The best games to play with your friends online during lockdown

Updated on December 23, 2022 by pierre

What are the best games, sites and apps to play online with friends during confinement?

If you are one of those containment forces you to stay alone, without a roommate or anyone at home…. There is enough to go crazy. Whether time is starting to get long, here is the best games, tips and tricks for play online with your friends. It will help you keep in touch

Don't take me for a geek too quickly! Here there is no question of talking about typical PC video games “counter strike”. On the contrary, the games we found are close to board games. They are played either in a web browser or in an Android or IOS tablet App.

Tell your friends and/or family, make an appointment on Skype and let's go! You'll feel like you're in the same room around the same game board.

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1. BoardGameArena: real online board games in real time

On the website of Board game arena you will be able play online with your friends. The site has a selection of board and card games. Directly from your internet browser, without having to install anything, you can play “turn-based” live with your friends. The games are translated from English by volunteers and the games are developed through the Board Game Studio online platform. Don't wait to register, during the confinement linked to the Covid-19 Pandemic, every day, nearly 30000 people are online to play. Among the classics, we can play online at Carcassonne, 7 Wonders, Kingdomino, 6 who takes!, Terra Mystica, Can't Stop, Age of Pierre, Hanabi, Puerto Rico, Sushi Go!, Takenoko, Seasons, Dice Forge, Saboteur, Race for the Galaxy, Tarot, Clans of Caledonia, Through the Ages – History Belongs to You, Love Letter, Solo, The Lost Cities, Roll for the Galaxy, Jaipur, Yahtzee, Tzolk'in, Colt Express, Belote, Toc, Tokaido, Russian Railroads…. And many others!

2. Omerta: an online multiplayer game in the 30s

Welcome to this 1930s world of omerta. By stealing cars, freeing other players from prisons, doing robberies and dealing in alcohol and drugs you play as a member of the mafia, you increase your influence and your abilities. Attention very addictive games!

3. Online games in the Telegram app (ex: WereWolf le LoupGarou)

The games work via the Telegram app. Prior to 2016, Telegram was best known for its image messaging encrypted (like WhatsApp) . Since then, to stand out from the competition, the app has integrated games into communications. To access it, simply install the App.

Then, from any conversation, you just need to summon an official Telegram demo (ro)bot. In writing @gamebot or even @gamee. You can then choose the desired title. On the menu: Racing, sports, logic or retro games (eg Snake). There is something for every taste arcade games, puzzle games, 3D multiplayer shooters. There are some great classics like Werewolf It seems to have conquered a lot of people! Your goal in this game? Find what is the role of other players and kill the opposing teams. With no less than 15.000 players quotient. If you're not a geek, take a look here.

4. PUBG Mobile: The free "counter-strike" that works on tablets.

Behind PUBG hides the name “ PLAYER UNKNOWN'S BATTLEGOfficial ROUNDS”. A game designed exclusively for mobile devices. You can play with your friends or strangers anywhere, anytime! The icing on the cake, the game PUBG MOBILE is free. He offer you the action multiplayer the most intense on mobile. Choose an avatar, parachute in, equip yourself and face the others. You then join battles of up to 100 players in 4 Team Deathmatches. The last player standing is the winner. When duty calls, fire at will! Available as well on Android which IOS. PUBG is officially fastest growing mobile game in history. PUBG has managed to win in its "online games" category. It rivaled well-known games like for example "Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realm War", “Dragon Ball Legends”.