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

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