34 great adventures to play on your Echo

Alexa is smart, funny, helpful, and, as it turns out, a game master.

From interactive stories to trivia, Amazon’s voice assistant is packed with games that can keep both children and adults entertained.

We’ve spent years playing with Alexa to bring you guides on how to set it up, use it to control your smart home, and make your friends laugh with silly commands. Now, we’ve rounded up the best Alexa games. Like our other guides, we will continue to update this over time.

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Best Alexa games to try on your Echo, Echo Show, and Echo Dot

Note: To activate a skill, say, “Alexa, activate the [name of skill] skill”.

Lemonade Stand

Lemonade Stand simulates owning a lemonade stand. Alexa states the weather forecast for the day and then the player buys cups of lemonade to sell, buys signs for advertising, and sets a price for a cup of lemonade, etc. You will earn “experience badges” and money as you play.

Alexa skill store: Lemonade Stand

Tic Tac Toe

Yes, you can play Noughts and Crosses with Alexa if the mood takes you. With this skill Tic Tac Toe can be played in audio form. You can draw it out on paper if it’s easier but otherwise you just have to choose to go top, centre or bottom row with your moves.

Alexa skill store: Tic Tac Toe

The Magic Door

The Magic Door is an adventure game with original stories. You can tell Alexa what choices to make as you explore a magical land and collect hidden items, solve riddles, and help the local creatures. For instance, you can take the garden path to help the princess find her crown.

Alexa skill store: The Magic Door

Escape the Room

The Escape the Room Alexa game is just like the real-life version. You are trapped in a room, and it’s up to you to escape. Search your room, pick up items, and solve puzzles to find your way out. There are multiple rooms to choose from, with more being added regularly.

Alexa skill store: Escape the Room

Either Or

Either Or is a game where you must choose between situations. For instance, would you rather be attacked by a zombie or attacked by a shark? It’s up to you to decide. But you have to keep in mind: will the rest of the family agree with your decision?

Alexa skill store: Either Or

Animal Rescue

In Animal Rescue, you are a caregiver and you’re supposed to take care of animals – a panda, a tiger, a turtle and more. It’s basically like a virtual pet game. You’ll learn about the animals while having to interact, great fun.

Alexa skill store: Animal Rescue

Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock

Another classic physical game turned into an audio one with Alexa. With this skill Alexa will even tell how you lost and keep track of the wins and loses too.

Amazon skill store: Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock

Freeze Dancers

Freeze Dancers is based on the classic Freeze Dance game. Alexa will play music and tell you to dance. When the music stops, you must freeze and stay put until the music continues. If you fall, you’re done (or you can do 10 jumping jacks to rejoin). You play until no one is left standing.

Alexa skill store: Freeze Dancers

The SpongeBob Challenge

The SpongeBob Challenge is a memory game. You see, the Krusty Krab crew takes orders from customers, and you must remember their orders.

Alexa skill store: The SpongeBob Challenge

Silly Things

Silly Things will tell you something funny to act out. It might tell you to act like the floor is lava, for instance.

Alexa skill store: Silly Things

WhereInTheWorld

If you enjoy a spot of geography in your games with Alexa then WhereInTheWorld is the skill to turn to. This one has you playing a trivia game with Alexa where you’re testing your world knowledge. Ideal if you like to learn while you play.

Alexa skill store: WhereInTheWorld

Skyrim Very Special Edition

As if there aren’t enough versions of Skyrim available already Bethesda even made one for Alexa. So yes you can explore Skyrim using just the power of your voice. That’s pretty magical isn’t it?

Alexa skill store: Skyrim Very Special Edition

Math Dungeon

In Math Dungeon, you must move around a dungeon. You’ll come across different creatures there and need to answer their problems to progress.

Alexa skill store: Math Dungeon

Hide and Seek

With the Hide and Seek game, Alexa will play the classic game with you. You’ll do all the hiding and Alexa will try to guess where you are.

Alexa skill store: Hide and Seek

Twenty Questions

This is the classic 20 questions game but powered by Alexa. Think of something, and then Alexa will try and guess in twenty questions or less.

Alexa skill store: Twenty Questions

Akinator

Akinator is like the 20 questions game. You choose an object, person, place, or animal, and answer yes or no as the genie tries to guess it.

Alexa skill store: Akinator

Mighty Trivia

Mighty Trivia is the opposite of Akinator. Here, Alexa will pretend to be an object, person, place, or animal for you to guess.

Alexa skill store: Mighty Trivia

Animal Game

Animal Game is 20 questions limited to animals. Choose any animal and answer a series of questions while Alexa tries to guess.

Alexa skill store: Animal Game

Memory Game For Kids

Memory Game For Kids will provide you with a list of words and follow it up with a question, such as “What word was before apple?” You must do your best to memorise the list and answer correctly in order to proceed and win the game.

Alexa skill store: Memory Game For Kids

The Queen’s Mathematician

The Queen’s Mathematician is another adventure where the queen has been kidnapped by elves. You must use your math skills to rescue her.

Alexa skill store: The Queen’s Mathematician

The Wayne Investigation

This lets you solve an age-old question: Who killed Bruce Wayne’s parents? You play a detective investigating the murder.

Alexa skill store: The Wayne Investigation

Mind Maze

Alexa tells you coordinates, including directions you can travel, and where you are trying to go. After you move, you’ll hear a new set of actions.

Alexa skill store: Mind Maze

Question of the Day

The Question of the Day skill gives you a new puzzle each morning, with topics ranging from arts and entertainment to literature and science.

Alexa skill store: Question of the Day

Amazing Word Master Game

Alexa says a word, and you reply with another word that starts with the last letter of Alexa’s choice. The longer the word, the more points you get.

Alexa skill store: Amazing Word Master Game

Jeopardy!

Use Alexa to test your knowledge with the popular TV trivia game. Each day, you can answer six questions- -plus six more if you’re a Prime member.

Alexa skill store: Jeopardy!

Hunt the Yeti

In Hunt the Yeti game, you’re a hunter in a cave. Alexa tells you which direction you can go, and you navigate while trying to find the creature.

Alexa skill store: Hunt the Yeti

Board Games Answers

If you can’t remember how to play Monopoly or other classic games, you can make Alexa your board game master with this skill.

Alexa skill store: Board Games Answers

Fortune Teller Zoltar

Ask Alexa to tell your fortune. It will respond with the kinds of fortune you get at Chinese restaurants.

Alexa skill store: Fortune Teller Zoltar

Categories Game

Similar to Scattergories, this skill asks you to come up with a word that begins with a certain letter in each category. If your answer was accepted, you get 50 minus the number of seconds it took you to answer, so you can’t take forever to shout your answer.

Alexa skill store: Categories Game

Word Play

Test your word skills with players from around the globe. Receive only a letter or two and try to fill in the blanks and choose the right word.

Alexa skill store: Word Play

True or False

True or False tests your memorisation and knowledge skills. Listen as Alexa offers you clues and then you determine which ones are true or false.

Alexa skill store: True or False

Yes Sire

Play the part of a medieval lord. Yes Sire gives you situations, like what to do with a thief, and then you earn wealth and influence points.

Alexa skill store: Yes Sire

Song Quiz

This is a music trivia skill for Alexa. It has playlists from every decade. You get points for answering the correct artist and title.

Alexa skill store: Song Quiz

Heads Up!

Offered by the Ellen DeGeneres Show, the Heads Up! skill has you guess anything from celebrity names to movie titles.

Alexa skill store: Heads Up!