10 Fun and Easy Bar Crawl Games to Play at Your Next Pub Crawl

A bar crawl, also known as a pub crawl, is a social activity where a group of people visits multiple bars or pubs in one night, typically enjoying a drink or two at each location. It’s a fun way to explore different venues, try new drinks, and socialize with friends or strangers in a lively and festive atmosphere.

Often themed or organized with games, challenges, or costumes, bar crawls are popular for celebrations like birthdays, bachelor/bachelorette parties, or just a fun night out.

A bar crawl is the perfect opportunity to add some fun and simple games to spice up the night!

Here are a few easy-to-learn games you can play while hopping from one bar to the next:

1. Bar Bingo

How to Play:

• Create bingo cards with common bar crawl occurrences like “someone spills a drink,” “a person orders a round of shots,” or “hears a cheesy pick-up line.”
• As these events happen, mark them off on your card.
• First person to get five in a row wins, and the rest take a drink!

2. Drink Detective

How to Play:

• Before arriving at the next bar, secretly assign each person a “drink mission,” like ordering a specific cocktail, starting a toast, or asking the bartender a funny question.
• Players must complete their missions without being caught.
• If someone guesses your mission, you drink; if you succeed without detection, everyone else drinks.

3. Word Ban

How to Play:

• Choose a common word (e.g., “drink,” “cheers,” or “bar”) that’s banned for the night.
• Anytime someone says the banned word, they have to take a drink.
• To up the challenge, add new words as the crawl progresses!

4. Scavenger Hunt

How to Play:

• Create a list of bar-themed items or activities to find/complete, like “snap a selfie with a bartender,” “find someone wearing a band tee,” or “order a drink with an umbrella.”
• First person or team to check off all the items wins, and the losers drink!

5. Coin Flip Challenge

How to Play:

• At each bar, flip a coin to decide your next drink. Heads, you pick; tails, your friend chooses for you.
• Add fun twists, like assigning “tails” to a random drink on the menu.

6. Bar Trivia Roulette

How to Play:

• At each bar, one person asks a trivia question.
• The first to answer correctly gets to choose someone to take a drink. If no one gets it right, the question-asker drinks!

7. Accent Challenge

How to Play:

• Pick an accent or theme for each bar (e.g., pirate, British, Southern).
• Everyone has to order drinks or talk to strangers in that accent until leaving.
• Break character, and you take a drink!

8. Social Media Dare

How to Play:

• At each bar, pick one person to post a silly dare on social media, like “hug a stranger” or “dance for 10 seconds.”
• If they refuse, they drink; if they succeed, they pick someone else to drink.

9. Group Cheers

How to Play:

• At each bar, one person leads a cheers with a unique toast.
• The rest of the group must repeat it perfectly or take a drink.

10. King of the Crawl

How to Play:

• Assign each player a “title” at the first bar, like “Trivia Master” or “Drink Nomad.”
• Titles come with challenges, such as “buy a drink for someone outside the group” or “find a local to take a group picture.”
• At the end, crown the “King/Queen of the Crawl” based on who completed their title duties best!

11. BONUS: Pub Golf

Pub Golf is a fun and competitive bar-hopping game where participants visit a series of bars (or “holes”), each with a designated drink or challenge to complete. Players “tee off” at the first bar and aim to finish their drink or task in as few sips (or “strokes”) as possible, with the goal of achieving the lowest overall score across all stops.

The group keeps score on a pre-made scorecard, often with drink types assigned a “par” value, such as a shot (par 1) or a pint (par 3). Additional rules can include penalties for spilling drinks, skipping challenges, or exceeding the designated number of strokes.

Costumes or golf attire are optional but add a playful twist. The player with the lowest score at the end of the course wins, while the highest scorer often faces a funny penalty or dare.

These games are designed to enhance the fun and camaraderie of a bar crawl, so keep them light-hearted and remember to stay safe and drink responsibly!