30 long distance relationship games to play tonight

The best long distance relationship games fit your schedule. When you can both be on a call, play something live and face to face, like a round of Minigolf in Cupie or a game of Truth or Dare. When you're hours apart or busy, use turn-based games like Words With Friends, so you can still play together without being online at the same time.

Below are 30 games for long distance couples, sorted by when and how you'd play them. Most are free and many need no app at all. App details were checked as of October 2026.

What are the best long distance relationship games?

Start with the situation you're in most often.

What games can long distance couples play on a video call?

Video is where long distance games feel most like being together. You see the reaction, the laugh and the "wait, what?" face. These work on FaceTime, WhatsApp, Google Meet or any other video app. For even more, see our full list of games to play on FaceTime.

1. Play real games inside the call with Cupie

Cupie is a free video call app made for couples, on iPhone and Android. You call your partner in the app and pick a game, and it runs live on both phones while you still see each other. There are 14 games: Minigolf, Four in a Row, Tic Tac Toe, Truth or Dare, Pool, Chess, Cup Pong, Match, Solo and Get Closer, plus question decks called Get Deeper, Get Romantic, Get Silly and Get Spicy. There are also 239 quizzes. Home screen widgets show your partner, the distance between you and their local time.

As of October 2026 it has 4.8 stars on both the App Store and Google Play. A lot of its users are long distance:

"I absolutely love this app. The quizzes are great to get to learn your partner more and there's so much built it. I think it's perfect for long distance couples looking to build that connection." - MarieJordan00, App Store

Honest limits: you both need the app. It's built for video calls, so there's no text chat yet. It's smaller and newer than apps like Paired or Between, which focus more on daily questions and messaging. Compare them in our guide to the best long distance relationship apps.

2. Truth or Dare

On video, dares become a show. Try: "show me the weirdest thing in your fridge," "do your best impression of me," or "text your best friend something nice about me." Keep a few truths deep, like "when did you first know you liked me?" Our Truth or Dare for couples page has lists from sweet to spicy.

3. Would You Rather

Ask each other "would you rather" questions and explain your pick. Make some about your future: "Would you rather live in a tiny city apartment or a big house far from everything?" Grab ideas from our Would You Rather questions for couples.

4. The couples quiz

Each of you writes 10 questions about yourself: favorite snack, worst job, biggest fear. Then quiz each other. The loser plans the next video date. Try our ready-made couples quiz if you don't want to write your own.

5. The 36 questions

The famous 36 questions get more personal as you go. They're slow and deep, so save them for a night with no rush. Here's the full list of 36 questions to fall in love.

6. Two Truths and a Lie

Say three facts about yourself, one fake. Your partner guesses the lie. Long distance version: make all three about your week, so you catch up and play at the same time.

7. Charades

Act out movies, songs or inside jokes without talking. Prop the phone up so your partner can see your whole body.

8. Pictionary or skribbl.io

Draw on paper and hold it up to the camera, or open skribbl.io on a laptop. It's a free drawing and guessing game where you can make a private room and add your own custom words. Fill the word list with places you've been together.

9. Memory Lane Quiz

Take turns asking about your relationship: Where did we have our first kiss? What did I order on our first date? What song was playing? Whoever gets more right picks the next movie.

10. Most Likely To

Ask "Who's more likely to..." and both point on three. "Cry at a movie." "Get lost in an airport." "Fall asleep on the call first." Cupie has Who's More Likely To quizzes built in if you want ready-made rounds.

11. Song Association

Say a word. Your partner has 10 seconds to sing a line from a song with that word in it. Then they give you a word.

12. Draw Each Other

Set a 3 minute timer and draw your partner from the video. Hold them up at the same time. Nobody is allowed to be offended.

Inside the Cupie app

Every game in Cupie

All 14 games in Cupie today. You play them live on a video call, in sync on both phones.

• Open from day oneGet Closer: Turn-by-turn question cards to ask each other out loud, in three phases: Perception, Connection, Reflection.
• Open from day oneMinigolf: 18-hole minigolf course, taking turns putting with drag-to-aim physics.
• Open from day oneFour in a Row: Classic Four in a Row: drag to aim, let go to drop a chip.
• Open from day oneTic Tac Toe: Classic Tic Tac Toe, taking turns.
• Open from day oneTruth or Dare: Pick Truth or Dare each round; prompts escalate over four levels as the night goes on.
• Unlocks with your streakMatch: Flip a question card, think, then say your answer out loud at the same time. Did you match?
• Unlocks with your streakGet Spicy: Intimate question cards in three phases: Flirt, Heat, After dark.
• Unlocks with your streakPool: 8-ball pool: swipe to aim, pull to shoot, call the pocket for the 8.
• Unlocks with your streakGet Deep: Questions about yourself in three phases: Ice Breaker, Deep, Deeper.
• Unlocks with your streakCup Pong: Cup Pong: flick up to throw the ball at your partner's cups. Re-racks, bounce shots and overtime.
• Unlocks with your streakGet Silly: Silly question and challenge cards in three phases: Warm-up, Big screen, Wild.
• Unlocks with your streakSolo: A two-player shedding card game (UNO-style) with Truth Wish cards: play one and your partner answers a truth.
• Unlocks with your streakGet Romantic: Questions about the two of you in three phases: First sparks, Us now, Deeper in love.
• Unlocks with your streakChess: Full-rules chess (castling, en passant, promotion, draw offers, resign).

What games can you play in different time zones?

When one of you is waking up as the other goes to bed, live games are hard. Turn-based games let you play together without being online at once.

13. Words With Friends

A free word game on iPhone and Android, with optional purchases. Play your word, put the phone away, and your partner answers whenever they're up. Some couples keep one game going for weeks.

14. Wordle Score Battle

Wordle is free in the NYT Games app. You both play the same daily word, then send your score. Keep a running total for the month. Loser sends a care package.

15. Correspondence chess on Lichess

Lichess is free, open source and has no ads. Correspondence games give you days per move, which is perfect when your schedules don't match.

16. Voice Note Story

Start a story in a voice note. Your partner adds the next part when they wake up. Keep it going for a week and listen to the whole thing on your next call.

17. Daily Photo Challenge

Each morning, one of you sends a prompt: "something red," "your view right now," "something that made you think of me." The other sends a photo back by the end of their day.

18. GamePigeon (iPhone couples only)

If you both have iPhones, GamePigeon is a free iMessage app with 24 quick games like 8-Ball, Cup Pong and Four in a Row. You send moves back and forth in Messages. It doesn't work on Android.

What texting games can long distance couples play?

These fill the gaps between calls. All you need is your messages.

19. Emoji Movies

Send a movie, song or show in emojis only. Your partner guesses. Make it harder by only using movies you've watched together.

20. Guess Where I Am

Send three clues about where you are right now, or a super zoomed-in photo. Your partner gets three guesses.

21. This or That

Send fast choices: coffee or tea, window or aisle, early flight or late flight. Count how many you match. Here is a long list of This or That questions for couples.

22. Finish My Sentence

Send half a sentence: "The first thing we'll do when I land is..." or "My favorite thing about you is..." Your partner finishes it.

23. Predictive Text Game

Type "I love you because" and then only tap the middle suggestion on your keyboard 10 times. Send the result. It's always nonsense, and it's always funny.

24. Rate the Date Idea

Each of you sends a made-up date idea for your next visit. The other rates it out of 10. The highest rated one actually happens. Need ideas? See our long distance date ideas.

What video games are good for long distance couples?

If one or both of you like games, a longer co-op game makes a great weekend date. More picks are in our list of online games for couples.

25. Stardew Valley

A calm farming game where you can share one farm online. It's $14.99 on Steam and each of you needs a copy. It's an easy first game for a partner who doesn't usually play.

26. It Takes Two

A two-player adventure about a couple who must work together to fix their relationship. It's $39.99 on Steam, and your partner can play free with the Friend's Pass. The Friend's Pass only works if you're both on the same platform family.

27. Split Fiction

From the same studio, $49.99 on Steam, also with a free Friend's Pass. This one works across PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, so it's the pick if you're on different devices.

What are flirty games for long distance couples?

Keep it fun and keep it between you two. Agree on what's off limits before you start.

28. Never Have I Ever

Start mild ("never have I ever sent a text to the wrong person") and turn up the heat slowly. See our Never Have I Ever questions for couples.

29. Spicy question decks

Cupie's Get Spicy and Get Romantic decks put flirty questions on both screens during the call, so you both read the same card at the same time. The app is rated 18+ because of the spicy decks.

Is there a game for counting down to your next visit?

30. Reunion Bingo

Make a 5 by 5 bingo card together of things to do when you're in the same place: cook a meal, see a movie, go somewhere new, a long hug at the airport. Cross them off on your visit. It turns waiting into planning. For more ways to make the time apart easier, read our long distance relationship tips.

What does a weekly game plan look like?

Doing the same thing every call gets old. Here's a simple week that mixes it up:

Some Cupie users play every night. One wrote: "my bf and i spend 2hours every night on cupie, we love the games but we now also just use it in general instead of facetime" (jessyjsssy, App Store).

How we picked

We read the current top Google results for "long distance relationship games" and kept the ideas that work for two people apart. We dropped anything that needs a group, special hardware or alcohol to be fun. For every app and video game, we checked price, platforms and key features on the official App Store, Steam or publisher page as of October 2026. We did not test every game hands-on. Cupie is our app, and we've listed its limits so you can choose what fits you.