4 Player Card Games to Play Online
Four is the classic number for card games, and these 19 games all play well with four seats. It is the only number that works for partnership games like Spades, Euchre, Whist and Bid Whist, where you sit opposite your partner.
If you only have two or three people, bots fill the other seats so the game can still start.
Where to start
- Partnership games: Spades, Euchre or Whist.
- Every player for themselves: Hearts.
- A bigger group game: Crazy Eights or Rainbow Rush.
All 19 4 player card games
Bid Whist
Partnership whist with bidding, a kitty, uptown/downtown and no-trump.
4 playersPlayBlackjack
Beat the dealer to 21 with chips on the line. Up to five seats.
1–5 playersPlayCanasta
Classic Canasta: meld sets with wild cards, build canastas and go out. Four players in partnerships, or two.
2–4 playersPlayCheat
Play cards face-down and claim the rank. Bluff - or call out a liar!
3–6 playersPlayCrazy Eights
Match suit or rank, eights are wild. First to empty their hand wins.
2–6 playersPlayDurak
Attack, defend and pile on. The last player left holding cards is the fool.
2–6 playersPlayEuchre
Partnership trick-taking with a 24-card deck, bowers and a turned-up trump.
4 playersPlayGo Fish
Ask for ranks, fish from the pond and collect the most books of four.
2–6 playersPlayHearts
Avoid hearts and the Queen of Spades; low score wins.
4 playersPlayMemory
Flip two cards per turn, remember where they are and collect the most matching pairs.
2–4 playersPlayOh Hell!
Bid exactly how many tricks you will take; hands grow then shrink.
3–6 playersPlayOld Maid
Draw blind from your neighbour, pair up and don't get stuck with the odd queen.
2–6 playersPlayPresident
Climb the ladder: beat the last play with the same number of higher cards. 2s are highest.
4–6 playersPlayRainbow Rush
Match colour or symbol, play action cards and wilds. First to empty their hand wins.
2–8 playersPlayRummy 500
Meld sets and runs, take deep into the discard pile, and race to 500 points.
2–4 playersPlaySnap
Play cards in turn and shout Snap when two in a row match.
2–4 playersPlaySpades
Partnership trick-taking: bid your tricks, spades are trump.
4 playersPlayTexas Hold'em
No-limit poker: two hole cards, five community cards, best five-card hand wins the pot.
2–6 playersPlayWhist
Classic partnership trick-taking; the last card dealt names trump.
4 playersPlay
Compare the games
| Game | Players | Type | Options |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bid Whist | 4 | Table game | Play to: 7 or 5 or 11 |
| Blackjack | 1–5 | Table game | Rounds: 10 rounds or 20 rounds or 50 rounds |
| Canasta | 2–4 | Table game | Play to: 5000 or 3000 or 1500 |
| Cheat | 3–6 | Table game | — |
| Crazy Eights | 2–6 | Table game | Drawing: Draw until playable or Draw one card |
| Durak | 2–6 | Table game | — |
| Euchre | 4 | Table game | Play to: 10 or 5 or 7; Going alone: Allowed or Off |
| Go Fish | 2–6 | Table game | — |
| Hearts | 4 | Table game | Play to: 100 or 50 |
| Memory | 2–4 | Table game | Cards: 24 cards or 36 cards or 52 cards |
| Oh Hell! | 3–6 | Table game | Max cards: 7 or 5 or 10 or 13 |
| Old Maid | 2–6 | Table game | — |
| President | 4–6 | Table game | — |
| Rainbow Rush | 2–8 | Table game | Stack draw cards: Off or On |
| Rummy 500 | 2–4 | Table game | — |
| Snap | 2–4 | Table game | — |
| Spades | 4 | Table game | Play to: 250 or 500 |
| Texas Hold'em | 2–6 | Table game | Hands: 10 hands or 20 hands or 50 hands |
| Whist | 4 | Table game | Play to: 5 or 7 or 3 |