Top 9 Games For Travelling – Summer 2025!

9 of the Best Games for Travel in 2025!

Ah, summer. That magical time when half the U.K. population simultaneously decides to sit in traffic for four hours to spend a day/weekend/week/fortnight on a rainy beach before sitting in traffic for another five hours to get home.

But fear not, fellow masochists! We've compiled a list of games for travelling that might just prevent you from attempting to tuck-and-roll out of a moving vehicle when someone asks “are we there yet?” for the 74th time.

And not to brag (we're absolutely bragging), but four of our games were recently featured on ITV's This Morning in their “Ultimate Travel Games” segment. Cat and Ben seemed genuinely entertained, which is impressive considering they have to feign interest in heated towel rails and revolutionary vegetable peelers on a daily basis.

So buckle up, because this list goes from “oh yeah, I remember that one” to “what in the service station sandwich is THAT?” faster than your dad can say “we're not stopping, you should have gone before we left.”

1. Top Toilets Card Game

As featured on ITV's This Morning and where Ben immediately picked up the worst one – “The Urinal” in India. Our Top Toilets game is exactly what it sounds like – 55 of the world's most iconic bathrooms ranked by categories like “Privacy,” “Usability” and “Wow Factor.”

Perfect for those long journeys where actual bathroom breaks become increasingly theoretical, this game allows you to visit international toilets without the need for hand sanitiser. 

From Tokyo's techno-loos with more buttons than the Space Shuttle to the clifftop thunderbox in Norway where you can contemplate mortality while contemplating... other things, these cards are educational, competitive, and guaranteed to spark the kind of heated debate that only toilet enthusiasts understand.

“I still think the TARDIS toilet in Bristol should rank higher on Cleanliness.” “Yes, but the Wow Factor is abysmal, Dad. ABYSMAL.”

2. I-Spy, But Everyone Must Answer In Existential Questions

Yes, we're starting with a twist on a classic. Someone spies something, but instead of guessing directly, everyone must respond only with existential questions.

“I spy with my little eye, something beginning with C.” “Is a cloud truly separate from the sky, or are they one continuous entity that we artificially divide?” “Can the concept of ‘clouds' even exist without a conscious observer to perceive their transient form?” “Are we merely passengers in this car, or is the car itself a passenger in the great journey of existence?”

The winner is whoever makes the driver pull over for an unscheduled crisis of meaning. Bonus points if someone cries.

3. Caravan Parks Game

Another This Morning favorite, our Caravan Parks game celebrates those peculiar British holiday institutions where the promise of "luxury accommodation" means a slightly larger Portakabin with a wonky plastic palm tree outside.

Each card ranks 55 of Britain's finest caravan establishments by critical categories like “Facilities,” “Natural Beauty” and “Number of Pitches.”

The perfect conversation starter for those family road trips where multiple generations are crammed into one vehicle, as Grandad can regale everyone with tales of that time in 1986 when he found a suspicious stain in the shower block at Haven Perran Sands.

4. The Number Plate Game, Apocalypse Edition

Traditional number plate games are for people who haven't yet lost their will to live on the M25. For everyone else, there's the Apocalypse Edition:

Each player must spot a number plate and use the letters to describe how they would survive in an apocalypse scenario.

“KFD – I'll Kill Feral Dogs for sustenance.” “WXP – I'll Weaponize X-ray Projectors against the zombies.” “NCL – I'll Negotiate with Cannibalistic Llamas for safe passage.”

The most creative (or disturbing) survival strategy wins. Perfect for families who want their children to develop both imagination and a healthy sense of impending doom! And, let’s face it, in today’s world, that’s going to serve them well.

5. Top Terminals Card Game

Yes, that's right – ITV's This Morning featured our Top Terminals, proving that Britain's fascination with infrastructure extends beyond just complaining about it. These cards rank airport terminals from around the world in crucial categories like “Destinations,” “Flights Per Day” and “Customer Rating.”

Did you know Singapore's Changi Airport has a butterfly garden, cinema, and swimming pool? Meanwhile, Terminal 5 at Heathrow has... a WHSmith with sandwiches older than some of the passengers. 

The educational value is undeniable – next time your flight is delayed for eight hours, you can smugly inform your travel companions that “this would never happen at Hong Kong International, which scores an impressive 9 for Reliability.”

Just perhaps don't play it while nursing a dodgy tummy in an airport terminal ranked 0 for Facilities!

6. Guess The Trauma

Less a game and more a bonding exercise, “Guess The Trauma” involves looking at other drivers on the motorway and constructing elaborate backstories about what led them to their current emotional state.

“That woman in the Volvo is definitely dissociating after her third consecutive Zoom call where she had to remind everyone they were on mute.”

“The man aggressively tailgating everyone in the BMW is compensating for the fact that his son just told him he's becoming a performance poet.”

“That family in the people carrier hasn't spoken to each other since Bournemouth. The children are communicating exclusively through iPad screen brightness adjustments.”

Winner is whoever constructs a story so specific it causes another passenger to say “that's... actually happened to me.”

7. Top Spoons Card Game

The fourth of our games to make it onto This Morning's “Ultimate Travel Games” segment (we're not counting, we're absolutely counting), Top Spoons celebrates Britain's favourite love-to-hate-it pub chain, where the carpets are as inexplicably unique as the Friday night clientele.

Each card ranks 55 iconic Wetherspoons pubs by essential metrics like “Ambience” and “Price” (spoiler: they all score highly because where else are you getting a pint and a curry for roughly the same price as a London sandwich?).

Perfect for road trips where you'll inevitably end up stopping at one because, despite everyone's protests, it's the only place that will serve breakfast at 4pm and has a toilet that doesn't require taking out a small mortgage to use.

8. Audio Book Roulette

This one requires preparation and a slightly sadistic sense of humor. Before the journey, download a variety of audiobooks onto a device – but here's the twist: include everything from children's books to academic texts on quantum physics to exceptionally steamy romance novels.

Set the player to randomly select chapters and play them at unpredictable intervals throughout the journey. Watch as everyone becomes deeply invested in “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” only to be jarred into a detailed explanation of theoretical astrophysics, followed by a particularly graphic love scene that forces parents to frantically increase the volume on their children's tablets.

The game element? Everyone must maintain a completely straight face regardless of content. First to laugh, cry, or look scandalised, loses.

9. The Silence Game

No list of travel games would be complete without mentioning this parental favorite. The rules are simple: everyone remains completely silent. The first person to make a noise loses.

What makes our version special is the prize structure:

• Under 5 minutes of silence: No reward

• 5-10 minutes: Basic acknowledgement that it happened

• 10-20 minutes: Mild praise

• 20-30 minutes: Growing parental unease as they check mirrors to ensure children are still breathing

• 30+ minutes: Parents willingly agree to stop at the next services, buy inappropriate snacks, and seriously reconsider their "no devices at the dinner table" rule upon return home

It's amazing how the threat of actual peaceful travel can motivate parents to abandon their principles. 

This game is also particularly effective at silencing irritating friends – although you may need to adjust the reward structure.

Why Games Matter On Journeys

Beyond just preventing familial homicide, travel games serve an important psychological purpose. They transform the dead time of transit into something almost resembling entertainment, creating shared memories that will be inaccurately recounted at family gatherings for decades to come.

“Remember that time we played Top Toilets in the car and Grandma revealed her comprehensive knowledge of Mediterranean bathroom architecture?”

“Remember when Dad got so into the Number Plate Apocalypse game that he missed our exit and added 40 minutes to an already nightmarish journey?”

These are the memories that bind us together as families, friends, and fellow sufferers of British weekend traffic during the summer.

So as you pack for your next trip, remember that the real travel essential isn't the sunscreen you'll never need or the raincoat you definitely will – it's having enough weapons in your entertainment arsenal to combat the inevitable “are we there yet?” chorus without resorting to threats involving turning this car around right now, young man.