21 Virtual Team Party Ideas

A virtual celebration is a great way to honor milestones like company anniversaries, project wins, birthdays, holidays, and award wins. They’re also a fun way to reward everyone’s hard work.

In this guide, we’ll share with you some of our best virtual team party ideas. Take these as inspiration to help you throw an unforgettable event that the virtual office won't soon forget.

21 Virtual Team Party Ideas To Bring Your Team Together

Virtual parties are the ideal forum to celebrate momentous occasions, yet they offer so much more. A boost to morale, improved employee engagement, and fostering social connections among remote workers are all positive aspects of these digital gatherings.

Using video-conferencing technology, much in the same way you would for virtual meetings (think Google Meet or Zoom), you can create fun activities and online games the entire team will enjoy. The good news is that many in-person games carry over to the virtual realm.

But if you’re struggling to find a great holiday-themed event or online birthday party, use these virtual team party ideas to get the creative juices flowing.

1. Video Game Night

Sometimes the best way to celebrate is to relax and chill together in an online RPG, or challenge each other to a few Mario Kart races. Set a date for a video game night with your team members and play party games, racing games, RPGs, or puzzle games. The choice is endless!

2. Virtual Happy Hour

Toast to a job well done with a virtual happy hour. Invite your remote team to join you for drinks to celebrate success. Ask people to bring their favorite cocktail, mocktail, or beer, and use Hoppier as a generous way to cover the cost of drinks for your virtual happy hour.

3. Cocktail-making Class

If you want to take your virtual team party ideas a step further, turn your staff into amateur mixologists with a cocktail-making class. Hire an expert bartender to host the event, learn a few classic drinks, and break out into smaller groups to showcase what you’ve learned. Make it even better by setting a challenge to see who can create the best company signature drink.

This event also doubles as a prime event for the holiday season. Infuse some holiday spirit into your favorite holiday (and drinks) with these classes. Toss in a gift exchange, virtual secret Santa, or other holiday party idea to truly make the event one-of-a-kind.

4. Virtual Awards Night

There’s always something to celebrate, and hosting a virtual awards night at the end of the year is a lovely way to honor your remote employees’ hard work. Create a slideshow with music and video to play as you shout out the award winners. Then, use Hoppier virtual cards as thank-you gifts.

5. Virtual Escape Room

Take your remote team somewhere new without leaving their desks with an escape room adventure. Challenge them to see if they can work together to find a way out of the room before the timer runs out. This is a great team-building activity and works well as the main event or as an icebreaker for a virtual retreat.

6. Board Game Night

For something a little more relaxed, a board game night is a great virtual team party idea. Try a virtual version of a modern game like Catan, or something more contemporary like Codenames, Charades, Pictionary, or virtual trivia. This is a laid-back way to get people talking, strategizing, and working together (or against each other) to see who can win.

Add a touch of competition with a Hoppier gift card or gift boxes delivered to each winner.

7. Virtual Cooking Class

Break out the saucepans and ask your remote team to join you for a special video cook-along in celebration of a significant milestone. Have everyone follow a simple recipe together, or invite a trained chef to give a video demo for everyone to follow along with at home.

8. Virtual Dance Party

If your team’s up for it, you can’t go wrong with a virtual dance party. Create a playlist full of everyone’s favorite upbeat tunes, mail out some disco decor, and spend some time dancing across time zones on a video call.

9. Karaoke Night

With the advent of American Idol and The Voice, some workers love to channel their inner Kelly Clarkson with a karaoke night. As one of the most exciting virtual team party ideas, you can ask around for everyone’s karaoke classics, then build a list of instrumental song versions. Or, use a virtual karaoke tool to make it even easier.

10. Murder Mystery Game

Something is compelling about a murder mystery game — especially if your remote team loves guessing, strategy, and figuring things out. Keep it simple with a casual game, or go all out and ask people to dress up as their characters for a more immersive experience.

12. Virtual Scavenger Hunt

Remote work is all about finding solutions to problems, often autonomously or without direct help from other departments. A virtual scavenger is one of the top virtual team party ideas that spins the same idea. Ask workers to find common household items and show them on-screen. The fastest person to find the items (also the most organized in most cases) can emerge as the winner.

13. Virtual Comedy Show

When you can’t get together in person for a laugh, take part in a virtual comedy show instead. Find out when your favorite comedian is hosting an online show and set a date for your next virtual team celebration. Or if your team is a pack of jokesters, hold a virtual open-mic comedy night to see who can tell the best zingers.

14. Virtual Supper Club

You can’t always meet in person to enjoy a delicious dinner together, but you can host a virtual supper club for a similar experience. Ask your team members to cook something tasty for some great conversation over dinner. What’s great about this idea is that you can turn it into a monthly get-together and encourage relationships to grow over time.

15. Sports Game Watch Party

Is a monumental sports event coming up? Create a virtual event for you and your team to watch together. Find a high-quality livestream link, mail out some fun party decor, and send your team members a Hoppier virtual card so they can order drinks and snacks during the action. Include a bit of sports trivia as a fun game or precursor to the event.

16. Virtual Concert

Live music is incredible, and even if you can’t make it to the venue, you can usually find an engaging livestream to watch these days. See if a popular artist is playing soon and sign your team up to watch. This virtual team party idea works well as both a major celebration event or as an intro or outro to a company retreat.

17. Virtual Holiday Party

As the winter season approaches, a holiday event is on people’s minds. Instead of a standard office party, host a virtual holiday party with plenty of high vibrations, libations, and virtual gifts for all. Have an ugly sweater contest, hold a holiday bingo, or host a holiday trivia event.

Alternatively, digitize classic holiday traditions like decorating cookies together or listening to Christmas music. To help you plan an unmissable event, see our webinar on the top vendors for a magical virtual holiday party.

18. Virtual Game Show

We can’t all be on our favorite TV game shows, but you can bring the concept to a smaller stage by hosting a virtual game show night for your team. This virtual team party idea is a remarkably fun way to tackle team bonding with a splash of fun. Survey your team for their favorite TV game show ideas and recreate one or two at your next virtual event.

19. Trivia Game Night

There’s always someone who thinks they know more than the rest of us. Here’s their chance to shine or be challenged with an engaging trivia quiz night. Host a multi-round trivia spectacular to mark a holiday, or make this feature part of your next online party.

20. Virtual Talent Show

See which talents your team members are hiding with a virtual talent show. Find out who is a virtuosic musician, who can tell the best jokes, or who can hula-hoop like a star. To avoid catastrophe, make sure your team is outgoing and comfortable enough for this virtual team-building activity.

21. Virtual Costume Party

There’s something magical about a costume party — finding out the theme, planning an outfit, and showing up to see what everyone else has chosen. Take that experience to the digital space with a virtual costume party to celebrate a holiday like Halloween or to match your movie night theme. It’s the perfect excuse to dress up or show off your DIY skills and creativity.

Add Some Excitement to Your Virtual Team Party Ideas With Hoppier

Sometimes, virtual events can feel a little stale. The monotony and routine can feel inevitable. In the spirit of excitement, take your next virtual celebration as the opportunity to introduce something different with help from Hoppier.

Hoppier’s virtual credit cards are an ideal way to bring an in-person feel to your virtual event. Send virtual cards to your guests in advance so they can order supplies, decor, food, drink, or entertainment subscriptions to use during your get-together.

Hoppier cards can also make great gift cards and prizes for games. Reward the best costume at your Halloween party with a Hoppier card, or send them out to members on the winning trivia quiz team. Paired with your creative virtual team party ideas, these cards are an ideal way to take that employee engagement further and introduce a little competition for your virtual party games.

It’s fun. It’s easy. It’s Hoppier.