Camping and Festival Drinking Games – Summer Party Games
The best drinking games for camping, festivals and summer parties! Games that work outdoors, without a table or power. Perfect for festivals and camping trips with the gang.
Festivals and camping – Norway's best summer tradition
Norway is a festival country. From Øya and Hove to Tons of Rock and Slottsfjell – every year hundreds of thousands of Norwegians gather at festivals and campsites. And what do you do between the concerts and around the campfire? You play games, of course.
There's just one problem: classic board games and card games are cumbersome to bring to a festival. Boxes, cards that blow away and pieces that disappear in the grass make it challenging. The solution is simple – digital drinking games that only require one mobile phone and a group of people in a good mood.
Here are the best games for camping and festivals – all work without a table, without power and without internet (once you've loaded the page).
Best drinking games for camping and festivals
These games are perfect for playing in a circle on the festival grounds, in the tent or around the campfire:
Tips for festivals and camping
Four practical tips for getting the most out of drinking games at camping and festivals:
Battery and power bank
Always have a fully charged power bank with you. No battery – no games. A 10,000 mAh power bank keeps you going through the whole festival.
Offline mode
Load the games in advance at home. drikkelek.com works offline as a PWA – open the app with good reception, and it works all evening without internet.
Rain and weather
Keep your phone in a waterproof bag or rain-protected pocket. Play under a tarp or in the tent entrance when it rains – the mood is just as good!
Large groups
Most games work best for 4–10 players. Split large groups into smaller circles, or choose games that explicitly support many players.
Frequently asked questions
Which drinking games work best without a table at a festival?
Games that don't require any kind of physical surface or equipment are ideal. Hot Potato, Finger on the App, King Says and Get to Know are all perfect festival games – they only need a mobile phone and a circle of people. Avoid card games and dice games at festivals since cards blow away and dice disappear in the grass.
Does drikkelek.com work offline at a festival?
Yes. drikkelek.com works as a PWA (Progressive Web App), which means you can add it to your home screen and use it without internet access after the page has been loaded once. Open the app at home with good reception, and all games work the whole festival weekend without mobile data.
How many people can play the digital drinking games?
Most games on drikkelek.com support 3–15 players. For large festival groups, games like Finger on the App and King Says are recommended, as they are explicitly designed for many participants. With very large groups you can split into two circles playing in parallel with one shared phone per group.
What do you do if your phone runs out of battery in the middle of the festival?
Always have a power bank available – it's the most important festival equipment for drinking games. A 10,000 mAh power bank gives 2–3 full charges and keeps you going all day. Alternatively, you can play word games and game variants that don't require a phone, like 21, Never Have I Ever... or Truth or Dare.
Can you play drinking games at camping without alcohol?
Absolutely. All games on drikkelek.com work equally well with soda, juice or water. Drinking is just a mechanism to give the rules consequences – many choose to use penalties like doing ten push-ups or singing a verse instead of drinking. The games are designed to be fun regardless of what you're drinking.