Outdoor games are typically any game that must be played outside, or otherwise requires a large play area. Badmitten, horseshoes, etc are examples of outdoor games. Indoor games are typically any game that must be played inside, away from the possibility of interference due to weather (rain, wind, etc.).

List of 5 Best Outdoor Games For Summer

The Floor Is Lava

How to Play It: Do whatever you can to not touch the floor, which is now lava. Hop on chairs, couches, benches, logs, or whatever. Try to get from Point A to Point B. Don’t touch the floor/ground, which is lava.

What Makes It Great: The palpable sense of danger around every corner. Plus, you know, lava.

How to play. Plus, one lucky person wields all the power, mercilessly deciding the fate of everyone else, which is a good microcosm of life.

Hide & Seek

How to Play It: The “it” person has to count to a predetermined number (usually 20) and then goes looking for the others. If you are tagged, you are “it,” and it starts over. Alternative version: If you are tagged, you are out. Keeps going until everyone is tagged. There can also be multiple people who are “it.” Normally if you’re playing with more than 10 people, two taggers should be involved. No climbing trees. Want an edge? Here’s some hide-and-seek advice from a Navy SEAL?

What Makes It Great: It taps into our innate survival instincts; it’s the thrill of the hunt and the thrill of well-executed evasion.

Red Light, Green Light

How to Play It: One person is the traffic cop. All remaining players stand on the starting line and the traffic cop has their back to them. When the traffic cop says “green light,” players try to run to the finish line. When the traffic cop says “red light,” they turn around and the other players have to stop. The first to pass the finish line wins and becomes the traffic cop.

What Makes It Great: Everyone knows how to play. Plus, one lucky person wields all the power, mercilessly deciding the fate of everyone else, which is a good microcosm of life

Jackpot

How to Play It: It’s essentially Three Flies Up, except the thrower can decide a catch is worth a certain amount. The winner is the person who exceeds a previously decided jackpot number (i.e. “Game is to 1,000”). More fun can be added by the thrower yelling one of the following terms: Jackpot (automatic win); Bomb (receiver who touches ball loses a designed number of points); Bankrupt (lose all points); IceBall (stay frozen for one throw); FireBall (steal one point from the opponent).

What Makes It Great: It’s catchy, but on performance enhancers. So simple, but so satisfying.

Throwing Rocks

How to Play It: There’s no way to play it wrong, so long as things aren’t breaking and people aren’t getting hurt. Pick an inanimate thing a reasonable distance away and see how it can be the first to hit the thing with rock.

What Makes It Great: You’re throwing rocks at things. Fun!