Summers shouldn’t hold you back.
Adults get to enjoy summer as much as kids do.
Summers for them include elaborate pool parties with loads of adult drinks and dementedly amazing fun.
Do not put off your party plans any longer.
Take out your swimsuits, tubes and get that pool a proper cleaning.
We bring to you an insanely fun collection of 10 water games for adults that will level up your parties.
1. Slip ‘n Slide Flip Cup
A wild combo of backyard slip ‘n slide action and classic flip cup, this game is guaranteed to get laughs and soaked shirts.
Requirements:
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Slip ‘n slide
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Plastic cups
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Table
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Water (or drinks of choice)
How to Play:
Set up a slip ‘n slide that ends at a table lined with cups. Players take turns sliding down and racing to flip their cup upright. Once they succeed, the next teammate goes. It’s fast, chaotic, and full of hilarious wipeouts.
2. Sponge Dodgeball
Dodgeball, but wetter! Replace balls with soaked sponges for a splashy, hilarious twist.
Requirements:
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Large soft sponges
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Two buckets of water
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Open outdoor space
How to Play:
Soak sponges in water and divide players into two teams. Each team throws wet sponges at the other, trying to tag opponents. Once hit, players can freeze or switch sides, depending on your rules. It’s all the fun of dodgeball—without the bruises.
3. Water Balloon Shot Put
A hilarious strength-and-splash challenge where distance meets mess.
Requirements:
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Filled water balloons
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Measuring tape
How to Play:
Each player takes turns “shot putting” a water balloon as far as possible without it bursting mid-air. The player with the longest successful toss wins. Expect laughter when balloons explode early or fly in unexpected directions.
4. Human Car Wash
Walk through a gauntlet of squirts, sprays, and soaked fun—designed by other players!
Requirements:
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Garden hoses, water guns, sprinklers
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Willing participants to spray
How to Play:
Designate a path as the “car wash.” Other players line up with hoses and squirt guns, spraying those who pass through. Add challenges like dancing, balancing, or acting silly as they go. It’s part obstacle course, part water blast zone.
5. Drip Cup Trivia
A wet game of trivia where wrong answers mean slow, cold punishment from above.
Requirements:
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Paper or plastic cups with small holes
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Water
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Chairs and trivia questions
How to Play:
Each player sits under a cup filled with water suspended above their head. Another player reads trivia questions—get one wrong, and a small hole is poked. As the game goes on, the drip intensifies until you’re soaked. Last dry head wins.
6. Water Gun Assassin
A sneaky game of elimination that lasts all party long and ends with one drenched champion.
Requirements:
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Small water guns
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Player list with assigned “targets”
How to Play:
Each player is secretly given a target. The goal is to “assassinate” your target by squirting them when no one else sees. Once tagged, the target is out, and the assassin gets their next victim. The last player standing wins the game.
7. Fire Hose Limbo
Classic limbo—but with a pressurized blast of water instead of a pole!
Requirements:
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Hose with strong spray nozzle
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Open space
How to Play:
One person controls the hose and creates a horizontal stream of water. Players take turns leaning backward and trying to limbo under the stream without touching it. Lower the water spray each round until there’s only one flexible winner left.
8. Water Balloon Volleyball
A wacky team challenge where players launch water balloons using towels over a net.
Requirements:
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Towels (1 per pair)
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Water balloons
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Volleyball net or rope
How to Play:
Teams of two use a towel to launch and catch water balloons over a net. Each side tries not to drop or pop the balloon. Teams rotate servers and play to a certain number of successful volleys—or until the balloons are all gone!
9. Ice Bucket Musical Chairs
Like regular musical chairs, but losers get drenched with an icy surprise.
Requirements:
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Chairs
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Music player
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Buckets with ice water
How to Play:
Arrange chairs in a circle (one fewer than the number of players). As the music plays, players walk around. When it stops, they scramble to sit. The one left standing gets a full ice bucket dumped on them—or a splash from others. It’s shocking and hilarious!
10. Splash Charades
Act out words while trying not to laugh—and dodge water attacks from the guessing team.
Requirements:
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Water guns or spray bottles
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Charades prompts
How to Play:
One player acts out a prompt while teammates try to guess. Meanwhile, the opposing team tries to distract or soak the actor with water. If they guess it right, they switch roles. It’s part performance, part water war, and all fun.
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Well what are you waiting for then?
Put on your party faces and sunscreen and get started.
You can make a few tweaks here and there and customize it to your liking.
Let us know which one you liked the best!!