Long Distance Relationship Games: 12 to Play Tonight
Updated November 1, 2026
The worst part of a long distance relationship is often the phone call that has nothing in it. You’ve already covered how the day went. You’re both tired, you love each other, and you’re looking at a pixelated ceiling. Long distance relationship games aren’t really about the games. They give you a reason to stay on the line, a bit of play, and something to laugh about the next day.
Here are twelve, starting with the easiest. Most take nothing more than a phone.
Games that need no setup
1. Twenty questions, grown-up edition. One of you thinks of a thing you’d like to do together when you next meet. The other gets twenty yes-or-no questions to work out what it is. It’s a fine way to plan a reunion without seeming to.
2. Would you rather, read over the phone. Take turns asking. Our would you rather game has plenty, and one of you can simply read them out. This works well when you’ve only got a few minutes, and it doesn’t care if your connection is bad.
3. The story game. Open a shared chat and write a story together, one sentence each. It’ll begin as a mystery on a train and end somewhere else entirely. Keep it going over days, adding a line whenever you have a moment. After a week, you’ve got something only you two could ever have written.
4. Never have I ever. Works on voice alone, and you can hear each other trying not to laugh. Keep score on your fingers, or on your honor if you’re not on camera, and our version gives you the lines.
Games built for two screens
5. A shared card deck. The long distance game on this site makes one link, and both your phones get the same cards in the same order, no account needed. Odd cards are for the sender, even cards for the receiver, and you start warm and build, all of it meant to be played during a call.
6. Bucket list comparison. Each of you ticks ideas from a list, on your own phone and in your own time. A locked link then shows only the ones you both picked. The bucket list for two is ideal for when you’re apart, because you can do it over several days and then have something very specific to look forward to.
7. Watch-together roulette. Each of you picks a film for the other, in secret, and you press play at the same moment on a video call, with no complaining allowed from either side until the credits.
Games with some heat
These need a bit more trust, and a quick word beforehand. On video especially, agree on what’s comfortable, and remember that either of you can hang up, turn off the camera or change the subject at any time, with no hard feelings. Words and voice carry a long way, and they leave nothing behind.
8. The voice note dare. Each of you sends one voice note a day, on a theme picked by the other. Monday might be “what you’d do in the first ten minutes”. Friday might be “something you’ve never said to me”. It’s hard to feel far away with that voice in your ear while you brush your teeth.
9. Describe it slowly. Take turns describing a kiss from beginning to end, as slowly as possible, while the other person keeps their eyes closed. First one to break out laughing owes the other a compliment.
10. One-word chat. Text each other one word at a time, for ten rounds, trying to get as close as you can to saying what you mean.
11. App-connected toys. If you own one, or are curious, these let one partner control a toy from across the world through an app. Plenty of long distance couples swear by them, but they’re a real step, so talk about it first: who’s in control, when, and how to stop. Starting with short sessions, while you’re also on a call, is more fun and a lot less awkward than trying to figure it out over text.
12. The dressing room. Each of you picks what the other will wear on your next call. Wear it, whatever it is, however silly, and enjoy the reaction before deciding together where things go from there.
Getting the shared deck right
A few things about the deck, since it’s the one game here that we built. Each heat is 78 cards, 54 truths plus 24 prompts made for a call, and Mild and Hot come ticked, so a first game is 156 cards long and you won’t finish it. We’d leave Extra hot off until you’ve played twice, and we’d keep the first call on voice: a voice note dare lands differently when you can’t see the other person trying not to smile. If you lose your place, typing the card number puts you back together. Both phones remember where you stopped, so one deck can run across a week of calls, ten cards a night, which is how we’d play it: short, regular, and with something left over for tomorrow.
Making these work across a real distance
Time zones are the first practical problem. Pick one regular slot, even if it’s only twice a week, and protect it as you would a date. One of you will have the morning version and the other will have the evening version. Swap who has the bad end now and then, so that it doesn’t always fall on the same person.
Don’t play when you’re exhausted. A game at 1 a.m. after a long shift only adds pressure, and on those nights it’s far better to fall asleep on the phone. The games are there to add to what you have, so skip them when you need to just be quiet together.
Keep your privacy simple. Stick to what you’d be comfortable having on your phone, and agree on what each of you keeps and what gets deleted. We built our games so that nothing goes through our servers, and our privacy page shows exactly how.
Leave things unfinished sometimes. Stopping a good story halfway or saving a card for tomorrow gives you both something to look forward to, the first thing distance takes away. A game you’re looking forward to can carry you through a long week, and the reunion can pick up wherever the last card left off.
A one-week plan, if you like plans
Start on Monday with something silly: ten minutes of would you rather. Send a voice note on Wednesday. On Friday, try the shared deck on Mild for half an hour, and see whether you both want to go any further. On Sunday, write a few lines of your story and pick the next week’s theme together. It’s only an hour or so in total.