Hosting a Game Night during quarantine outside of Steam? We've compiled a few game night essentials that are free to play and do not require login, downloads and capable of hosting a private room for you and your buddies.
I will be updating this list regularly.
Here's a list of online multiplayer games to play with your friends whether you're 6 feet apart or 6 miles apart:
https://codewords.tv/home - Codenames is a game of guessing which codenames (i.e., words) in a set are related to a hint-word given by another player.
Players split into two teams: red and blue. One player of each team is selected as the team's spymaster; the others are field operatives.
Twenty-five Codename cards, each bearing a word, are laid out in a 5×5 rectangular grid, in random order. A number of these words represent red agents, a number represent blue agents, one represents an assassin, and the others represent innocent bystanders.
https://skribbl.io/ - a free multiplayer drawing and guessing game.
One game consists of a few rounds in which every round someone has to draw their chosen word and others have to guess it to gain points!
The person with the most points at the end of game will then be crowned as the winner!https://pyx-1.pretendyoure.xyz/zy/game.jsp - Pretend You're Xyzzy is a Cards Against Humanity clone, which is available at cardsagainsthumanity.com.
https://www.qwiqwit.com/ - In QwiqWit, there's no right or wrong answers. Just enter what you think is funny. Your answers will go head-to-head against other players. The rest of the players in the room will vote on their favorite answer. Be sure to vote! It could be worth extra points (eventually).
Swipe left and right to switch from chat to the game screen.
And make sure to hit ready when you're ready to play!
https://really.boring.website/lobby - Scattergories