Building rapport with remote colleagues doesn't need a big event. These are short, low-effort games you can drop into a normal workday to turn coworkers into a team.
Building rapport with remote colleagues doesn't need a big offsite or a budget. The most effective thing is small and frequent: short games you drop into a normal workday that slowly turn coworkers into a team.
Here are fun games to play with colleagues online that take 15 minutes or less — and actually get played more than once.
The rule that makes it work
Keep it short, keep it optional, and avoid anyone publicly losing. Done lightly, a quick game reads as a welcome break — not mandatory fun.
The point isn't the game — it's the side conversations it unlocks. A colleague's terrible drawing or surprising "lie" becomes the in-joke that makes the next meeting warmer. That's why frequency beats production value.
For a bigger list of games, see 10 online fun games for teams; to pick the right one for a specific goal, use our framework for choosing online games for teams; and for the wider picture, remote team building ideas that actually work.
Quick games keep a remote team connected week to week. But when you want to genuinely invest in colleague relationships — a new joiner, a team that's drifted, an end-of-quarter thank-you — a hosted experience lands deeper. ChefPassport's virtual cooking classes bring colleagues into one shared kitchen online, ingredients delivered and a chef guiding the cook, so the rapport-building has something delicious at its centre.
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