Top 50 Best Outdoor Games List

Posted: 16 Nov 2021

Our fans asked for a huge outdoor games list so we have delivered.

Below you will find 50 great outdoor games that will get you moving, energize you with sunlight, and inject your days with fun.

These outdoor games are not to be kept to yourself. Make sure to invite your family, friends, neighbors, and schoolmates over to play these fun outdoor games. The more the merrier, right!

Feel free to add your favorite outdoor games in the comment section below after checking out our top 50 outdoor games (in no particular order). Maybe you invented your own outdoor game, or tweaked a game in some way that makes it even more fun to play. If yes, please tell us about it below.

Top 50 Outdoor Games List

Disc Golf
Horseshoes
Cornhole
Fishing Tournament
Washer Toss
Paintball
Marco Polo
Chicken (in a pool, not on a tractor like in Footloose)
Flag Football
Baseball
Softball
Basketball
Obstacle Course Race
Capture the Flag
Capture the Flag REDUX
Adventure Racing
Marathon
Badminton
Tennis
Golf
Mini-Golf
Freeze Tag
Vikings of the Northern Lights (Ultimate Freeze Tag)
Dodgeball
Red Rover
HORSE (Basketball Shooting Game)
Wiffle Ball
Drone Racing
Volleyball
Spike Ball
5K Race
Mölkky (A Finnish throwing game)
Cross Country Race
Soccer
Glow Battle (if you love Star Wars lightsabers you will love Glow Battle!)
Lawn Bowling (It’s a thing!)
Kan Jam
Bocce Ball
Potato Sack Racing
Lawn Darts
Tug of War
Scavenger Hunt
Starlux Pool Party
Geocaching
Ladder Toss
Archery Competition
Kickball
Hide and Seek
Tiki Toss (Set it up in a treehouse)
Water Balloon Fight
Catch (Use as a meditative activity or use catch streaks to determine a winner)

With that outdoor games list, there is no excuse to stay indoors too many days in a row. Get out and have some fun. Your body and mind will thank you by giving you a tingly feeling all over. OK, maybe you won’t tingle. But you will feel better after getting out in nature and letting your body do what it was meant to do… move!