Guide

How to play games on Discord with friends

Discord has built-in games called Activities that you can play right inside a voice call, no downloads needed. Here's how to start one and which ones are worth trying.

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Quick answer

Join a voice channel or call, click the Activities (rocket) button and pick a game like Gartic Phone or Putt Party. Everyone in the call can join, on PC and mobile.

How to play games on Discord with friends

How to start an Activity

  1. Join a voice channel in a server, or start a call in a DM or group DM.
  2. Click the Activities button (the rocket) in the voice controls.
  3. Pick a game. Everyone in the call can join from the voice channel.

How to play games on Discord mobile

Join a voice channel in the app, open the voice panel and tap the Activities button. Most Activities work on phones as well as PC.

Activities worth trying

  • Watch Together for watching YouTube in sync
  • Gartic Phone, the drawing telephone game that gets out of hand fast
  • Sketch Heads for draw and guess
  • Putt Party for mini golf
  • Chess in the Park and Checkers in the Park
  • Blazing 8s and Letter League for card and word games

The list changes over time, so check the Activities menu for what's new.

Discord Activities not working or loading?

  • Update the Discord app and restart it
  • Check the server allows the Use Activities permission in that channel
  • Some Activities have age or region limits
  • On a black screen, try turning off hardware acceleration in Discord's settings

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