Card Games Drinking Games

Classic drinking games using a standard deck of cards

We have 86 card games drinking games in our directory, ranging from classic party staples to creative variations you've never tried before.

All Card Games Drinking Games

• Card on Forehead — Hold cards on forehead and bet high (3-10 players, 15-20 min)
• Egyptian Ratscrew — Card slapping game with complex slap rules (2-6 players, 15-30 min)
• Give and Take — Match cards to either give or take drinks (3-8 players, 15-25 min)
• Screw Your Neighbor — Avoid having the lowest card by trading with neighbors (4-12 players, 10-20 min)
• Lowball Drinking — Lowest hand wins, losers drink (3-8 players, 15-30 min)
• Old Maid Drinking — Match pairs and avoid the Old Maid or chug (3-8 players, 15-20 min)
• Pinochle Shots — Pinochle where points become drinks (4-4 players, 15-30 min)
• F*** the Dealer — Guess the dealer's card or drink (4-10 players, 20-30 min)
• Blackjack Drinking — Blackjack where losing means drinking (2-7 players, 20-40 min)
• Beeramid — Build a beer pyramid and assign drinks with matching cards (3-10 players, 20-30 min)
• Drinking Solitaire — Competitive solitaire with drinks (2-2 players, 15-25 min)
• Rummy Drinking — Gin Rummy where point differences mean drinks (2-4 players, 20-30 min)
• Go Fish Drinking — Go Fish where 'Go Fish' means drink (2-6 players, 15-25 min)
• Skip-Bo Drinking — Sequential card game with drinks (2-6 players, 15-30 min)
• BS Drinking — Bluffing card game where getting caught means drinking (3-8 players, 20-30 min)
• Scat — Three-card suit matching with lives (3-10 players, 15-25 min)
• Golf Card Game — Low score card game with hidden cards (2-6 players, 20-30 min)
• War — War card game where winners assign drinks (2-4 players, 15-30 min)
• Phase 10 Drinking — Complete phases or drink the penalty (2-6 players, 15-30 min)
• Knockout Whist — Trick-taking elimination game with drinks (3-7 players, 20-35 min)
• Card Tower — Build card tower without collapse (2-6 players, 15-25 min)
• Speed Drinking — Racing card game where slowest player drinks (2-2 players, 5-10 min)
• Blind Man's Bluff — Hold card on forehead and bet without seeing it (3-10 players, 15-30 min)
• Electricity Card Game — Build card circuits to assign drinks (3-8 players, 20-30 min)
• Drunk Driver — Navigate card obstacles while drinking (3-8 players, 15-25 min)
• Red or Black — Guess card color through rounds of drinks (2-10 players, 10-20 min)
• Up and Down the River — Match cards as dealer goes up and down (4-12 players, 20-30 min)
• Blackout — Remember cards or face the blackout (2-6 players, 15-25 min)
• Card Drinking Roulette — Spin deck cards for drink assignments (2-8 players, 15-25 min)
• Concentration — Match pairs from memory or drink (2-4 players, 20-30 min)
• Double Trouble Cards — Partner card matching game (4-12 players, 20-30 min)
• Strip Poker Lite — Poker with drinks instead of clothes (4-8 players, 30-45 min)
• Poker Face — Poker with drinks as betting chips (3-8 players, 30-45 min)
• Suicide King — Avoid drawing the Suicide King (3-10 players, 15-25 min)
• High Low — Guess higher or lower than the previous card (2-8 players, 10-20 min)
• Asshole — Rank-based card game with drinking penalties (4-10 players, 30-60 min)
• Spite and Malice — Race to empty your pile onto center stacks (2-4 players, 15-30 min)
• Uno Drinking — Uno where drawing cards means drinking (2-8 players, 20-40 min)
• Chase the Ace — Pass low cards to avoid the ace (4-10 players, 15-30 min)
• Nines — Avoid taking 9 points in tricks (3-7 players, 15-30 min)
• Sevens — Build sequences from 7s in each suit (3-8 players, 15-30 min)
• Pedro — Trump trick game with drinks (4-6 players, 15-30 min)
• Canasta Drinking — Classic canasta with drink penalties (4-4 players, 15-30 min)
• Cribbage Pegging — Simplified cribbage with drink pegging (2-4 players, 15-30 min)
• Mille Bornes Drinking — Racing card game with drink hazards (2-6 players, 15-30 min)
• Blind Squirrel — Build the best hand with one hidden card (3-8 players, 10-15 min)
• Piquet Shots — Historical card game with drink stakes (2-2 players, 15-30 min)
• Pit Trading — Frantic trading game with drink penalties (3-8 players, 15-30 min)
• Crazy Eights Drinking — Match cards or draw and drink (2-6 players, 15-25 min)
• Around the Clock — Play cards in sequence or drink (3-10 players, 15-25 min)
• 500 Rummy Drinking — Extended rummy with drink scoring (2-6 players, 15-30 min)
• Palace — Shed all your cards or face the drinking penalty (2-6 players, 15-25 min)
• Texas Holdem Drinking — Poker where losing hands mean drinks (4-10 players, 15-30 min)
• Omaha Drinking — Omaha poker with drink stakes (4-10 players, 15-30 min)
• Razz Drinking — Lowball stud poker with drinks (3-8 players, 15-30 min)
• Card Flip Betting — Bet drinks on card flips (2-10 players, 15-30 min)
• Draw Poker Drinks — 5-card draw with drink betting (3-8 players, 15-30 min)
• Acey Deucey — Between the cards gambling (3-10 players, 15-30 min)
• In Between — Guess if next card is between (3-10 players, 15-30 min)
• Stud Poker Shots — 7-card stud with drinking (3-8 players, 15-30 min)
• Thirty-One — Build to 31 in one suit or drink (3-9 players, 15-25 min)
• Trash Can — Shed cards to the trash or drink (3-8 players, 15-25 min)
• Stairways — The viral TikTok card game. Climb the stairway without landing on drinking steps. (3-10 players, 15-30 min)
• Irish Poker — Guess your cards right or take increasing drinks (2-8 players, 15-20 min)
• Liverpool Rummy — Multi-round rummy with drink progression (3-8 players, 15-30 min)
• Ride the Bus — Guess the cards right or drink your way through (2-8 players, 20-30 min)
• Blow — Blow cards off a bottle without knocking deck (2-8 players, 10-20 min)
• Face Up Down — Mixed face up and down cards (3-8 players, 15-30 min)
• Oh Hell — Bid exactly how many tricks you'll take (3-7 players, 15-30 min)
• Pyramid Solitaire Drinking — Clear pyramid pairs totaling 13 (1-4 players, 15-20 min)
• Presidents Drinking — Card shedding game with social drinking hierarchy (4-8 players, 30-45 min)
• Dummy Rummy — Rummy variant with changing wild cards (2-6 players, 15-30 min)
• Indian Poker — Hold cards to forehead and bet on high card (3-10 players, 15-25 min)
• Joker's Wild — Jokers create chaos in this card game (3-10 players, 20-30 min)
• Euchre Drinking — Midwest classic with drink stakes (4-4 players, 15-30 min)
• Aces High — Collect aces to stay safe from drinks (3-10 players, 15-25 min)
• Snap — Slap matching cards or drink (2-6 players, 10-15 min)
• Spades Drinking — Spades card game with drinking for failed bids (4-4 players, 30-60 min)
• Across the Bridge — Flip cards to cross the bridge without hitting face cards (2-6 players, 10-15 min)
• Pyramid — Climb the pyramid of cards and give out drinks (3-8 players, 15-25 min)
• Dealer's Choice — Dealer chooses mini-games each round (3-10 players, 30-60 min)
• Higher or Lower — Simple guessing game - will the next card be higher or lower? (2-10 players, 10-20 min)
• Kings Cup — The classic card game where each card has a rule - draw and drink! (3-10 players, 30-60 min)
• Bezique Drinking — Classic two-player with drinks (2-2 players, 15-30 min)
• Hearts Drinking — Hearts card game with drinking penalties (4-4 players, 30-45 min)
• Spoons — Four of a kind grab spoons - loser drinks (4-8 players, 15-25 min)

How to Choose the Right Card Games Game

Picking the right card games drinking game depends on your group size, energy level, and how competitive you want to get. Smaller groups (2-4 players) tend to enjoy turn-based games with strategy, while larger groups (8+) thrive with party games and team formats.

For first-time hosts, start with simpler games that have low equipment requirements and quick rules to learn. Save the more elaborate setups for when your group already knows the basics.