4 Player Card Games to Play Online
Four players is the gold standard for tabletop card gaming. APE9 offers 26 world-renowned titles engineered for four seats, highlighted by premier partnership traditions like Spades, Euchre, Whist, and Bid Whist, as well as competitive cutthroat staples like Hearts, Callbreak, Hazari, and Marriage.
Sit opposite your partner to communicate through bids and discards, or enter free-for-all matches where every trick counts. With automated scorekeeping, customizable game length, and smart bot substitutes, your four-player table runs effortlessly.
Where to start
- Legendary partnership trick-taking: Team up in Spades, Euchre, Whist, Bid Whist, or Canasta.
- Iconic cutthroat avoidance: Avoid the Queen of Spades and penalty points in Hearts.
- South Asian strategic masterpieces: Master spade trumps in Callbreak, 13-card hand dividing in Hazari, or 21-card Marriage.
All 26 4 player card games
Bhabhi
Get away by shedding cards; don't get stuck holding the last hand!
3–6 playersPlayBid 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 playersPlayCallbreak
Classic South Asian trick-taking: call your tricks, spades are trump, must follow and beat.
4 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 playersPlayHazari
Partition 13 cards into 3-3-3-4 sets; win comparison tricks to reach 1,000 points!
4 playersPlayHearts
Avoid hearts and the Queen of Spades; low score wins.
4 playersPlayIndian Rummy
Classic 13-card Indian Rummy (Paplu) with 2 decks, cut wild jokers, pure sequences, and 80-point deadwood cap.
2–5 playersPlayMarriage
Classic 21-card rummy with 3 decks, wildcards (Maal), pure sequences, and marriage bonuses.
2–5 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 playersPlaySnakes & Ladders
Classic 10x10 board race. Climb ladders, avoid snakes, and reach square 100 first!
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 playersPlayTwenty-Nine
Classic South Asian 32-card trick game with concealed trumps, high-value Jacks and Nines, and 29 total points.
4 playersPlayWhist
Classic partnership trick-taking; the last card dealt names trump.
4 playersPlay
Compare the games
| Game | Players | Type | Options |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bhabhi | 3–6 | Table game | — |
| 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 |
| Callbreak | 4 | Table game | Rounds: 5 or 1 or 3 |
| 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 | — |
| Hazari | 4 | Table game | Target Score: 1000 or 500 or 360 |
| Hearts | 4 | Table game | Play to: 100 or 50 |
| Indian Rummy | 2–5 | Table game | Deals: 3 or 1 or 5 |
| Marriage | 2–5 | Table game | Rounds: 1 or 3 or 5 |
| 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 | — |
| Snakes & Ladders | 2–4 | Table game | Board layout: Classic or Wild; Finish rule: Exact roll required or Overshoot allowed; Rolling a six: Roll again or Standard turn |
| 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 |
| Twenty-Nine | 4 | Table game | Target Points: 6 or 4 or 10 |
| Whist | 4 | Table game | Play to: 5 or 7 or 3 |
Head-to-head comparisons
- Spades vs Hearts
- Euchre vs Spades
- Canasta vs Rummy 500
- Crazy Eights vs Rainbow Rush
- Callbreak vs Spades
- Whist vs Bid Whist
- Marriage vs Indian Rummy
- Go Fish vs Old Maid