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

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