Thanksgiving is a key moment in the workplace calendar - a chance to show appreciation, connect with your team, and inject some fun into the season.

The best virtual Thanksgiving office games are the ones that run in under an hour, don’t need any equipment, and give everyone a reason to talk to someone they don’t normally work with. Scavenger hunts, escape rooms, trivia and short icebreakers all do that well over a video call, and the hosted ones go better still, because a live host runs the session and nobody on the team has to play organizer.

Thanksgiving falls on Thursday 26 November 2026, so most teams are working a three-day week and they’re trying to wrap things up before the break. That shapes what works: something short, on the Tuesday or Wednesday, that people can join from wherever they are.

Thanksgiving is all about food, fun, and giving thanks - but it’s also a great opportunity to celebrate with the people you work with every day. Recognizing your team’s efforts boosts morale, encourages collaboration, and makes everyone feel appreciated.

Below are some standout ideas to help your team celebrate Thanksgiving in a memorable, engaging way.

Best Thanksgiving Office & Party Games

1. Virtual Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt

Designed for remote teams, our Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt gets people moving, collaborating, and laughing. With rounds of photo, video and trivia challenges built around the holiday theme, it’s a great way to bring remote colleagues together. For the rest of the year, browse our full range of virtual team building activities.

2. Team Turkey Trot

Want to bring some healthy competition into your celebration? A Turkey Trot - either a walk or run - offers outdoor team bonding, fun costumes, and a way to energize your team before the busy season begins.

Who says you can’t get active whilst celebrating Thanksgiving? Here’s our range of Outdoor Team Building Activities for inspiration.

3. Thanksgiving Virtual Escape Room

Try Virtual Escape Rooms for a high-engagement, problem-solving experience. Teams working online will crack codes and solve puzzles in a festive scenario - ideal for remote settings that want something more than the usual quiz

Discover more about our Virtual Escape Rooms and Outdoor Escape Rooms.

4. Thanksgiving Icebreaker Games

Short on time? Our Icebreaker Games (15-45 minutes) spark conversation and build connections. Perfect if you want something light but meaningful for your team ahead of the holiday.

Here are some example questions to get you started:

  • What is your most random holiday purchase?
  • If you could choose anyone you wanted, which four guests would you invite to your Thanksgiving dinner?
  • What co-worker are you most grateful for and why?
  • Tell us about your most embarrassing Thanksgiving memory
  • Want a host to run it? Take a look at our hosted icebreaker games for work.

5. Hosted Thanksgiving Trivia

Trivia is the easiest idea to say yes to and the hardest to run well yourself. Someone has to write the questions, keep score, and keep the energy up, all while trying to join in. A live host takes that off the team, so everyone gets to play.

For Thanksgiving-themed trivia, our Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt builds seasonal trivia rounds into a bigger session, and you don’t need to write a single question. If you’d rather have trivia on its own, our Trivia Challenge is a hosted 45 minute round of quick-fire questions and creative tasks that works for any time of year.

Booking a Hosted Thanksgiving Activity

Our Virtual Scavenger Hunt: Thanksgiving Edition is a hosted 45 minute session for groups of up to 300. It runs remotely or hybrid, and everyone joins from a smartphone and a video call. Teams work through Thanksgiving photo and video challenges, seasonal trivia and creative tasks, with the leaderboard building to a final reveal.

The host is the part people remember. A live Remote Host runs the whole session, handles the scoring and the running order, keeps the pace up, and makes sure the quiet people get involved as much as the loud ones. It’s the thing our reviews come back to most often, and it’s why every Wildgoose session we’ve linked here comes with a host as standard.

Our host was excellent. We had a couple of technical difficulties but we overcame them fairly quickly. It is amazing what can be arranged online.

That’s The Bar Council after one of our virtual sessions, and it’s a typical one.

Book it for the Tuesday or Wednesday of Thanksgiving week and it’s the send-off before the break as well.

Final Thoughts

Thanksgiving at work should be easy, meaningful, and fun - not another task on the calendar. With the right virtual office games, your team will feel appreciated, connected, and ready to enter the holiday season with energy.

For even more ideas, explore our Holiday Team Building Activities and get ahead of the next season.