22 Top Virtual Team Building Events and Activities for 2023
The way we work has changed so much over the past two years. As a result, virtual team building activities have never been as important to maintain the mental health of the team and encourage the team’s engagement to remain high. Virtual and remote activities and events are an excellent way to bring teams back together. You never know you may even learn your colleagues might be hiding a hidden talent.
Best 22 Virtual Team Building Activities and Events
1) Virtual Horse Racing
A fresh and exciting event for all your guests! Our virtual horse racing team building event will bring you the exact excitement of being at the races in person. Using ‘fun money’ our host will guide you through the racing programme. A perfect virtual event for team competitions or individuals. It’s an experience that’s ideal to connect people in and immersive, pure fun team experience.
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2) Virtual Master of the Tasks
This virtual event is inspired by the popular TV show. It is one of our most popular live events, so we had to create a virtual one! Tasks come in all shapes and sizes, one minute you will be dashing to find something in your house, the next you will be making an exotic creation. This is the kind of virtual event that will have you in stiches of laughter, even after the zoom call ends. There’s absolutely something for everyone.
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3) Virtual Around the World
Take your team on a virtual globe-trotting experience around the world in 60 minutes with our virtual Around the World event. Visit 22 countries across 40,000 virtual miles, whilst putting your collaboration, creativity, and teamwork skills to the test. Each country contains a series of tasks & challenges to earn participants Travel Credits to make it to the next destination. Make sure you keep an eye on the clock though, as you will earn travel credits not only for completing tasks, but for distance travelled too!
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4) Virtual Escape Room
Working in small groups of 3-4, teams will need to work together in this virtual escape room to solve all the clues, riddles, and challenges to escape the room. You will be against a 60-minute timer and face head-to-head challenges in three stages where you will have to share ideas and answers to progress forward. Teams who employ a thoughtful strategy and manage their time efficiently shall escape and maintain gloating rights!
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5) Virtual Murder Mystery
A body has been found at Cadaver Manor, and a murder investigation has now been launched. Internationally renowned lawyer, Laura Norder, was at the manor for a school reunion, alongside a high-profile property tycoon and professional athlete. Unfortunately, she did not leave the manor that night. You and your team have been brought in virtually to investigate the murder, examine key evidence such as witness statements and suspect interviews using augmented reality and image recognition technology.
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6) Virtual Polar Rescue
Test your survival skills in this virtual escape room challenge, set deep in the arctic. During your polar expedition to the North Pole an extreme blizzard has forced your team to take shelter in a remote hut deep in the mountains. Unfortunately, the weather deteriorates, and you become fully snowed in, with no signal. You have 60 minutes to solve a myriad of clues, puzzles, and conundrums across three stages to allow you to escape the hut and communicate your GPS coordinates and signal for rescue.
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7) Virtual Spy Academy
Earn your spy stripes by cracking three levels of classified training activities, all designed to build your skills to pass the first stage of the virtual Spy Academy. Each level will test yours skill at solving puzzles, problem solving tasks and creativity. As the time counts down, its time to take on your first covert mission by tracking down and identifying an intelligent killer who has been involved in an assassination. Will you complete the mission and be the next James Bond?
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8) Virtual I’m Working From Home, Get Me Outta Here!
Inspired by the famous TV show, this virtual event is hosted by our resident compere where we welcome you to the jungle. This is the chance for you and your team to test your nerves, nominate colleagues and stitch up your boss! Before the event, everyone will receive a trial pack in the post prior to the event, with all goodies (and gruels!) needed for event. On completion of each challenge, the winning team take the points and will get to nominate an opponent to take on the live critter crunch! Will you be brave enough, or will you be shouting “I’m working from home…get me outta here!”
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9) Virtual Cocktail Making
There’s no time like the present without virtual cocktail making event. With a choice of alcoholic and non-alcoholic cocktails to choose from, each participant will receive a posted pack in advance, containing everything they need to be a master of cocktail making. You’ll receive a virtual live demonstration by our virtual mixologists before it’s over to you! Every drink will be judged on appearance and your honesty of what it tastes like before the final challenge… to create a new cocktail with your team.
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10) Virtual Cooking Events
Ready, steady, cook! Are you virtually ready with your apron and chef’s hat? In advance all individuals are delivered an event pack with all the ingredients that they will need to complete their virtual cooking experience. Everyone is welcomed by our Michelin star trained chef, who will talk you through the challenge and show you some amazing cookery skills before it’s over to you. Will you be the next virtual masterchef?
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11) Virtual Musical Bingo
House! Imagine an activity that’s just like bingo, but much more fun. Instead of numbers being called out, songs are played instead. Each round is based on a different musical genre and eras with a selection of song choices. As per the real game, prizes will be won per two & three lines as well as the full house. If that wasn’t enough, we’ll also add in some bonus rounds for teams to catch up and gain some extra much needed points.
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12) Virtual Wine Tasting
This virtual event is a perfect energiser or evening experience where guests will sample and grade a range of different wines, all under the direction of our virtual wine expert who will guide you through the wines. This event can be as fun or team building as you like. All participants will be sent a pre-event pack in the post with a selection of wines and equipment needed for the experience.
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13) Virtual Charity Skateboard Build
This hands on creative and artistic event are a great virtual experience if you are looking for your next corporate social responsibility. Guided by our online professional artists, individuals will receive an event pack, that is full of all the parts and art materials. Participants will get that feel-good feeling when they donate their skateboards to underprivileged children.
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14) Virtual House Party
Combining a mash up of the most hilarious game shows, this virtual event is fully interactive and big on fun for remote team experiences. Before the event, everyone will receive a mystery party pack with everything they need to take part in each round. In teams everyone takes part in a series of fun games, each one earning them points which stack up on a rolling leader board before the overall winners are announced.
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15) Virtual Crime Scene Detectives
Ever thought that you had what it takes to be a top crime detective? Well now is your chance! Your team has been summoned to help solve a virtual trial. Working with your fellow detectives, you’ll have the opportunity to review all the evidence retrieved and interview the accused. During the event, teams will be fed communications including mysterious texts, video footage and voice recordings, all to make you think outside the box! Will you solve the crime?
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16) Virtual Cheese and Wine Tasting
Virtual cheese and wine tasting is a great virtual event to bring everyone back together in the comfort of their homes. Event packs will be sent out to participants in advance of the event, containing a range of cheese, wines plus and accompaniment of condiments. We offer two types of this event. A standard virtual event, with a combined virtual cheese and wine expert, or a premium version hosted by an independent wine expert, and Michelin-star trained cheese expert.
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17) Virtual Murder in the Mountains
Whilst enjoying the mountains on a winter ski trip things suddenly take a turn for the worst. A huge avalanche has erupted down the mountain leaving a dead body emerging from the snow. Whilst taking refuge in an abandoned chalet, evidence starts to emerge that the dead body could actually be a result of murder. Using interactive map technology, teams need to scour for hidden clues, eliminate the suspects and workout he murders? This fully virtual themed murder mystery experience will immerse you and your teams on an intriguing challenge.
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18) Virtual Bear Grylls Survival
Our virtual Bear Grylls Survival event is an interactive team-based activity that engages people working from home into a fully themed Bear Grylls adventure. The event imitates the live event, but in a virtual arena hosted by Bear Grylls trained survival experts! Teams will complete various survival themed tasks & bonus challenges to earn points to determine if they sink or survive! Will you have what it takes to survive?
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19) Virtual Gameshow Bonanza
This virtual event is the ultimate gameshow quiz, that will see you facing rounds of famous gameshows from Deal or No Real to Master of the Tasks. If you’re looking for a fast-paced, fun event that will entertain your events, then look no further. Working in breakout rooms teams will answer a range of questions before being shown the results in the main room.
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20) Virtual Railroad Murders
On this virtual event we take you back to the 1920s. Your challenge is to try and solve a murder that has happened on a long train from Paris to Constantinople. Midway from Budapest to Belgrade a body is found. Using the latest interactive map technology including augmented reality, your team will become mega detectives as to try and unravel the crime. Can you solve the crime before the train reaches its final destination?
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21) Virtual Chocolate Making
Welcome to the ultimate luxury of fun as we bring you a delectable experience into the art of chocolate making! Led by our chocolatiers, in our bespoke cookery studios, we will take you on a culinary journey on how chocolate goes from bean to bar. At the end of the experience everyone will have learnt some new skills and designed, created, decorated, and flavoured their own box of chocolate delights.
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22) Virtual Bakeathon
Will you be the next virtual star baker? Teams will receive event packs in advance which will contain all their ingredients for the participants baking challenges. Everyone will be welcomed by our Michelin star trained chef, who will talk you through what you will be baking during the event. We can make your event as fun as you like and guarantee that even if you don’t win star baker, you’re bound to impress your friends and family the next time you bake.
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Are there many different types of remote team building events?
The simple answer is yes! Just like normal team building events, our virtual team activities cater for different types of groups and people. If you’re looking for an app-based virtual event, then Virtual Around the World and Virtual Polar Rescue could be the ones for you. Our zoom-based quizzes are also a popular favourite amongst some teams, whereas some prefer a virtual cooking event. There are so many to choose from, that there is one to suit everyone.
What are the benefits of Virtual Team Building Activities?
There are so many benefits to virtual team building events, but below are our top 5:
1) Hassle-free
All our team building events aim to be hassle free, so we adopted this when producing our live events. Like our live events, you will receive a dedicated Project Manager who will deal with everything behind the scenes, so you don’t have to!
2) Boosts Motivation
When working remotely or on a hybrid model, everyone needs a little lift to boost themselves. The social aspect of our virtual events brings everyone back together and provides a little bit of fun and laughter outside of a normal working day!
3) Increases Productivity
When employees work from home, they can often lack a clear work direction which can lead to lower productivity. Virtual team building activities allow managers and leaders to explain their goals, often through the chosen event.
4) Stops Zoom Fatigue
This one may sound a little weird, but Zoom fatigue is often caused by doing the same things in the same format, repeatedly. Implementing a virtual event into the mix can actually help improve this, as it will get participants out of their norm.
5) Combats Loneliness & Isolation
When transitioning from a busy work environment to working from home, especially when you live alone, this can be a big shock to the system. Virtual events, therefore bring back that socialisation element, especially if your job does not entail zoom calls on a day-to-day basis.