Love to draw and looking for board games like Pictionary? Then you’ve come to the right place. We’ve put together 13 drawing games that you’ll love.
1. Telestrations
- Has more than 1,700 words for players to draw
- Includes eight dry erase markers, eight cleaning cloths, and eight erasable sketching books
- Great for groups of all ages and sizes
- Players have to draw a picture based on a secret word that only they know and other players need to guess what they drew
- All players will reveal their secret word at the end of the round, and everyone will then be able to laugh about the communication mishaps
- Players of all skill levels can draw, as the game just gets funnier when people have problems with drawing clear pictures
- Fun party game that can be played just a few times or long enough to take up an afternoon
2. Creationary
- This is a LEGO based building game where players will compete to build objects in different categories
- Since there are three different difficulty levels to choose from, it’s easy for players to find the right level for their abilities
- Players take turns rolling the LEGO dice to choose from one of four categories that they will then have to build: nature, vehicles, things, or buildings
- While one player builds different items, the other players have to guess what they are building
- Contains 96 cards so players will have plenty of opportunities to build
- Has 341 pieces of LEGOs in multiple colors
- Great for players of all ages, no matter what their ability is
3. Concept
- Players have to use their imagination and creativity to try to solve riddles after being given visual clues
- The fast and easy rules are simple for most people to understand
- The game board is covered in different icons, and players have to try to silently get other players to guess certain concepts
- The first player who is able to guess the concept correctly wins points
- There are three different difficulty levels to choose from, making this a game that can be enjoyed for years to come, even as people improve their communication
- Because of the way the game is set up, even younger players can enjoy playing
- Best played with four or more players, while it is possible to play with two or three
4. Backseat Drawing
- Directors have to help drawers draw a certain picture, but are limited in the directions that they are able to give
- Great game for 4 to 10 players
- Directors describe the word on the card using sizes, locations, directions, and shapes
- Great game for teaching description skills, as well as helping players learn how to best follow directions
- Comes with Spanish, English, German, and French on each card
- Artists don’t know what picture they are supposed to be drawing and can only follow directions
- Players try to guess what is being drawn
- Can be a little frustrating when played with people who don’t follow or give directions easily, but otherwise, it is a fun party game that will have people laughing
5. Squint
- Players use a combination of different cards to try to convey to the other players what word they have on their card
- The cards all have various shapes, such as circles, crosses, or wavy lines on them
- Players can choose between words of varying difficulty so they can score between one and three points for each card
- Any players who aren’t building a picture are able to guess the word
- When a player can guess the word before the time runs out, the guesser and the builder will receive the set number of points
- Great game for large groups of people
- Because players don’t have to rely on artistic talent to win, there is a lot less pressure on players with this game
6. Drawing Without Dignity
- Adult version of Pictionary that is uncensored and not fit for younger players
- Contains 670 things for players to attempt to draw
- With 150 professional and high-quality cards, this game will last for a long time
- Features not only words, but also phrases that will have to be drawn to win
- Includes cards, rules, timer, drawing pad, pencils, and a timer
- Every clue is drawable, although some are much more difficult than others, which makes the game even more fun when someone isn’t artistic
- While it can be played by two players, it is much more fun and fast-paced when played by groups of more than four players
- Great for groups of adults who are ready to laugh and have fun
7. Over the Line
- Players choose a card and then have to either act it out or draw it so that other players can try to guess
- There are 350 cards with very diverse topics to draw or act out, and some of them have adult themes
- Great game for an adult game night, but not appropriate for children
- Players have 90 seconds to get the other participants to be able to guess what was on their card
- Includes dry erase board and dry erase marker so you can start playing right away
- Because all players are split into two teams, this is a great game to play with very large groups of people, although it can be played by four
8. Who? What? Where?
- One player chooses three cards and then has to draw a picture that incorporates them all
- The three cards represent “who,” “what,” and “where”
- Other players try to guess what is going on in the scene
- All players will get points when they are able to guess part of the scene correctly
- Even players without a lot of artistic skill can play, it will just make the game more challenging
- Great for two to four players, although more can play as long as they are willing to play in teams
- After five rounds the player who has the most points is the winner
- Because the cards can be combined in so many ways, this game has great replay value
9. Scrawl
- To start off, players have a loaded phrase and have to quickly doodle it
- Every player will then add to the doodle as the paper is passed around
- There are 240 different phrases to doodle, which means that this game has great replay value
- When the doodle makes it back to the original person then points are handed out to players who had the best guesses or the funniest doodles
- Ideal for players 17+ in groups of four to eight
- Since this is a doodling game, players don’t have to have a lot of drawing ability
- Encourages creativity and tends to move very quickly so the game doesn’t get boring or old
10. Googly Eyes Game
- The included vision altering glasses make drawing pictures very difficult
- Players have to wear the glasses and then draw, hoping that their teammates will be able to guess what they are drawing
- Great for all ages and abilities, as the glasses make it very difficult for players to see and to draw correctly
- The rules are very basic and easy to understand, which means that players can get started with the game right away
- Players work in teams and have to be the first team to make it all the way around the board to win
- When players are able to guess what their teammates drew, then they can move forward
- Teams aren’t punished by having to move backwards when they guess incorrectly
11. Pass the Pen
- The built-in timer will actually retract the pen while it’s being used
- Players only have 10 seconds to be able to draw and then have to pass it to the next player for them to continue the picture
- Since players have to move so quickly, there is very little pressure on being able to draw well
- There are more than 500 challenging drawings to attempt
- Players keep working on the same drawing until someone is able to guess the picture correctly or until everyone has had a chance to draw
- After 10 rounds, the player who has the most points is the winner
- The pen takes regular ink, which means it can be replaced when it runs out
12. Pictomania
- Players have to both draw and guess at the same time, which makes this game fast and exciting
- There are five rounds, and during each round, players have to draw a picture while using one guess of what other players are drawing
- At the end of the round, players will earn scoring tokens, depending on who guessed the right picture
- The player who made the worse guess is called the black sheep
- The cards included in the game are all double-sided and have four levels of difficulty for players to choose from when drawing
- All of the components, from the cards to the tokens, are high quality and built to last
13. Cranium
- Fun and interactive game that moves quickly enough so that everyone can have a turn to play
- Players work in teams to try to move around the board and have to participate in different categories
- The four categories – Creative Cat, Star Performer, Data Head, and Word Worm – all appeal to different players and different abilities, such as acting, sculpting or drawing, and knowing trivia
- Fun take on other skill games where players have to show off their abilities
- Because players compete as a team it removes a lot of the stress that they would feel when competing individually
- With 600 cards, this game has great replay value and can be used over and over