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