How to Play Games on Snapchat

Jan. 3, 2022

Note:Snapchat Games are no longer available.

What are Snapchat Games and Minis?

The best part about Snapchat Games is that it is accessible on Android and iOS devices without the need to download another app and for free. You can find interesting games such as Bitmoji Party (sees you challenge your friends to fun mini-games), Crazy Run by Gismart (race against your friends’ Bitmoji avatars), and Ready, Chef, Go! by Mojiworks (lets you run a virtual restaurant and serve customers with your friends), among many others. You can find the full list of Snap Games attached below in this article.

Now that you know what Snapchat Games and Mini are, let’s take a look at how you can invite friends and play games with them:

1. Open the Snapchat app and tap the“Chat”iconat the bottom navigation bar. Alternatively, you can choose to swipe right from the camera viewfinder to view all your conversations.

2. Once the chat list appears,open the conversation of the friendwith whom you want to play the game.

3. Tap theRocketicon present at the bottom-right corner to view all available Snapchat games.

4. Tap any Game tile to open it, you can choose to play alone or with friends.

When you are playing with a friend, you can use the text box at the bottom to send messages and the microphone icon to voice chat. Snapchat has crafted a beautiful and immersive experience here, which doesn’t let you leave friends behind while playing games.

If your friends are busy and you wish tokill time, you can choose to play these Snap games in single-player mode. Here’s how:

1.Open Snapchat and press the “Search” iconat the top-left corner.

2. You will now see the“Games & Minis”section under the search box. All you have to do now is tap on the game of your choice to start playing it.

3. You can choose to invite your friend again in case they were away when you launched the game. To do so, tap the hamburger menu at the bottom-right corner andtap on “Ring” next to their namefrom the pop-up menu.

4. Snapchat will now alert your friend that you are waiting to play a game with them. The other person can choose to join in by tapping the“Join” buttonat the bottom-right corner of the chat window.

As of writing this article, these are all the games you can play on Snapchat:

Subin writes about consumer tech, software, and security. He secretly misses the headphone jack while pretending he’s better off with the wireless freedom.