18 Cozy Games For When You Wanna Have a Chill Night In

I mean, the name says it all, right? If peak coziness is what you’re searching for, you gotta have this game on hand. “Hygge,” as you may know, is a Danish term that loosely means enjoying the good things in life. So it doesn’t really get more hygge than great conversation—this game has more than 300 ~thought-provoking~ questions that will initiate all sorts of super profound discussion.

A murder mystery will bring a bit of intrigue and suspense to your chill night in. This one can be played IRL or virtually, giving you plenty of flexibility when it comes to figuring out hosting duties. You also have the option to customize the game depending on the number of players. Très fancy, isn’t it?

Need something truly mindless? It doesn’t get more simple than this card game, where the entire point is to get your crew to guess the name on the card. Obvi, you can’t actually say the name, so predictably, confusion and general chaos ensues. There are 440 cards in a deck, meaning a game may go on for a loooong time.

When you’ve got the whole family over, round everyone up to play this game, which is ideal for a group of up to 12. It’s mostly a guessing game, but on a scale system, making it a tad bit more challenging. Still, many reviewers swear it’s easy to learn and has plenty of replay value. That’s a win-win in my book!

Get ready to make any National Parks lover swoon. When you can’t make it to the parks IRL, you’ll get a decent consolation prize with this game. Players score points by visiting as many parks as possible and snapping photos along the way. This one’s good to play solo or with a group of up to five.

On occasions when you’re not feeling a card game sitch, reach for this versatile (and incredibly chic) chess and checkers set. With the two classic games in one, you’ll stay entertained for hours on end. Plus, the board doubles as a storage box, so you can easily pack it away when it’s not in use. Brilliant!

Raise your hand if you still feel personally victimized by Uno. For people of a certain age, this was the game growing up and usually involved some type of contentious outcome. This time around, upgrade to the giant version of the classic card game. Same rules apply—it just adds a new element of fun to play with the extra large cards.

NGL, my understanding of the rules of backgammon are, um, limited at best. But look at this gorgeous set! Even if you have no idea how to play, it’s worth learning to have this beaut chillin’ on your coffee table, just sayin’. The board morphs into the storage box, which has the cutest top handle for easy transport.

Want to expand your vocabulary? Then have I got just the game for you. This popular card game is all about guessing “absurd words” and doing “ridiculous challenges.” A helpful bonus: NSFW cards are marked, giving you the option to rotate those in or out—depending on who’s in the party crowd, of course.

Confession: I haven’t played Chinese checkers since middle school but I swear I used to be pretty good at it! This stylish set is a solid size and features the most gorgeous lacquered pieces. Not only does this look the part, I firmly believe that having it around is def gonna make me get back into it.

Behold, the most beautiful Scrabble board I’ve, um, ever seen?! As a self-proclaimed word nerd (hi, I’m an editor), I find this set almost too stunning to play with. This has got future family heirloom written all over it.

Speaking of beautiful, this unexpected twist on the classic Candy Land game is soooo sweet (pun intended). It folds into a faux book that you can place on the shelf; the linen wrapping on the “book” looks really high-end. This brand gives several other board games the same treatment, which means you can have a whole shelf filled with these clever faux book games.

If geometry was a favorite subject of yours, you’ll be into this brain-teaser game. Using 12 polygon pieces, the premise is to fill up the space on the board, which changes based on where the “slider” piece is located. This one’s ideal if you’re solo or for playing with kiddos.

This isn’t your mom’s Connect 4, that’s for sure. Those clear acrylic and marbleized pieces are impossibly elegant; the whole set would look fab on a bookshelf or nightstand. Plus, the clear acrylic stopper keeps pieces in play and removes easily to clear the board before each round.

Jenga, but make it ~aesthetic~. With colorful painted wood tiles and a vibrant wood die, this game looks good and makes people bond over the imminent collapse of a giant tower. Not to mention, this is a quintessential solo game.