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)
• Ride the Bus — Guess the cards right or drink your way through (2-8 players, 20-30 min)
• Double Trouble Cards — Partner card matching game (4-12 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)
• Rummy Drinking — Gin Rummy where point differences mean drinks (2-4 players, 20-30 min)
• Across the Bridge — Flip cards to cross the bridge without hitting face cards (2-6 players, 10-15 min)
• Hearts Drinking — Hearts card game with drinking penalties (4-4 players, 30-45 min)
• Blackjack Drinking — Blackjack where losing means drinking (2-7 players, 20-40 min)
• Snap — Slap matching cards or drink (2-6 players, 10-15 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)
• 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)
• Spades Drinking — Spades card game with drinking for failed bids (4-4 players, 30-60 min)
• Phase 10 Drinking — Complete phases or drink the penalty (2-6 players, 15-30 min)
• Pedro — Trump trick game with drinks (4-6 players, 15-30 min)
• Electricity Card Game — Build card circuits to assign drinks (3-8 players, 20-30 min)
• Lowball Drinking — Lowest hand wins, losers drink (3-8 players, 15-30 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)
• High Low — Guess higher or lower than the previous card (2-8 players, 10-20 min)
• 500 Rummy Drinking — Extended rummy with drink scoring (2-6 players, 15-30 min)
• Canasta Drinking — Classic canasta with drink penalties (4-4 players, 15-30 min)
• Give and Take — Match cards to either give or take drinks (3-8 players, 15-25 min)
• Blind Man's Bluff — Hold card on forehead and bet without seeing it (3-10 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)
• Asshole — Rank-based card game with drinking penalties (4-10 players, 30-60 min)
• Mille Bornes Drinking — Racing card game with drink hazards (2-6 players, 15-30 min)
• Stairways — The viral TikTok card game. Climb the stairway without landing on drinking steps. (3-10 players, 15-30 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)
• Blackout — Remember cards or face the blackout (2-6 players, 15-25 min)
• Indian Poker — Hold cards to forehead and bet on high card (3-10 players, 15-25 min)
• Cribbage Pegging — Simplified cribbage with drink pegging (2-4 players, 15-30 min)
• Sevens — Build sequences from 7s in each suit (3-8 players, 15-30 min)
• Liverpool Rummy — Multi-round rummy with drink progression (3-8 players, 15-30 min)
• Aces High — Collect aces to stay safe from drinks (3-10 players, 15-25 min)
• Stud Poker Shots — 7-card stud with drinking (3-8 players, 15-30 min)
• Around the Clock — Play cards in sequence or drink (3-10 players, 15-25 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)
• Spite and Malice — Race to empty your pile onto center stacks (2-4 players, 15-30 min)
• Egyptian Ratscrew — Card slapping game with complex slap rules (2-6 players, 15-30 min)
• Concentration — Match pairs from memory or drink (2-4 players, 20-30 min)
• Omaha Drinking — Omaha poker with drink stakes (4-10 players, 15-30 min)
• Joker's Wild — Jokers create chaos in this card game (3-10 players, 20-30 min)
• Pit Trading — Frantic trading game with drink penalties (3-8 players, 15-30 min)
• Pyramid Solitaire Drinking — Clear pyramid pairs totaling 13 (1-4 players, 15-20 min)
• Up and Down the River — Match cards as dealer goes up and down (4-12 players, 20-30 min)
• Golf Card Game — Low score card game with hidden cards (2-6 players, 20-30 min)
• Skip-Bo Drinking — Sequential card game with drinks (2-6 players, 15-30 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)
• Drinking Solitaire — Competitive solitaire with drinks (2-2 players, 15-25 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)
• Razz Drinking — Lowball stud poker with drinks (3-8 players, 15-30 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)
• Card Drinking Roulette — Spin deck cards for drink assignments (2-8 players, 15-25 min)
• Piquet Shots — Historical card game with drink stakes (2-2 players, 15-30 min)
• Euchre Drinking — Midwest classic with drink stakes (4-4 players, 15-30 min)
• Dealer's Choice — Dealer chooses mini-games each round (3-10 players, 30-60 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)
• Trash Can — Shed cards to the trash or drink (3-8 players, 15-25 min)
• War — War card game where winners assign drinks (2-4 players, 15-30 min)
• Strip Poker Lite — Poker with drinks instead of clothes (4-8 players, 30-45 min)
• Acey Deucey — Between the cards gambling (3-10 players, 15-30 min)
• Texas Holdem Drinking — Poker where losing hands mean drinks (4-10 players, 15-30 min)
• Palace — Shed all your cards or face the drinking penalty (2-6 players, 15-25 min)
• Beeramid — Build a beer pyramid and assign drinks with matching cards (3-10 players, 20-30 min)
• In Between — Guess if next card is between (3-10 players, 15-30 min)
• Pyramid — Climb the pyramid of cards and give out drinks (3-8 players, 15-25 min)
• Red or Black — Guess card color through rounds of drinks (2-10 players, 10-20 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)
• Draw Poker Drinks — 5-card draw with drink betting (3-8 players, 15-30 min)
• Drunk Driver — Navigate card obstacles while drinking (3-8 players, 15-25 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)
• 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)

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.