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Book virtual team building that gets cameras on: a live host, small teams in breakout rooms and one scoreboard everybody checks between rounds. Your people join from home or the office on the video platform your company already uses.
Fun virtual team building activities give remote coworkers a reason to talk about something other than the sprint board.
On most calls, a few people talk and the rest listen. A virtual team building game flips that. Small teams of four to six get a shared problem and a clock, so everyone has a job. The quiet analyst cracks the code, and the sales lead reads the clue out loud.
Below are the virtual team building activity ideas we host for remote teams. You pick the game that fits your group and your goal, and we run it from the first welcome to the final score.
Teams solve a chain of virtual team challenges in a browser and try to break out before time runs out. It's a strong game for virtual team building because it needs talk: one person sees the lock, another has the code.
A virtual escape room for a corporate event can carry your company's own story and inside jokes. Prefer a room your team can walk into? See our escape room team building page.
A host runs rounds on screen, and teams buzz in from their breakout rooms. We can write questions about your company, your products or your people. The same format works as a trivia round inside a company-wide call.
Teams race to find things at home, snap photos and complete short challenges. The hunt gets people off their chairs and shows a bit of their lives off camera. You see the task list in advance and can strike any item. It works well for coworkers who've never met in person.
A virtual team holiday party with games, a host and prizes for the winning team. It can sit inside your year-end call or run as its own evening. We also build a virtual party around a product launch or a company milestone.
We change the theme with the calendar. Fall themes run in October, and spring themes fit a quarter kickoff. In January, a new year round opens with goals and predictions. In December, a virtual team advent calendar gives the team one short challenge a day.
Lighter rounds for a virtual team social: virtual karaoke, drawing games and quick polls. It's the easiest format for a Friday afternoon, and it works as a closer after a long all-hands call.
You show up as a player, not as the person fixing the link.
You'll get a custom quote for your group, and it takes minutes. These things shape the quote:
A shared scoreboard and a host who keeps people playing come from our live events. These two show how it works.
Four racing stations at a Capital Group employee social fed one leaderboard, so every driver competed with the whole room. After the event, we sent the final standings to the client. Your online game ends the same way: one table, one winner, results in your inbox.
Los Angeles, CA
At FinovateFall in New York, a live leaderboard pulled visitors back to i2c's booth to beat their own times over three show days. Booth staff saved about 51 contacts, and i2c has kept working with us. The lesson for a remote team is simple: a visible score makes people want one more round.
New York, NY
These frames show the host view, a breakout room and the scoreboard.
Your IT team checks our game like any other outside link, so it gets the answers before the invite goes out.
We run the game on Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet or Webex, on your account or ours. Players open the game in a web browser, with no app to install. If your company limits outside links, we send IT the list of addresses ahead of time.
For a hybrid group in an office or a venue, we send insurance documents to the building on request, the same way we do for our in-person events.
Online team building events usually go wrong for a few known reasons, and each one is easy to plan around.
No score.
Without standings, the game turns into a quiz nobody tracks. We show the scoreboard after every round.
Rounds that drag.
People drift when a round runs on after the answer is clear. We keep rounds short and end on the final score.
Tech surprises.
A blocked link or a broken breakout room eats the start of the session. We test with you before the day.
The organizer has to run it.
You can't host and play at once. Our host runs the event, so you get to compete.
Our online team building activities follow the same steps, so you know what happens from your first message to the winners' list.
Four roles run your session, and each one has a clear job.
Your players can be anywhere. Send us their time zones, and we'll set the start time and match a format.
Two bases
A team spread from Seattle to Orlando can play at lunch on the East Coast and mid-morning on the West Coast. If part of the group sits in one office, we can bring audio and a screen to that room. We have two bases, Los Angeles and Orlando, and work across the U.S. If your company works distributed all year, see how we work with remote teams.
Orlando office: 310 N Orange Ave, STE. 201, Orlando, FL 32801Games where teams have to talk to win: a virtual escape room, trivia, a game show or a scavenger hunt. Pick by group size and how much time you have. We'll suggest a format when you send your request.
Our hosted formats run 60 to 90 minutes. Shorter rounds fit inside a regular meeting.
Yes. A 15-minute trivia or drawing round can open a weekly virtual team meeting, a kickoff or a virtual team lunch. For a weekly meeting, we can plan a short series of rounds. Tell us how much time you have on the agenda.
Yes. We split a large group into small teams with their own moderators, and everyone competes on one scoreboard.
A small group can play as one team against the clock. A group of six can play an escape room or trivia without breakout rooms.
Yes. Zoom works, and so do the other platforms in the IT section above.
Yes. Mixed teams put new hires next to people they haven't met, and the game gives them something to talk about. Book the game soon after new people start, while they're still learning names. Tell us if you want the teams mixed across departments.
Yes. A game works as an opener on day one or as a closer between sessions. Send us the retreat agenda, and we'll fit the round into it.
Yes. We build the virtual holiday party around team building games, a host and prizes, and it can fit inside your year-end call.
Yes. Office players join from a meeting room, and remote players join from home, on the same game and scoreboard. See our virtual and hybrid events page for full hybrid production.
Every event gets a custom quote. The quote section above lists what shapes it.
Yes. See all our corporate team building formats, from simulator races to outdoor games.
Send us the date, time zone and number of players. We'll reply right away with a format that fits your team. Tell us the event type, date and time zone, number of players and budget. Add your video platform and whether part of the team will join from an office. Or call +1 213 912 1010
