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Solitaire
Solitaire
Play NowClassic Klondike Solitaire — build the four foundations from Ace to King. A relaxing solo game you can finish in minutes.
Spider Solitaire
Play NowThe two-deck patience game — build eight King-to-Ace runs across ten columns, with one, two or four suits.
FreeCell
Play NowFreeCell solitaire — every card face up, four free cells, and almost every deal winnable. Learn the layout, the supermove limit and game numbers.
TriPeaks Solitaire
Play NowClear three overlapping peaks by playing one rank up or down from the waste card, with Ace and King wrapping. Fast, streaky, and one pass through the stock.
Pyramid Solitaire
Play NowPair uncovered cards that add up to 13, remove Kings alone, and clear the pyramid in three passes. Learn the layout, values and passes.
Trick-taking
Hearts
Play NowThe classic four-player trick-taking game where the goal is to avoid points. Watch out for the Queen of Spades!
Spades
Play NowThe classic partnership trick-taking game: bid the tricks you'll take, make them with your partner, and watch your bags on the way to 500.
Euchre
Play NowA fast, punchy partnership game built around trump and its two powerful Jacks — the right and left bowers.
Rummy
Gin Rummy
Play NowThe classic two-player game of sets and runs: draw, discard, cut your deadwood, and knock or go gin before your opponent does.
Rummy 500
Play NowThe rummy where melds go on the table as you make them: take from anywhere in the spread discard pile, lay off on any meld, score what you meld minus what you hold, and race to 500.
Classics
Cribbage
Play NowThe classic 400-year-old card game combining luck and strategy. Perfect for two players.
Crazy Eights
Play NowThe classic match-or-draw game: match the top card by suit or rank, play Eights as wild cards to name a suit, draw until you can play, and empty your hand first. First to 100 points.
Golf
Play NowThe lowest-score card game: six cards in a grid, swap or flip each turn, pair up columns, and finish nine holes with the fewest points.
Casino
Blackjack
Play NowBeat the dealer to 21 with play-money chips: card values, soft and hard hands, when to split and double, insurance, and the basic-strategy chart. No real money.
Guides to help you choose
- Best free online card gamesEvery game on CardCouch ranked, with who each one suits.
- Free online card games comparedPlayers, difficulty and game length side by side.
- Solitaire games comparedKlondike, Spider, FreeCell, Pyramid and TriPeaks — which to play.
- Card games for two playersThe best head-to-head games and how to play them online.
- Card games for seniorsEasy, readable, no-pressure games to play online.
- Card games vs computerHow the AI opponents and partners play.
- Rummoli rules and cheat sheetThe Canadian board game explained on one printable page.
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