“So… how was your day?” is a fine way to start a call and a terrible way to spend an hour of one. The fix is a game. Here are 30 games to play over the phone with your boyfriend: funny ones, romantic ones, ones that work over text, and a few for long distance nights when you want more than talking.
Funny games to play over the phone with your boyfriend
1. 20 Questions. He thinks of something, you get twenty yes-or-no questions. The loser sings the winner a song.
2. Would You Rather. Start silly (“fight one horse-sized duck or ten duck-sized horses?”) and let it drift somewhere real.
3. Guess the Song. Hum it, no words. Nobody hums well, which is the point.
4. Accent Challenge. Tell each other about your day in an accent the other one picks.
5. Guess the Sound. Make a noise with something in your room and he has to guess what it is.
6. Hot Takes. Each of you defends an unpopular opinion for thirty seconds. The other decides if you’ve won them over.
Romantic games to play over the phone with your boyfriend
7. 36 Questions. The famous questions from a psychology study on closeness. Take turns, and go slowly; they get deeper as you go.
8. Plan Our Dream Date. Take turns adding one detail each: where, what you wear, what you eat, what happens after. Then actually book it.
9. How Well Do You Know Me? Quiz each other: first concert, childhood nickname, the exact order at your favourite takeaway.
10. Memory Lane. Each of you describes a moment from your relationship; the other has to guess when it was.
11. Truth or Dare, sweet edition. Dares like “send a voice note saying what you miss most” or “describe our first kiss in three words”.
12. Finish My Sentence. “The moment I knew I liked you was…”, “Our next trip should be…”. Take turns finishing each other’s.
Closerly — Games for Couples, Near or Far
A private room for the two of you with Truth or Dare, This or That, Never Have I Ever, a couples quiz, dice, roulette, a shared whiteboard and a daily question you both answer.
Games to play over the phone with your boyfriend over text
For when a call isn’t possible:
13. This or That. Rapid pairs: beach or mountains, morning or night, cook or order in. Try our This or That questions for couples.
14. Emoji Movie. Describe a film in emojis only. He guesses.
15. One Line Story. Write a story one sentence at a time. It’s always ridiculous by line six.
16. Two Truths and a Lie. Even after years together, one of you will get fooled.
17. Photo Challenge. Send the last photo in your camera roll, the oldest one, or a photo of what you’re looking at right now.
18. Rate My Day. Each of you rates the day out of ten, and has to justify it in one text.
Games to play over the phone with your long distance boyfriend
19. Watch Together. Press play at the same second and stay on the call. Pause when either of you needs to scream at the screen.
20. Cook Together. Same recipe, two kitchens, one video call. Rate each other’s plating.
21. Stargazing. Find the moon from wherever you both are and describe what you see.
22. Would You Rather: Future Edition. “Would you rather live by the sea or in the mountains when we finally close the distance?”
23. Countdown Planning. Plan every hour of the next visit together.
More ideas in our list of long distance date ideas.
Long distance games online you can play together
24. A couples game app. Closerly gives the two of you a private room with Truth or Dare, This or That, Never Have I Ever, a couples quiz, dice, a roulette and a shared whiteboard. You each play on your own phone, wherever you are.
25. Whiteboard Pictionary. One draws, the other guesses. Closerly’s shared whiteboard works for this, or any online drawing site.
26. Word games. Words With Friends, or the daily Wordle compared at the end of the day.
27. Co-op video games. Anything you can play online together, from Minecraft to Mario Kart.
28. Online trivia. One of you hosts from a quiz site; the other answers against the clock.
29. Never Have I Ever. Works as well over a call as in a room, and it’s one of Closerly’s games.
30. The daily question. Answer the same question every day and compare. Small, but it’s the habit that keeps you close.
Playing with friends instead of a partner? See these games to play over the phone with friends.
Common questions
What games can I play over the phone with my boyfriend?
Easy ones need nothing but your voices: 20 Questions, Would You Rather, This or That, Two Truths and a Lie, and How Well Do You Know Me. For long distance, a couples app like Closerly adds games you both play on your own phones.
What games can we play over text with my boyfriend?
This or That, Would You Rather, emoji movie guessing, Two Truths and a Lie and a story you write one line at a time all work well over text.
What are romantic games to play over the phone?
36 Questions, Plan Our Dream Date, How Well Do You Know Me and Truth or Dare with sweet dares are the most romantic, because they make you talk about each other and the relationship.
What online games can long distance couples play together?
Couples game apps such as Closerly, word games like Words With Friends, co-op video games, Pictionary-style drawing on a shared whiteboard, and watching a film in sync on a video call.
The game matters less than the laughing. Pick one, play it for ten minutes, and switch before it gets old.
