59 Best Adult Halloween Games and Activities for Fun All October Long

Nothing's quite as enjoyable as a seasonal cocktail, and we love using the spooky holiday to experiment with new drink ideas and recipes. Get inspiration from our Halloween cocktail roundup, brew up a few of your favorites — like the "pomegranate poison spritz" or the "eye-see-you martini" — and then see if your guests can guess the names by blindfolding them for a taste test. Bonus points if they know what's inside — vodka, rum, ginger, tequila, etc.

Always a classic, this version with a spooktacular spin encourages players to keep their truths and lie based on past Halloween experiences. Ask guests to come up with two truths and a lie. Did they toilet paper someone's house on Mischief Night? Did they truly make all their costumes from scratch? Let everyone vote on which statement they think never happened. Losers have to take a sip!

Get creative right from the start with party invitations that include the beginning of a written Halloween story. Tell guests to come to the party with their own ideas for adding to the story. And before the bash ends, invite guests to read their stories to each other. No one will know what to expect since every story has a different ending, and you'll love hearing all the different versions your family and friends come up with!

Even if you aren't a huge Halloween movie fan, there are certain things, like a mask from Friday the 13th or a scream mask from Scream, that anyone can identify from classic horror flicks. Scatter items best associated with certain movies throughout the room and ask guests to match all the items with the right movies. First one to get all of them correct wins!

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A twist on the classic murder mystery set up, at the beginning of the party, secretly choose a guest to be "the murderer." As everyone mingles, have your "murderer" wink at whoever they choose. If you're winked at, you "die" on the spot. It's a race for everyone to figure out who "the murderer" is before everyone is out! If you see "the murderer," you can also shout "witness" and name the killer. If you're wrong, you're out of the game.

It was a classic back in school for a reason — it's easy to play and the reward is oh-so sweet if you win. Fill up a jar with a certain number of your favorite Halloween candies and have party guests guess how many are in the jar. Give players three tries, and whoever gets closest gets to keep the jar of treats.

Perfect to play with a larger group of guests (since it becomes more challenging the more people you have) one person starts this game by coming up with a Halloween-themed phrase then whispering it to the person next to them. The guest next to you will repeat what the first person said and say their own phrase before sharing everything with the next guest to keep the excitement going.

An oldie but a goodie — but with a twist! Keep the lights off as everyone hides and runs from the seeker. If the seeker finds you, they'll take you to the "cemetery" where you'll lay like a corpse until the last person is caught.

Even if you aren't much of a baker or a decorator, you'll be amazed at the masterpieces you can create on cookies with some frosting, food coloring and sprinkles. Bake or purchase a batch of plain cookies so guests can get creative with decorating them in their favorite Halloween faces. Then, vote for the best-decorated treat!

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Guests will be split into teams where they'll race to pop the balloons attached to the ankles of the players on the other team. You can only pop the balloons with your feet (no hands allowed!).

Can you read each other's minds? That question is put to the test in this game. As a group, choose a test subject. Then, brainstorm questions for the subject to answer. After the subject completes the questionnaire, let everyone guess how they completed the phrases or what answers they chose. The person who reads the subject's mind the most wins the game!

Pick a pumpkin from the local pumpkin patch and have guests guess its weight. The person who guesses the closest weight can receive the pumpkin or another prize of your choice. Simple and easy!

Ghost stories were fun to make up as a child and they're still fun to tell as an adult. You don't need anything to play this storytelling game. Invite everyone to sit in a circle and go around telling scary stories.

Do the lines "What's your favorite scary movie?" and "We all go a little mad sometimes" sound familiar to you? If so, you might just end up dominating this guess-the-movie game. Find a list of quotes from popular Halloween films for guests to guess where they're from. Consider hosting a Halloween movie watch party the night before to test their memory.

The perfect ice breaker for a group of people who might not know one another since it encourages chatting and mingling. When guests arrive, tape a piece of paper to their backs or use name tags and write the name of a Halloween character on it. Everyone will have to walk around asking other guests for clues on who it is.

Brainstorm a list of "jinxed" words guests can't use. Choose Halloween-themed words, like ghosts, pumpkins, cats or candy, or pick more common sayings. At the end of the night, tally the number of times guests slipped and have the winner (the person who slipped the least) take home a prize.

Let guests tap into their inner actor by recreating iconic scenes from classic Halloween movies, like The Shining, The Exorcist and Hocus Pocus.

Ready for some fun? Let each person jot down any Halloween word of choice on a Post-it. Then, watch (and be entertained) as one person grabs a word from the pile with their eyes closed and takes a shot at guessing what it is with the clues provided.

Here's another no-hands-allowed game that requires splitting guests into teams. Hand everyone a bowl of candy and a spoon. On the count of three, they'll have to race to scoop up all of the candy using the spoons (in their mouths!) to put into the next bowl. The team who gets all of the candy into their last teammate's bowl wins!

Amp up family game night for Halloween with a twist on everyone's favorite — Checkers. Simply paint a board onto a slab of wood and use mini gourds (choose a mix of white and orange) to play as long as you wish.