5+ players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Strega Comanda Colore

4+ players · Ages 4-10 · Anywhere

Stuck in the Mud

5+ players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Suwe

2-6 players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Tag

3+ players · Ages 4-12 · Outdoors

Taguan

4+ players · Ages 6-14 · Outdoors

Te Lulu Te Moa

6-20 players · Ages 4-12 · Anywhere

Team Hide and Seek (Persian)

6+ players · Ages 7-14 · Outdoors

Ten-Ten

2 players · Ages 6-14 · Outdoors

Tervapata

5+ players · Ages 5-10 · Outdoors

The Farmer's in His Den

8+ players · Ages 4-9 · Anywhere

The Floor Is Lava

2+ players · Ages 4-10 · Anywhere

The Sea Snake

8+ players · Ages 5-11 · Outdoors

The Statue Keeper

4+ players · Ages 5-12 · Anywhere

The Wolf in the Forest

6+ players · Ages 4-10 · Outdoors

Three-Legged Race

4+ players · Ages 6-16 · Outdoors

Tig

2+ players · Ages 3-12 · Anywhere

Tinko Tinko

2 players · Ages 6-14 · Anywhere

Toa Toa (Circle Chase)

6-20 players · Ages 6-16 · Outdoors

Toryanse

5+ players · Ages 3-10 · Anywhere

Tug of War

6-20 players · Ages 6+ · Outdoors

Un Due Tre Stella

4+ players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Un, Deux, Trois, Soleil

4+ players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Uncle Chain-Weaver

6+ players · Ages 5-11 · Outdoors

Upokotiti

4-10 players · Ages 5-12 · Anywhere

Vasilias

4+ players · Ages 6-12 · Anywhere

Vish Amrit

5-20 players · Ages 5-12 · Anywhere

Waayin

2-8 players · Ages 5-14 · Outdoors

Wax Museum

4+ players · Ages 5-11 · Anywhere

Weaving the Flower Basket

3-8 players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Weme

2-4 players · Ages 6-12 · Outdoors

What's the Time, Mr. Wolf?

3+ players · Ages 4-10 · Outdoors

White Poplar Blue Poplar

8+ players · Ages 7-14 · Outdoors

Who Do You Need From Us

8+ players · Ages 5-10 · Outdoors

Wing Preaw

8+ players · Ages 8-16 · Outdoors

Wink Murder

6+ players · Ages 7-14 · Anywhere

Wolf and Sheep

6+ players · Ages 4-12 · Outdoors