Best card games to play

This category introduces both kinds of card games. Some use a standard deck you probably already own: Klondike Solitaire, the classic solo game of building ordered piles, and Hearts, a trick-taking game where you try to avoid certain cards. Others are boxed games with their own special cards, such as UNO, where you match colours and numbers and use action cards to change the flow, and Exploding Kittens, a short and silly game of pushing your luck. For the Iranian trick-taking game Hokm, see our classic Iranian games section.

For every game we explain the goal, a short version of the rules, typical playing time and the number of players. We add tips that help beginners improve quickly, such as remembering which cards have already been played. Ratings are our own editorial view. We do not sell or host these commercial card games; we only describe them. If you want to train your memory for card games, try our free memory game in the browser.