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10 Online Games You Can Play With Your Friends That Are Completely Free

Since we are all in quarantine, host a virtual game night!

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The lockdown caused by COVID-19 has forced us to get creative when it comes to hanging out with friends

Since we can't leave the house, it seems that the best way to spend time with friends now is to host a virtual game night!

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Here are some of the best games to play with your friends from afar:

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Take turns drawing while the rest of you guess what your friend's terrible artwork is about in the side chat.

As a browser game, you don't have to close your video call and it's also fast to prepare - just create a private room and send the invite link over to your friends.

A private room can take up to 12 players.

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Play any card game with your friends on this virtual table top, just send them the invite link!

You can either start your own game or pick from their favourites, which include Go Fish, Match Up, Crazy Eights, and Remote Insensitivity.

Each private room can take up to six players.

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Create a private room, send all your friends the secret passcode, and begin the competition to see who has the talent to sound the most ridiculous!

Each room can take up to 10 players, and you need a minimum of three people to play.

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As a browser game, this is the simplest version of a first-person shooter - it is so easy to access and start a private match!

Create a custom game and call up to 10 friends to play.

This game is like playing Mafia, but more complex and requires a lot more deception. Not forgetting, one of you sneakily gets to be Hitler!

Each private game can take five to 10 players who will be divided into two teams - the Liberals versus the Fascists.

6. Psych!

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Ask your friends to grab their phones and download this app to start bluffing each other! You have to come up with ridiculous answers to real facts to 'psych' someone.

There doesn't seem to be a limit to the number of players each game can hold, so, the more the merrier.

Get it on the App Store or Google Play.

7. Spyfall

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Here is another game of deception - every player, except one who will be the spy, is given a location. Players will then have to take turns asking each other vague questions to determine who are actually in on the secret, before the spy figures it out!

Get it on the App Store or Google Play.

8. Plato

This app is a library of classic multiplayer games. Invite your friends and play similar versions of games such as Werewolf, Draw Together, UNO, Scrabble, Battleship, Poker, and even Pool!

Get it on the App Store or Google Play.

9. Houseparty

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Houseparty is a group chat platform of its own, where you won't even need to leave the app to play games.

Choose the ever-popular Heads Up!, or other games such as Trivia, Chips and Guac, and Quick Draw.

The app can hold group chats of up to eight people.

Get it on the App Store or Google Play.

10. Bunch

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Here is another group chat platform, where you can play Flappy Bird, Mars Dash, and Charades together with your friends.

A group chat can hold up to eight people.

Get it on the App Store or Google Play.

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