14 Engagement Party Games Your Guests Are Sure to Love

Engagement parties are among the most exciting celebrations before the wedding day. You’re gathering to mark the occasion when two people have said “yes” to bringing their lives together in a beautiful way. Throwing an engagement party (and having hilarious engagement party games) gives the guests of honor a lovely way to remember the moment forever.

With everyone in such good spirits and excited about the couple’s new journey, it’s the perfect atmosphere for fun and laughter. To add lots of sparkle and amusement to your celebration, check out this list of top engagement party games.

14 Engagement Party Games

Celebrate the joy of your engagement by planning a gathering surrounded by your friends and family and filled with laughter and fun. While your engagement party is already special, these games are sure to make it even more memorable. Pick one game to play with all of your guests or mix and match a few for a longer celebration.

1. Ring Toss

Design: Claudia Owen | Put a Ring On It Invitation

Is there any lawn game that’s better named for an engagement party? Gather friends and family around for a few games of ring toss, the traditional favorite that involves throwing rings or hoops around stakes to score points. Make this even more engagement-themed by decorating your rings or hoops with a DIY diamond, or by styling the stake as a finger for that “I do” moment.

Do you love lawn games? Consider making this ring toss idea part of a bigger game day featuring several different outdoor games. Set up other activities like cornhole and Jenga, or make it a full field day theme with burlap sack races.

2. Bridal Bingo

Transform another party classic into the perfect engagement party game with a few easy upgrades. Design bingo cards with well-known wedding symbols instead of numbers and see who can fill their card the fastest.

Engagement rings, flowers, wedding cakes, garters, wedding dresses, and suits all make great images to feature on your wedding bingo game card. This also works well as a bachelorette party game or a bridal shower game, and you can find lots of printables online from marketplaces like Etsy.

3. The Shoe Game

Design: Jen Montgomery | Boho Butterflies Invitation

This is a fun game that involves the happy couple. Ask them to take a seat facing away from each other, take off their shoes, and hand one of their shoes to the other, so they’re both holding one of each. Prep a host with questions or solicit questions from your guests along the lines of “Who is the most adventurous?” and “Who has the best taste in music?”

Each member of the couple then holds up the shoe of the person they believe is the right answer. It’s an entertaining way to see where couples agree with each other while discovering some funny truths.

4. Themed Trivia Quiz

If you’re inviting a wide mix of people to your engagement party, a themed trivia quiz can be a fun way to involve everyone. Set your theme based on the couple’s favorite movie genre, or go for a romance or rom-com themed quiz. Create a mix of easy and challenging questions — the winner is the person with the most correct answers and highest score at the end of the game.

5. Match the Memory

Design: Signature Greenvelope | Enchanted Arbor Trail Invitation

Ask your guests to match up a memory to one half of the soon-to-be-married couple in this simple and sweet engagement party game. Pull together some of your favorite memories, and challenge your guests to work out fun facts like who has traveled to the most countries, who has met a certain celebrity, or who loves to indulge in a secret hobby.

What’s great about this game is that it gives you the opportunity to go down memory lane and be nostalgic. Plus, it can be as relaxed or wild as you like, so tailor it to your audience. You might have guests who don’t know the bride or groom very well, so this is a lovely way for them to get better acquainted and feel connected.

6. Mad Libs 

Take the classic party game Mad Libs and give it some extra sparkle for a lively engagement party. Write down sentences that relate to the couple’s story and experiences, leaving blank spaces for guests to fill in.

Feel free to liven up the story a little, and give guests freedom to have fun with the words they fill in. Set a prize for the best answer, or leave it as a game for people to enjoy throughout the party.

7. Ring Hunt

Design: Ashley DeMeyere Design | Sweeping Vines Invitation

Scavenger hunts aren’t reserved for little kids chasing the Easter bunny or trying to find Santa’s sleigh. For this treasure hunt game, use candy rings, inflatable props, or even drawings of an engagement ring (a la Where’s Waldo?) into parts of your decor. Ask guests to search for all the hidden rings. 

At the end of the party, the person who finds the most wins a prize. Be sure to hide a few in unexpected places — like slipped amid your engagement party favors or as part of your party outfit.

8. The (Almost) Newlywed Game

Expect lots of laughter when you play this hilarious twist on The Newlywed Game show. Invite the guests of honor to see who knows their partner best. Using mini-whiteboards, ask them to write down the answer to your questions, such as “What’s (partner)’s favorite perfume?” or “Where would (partner) most like to celebrate their birthday?”

Despite how well couples know each other, the results are usually pretty funny. You can play this with just the engaged couple or invite guests to join in with their partners. Ask guests for their questions in advance through your online invitations or on the day of the party using index cards.

9. Find the Guest

Design: Claudia Owen | Floral Ampersand Invitation

See who can work out who’s who in this sweet little engagement party game. Ask your party guests in advance for a fun fact about themselves, then create a list to share with everyone on party day. Challenge your guests to match the fact with the correct person, with a small prize for anyone who gets it right.

In some circles, this might be the first time that each half of the couple’s friends and family are meeting. This activity acts as a fun icebreaker to get people talking, and a lovely way for your guests to get acquainted.

10. Wedding Relay Race

Liven up your engagement party with a few rounds of a wedding-themed relay race. It works perfectly for guests of all ages and is a lot of fun if you have kids at your party. Gather outdoors or make some space indoors for an amusing relay race using props like garters, rings, or bouquets. The team that can reach the finish line first without dropping their prop is the winner. Add another layer of fun by getting your guests to dress up in wedding-themed outfits for the race.

11. Photo Booth King or Queen

Design: Claudia Owen | Shine Bright Invitation

Photo booths remain one of the most popular engagement party ideas. Add some friendly competition to the mix by challenging your guests to create the best photo. Make sure there’s plenty of wedding-themed props available, and let your friends and family have fun creating memorable snaps.

Ask the guests of honor to pick their favorite, or put it to a vote and crown the winner as Photo Booth King or Queen. A photo booth is a fantastic way to create keepsakes and document memories that will last well beyond the party.

12. Engagement Charades

Put a refreshing twist on the old classic game of charades by theming it around weddings or the happy couple’s love story. Create a list of words inspired by weddings, or ask your party guests for their suggestions when you send out your engagement party invitations.

Split your guests into teams and see who can guess the person, movie, TV show, or word the fastest. If there’s a mix of ages at your party, you can also create a simpler version for your younger guests to participate.

13. Guess Who

Design: Claudia Owen | Linework Couple Invitation

This fun wedding shower and engagement party game idea puts your knowledge of the happy couple to the test. Before the game, create a list of questions about the happy couple focusing on options where only one of the individuals can be the answer. 

For example, you can ask things like:

• Who went to Harvard?
• Who has three siblings?
• Who dreamt of being a firefighter as a child?  

Have the couple answer the questions before the engagement party. During the event, hand out two props to each guest — one prop each to symbolize the individuals getting married. For example, you can use a pink mustache for the bride and a blue mustache for the groom. You can also print enlarged photos of the couple to make things easier. 

Read the questions out loud and ask guests to raise the prop for the person they think is the answer to the questions. The person with the most correct guesses wins this wedding game!

14. Bridal Jeopardy

Get everyone in on the fun by playing Jeopardy to learn more about the couple’s relationship and their families. Use a large posterboard to create categories just like you see on the TV show “Jeopardy.” Choose categories like the couple’s interests or break things up into sections for the couple, their families, the wedding party, and their pets. 

Divide guests into teams of two and have people take turns picking the categories. The team that wins the most points gets a special prize.

Make Lasting Memories With Fun Engagement Party Games 

Planning an engagement party is incredibly fun. From picking the theme and decor to choosing the food and drinks, it’s the perfect opportunity to get creative and build excitement for the big day. With these lively engagement party games thrown into the mix, you’re sure to have an event that’ll have everyone smiling, laughing, and celebrating the couple’s exciting new adventure.

Get guests excited about the special day by sending out digital engagement party invitations. Browse through our collection of designs, and pick one that matches the tone or theme of your event. Customize the design with different typography and color schemes. 

When you’re ready to send, just upload your contacts and instantly deliver the invites via SMS and text. That way, you can spend more time dreaming of your celebration and less time running to the post office.