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

• 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)
• Ride the Bus — Guess the cards right or drink your way through (2-8 players, 20-30 min)
• BS Drinking — Bluffing card game where getting caught means drinking (3-8 players, 20-30 min)
• Card on Forehead — Hold cards on forehead and bet high (3-10 players, 15-20 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• Euchre Drinking — Midwest classic with drink stakes (4-4 players, 15-30 min)
• Strip Poker Lite — Poker with drinks instead of clothes (4-8 players, 30-45 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)
• Beeramid — Build a beer pyramid and assign drinks with matching cards (3-10 players, 20-30 min)
• Acey Deucey — Between the cards gambling (3-10 players, 15-30 min)
• Electricity Card Game — Build card circuits to assign drinks (3-8 players, 20-30 min)
• Double Trouble Cards — Partner card matching game (4-12 players, 20-30 min)
• Asshole — Rank-based card game with drinking penalties (4-10 players, 30-60 min)
• Oh Hell — Bid exactly how many tricks you'll take (3-7 players, 15-30 min)
• Knockout Whist — Trick-taking elimination game with drinks (3-7 players, 20-35 min)
• Card Flip Betting — Bet drinks on card flips (2-10 players, 15-30 min)
• War — War card game where winners assign drinks (2-4 players, 15-30 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)
• Joker's Wild — Jokers create chaos in this card game (3-10 players, 20-30 min)
• Card Drinking Roulette — Spin deck cards for drink assignments (2-8 players, 15-25 min)
• Snap — Slap matching cards or drink (2-6 players, 10-15 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)
• Irish Poker — Guess your cards right or take increasing drinks (2-8 players, 15-20 min)
• Sevens — Build sequences from 7s in each suit (3-8 players, 15-30 min)
• Stud Poker Shots — 7-card stud with drinking (3-8 players, 15-30 min)
• Red or Black — Guess card color through rounds of drinks (2-10 players, 10-20 min)
• Bezique Drinking — Classic two-player with drinks (2-2 players, 15-30 min)
• Pyramid — Climb the pyramid of cards and give out drinks (3-8 players, 15-25 min)
• In Between — Guess if next card is between (3-10 players, 15-30 min)
• Around the Clock — Play cards in sequence or drink (3-10 players, 15-25 min)
• Spite and Malice — Race to empty your pile onto center stacks (2-4 players, 15-30 min)
• Mille Bornes Drinking — Racing card game with drink hazards (2-6 players, 15-30 min)
• Omaha Drinking — Omaha poker with drink stakes (4-10 players, 15-30 min)
• Spades Drinking — Spades card game with drinking for failed bids (4-4 players, 30-60 min)
• Dealer's Choice — Dealer chooses mini-games each round (3-10 players, 30-60 min)
• Go Fish Drinking — Go Fish where 'Go Fish' means drink (2-6 players, 15-25 min)
• 500 Rummy Drinking — Extended rummy with drink scoring (2-6 players, 15-30 min)
• Thirty-One — Build to 31 in one suit or drink (3-9 players, 15-25 min)
• Card Tower — Build card tower without collapse (2-6 players, 15-25 min)
• Canasta Drinking — Classic canasta with drink penalties (4-4 players, 15-30 min)
• Across the Bridge — Flip cards to cross the bridge without hitting face cards (2-6 players, 10-15 min)
• High Low — Guess higher or lower than the previous card (2-8 players, 10-20 min)
• Blow — Blow cards off a bottle without knocking deck (2-8 players, 10-20 min)
• Razz Drinking — Lowball stud poker with drinks (3-8 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)
• Higher or Lower — Simple guessing game - will the next card be higher or lower? (2-10 players, 10-20 min)
• Pinochle Shots — Pinochle where points become drinks (4-4 players, 15-30 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)
• Cribbage Pegging — Simplified cribbage with drink pegging (2-4 players, 15-30 min)
• Pyramid Solitaire Drinking — Clear pyramid pairs totaling 13 (1-4 players, 15-20 min)
• Old Maid Drinking — Match pairs and avoid the Old Maid or chug (3-8 players, 15-20 min)
• Face Up Down — Mixed face up and down cards (3-8 players, 15-30 min)
• Pit Trading — Frantic trading game with drink penalties (3-8 players, 15-30 min)
• Lowball Drinking — Lowest hand wins, losers drink (3-8 players, 15-30 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)
• Pedro — Trump trick game with drinks (4-6 players, 15-30 min)
• Crazy Eights Drinking — Match cards or draw and drink (2-6 players, 15-25 min)
• Skip-Bo Drinking — Sequential card game with drinks (2-6 players, 15-30 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)
• Up and Down the River — Match cards as dealer goes up and down (4-12 players, 20-30 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)
• Uno Drinking — Uno where drawing cards means drinking (2-8 players, 20-40 min)
• Suicide King — Avoid drawing the Suicide King (3-10 players, 15-25 min)
• Scat — Three-card suit matching with lives (3-10 players, 15-25 min)
• Dummy Rummy — Rummy variant with changing wild cards (2-6 players, 15-30 min)
• F*** the Dealer — Guess the dealer's card or drink (4-10 players, 20-30 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.