Guide · Long-distance couples
Long-distance games for couples: keep playing even when you're apart
A long-distance relationship (or a week of opposite shifts) doesn't have to stop at “how was your day?”. Playing together gives you something new to talk about and makes the screen feel a little less like a screen.
Here are games that work over video call, others to play each on your own phone and an option for when you're not even online at the same time.
Heads up: the app itself is in Spanish for now. The English version is on its way.
Video call games
Long-distance toast
Each of you grab a glass of whatever you have and toast to something that's yours, looking into the camera.
Guess the song
Hum 15 seconds of a song that matters to both of you; your partner has to guess it.
Staring contest
Hold a smiling stare. The first one to wink or blink twice in a row loses.
Funny faces
Make the most ridiculous face you can at the same time. Whoever keeps a straight face wins the round.
Games to play each on your own phone
Who Knows Who Best?
You both guess the same thing about each other at the same time: their favorite food, their first concert, their hidden talent. It's revealed together and each of you says whether the other got it right.
Who's More Likely To…?
You secretly vote for which of you would do each thing: fill the house with plants, sign up for the gym and never go, dance in the grocery store. If you match, points for both.
Draw & Guess
One of you draws a secret word in 90 seconds and the other guesses it from their phone.
Text challenges
Little challenges for your chat: a 15-second voice note telling them something you miss, or the most ridiculous selfie you dare to send.
For when you're not online at the same time
With different schedules, the hard part isn't the distance: it's finding the same moment. That's where turn-based games help, where each of you answers when you can.
No-rush game
Between gives you 10 questions from Who Knows? or More Likely?. Each of you answers at your own pace, and your partner has 48 hours to do the same. Nobody sees the other's answers until you've both replied.
Question of the day
One question a day for the two of you. Each of you answers on your own phone and the answers are revealed at the same time.
Ideas to make the distance feel smaller
A standing date
One day a week to play, even if it's only 20 minutes. Having something to look forward to helps.
Something that lasts
A letter, a mission or a little surprise your partner finds later keeps the week connected.
Plans for when you meet up
Use the questions about the future to plan what you'll do when you see each other.
Between for long distance
Between has a Long-distance Roulette with challenges you do without being together (you choose whether you're on a video call or just on your phones), the three games to play each on your own phone, the no-rush game and secret envelopes: letters your partner can only read if they open them. It works on iPhone and Android, free during the beta.
Frequently asked questions
What games can you play with your partner long distance?
Over video call, short challenges and guess-the-song work great; on your phones, Who Knows Who Best?, Who's More Likely To…? or Draw & Guess. If you can't find the same moment, a turn-based game.
Can you play without being online at the same time?
Yes. In Between's no-rush game each of you answers when you can, and your partner has 48 hours to do their part.
Do I need to download anything?
No app store needed: Between opens in your phone's browser and you can add it to your home screen like an app.