Date night doesn’t always have to mean a fancy meal out or going to the movies. There’s just as much fun to be had with a cozy night in, playing video games. Gaming can be a fun way to bond with your partner while challenging one another, as well as an intimate date night activity that you and your partner can use to strengthen your relationship. Ready to find the perfect video game that you’ll both have fun playing? CenturyLink created a list of 5 video game date night ideas to help you feel more connected to your significant other.
1. Don’t Starve Together
Don’t Starve Together is a survival game available on PC, the Nintendo Switch, Xbox and PlayStation 4+ platforms that lets you fight, farm, build, and explore with the one you love. The goal for you and your significant other is to brave the wilderness with access to limited resources. In this game you’ll craft tools, fight scary creatures, and test you and your partner’s communication skills across many tough obstacles.
2. Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
If you and your partner want a more vibrant challenge, Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime is a heroic game that takes place in space. This space shooter video game lets you explore a colorful and animated galaxy in a massive neon-colored battleship. But it will take communication and coordination to save the universe. Because while one of you steers the battleship, the other has to work to eliminate galaxy threats using turrets, lasers, shields and thrusters. You and your date will have to depend on each other’s skillsets, but you’ll definitely have fun playing this exciting date night video game.
3. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Survival games not your thing? How about a little racing? In Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, players go kart racing to collect a variety of items to either hinder an opponent or gain advantages. Choose your favorite Mario game character and customize your ride before you compete. Explore the scenery of maps that take place in metropolitan cities, volcano lands, parks, islands, farms, and rainbow-colored space bricks. And then race your date to the finish line in this classic video game.
4. Portal 2
Portal 2 lets you and your date build trust while having some fun. This puzzle-platform game is tough to beat and only won by good decision making. As individual characters, you and your teammate have the freedom to make your own decisions while completing each puzzle together. Teamwork and strong communication skills are especially important here. As you enter portals to complete new puzzles, one bad decision will send the two of you back to the beginning of the level. It’s all about communication and compromise with this date night video game.
5. It Takes Two
You and your significant other can plan your future together in It Takes Two. This adventure game starts you and your partner off as a struggling married couple with a young daughter. As your characters teeter on the brink of divorce, your daughter runs away from home. You and your partner must solve puzzles and complete adventures to save your virtual marriage and locate your missing kid. This date night video game is a great way to help you and your partner evaluate where your relationship excels, and where it may need improvement.
Final Thoughts
You don’t have to be a skilled gamer to enjoy date night video games. Because it’s less about the “game” and more about spending time together and strengthening your relationship. They test communication skills, encourage trust, and provide a fun way to bond. But playing video games requires a strong and fast internet connection.
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