20 engagement party games and photo challenges
By the Mission Memories team · Updated
The short answer
Good engagement party games help two sets of family and friends get to know each other. Easy favourites are a couple quiz ("how well do you know the couple?"), a proposal story guessing game, and a photo scavenger hunt with challenges like "photo with someone from the other side of the family". A photo game on an app like Mission Memories also doubles as a trial run for the wedding.
Classic engagement party games
- How well do you know the couple? A quiz on how they met, their first date and their pet hates.
- Guess the proposal. Guests write down how they think the proposal happened. The couple reads the best ones before telling the real story.
- Who said it? Quotes from the couple; guests guess which of them said it.
- Advice cards. Guests write marriage advice (serious or not) for the couple to open on their first anniversary.
- Date night jar. Each guest writes a date idea for the couple's first year of marriage.
- Baby photo match. Guests match baby photos of the wedding party to the adults.
- Wedding prediction sweepstake. Guests predict the first dance song, who'll cry first and who'll be last on the dance floor.
Engagement party photo challenges
A photo scavenger hunt keeps people mixing all evening and leaves the couple with every photo. Some ideas:
- Selfie with the newly engaged couple
- Photo with someone from the other side of the family
- Recreate the proposal with a stranger
- Get a photo of the ring (with permission)
- Gather everyone who knew the couple before they met
- Photo with the guest who travelled furthest
- Film a 10-second toast to the couple
- Get both mums in one photo
- Recreate the couple's first photo together
- Catch the couple mid-laugh
- Photo with someone you'll see again at the wedding
- Snap the best outfit of the night
- Get the whole room raising a glass
How to run it without an MC
Create a free event on Mission Memories, add 5 photo missions and share the code in the party invite. The free plan covers 5 guests; Party Time is £4.99 for up to 40. Guests join with the code on their phones, no app needed, and the leaderboard keeps score, so nobody has to run it.
Bonus: it's a trial run for the wedding. Guests will already know how it works on the big day. See wedding photo games.
Frequently asked questions
What games do you play at an engagement party?
Popular engagement party games include a couple quiz, guessing how the proposal happened, advice cards, a wedding prediction sweepstake and a photo scavenger hunt.
How do you get two families to mix at an engagement party?
Use games that pair people up across families, like a photo challenge to "take a photo with someone from the other side of the family".
Is an engagement party game free?
Mission Memories is free for up to 5 guests and 5 photo missions. A party of up to 40 is £4.99 for the event.
Run it with Mission Memories
Free for 5 guests. Guests join with your code from their phone's browser, no app needed.