TG Mini Games

Telegram games for groups and friends in 2026: chat bots, private tables, team battles

In short: top 5

  1. Vmogile — For chats · mini app · RU · UK · EN · 145 players a month
  2. NanBot — For chats · mini app · EN · 13 721 players a month
  3. PokerClub — Cards · mini app · RU · EN · 1 350 players a month
  4. Pokergram — Cards · mini app · RU · EN · 61 618 players a month
  5. SAO MMO-RPG — RPG · mini app · RU · EN · 1 628 players a month

The best Telegram games are often the ones your friends are already in. A leaderboard full of strangers is fine, but beating your mate's squad by Sunday is what people actually talk about. That's who this list is for.

About the Russian picks on this page: several of the liveliest social games on Telegram right now have no English version, and we kept them because they're good. If you don't read Russian, start with NanBot, both poker apps and TON Kombat. For just two players we have a separate list of Telegram games for 2.

  1. Vmogile

    1. Vmogile

    For chats · 145 players

    An old group-chat game where friends bury each other, build grave fences and plot revenge. Tiny player base, but it only needs one chat that enjoys dark humor. The bot speaks English and Ukrainian too.

    Open
  2. NanBot

    2. NanBot

    For chats · 13 721 players

    Turns a group into an RPG: XP for messages, a dungeon run for 3 to 8 players, a shared pet and group rankings. It also filters spam. Needs an active chat, since a quiet one gives it little to work with.

    Open
  3. PokerClub

    3. PokerClub

    Cards · 1 350 players

    Create a club, drop the code in your chat, and a minute later everyone's seated. Cash NLH and PLO, All-in-or-Fold, bounty tournaments. You pay for chips in Stars and can't withdraw them.

    Open
  4. Pokergram

    4. Pokergram

    Cards · 61 618 players

    Private rooms for your crew, open tables for when your friends are busy. They're busy enough that opponents turn up fast.

    Open
  5. SAO MMO-RPG

    5. SAO MMO-RPG

    RPG · 1 628 players

    Since late August 2026 you can clear an Aincrad floor in a party of up to four. That is a ready excuse to gather a group, and there are clans, a ranked arena and clan sieges on top.

    Open
  6. TON Kombat

    6. TON Kombat

    Clicker · 33 846 players

    A team clicker: eight houses fight for the throne and you play for your side's result. Pick one house as a group and push together.

    Open

Which Telegram games run inside a group chat?

The easiest place to start is a group chat you already have. Add Bot Bandit or NanBot to it, and the game runs between ordinary messages. NanBot is the pick for English speakers: type /help after adding it, and your chat gets levels, XP for messages, a dungeon run for 3 to 8 players and a pet that everyone looks after together.

Vmogile opens as a mini app but lives in the chat too: who buried whom, why, and how to get even. The bot speaks English and Ukrainian as well as Russian.

How do you play with friends at one table?

Poker. PokerClub lets you open a private club and share the invite code, and a minute later everyone's seated for cash games, All-in-or-Fold or bounty tournaments. Pokergram has private rooms for your crew and open tables for when nobody from your group is around. Chips in both apps cost Stars and never turn back into money, so the stakes are pride and whatever gets said in the group chat afterwards.

Which games work for a big team?

Anything with a shared goal. TON Kombat is a team clicker where eight houses fight for the throne, so pick one house as a group and push together. Among the Russian-language picks, Western Front runs on your squad's weekly result, Bratva and the Ring has clans and six-on-six fights, SAO MMO-RPG lets a party of up to four clear a floor, and Stalker Kombat added clans with tournaments in its second season.

You don't need a huge player base, either. With friends, the friends are the point: Vmogile has a tiny audience and only needs one chat that enjoys dark humor.

Do your friends need to install or pay anything?

No install. Share a link in the chat and everyone opens the game inside Telegram, some as a mini app, some as a chat bot. Almost everything on the page sells something for Stars, but the money goes on speed-ups, packs and items rather than a payout.

Chat games work best among people who know each other and won't take a joke the wrong way. Not every colleague enjoys being buried.

FAQ

Which Telegram games can I add to a group chat?

From this list, Bot Bandit and NanBot. You add them to the group and everyone plays in the chat itself. For NanBot, type /help after adding it.

Which games work for a big group?

Anything with teams and a shared goal: the eight houses of TON Kombat, plus squads and clans in the Russian-language picks. Group chat bots like NanBot keep everyone involved too. For just two players we have a separate list.

Do my friends need to install anything?

No. Every game here runs inside Telegram, either as a mini app or as a chat bot.

Can we play for real money?

Not in the poker apps listed here, where chips cost Stars and stay in the game. In the other games Stars go on speed-ups and items, so play for the company rather than a payout.

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