5 Silly Multiplayer Games For Your Newly Formed Gamers Group

andrea

October 30, 2026

4–6 minutes

Silly multiplayer games are a great way to kick things off with a newly formed gaming group. They give everyone a chance to get to know each other’s preferences, personalities, and sense of humour without the pressure of competition. A little friendly chaos can help break the ice and get everyone laughing.

Games that will put the group up to ridiculous missions and in-game moments. These games are all about having fun, and creating memories. The perfect experience for a new group to get to know each other. To this end, we’ve put together a list of silly multiplayer games that could provide a hilarious start to your group’s adventures.

5 Silly Multiplayer Games For your Gamer Group

Party animals

👤Players: Up to 4 in local and 8 in online.

🕑Duration: 10-20 min.

⚔️Competitive

Party animals is a silly, physics-based multiplayer party game in which players control adorable animals. In party animals you fight,punch, grab, throw and wrestle other players across the arena. You can use ridiculous weapons and environmental hazards. It has unpredictable physics. As if the characters were rug dolls and moved as such.

Party animals is an easy to enjoy game, even if the players have different gaming skills and experience levels. The game encourages playful competition and teamwork, giving players plenty of opportunities to cooperate, challenge each other and enjoy some friendly rivalry. It is perfect for breaking the ice in a newly formed group. It helps gamers to enjoy a silly competition, discover each other’s personalities and sense of humour through shared gaming experiences.

Gang Beasts

👤Players: Up to 4 in local and 8 in online.

🕑Duration: 5-15 each match, 30-60 min each session.

⚔️Competitive

Gang Beasts is a silly party fighting multiplayer video game that features wobbly, gelatinous characters that battle each other. All fights are melee fights, set in the fictional metropolis of Beef City. Players can punch, kick, grab, drag and throw their opponents around different environments. From flaming incinerator pits and giant fans, to moving trucks. All scenarios are unpredictable and hilarious to play on.

Gang Beast encourages playful and healthy rivalry. Each match brings unexpected twists and laughable moments. This game could be the ice breaker you are looking for in a newly formed group.

Dear Passengers

👤Players: 1-4

🕑Duration: 30-60 min.

🤝Cooperative

Dear Passengers is the silly multiplayer game you are looking for if you are looking for a cooperative experience. The players take the roles of an airplane crew. Your mission is to transport passengers and cargo safely to their decision. While a player pilots the aircraft, the others must go and keep the cabin running. Looking after the passengers, offering them food, drinks, or even kicking them out of the plane. Do not forget to repair the airplane while you are in the air!

In Dear Passengers expect plenty of chaos, miscommunication and hilarious in-flight emergencies. The game relies on communication, cooperation and teamwork. It’s a fun ice breaker for groups who enjoy working together while embracing a little chaos. Similar to RV there Yet?

The Jackbox Party Pack 9

👤Players: depending on the game.

🕑Duration: 1-2h for all games, 10-20 min per game.

⚔️Competitive / 🤝Cooperative

The Jackbox Party Pack 9 is a collection of five party games designed to get everyone involved and participating in every game. Bluffing, trivia, drawing, writing jokes; is an excellent icebreaker. The pack includes:

Fibagge 4: (2-8 players) a bluffing and trivia game in which players must come up with convincing lies to fool their friends. You’ll be given a question without an answer. Everyone has to make up a believable response, while trying to identify the real answer.
Quixort: (1-10 players) players work together to put falling answers in the correct order. Working as a team, you must place the answers in the right sequence before the blocks reach the bottom.
Junktopia: (3-8 players) a creative comedy game in which a strange wizard turns every player into frogs. To become human again, players must invent hilarious backstories for bizarre objects and convince everyone that their items are valuable.
Nonsensory: (3-8 players): a drawing, writing and guessing game that tests how wel you understand the rest of the players. Each player receives an unusual prompt and must draw or write something.
Roomerang: (4-9 players) a reality TV-inspired game where everyone becomes a contestant competing to stay in the spotlight. Players receive different traits and must role-play their assigned personalities.

Starwhal

👤Players: 2-4 local multiplayer.

🕑Duration: 20-45 min per game.

⚔️Competitive

Starwhal is a silly local multiplayer in which players take control of neon space narwhals and battle each other using their pointy tusks. There are twenty five different scenarios and plenty of chaotic fighting moves. The competitive nature of this video game encourages friendly rivalry without making things too serious. You don’t need to be an experienced gamer to understand the objective. In addition, the short matches mean everyone gets plenty of opportunities to play.

In singer player mode, you can also practise your skills alone in Obstacle and target challenges.

Not Recommended Games for a Newly formed Group

Some multiplayer games are very fun and incredible ice brewers for a first multiplayer interaction. However, certain titles demand a lot of patience, communication and coordination. This can become challenging and maybe too serious when players are still getting to know each other.

Some games can be a true test of patience like Chained together. In which a player’s mistake can affect the entire group, potentially undoing everyone’s progress. Other games like Overcooked 2 with the pressure of multiple tasks and increasingly chaotic kitchens, players need to coordinate constantly. It can be hilarious, but it can also lead to a fair bit of frustration and finger-pointing.

Choosing silly multiplayer games is a fun and relaxed way to break the ice in a newly formed gamer group. That said, it is very important to know which one to choose. Some games could be best suited to some groups than others. Knowing your teammates playstyle and preferences can help in your decision.

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