Overall ranking : Games & Challenges
All 182 gift ideas in Games & Challenges, from $7 to $299. Our recommendations are not based on scores alone. Use the filters to narrow it down.
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182 gift ideas
2026 PERFECTGIFT Ticket to Ride Board Game, 2025 Edition (Days of Wonder)
Collect train cards and claim railway routes across early 20th-century North America.
Favorite Spikeball Original Roundnet Set, 3 Balls, Net and Bag
The round net, three balls and a drawstring bag: everything to start a roundnet game on grass, sand or indoors.
Favorite Janod Magneti'Book Unicorns
44 magnets and 10 scenes to dress up unicorns again and again.
2026 PERFECTGIFT LEGO Speed Champions Bugatti Vision GT
A virtual hypercar turned real, in a few hundred satisfying LEGO pieces.
2026 PERFECTGIFT iDventure Cluebox PRO Sherlock's Camera Escape Room Puzzle Box
A wooden escape-room puzzle box shaped like Sherlock Holmes' retro camera.
2026 PERFECTGIFT Star Fox (Nintendo Switch 2)
A cinematic take on the Star Fox 64 story for Nintendo Switch 2, with a cockpit view and 4-on-4 online battles.
2026 PERFECTGIFT Mattel Brick Shop Hot Wheels Elite Series Custom '62 Chevy Pickup, 858 Pieces (JFT20)
An 858-piece, 1:16 scale buildable '62 Chevy pickup with opening doors, decals, metal hub caps and an exclusive 1:64 metal car.
Favorite Perplexus Portal 3D Puzzle Ball
150 obstacles, 50 secret portals, and one maze you can't put down.
Favorite Mario Kart World for Nintendo Switch 2
The open-world Mario Kart, exclusive to Switch 2, with a 24-driver Knockout Tour and Free Roam.
Favorite Dune: Imperium Board Game (Dire Wolf)
Deck-building meets worker placement in a race for power on Arrakis.
2026 PERFECTGIFT Nex Playground Active Play System for Kids & Families
A camera-based game console that tracks body movement: no controllers, up to 4 players, 5 games included.
Favorite Perplexus Rebel 3D Maze
Perplexus Rebel, the original 70-obstacle sphere, listed for ages 8 and up and pitched for anxiety relief.
Favorite LEGO Super Mario: Mario Kart, Interactive Mario & Standard Kart (72043)
A 278-piece LEGO Mario Kart set with a drifting kart, shell launcher, interactive Mario figure and track pieces.
Favorite ROKR Wooden Circus Tabletop Pinball Machine
Laser-cut wooden kit that builds a working circus-style pinball machine with lights, sound and scoring.
Favorite ATM Gaming Sheep Party Game
A hilarious game where you try to think exactly like your friends do.
Favorite Cocktail Games Trio
A fast, clever memory game where the sharpest deducer wins.
Favorite Shashibo Shape-Shifting Magnetic Cube
A magnetic cube that transforms into over 100 shapes — endlessly fascinating, quietly calming.
Favorite CATAN Board Game: Discovery, Trade and Civilization Building
Favorite Azul Mosaic Tile-Placement Strategy Board Game, 2-4 Players, 30-45 Minutes
An award-winning tile-drafting board game for 2 to 4 players, ages 8 and up, about 30 to 45 minutes.
Favorite The Army Painter Warpaints Fanatic Starter Set, 11 x 18 ml
A starter kit of 11 acrylic paints with a brush and a free miniature, built for painting wargaming figures.
Favorite Hitster Music Guessing Game
Scan a card, hear the hit, and race to place it on your musical timeline.
Favorite Perplexus Beast 3D Maze
Perplexus Beast, a 100-obstacle sphere from Spin Master Games, with the Laughing Man and Super Spiral.
Favorite GSE Deluxe Brass Bingo Cage Set with 100 Shutter Cards
Full-size bingo set: steel and brass cage, 75 engraved wood balls, wooden master board and 100 shutter cards.
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