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Card games to play with friends online
Six of these are four-player trick-taking games and one is a rummy game for two. Each has its own rules page; here is what sets each one apart.
Hearts
Four players, no partners and no bidding. Pass three cards, then try to lose tricks: each heart costs a point and the Queen of Spades costs 13. Take all 26 and you shoot the moon. Lowest score wins once someone reaches 100.
Spades
Two against two, with spades always trump. You and your partner add your bids together and have to make that many tricks between you. Tricks over the bid are bags, and every tenth bag costs 100. First side to 500 wins.
Call Break
Four players, each on their own, spades always trump. Call at least one trick, then make it. Play is strict: follow suit and beat the highest card if you can, and trump when you are out of the suit. Five rounds, highest total wins.
Euchre
Only 24 cards, five each, and the Jack of trumps and its same-colour twin both outrank the Ace. The side that picks trump needs three of the five tricks. Our tables play stick the dealer: if nobody takes trump, the dealer cannot pass a second time and has to name it. First side to 10.
Twenty-Nine (29)
A 32-card game where the Jack is worth 3 points and beats the Ace, with the Nine next. Bid 16 to 28 card points on your first four cards. The winner sets trump face down, and nobody sees it until someone asks. First side to 6 game points.
Tarneeb
Partners sit opposite and play runs to the right. There is one auction: bid 7 to 13 tricks, name the trump (tarneeb is Arabic for trump) and score the tricks you actually take. Fall short and you lose your bid. First side to 41.
Gin Rummy
One on one, and the only game here without tricks. Draw, discard, and build sets and runs from ten cards. Knock when your unmatched cards add up to 10 or less, but if your opponent matches or beats your count, they take a 25-point undercut bonus. First to 100.
Not playable yet
Canasta, Cribbage, 500 and Belote have tiles above, but they are not ready to play yet. Rung, also called Court Piece, has a site of its own.
Multiplayer card games, no app needed
Six of the seven games here are multiplayer, and all of them run in the browser, so there is nothing to install. Open a private room, send the link, and friends join from a phone or a computer. If someone can't make it, a bot takes the empty seat, so a game of Spades or Hearts can start with just two of you. Gin Rummy is played one on one against the computer for now.
Which game should I play?
The table below lines up how many people you need, whether you have a partner, how a match is won, and where each game is played most.
| Game | Players | Play as | Cards | Bidding | How you win | Loved most in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hearts | 4 | Solo | 52 | None: pass 3 cards | Lowest score when anyone hits 100 | United States |
| Spades | 4 | 2 vs 2 | 52 | Everyone bids tricks | First team to 500 | United States |
| Call Break | 4 | Solo | 52 | Everyone calls tricks | Best total after 5 rounds | Nepal, India, Bangladesh |
| Euchre | 4 | 2 vs 2 | 24 | Order up or name trump | First team to 10 | US Midwest, Ontario |
| Twenty-Nine | 4 | 2 vs 2 | 32 | Bid 16 to 28 points | First team to 6 game points | Bengal, Bangladesh, Nepal |
| Tarneeb | 4 | 2 vs 2 | 52 | Bid 7 to 13 tricks | First team to 41 | Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Egypt |
| Gin Rummy | 2 | 1 vs 1 | 52 | None: draw and discard | First to 100 | United States |
Swipe the table sideways to see every column.
Gin Rummy is built for two. You can also open a private room in any of the four-player games and let bots take the other two seats.
Start with Hearts. There is no bidding and no trump: follow suit, keep away from hearts and the Queen of Spades, and one hand is enough to get the idea.
Spades is the usual first choice. Euchre plays faster, with five tricks a hand from a 24-card deck, and Tarneeb turns on a single auction where the winner names trump.
Try Call Break. Everyone calls for themselves, and the rule that you must beat the trick when you can leaves less room to hide than in Spades. Here is how it differs from Spades.
Call Break keeps spades as trump every hand. Twenty-Nine goes the other way: the Jack is the top card of every suit, and trump stays hidden until someone asks for it. Compare them in 29 vs Call Break.
Tarneeb is the partnership game of the Levant, and ours races to 41 with play running to the right. Some tables play to 31 or 61 instead; 41 or 61 explains the difference.
Questions
Are these card games really free?
Yes. Every game runs free in your browser, so there is nothing to download and no sign-up.
Do I need an account?
No. There are no accounts: you play as a guest, with no sign-up and no password, and your profile, coins and progress are stored on your own device.
Can I play card games online with friends?
Yes. Open Create Room, then send the room code or the join link. Anyone who opens the link joins your table, or watches if the match has already started, and bots take any seats nobody fills.
What card games can you play with friends online?
Hearts, Spades, Call Break, Euchre, Twenty-Nine and Tarneeb all have private rooms. Create one, share the link, and up to four of you play together, with bots in any seat nobody takes. Gin Rummy is played against the computer for now.
Is there a CardsLobby app?
Not as a separate download. Every game runs in your phone's browser with nothing to install, and it works the same way on a computer.
Are the games fair?
Yes. Every shuffle, bid and card is checked on our server, so nobody can peek at your hand or bend the rules.
What card games can two people play?
Gin Rummy is the one made for two. The other six need four players, but bots fill the empty seats, so two of you can still sit down to Spades, Hearts or any of the rest.
Which games are played with a partner?
Spades, Euchre, Twenty-Nine and Tarneeb are two against two, with your partner sitting across the table. Hearts and Call Break are every player for themselves, and Gin Rummy is one on one.
What about house rules?
Each game plays one set of rules, and the guides say which. Our Euchre uses stick the dealer, for example, and our Tarneeb races to 41, with 31 as a shorter option. The variant pages cover what other tables do: Call Break, Twenty-Nine, Euchre, Gin Rummy, three-player Hearts and Euchre, and Spades for two players or three.
What is a trick-taking game?
A game where everyone plays one card in turn and the highest card of the suit that was led, or the highest trump, wins the trick. Six of our seven games work that way. Gin Rummy is the odd one out: you build sets and runs instead. More on trick-taking games.
Can I play on my phone?
Yes. Every game works in a phone browser as well as on a computer.
Who makes CardsLobby?
One person builds it, and the photo of a hand of cards at the top of this page is one the owner took. Bug reports and questions go through the contact page.