A card game you can enjoy on the app
These days, there are plenty of card games you can play as apps.
Here, we’re introducing card games you can quickly enjoy on your smartphone.
We’ve lined up a variety of card games: ones that don’t require a physical deck, ones you can play solo, and ones you can enjoy battling it out with friends.
These card games are fun for everyone from kids to adults, and they’re perfect for killing time while on the go.
We’re also showcasing titles that will make you think, “You can play even this as an app?” So be sure to download them and give them a try!
Card games you can enjoy on an app (1–10)
Online Hanafuda
When you think of Hanafuda, you might picture a traditional New Year’s pastime played with family and relatives.
But these days, you can also enjoy Hanafuda as an app.
You can play online against strangers, or of course play offline solo against the computer.
There are many free apps to choose from—ranging from simple versions that beginners can enjoy, to ones that feature elaborate Hanafuda artwork, and even games where you battle using characters and level them up.
Try downloading the one that suits your taste.
speed
Let’s try playing the two-player game “Speed” as an app! In Speed, you split the deck into red and black, place one card each as the base piles, and then lay out four face-up cards on each side.
Players place cards that follow the base card in sequence, and the first to run out of cards wins.
Suits and colors don’t matter—only the numerical order.
It’s a simple game, and there are online versus apps as well as single-player apps where you play against the AI.
Tarot reading
There are apps that let you enjoy not only standard playing card games, but also tarot readings.
A tarot reading is a type of card divination that uses tarot cards to predict the future of whatever is on your mind, based on the imagery on the cards and the orientation in which they’re drawn.
If you like fortune-telling, there’s a good chance you’ve had a reading before.
For those who want to check their work luck, love luck, or interpersonal luck but don’t have a tarot deck, being able to get a reading through an app is a convenient option.
Dragon Poker
Dragon Poker is a game that combines elements of poker—one of the classic playing card games—and RPGs.
You set off on a journey with allies, form a party, and fight enemies, but the battles themselves are conducted using poker.
That said, you don’t fight with standard playing cards; instead, you assemble monster cards and battle according to poker rules.
You can level up those cards and collect stronger ones—features you can’t do with ordinary playing cards—making it a poker-centric game that’s popular for its unique playstyle.
Poker Chase
Poker Chase is an app game that turns the classic poker variant Texas Hold’em into a battle game.
It’s a six-player competitive game: each player is dealt two hole cards, five community cards are placed on the table for everyone to use, and you make a hand by combining three of the community cards.
When you receive your initial two cards, you choose whether to bet your coins or not.
Even if you’re unfamiliar with poker hands, you can check them at any time, so it’s easy to pick up and fun for anyone.
Million Doubt
The app game “Million Doubt” is a mix of two classic card games: President (Daifugō) and Cheat (Doubt).
Like in President, you play stronger cards than those on the table, and you win when you run out of cards.
However, like in Cheat, you can also play different cards from what you claim during the game.
Since cards are placed face down, if something seems suspicious you can call “Doubt,” which then results in players gaining or losing cards—adding a tense, bluff-filled element to the gameplay.
With a single tap online, opponents are automatically matched for you.
Daifugō Online
One of the classic things to do when everyone gets together is to enjoy Daifugō, a popular card game.
In Daifugō, players take turns playing cards to the table, each time playing a stronger card than the one currently on the table.
The first person to run out of cards wins and becomes the ‘Daifugō’ (Grand Millionaire), while the last person is the ‘Daihīnmin’ (Poor).
With the app “Daifugō Online,” you can search for friends by ID and play Daifugō online.
You can choose the number of players and apply local rules, and the settings let you fine-tune various rule details.