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Virtual Holiday Party Ideas

A holiday party for a team that works from home: a hosted game show, a Santa-themed escape room or a Virtual Office Party, played on the video platform your team already uses.

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Program length
60 to 90 minutes
Platform
Zoom, Teams or yours
Escape rooms
Unlimited players
Founded
2010

What are good virtual holiday party ideas for a remote team?

For a holiday theme, start with Virtual Escape Room: Saving Santa! Santa has been kidnapped, teams of 4 to 6 explore a virtual scene for the clues to a 4-digit escape code, and each team plays at a time that suits it, which helps when the team spans time zones. For a party everyone attends at once, pick a hosted game show: Virtual Best Corporate Feud, Virtual Jeoparody! or Virtual Trivia Blast! run 60 to 75 minutes with a live host keeping score, and Virtual Trivia Blast! has a holiday edition.

Virtual Office Party is built as the party itself: teams of 6 to 8 play browser-based mini-games with a Game Master for up to 500 people. For a story instead of a quiz, the Virtual Murder Mystery puts teams of six on a case for 90 minutes. Most games run in a browser alongside your video call, with no software to install.

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Virtual Escape Room: Saving Santa!

Free Santa before the toymakers ruin the holidays.

Eight virtual holiday party ideas with a host

Each idea below is a program we run online, with the program page linked for the details.

  • A Santa rescue escape room

    Greedy toymakers have hidden Santa to sabotage the North Pole Workshop. Teams solve puzzles and crack codes to find the escape code, then the scoreboard is shared.

  • A party in a browser

    Image and audio mini-games in teams of 6 to 8, with a Game Master for clues. Colleagues vote each other into categories like the traveler and the foodie.

    Virtual Office Party60 to 75 minutes
  • A survey game show

    The survey rounds of a TV-style feud with an answer board, sound effects and a live host. Add up to five questions about your own company.

  • Holiday trivia on every phone

    Players answer from their phones or tablets with no app, faster answers score more, and there is a holiday edition of the question set.

    Virtual Trivia Blast!60 to 75 minutes
  • A quiz with your own categories

    Five categories a round and a live host. Everyone buzzes in from their own phone, and you can write categories about your company.

    Virtual Jeoparody!60 to 75 minutes
  • A music round for everyone

    Video clips, song and artist questions and a live leaderboard. Players use a second device, like a phone, to answer.

    Virtual Name That Tune!60 to 75 minutes
  • A mystery to solve together

    Teams of six play detectives with different skills, review evidence and solve ciphers to reconstruct what happened. 20 to 300 people.

  • Prices and a scavenger hunt at home

    Sixteen challenges: eight pricing games and eight hunts where players search their homes for items. You can add your own products and prizes.

    Virtual Guess that Price60 to 75 minutes
Virtual Escape Room: Saving Santa!

How a hosted virtual holiday party works

  1. Send the date, a rough headcount and the video platform you use: Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Webex or your own.

  2. We set up the game and send the link. Players join from a browser with nothing to download; headphones and a steady connection help.

  3. On the day, the host welcomes the group, explains the scoring and forms the teams.

  4. Teams play the rounds while the scoreboard updates live, and the host keeps the banter going.

  5. The final scoreboard names the winners. For the escape rooms, teams play in their own time slots and the scoreboard is shared once every team has finished.

Planning around time zones and headcount

A remote team rarely shares one evening. The virtual escape rooms solve that: every team picks its own time slot, so an office in London and an office in Los Angeles play the same game at hours that suit each. Virtual Escape Room: New Year’s Eve Adventure works the same way for a New Year’s party.

Headcount rarely limits the choice. The escape rooms take any number of teams, the virtual game shows run for 30 to 1,000+, Virtual Office Party runs for up to 500 and the Virtual Murder Mystery for 20 to 300.

Virtual holiday party programs

Hosted online on Zoom, Microsoft Teams or your own platform.

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Virtual Escape Room: Saving Santa!

Virtual Escape Room: Saving Santa!

Santa Claus has been kidnapped! In this Saving Santa escape room, your team must work together to unravel the mystery, follow the clues, and free…

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Virtual Office Party

Virtual Office Party

Our Virtual Office Party is the perfect way to bring a remote group together for a fun and engaging team experience.

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Virtual Best Corporate Feud

Virtual Best Corporate Feud

Engage your team with Virtual Best Corporate Feud, a fun, family-style trivia game with engaging questions and friendly team challenges.

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Virtual Jeoparody!

Virtual Jeoparody!

What do you get when you combine state of the art technology, graphics, and sound effects presented to your group by our fun and engaging event…

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Virtual Trivia Blast!

Virtual Trivia Blast!

Virtual Trivia Blast! is a fast-paced, high-energy virtual trivia game for work that brings teams together through friendly competition and full…

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Virtual Name That Tune!

Virtual Name That Tune!

Whether you pick the 70s, 80s, 90s, 21st Century, or a little bit of everything, strike a chord with your competitive group and put their knowledge…

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Virtual Guess that Price

Virtual Guess that Price

Bring the energy and laughter of a classic game show to your next virtual event with Virtual Guess That Price!

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Virtual Murder Mystery: Mavericks on the Case

Virtual Murder Mystery: Mavericks on the Case

Step into the world of virtual sleuthing with Mavericks on the Case, a thrilling murder mystery team building experience where participants become…

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Virtual Escape Room: New Year’s Eve Adventure

Virtual Escape Room: New Year’s Eve Adventure

Virtual New Year’s Eve Adventure is an immersive virtual escape room game where teams learn that a nefarious figure has plotted to jeopardize and…

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What clients say

We enjoyed the Virtual Game Show format. We did Virtual Name That Tune and had a great time. Using Kahoot to arrange albums in the order in which they were released was really fun. College students from Adelphi University use Kahoot very frequently. We rated our Game Show Host a 5 out of 5 and would love to have another virtual Game Show.

Adam

Adelphi University

More client comments

I think everyone had a great time! Our Virtual Name That Tune game show was fun and students were very engaged throughout. The best part of the program was listening to our host Russ’s funny anecdotes and stories. He was great and so was the program, we wouldn’t change a thing.

Brooke

Community College of Baltimore County

We all had so much fun with our Virtual Name That Tune, and our attendees enjoyed the trivia. Thank you so much for doing this with us! We had people ask about you, so I did pass along your info. I want to thank you for all of your recommendations. We are so happy with how it went and would definitely like to do this again at future virtual conferences!

Michelle

National Council of State Housing Agencies

“Thank You!!!” for tonight’s Virtual Name That Tune! We loved it! The questions were excellent and your lead, Russ made the whole night. With it being our annual Holiday Party, but having to be virtual, it created oneness and we felt like a team! The questions were awesome and so engaging. We truly had such an incredible time. Russ was thoughtful and incredibly prepared. He clearly put in the effort and catered it to our team. His positivity and fun side trivia nuggets made it such an enjoyable evening.

Maria

University of Michigan Credit Union

Our entire group enjoyed this program very much! The format was easy to use, fun, and engaging. It was nice to step away from our day-to-day work (for even 75 minutes) to have some fun together. The feedback I got was that your Virtual Name That Tune host was excellent and that it was a fun event.

Molly

Lyondell Chemical Company

Our group enjoyed Name That Tune! It was light and lively. I like seeing the leaderboard and commenting on who was winning. We like competition and there was good team bonding over shared movie and music preferences. Your host Russ got good reviews. His stories were fun, he’s easy to relate to, and we’d love to have events with him again.

Lisa

ThoughtSpot

The most fun was meeting everyone in an informal setting. Healthy competition. Small talk/chats in between the questions. Getting to know team members’ real personalities and seeing their families in some instances. The group as a whole enjoyed the event and our host Paul was excellent.

Kristin

ThoughtSpot

We enjoyed the event very much! We have not had so much fun as a group in a while. The most fun was the interaction – going into the breakout rooms to discuss answers and convening back. It helped us bond because it gave us a chance to work in cross-functional teams and quick decision-making. The feedback was positive and appreciative, and your facilitator Paul was amazing! It felt like he was one of us! He did an amazing job having small windows of chatting on random topics but always brought the team back to focus on the game.

Lindsay

Nintendo

Frequently asked questions

What platform do virtual holiday programs run on?

Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Webex or the platform you already use. The games themselves run in a browser, so there is no app to install.

How many people can join a virtual holiday party?

The virtual escape rooms take an unlimited number of players in teams of 4 to 6. The virtual game shows run for 30 to 1,000+, Virtual Office Party for up to 500 and the Virtual Murder Mystery for 20 to 300. Across all our programs we run events for 20 to 6,000+.

How long is a virtual holiday party program?

The virtual game shows and Virtual Office Party run 60 to 75 minutes, the escape rooms 1 to 1.5 hours, and the Virtual Murder Mystery 90 minutes.

Can teams in different time zones play?

Yes. In Saving Santa! and New Year’s Eve Adventure each team chooses its own time to play, and the final scoreboard is shared once every team has finished. The game shows are live, so everyone joins at one time.

Is there a holiday version of the trivia?

Yes. Virtual Trivia Blast! has a holiday edition, and Saving Santa! is holiday-themed from start to finish.

Can we add questions about our own company?

Yes. Virtual Best Corporate Feud takes up to five of your own questions, Virtual Jeoparody! lets you write custom categories, and Virtual Trivia Blast! question sets can be customized.

What does each player need?

A computer on the video call and a stable internet connection; headphones help. Virtual Name That Tune! and the trivia games also use a phone or tablet to answer.

Do you also run in-person holiday parties?

Yes. Game shows, Gingerbread Architect and charity programs like Operation Toy Donation run at your venue. See holiday team building activities and all our virtual programs.

Book a virtual holiday party

Send the date, a rough headcount and your video platform. A program specialist replies with options and pricing the same business day.