Virtual Date Ideas: 25 Things to Do Together Online
The best virtual date ideas give you one thing to do together, not just a video call to fill: paint the same picture, play a two-player game, cook the same recipe or watch the same film at the same moment. Below are 25 ideas in five groups, a step-by-step paint-and-sip date and a plan for the evening. Want to start now? Paint together free in Draw Together.
25 virtual date ideas
Pick one idea from two different groups, such as something to make and something to play, and you have a full evening. Everything here works on a phone or laptop, and every game linked is free with no download and no sign-up.
Make something together
- Paint one picture together in Draw Together: you each paint on your own phone and see each other's brush strokes appear live on the same canvas.
- Hold a paint-and-sip date at home: the same drink, the same idea to paint, 45 minutes. The step-by-step plan is below.
- Paint each other as an animal, then reveal and explain your choice.
- Build a playlist for a road trip you'll take together, one song each in turn.
- Write a short story together in a shared note, one sentence each, and read it out at the end.
Play a game
- Open Long Distance Relationship Questions: cards written for couples who are apart.
- Play ten quick rounds of This or That and count how often you matched.
- Set up an online table of 4 in a Row or Dots and Boxes and play while you talk.
- Play the same Mini Golf course side by side and cheer every putt.
- Hide your fleets in Sea Battle and call your shots on camera.
- Solve the daily puzzles together from the daily hub: one reads the clues, the other types.
Want more? Our guide to online games for long distance couples has 18 free picks and how to set each one up on a call.
Talk about the good stuff
- Work through the 36 Questions to Fall in Love on a long, unhurried call.
- Go deeper with Deep Questions for Couples.
- Take the Love Language Match and talk about what makes each of you feel loved from far away.
- Plan a dream trip on a shared map and agree on the first three stops.
- Give each other a room tour on camera and tell the story of three things in it.
Watch and cook together
- Cook the same recipe on a video call and sit down to eat at the same time.
- Start the same film on the count of three and trade reactions in a chat.
- Take a virtual museum tour or watch a live-streamed concert together.
- Have a breakfast date across time zones: one has breakfast, the other dessert.
- Order each other's dinner to be delivered and guess what the other chose.
Small surprises
- Save the picture you painted together and set it as both your phone wallpapers.
- Write a letter to be opened on your next visit.
- Plan the first day of your next visit together, hour by hour.
- Recreate your first date over video: same food, same music, same questions.
A paint-and-sip date at home, step by step
A paint-and-sip date works even when you live apart. You don't need canvases or paint, just two phones or laptops and a drink you both like.
- Pick a time and the same drink and snack, so it feels like one table.
- One of you opens Draw Together, chooses Online, taps Play a friend and sends the link. The other taps it and you're on the same canvas.
- Choose what to paint. Stuck? Tap Need an idea? for a suggestion, like a sunset over water or a house you'd love to live in.
- Split the work: one colours the background with the Marker, the other draws the details with the Pen. Finish with a few Stamps.
- Paint for 30 to 45 minutes while you talk. Undo only takes back your own lines, so nobody erases the other's work by mistake.
- Tap Save to keep the picture. It's made on your phone and nothing is uploaded.
Don't aim for a masterpiece. The fun is in watching the other person's lines appear and reacting to them.
A simple plan for the evening
- Agree on a start time that works in both time zones and put phones on do-not-disturb for everything else.
- Warm up with a quick game for 15 minutes.
- Spend the main part on one shared activity: painting, cooking or a film.
- End with ten minutes of real talk, or plan your next date.
- Take turns choosing the next idea so both of you look forward to it.
Play it free online
Every game linked here is free, runs in the browser and needs no account. One of you creates a table and sends the link, the other taps it. See all games for couples.
Frequently asked questions
What are good virtual date ideas?
Good ones give you one shared thing to do: paint one picture together in Draw Together, play a two-player game like 4 in a Row, cook the same recipe on a call or start the same film at the same moment.
How do you do a paint and sip date at home when you live apart?
Pick the same drink, open Draw Together, choose Online and send your partner the link. You both paint the same canvas from your own phones, then tap Save to keep the picture.
Can two people paint the same picture online?
Yes. In Draw Together each of you paints on your own device and sees the other's strokes live on one canvas. It's free, with no download or sign-up.
What can long distance couples do online together?
Play question games and two-player classics, paint together, cook the same meal over video, watch films at the same time, take a virtual museum tour or plan your next visit.
How long should a virtual date be?
About an hour is enough: a short game to warm up, one main activity and a few minutes to talk at the end. Longer is fine when you're both enjoying it.