Kho-Kho
10–12 players 30–60 min No equipment needed
A popular Indian game played on a rectangular field with two teams, where players from one team try to tag players from the other team before they can "sit" on the ground and av…
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Teamwork Games for 10 People
Ten is a good number for teamwork games because it splits into two teams of five, and five is about the largest group where every member still has to contribute. At six and above, someone can quietly stop participating and the team will still function, which defeats the point.
Worth knowing before you pick: team-building activities that train only one dimension of teamwork produce close to no measurable effect, while ones targeting two or more produce a substantial one. And the conversation afterwards matters more than the activity — structured debriefs improve team performance by around a quarter, across domains and settings.
So run the game, then ask what happened. Not "did you enjoy that" but what the group decided, who decided it, and what they would do differently. That conversation is where the value is.
Ordered by fit for two teams of five.
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Willow in the Wind
8–12 players 10–15 min No equipment needed
A trust-building circle. One volunteer — the willow — stands in the center, feet planted, body straight, arms crossed over the chest, and eyes closed. The tight circle around th…
21 Football
10–14 players 45–60 min Minimal materials
In "21 Football," teams take turns attempting to score points by completing passes from the quarterback to receivers in designated zones, each with different point values. Teams…
Cutting Wood
6–14 players 10–20 min Minimal materials
Set up one log or thick piece of lumber per team on a stable sawhorse, with one handsaw per team. Teams line up, and on "Go!" the first player saws until the leader calls "Switc…
Helium Stick
6–14 players 10–20 min Long lightweight pole (tent pole or dowel)
Two rows of players face each other and hold out index fingers at chest height. Rest a long, light pole (a tent pole or dowel) across everyone's fingers. The task sounds insulti…
Paper Maze
6–12 players 5–10 min Minimal materials
Lay out paper on the floor in a grid. On a separate piece of paper, draw a path through this grid that only the game host can see. Teams take turns trying to go through the grid…
Seated Basketball
6–10 players 15–30 min Minimal materials
Make two teams. Everyone can place a chair somewhere on the basketball court and cannot move until the round is over. Play basketball, either into hoops or into a basket on the…
Tic Tac Toe Relay
6–10 players 5–10 min Minimal materials
Mark a tic-tac-toe grid on the floor with tape and split into two teams — one is X, the other O — each armed with three markers of their own (plastic cups and paper plates work…
Traffic Jam
8–14 players 20–30 min Paper squares or floor markers
Lay a line of paper squares on the ground — one more square than there are players. Two teams stand on the squares facing each other, with the single empty square in the middle.…
Circle Untangle
8–15 players 10–20 min No equipment needed
Everyone stands in a big circle and then grabs onto two different peoples hands (not the people standing on either side of them). Once everyone is holding onto two other peoples…
Find a Wordle
6–15 players 20–30 min No equipment needed
1. Use a book to get the text for a larger section of scripture - maybe a whole chapter - that you are studying. 2. Copy that into the Wordle site and let it generate a Wordle f…
Group Juggle
6–15 players 10–20 min Soft balls (several)
Stand in a circle. Establish a fixed throwing pattern: each person throws to the same partner every time, saying their name, until the ball has visited everyone once and returne…
The Resistance
5–10 players 40–60 min Minimal materials
A game of social deduction where players are divided into two teams, the Resistance and the Spies. The Resistance's goal is to complete missions, while the Spies' goal is to sab…
Codenames
4–12 players 45–60 min Minimal materials
Codenames is a word association game played on a 5x5 grid of word cards. Each team has a spymaster who provides single-word clues followed by a number, indicating how many words…
Double Dutch
4–12 players 15–30 min Two long jump ropes
Two turners swing two long ropes in opposite directions like an eggbeater while jumpers time their entry and skip inside. Start by teaching the rhythm: jumpers rock on the spot…
Gibberish Translator
4–16 players 10–20 min No equipment needed
One player is a distinguished foreign visitor who speaks only gibberish — confident, expressive, utterly meaningless syllables. Their partner is the official translator, renderi…
Keypad
4–10 players 10–20 min Minimal materials
Place pieces of paper at random around the playing area. Each paper has a number on it, from 1 until 21 (or more). The goal is for teams to work together to touch each paper in…
Password
4–16 players 15–25 min Word list or cards (optional)
Two teams, each with a guesser. Both clue-givers see the same secret word and alternate giving one-word clues to their own guesser: for "ocean" — "salty…", "waves…", "blue…". Te…
Rubber Band Cup Stack
4–16 players 15–25 min Large rubber band, String, Plastic cups
Give each team six cups scattered on a table and one rubber band with four to six strings tied around it. Here's the rule that makes it brilliant: nobody may touch the cups. Eac…
Vacation Slideshow
4–16 players 15–25 min No equipment needed
Two players return from an imaginary holiday and narrate their photo slideshow. The photos are alive: the rest of the group leaps into frozen poses for each slide — with no idea…
Axe Throwing
2–10 players 5–10 min Minimal materials
Players take turns throwing a hatchet at a wooden target, scoring points for how close to the bull's-eye it sticks. Run it in rounds — three throws per turn — and total the scor…
Jenga
2–15 players 10–20 min Minimal materials
Make a large Jenga game using wood blocks. Teams must remove a block from the Jenga tower and place it on the top without knocking the tower over.
Lemon and Spoon Race
2–12 players 5–10 min Minimal materials
Participants balance a lemon on a spoon and race to a designated point. If the lemon falls, they must go back to the starting line. The first person or team to reach the finish…
Newcomb Ball
6–18 players 20–40 min Volleyball or similar ball, Net or rope
Volleyball for groups that can't rally yet. Two teams face off across a net or rope, but instead of striking the ball, players catch it and immediately throw it back over. A poi…
Toothpaste Challenge
6–18 players 30–45 min Minimal materials
Give the kids either in pairs or as individuals a plate and a tube of toothpaste. The bigger tubes work best. Tell them the challenge is to get all the toothpaste out of the tub…
Black Magic
6–20 players 10–15 min Small household objects to point at
A two-person trick disguised as mind-reading. The "psychic" leaves the room while the group picks any object in sight. On returning, their secret partner points to objects one b…
Blindfolded Obstacle Course
10–20 players 10–15 min Minimal materials
"Blindfolded Obstacle Course" is a thrilling team-based game where participants navigate a traditional obstacle course, but with a twist: one member of each team is blindfolded.…
Clothes-pins on Faces
2–20 players 5–15 min Minimal materials
Give each player or team an equal pile of clothespins. On "Go!", players clip as many as they can onto their own face — chin, cheeks, ears, nose — within the time limit (60 seco…
Crab Soccer Group
8–20 players 30–60 min Minimal materials
We're playing Crab Soccer! It follows soccer rules, but with players sitting on the ground, using both hands and feet to move. Teams defend their sides, freely entering the oppo…
Desert Island
4–20 players 15–25 min No equipment needed
The scenario: you're stranded on a desert island and may bring only three items. Each player reveals their three choices and defends them — is a knife smarter than a satellite p…