Games for three players

Choose from 61 games for three players, including card games, board games and mahjong, all playable in your browser. For games designed for exactly three, try Simultaneous Four in a Row, Four in a Row for Three, and Skat.

Players: There are 61 games that seat three.
Time: about 1–30 min. Sevens and Crazy Eights run about ten minutes; Riichi Mahjong about twenty-five.
Sign-up: None. The people you send the link to just type a name and sit down.
CPU: 56 of them have a CPU, so two of you can start without waiting.
On a call: All three of you can be somewhere else. Keep the call running while you play.

Each one in a sentence

Bingo: Bingo is a number game for 1 to 100 players that takes about 15 minutes. Mark called numbers on your card and complete a line to win. Free, in-browser, and built for large groups.
Blackjack: Blackjack is a card game for 1 to 6 players, about 15 minutes, each playing against the dealer. Chips are just points — no real money is used. Free, in-browser, no account.
Bozu Mekuri: Bozu Mekuri is a 10-minute card game for 2–6 players, played with Hyakunin Isshu poet cards. Keep nobles, lose your cards to monks, take the pile with ladies. Free in your browser, no sign-up.
Chinchirorin: Chinchirorin is a 10-minute dice game for 2–8 players. One dealer faces the rest of the table, and hands rolled with three dice decide who takes points from whom. Free in your browser, no sign-up.
Chinese Checkers: Chinese checkers is a game for 2–6 players, about 20 minutes. By default, finish when the opposite goal is full and at least one peg is yours. Free. In-browser. No account.
Combined Monster Drawing: A drawing game for 2–8 people. Connect the ends of hidden drawings to create one monster per player, then reveal them together. Free in your browser.
Concentration: Concentration is a picture matching game for 1 to 6 players that takes about 10 minutes. Flip two face-down cards — match two cards with the same picture, to keep going. Free. In-browser. No account.
Cribbage: Cribbage is a two-player card game of about 30 minutes. Score fifteens, pairs and runs as you play, count your hand, and race your pegs to 121. Play free in your browser with no account.
President: President (also called Daifugo) is a card game for 2 to 12 players that takes about 3 minutes per round. Empty your hand first to take the top rank. Free. In-browser. No account.
Cheat: Cheat (I Doubt It) is a bluffing card game for 2-8 players, about 10 minutes. Play cards face down calling out A, 2, 3... in order, then bluff or call it. Free, in-browser, no account.
Five-Card Draw: Five-Card Draw is a poker game for 2 to 6 players, about 15 minutes. Swap the cards you don't want once and the best hand wins. Bet with chips (points) or play without betting.
Drawing Quiz: Drawing Quiz is a 3–20 player, about 15-minute speed-drawing game. Watch the drawing live; the first to guess the prompt and the artist both score. Free in your browser, no sign-up.
Drawing Telephone: Drawing Telephone is a 3–30 player drawing party game (about 20 minutes): prompts pass along as drawings and guesses, then everyone watches how they changed. Free in your browser.
Kuniyasu's Four Seasons of Edo Sugoroku: A sugoroku on the real print by Utagawa Kuniyasu: from New Year at Nihonbashi, tour Edo's sights through the four seasons to the year-end market in Asakusa. 2–6 players, about 15 min, free.
Farkle: Farkle is a 20-minute dice game for 2–4 players. Roll six dice, set aside the ones that score, and bank your points before you push your luck too far. Free in your browser, no sign-up.
Simultaneous Four in a Row: Three players secretly pick columns, then reveal together. Discs drop in a rotating order on a nine-by-nine board. Make four across, up or diagonally to win. Play solo against two computers.
Four in a Row for Three: Play Four in a Row for Three online free in your browser. Drop discs into a 9×9 grid and line up four to win. Play with friends or against two computers.
FreeCell: Play FreeCell Solitaire online for free in your browser. Race the same deal with four free cells, or aim for your best time. All cards are visible. 1–20 players, about 8 minutes; no account needed.
Go-Stop: Go-Stop is a hanafuda game for 2–3 players, about 3 minutes per round. Match cards by month and choose Go or Stop once you score enough. Free in your browser, no account needed.
Hachi-hachi: A three-player hanafuda game: capture matching months, build combinations and aim for 88 card points, competing for the highest overall total. About 20 minutes. Free, no sign-up.
Hana-awase: Hana-awase is a three-player hanafuda game that takes about 20 minutes. Match cards by month to capture them, and score with card points and yaku combinations. Play free in your browser, no sign-up.
Hearts: Hearts is a card game for 3 to 5 players that takes about 20 minutes. Avoid taking hearts and the queen of spades — the lowest score wins. Free. In-browser. No account.
Hearts Dice: Hearts Dice is a letter-dice game for 1–6 players, about 10 minutes (a different game from the card game Hearts). Roll six dice and score for a streak from H. Free in your browser, no sign-up.
High-Low: High-Low is a card game for 1 to 8 players, about 5 minutes. Guess higher or lower than the card on the table, and bank your streak. Free, in-browser, no account, no real money.
Texas Hold'em: Texas Hold'em is a poker game for 2 to 9 players that takes about 20 minutes. Make your best five cards from your two and the five on the table. Free. In-browser. No account.
Indian Poker: Indian Poker: 2–8 players, about 1 minute per round. Your card faces everyone else. Read their reactions and bet with chips. Free in your browser, no account. No real money.
Yoshikazu's Samurai Armour Sugoroku: A sugoroku on the real 1858 print by Isshusai Yoshikazu: put on samurai armour piece by piece, loincloth to helmet, and return to camp in victory. 2–6 players, about 15 min, free.
Leifeng Pagoda Sugoroku: A race game on a real Qing-dynasty Chinese print: spiral through the Legend of the White Snake, hop between twin pictures and reach the Leifeng Pagoda. 2–6 players, about 15 min, free.
Liar's Dice: With dice hidden under cups, you see only your own dice and bid on the table total. Catch false bids with Dudo and keep your dice to be the last player.
Ludo: Ludo is a 20-minute dice race for 2 to 4: bring your four pieces out of base, round the board and home before anyone else. Land on a rival to send it back. Free in your browser, no sign-up.
Mäxchen (Mia): Two dice sit under a cup; only the roller sees them. Mix in bluffs, challenge false bids and protect your lives to be the last player remaining.
Mahjong Solitaire: A mahjong-tile solitaire race: everyone gets the same stacked layout, starts on 3-2-1 and races to clear it by taking matching tiles. 1–20 players, about 5 minutes. Free, no sign-up.
Mancala: Mancala (Kalah) is a board game for 2 to 4 players, about 10 minutes. Collect the most stones in your store and you win. Free. In-browser. No account.
Japanese Mancala: Japanese Mancala is a board game for 2 to 4 players, about 10 minutes. Empty your own side first and you win. Free. In-browser. No account.
Master Number: Master Number is a number-guessing deduction game for 2–5 players that takes about 10 minutes. Everyone races to crack the same secret number with hits and blows. Free in your browser, no sign-up.
Minesweeper: Play Minesweeper free online in your browser, alone or in a 1–8 player race. Read the numbers and open every safe square on identical boards. About 5 minutes; no sign-up.
Sudoku: Play Sudoku online for free in your browser. Race to solve the same puzzle, starting together on 3–2–1 and following everyone’s progress. 1–20 players, about 6 minutes, no sign-up.
Nap: Nap is a quick trick-taking card game for 3–6 players that takes about 15 minutes. Bid the tricks you can take with five cards; the highest bidder plays alone. Free. In-browser. No account.
Two-Corner Mahjong: A mahjong-tile connect race: join matching tiles with a line of at most two bends. Everyone gets the same layout and starts on 3-2-1. 1–20 players, about 5 minutes. Free, no sign-up.
Capture Five: Capture Five is a board game for 2 to 4 players that takes about 15 minutes. Line up five stones, or capture five pairs (10 stones) of your opponent's, to win. Free. In-browser. No account.
Draw Together: Free, no registration needed. Draw with friends online in a smartphone browser: just send a link.
Oh Hell: You are a player predicting tricks from your hand. Matching your bid brings a large bonus, and you aim for first place on total points. Play free with 3–7 people, about 20 minutes, no signup.
Oicho-Kabu: Oicho-Kabu is a 10-minute hanafuda card game for 2–6 players. A dealer faces the rest of the table, and hands closest to 9 in the last digit win. Free in your browser, no sign-up.
Old Maid: Old Maid is a card game for 2 to 8 players, about 5 minutes. Draw and pair up matching ranks; whoever holds the joker last loses. Free. In-browser. No account.
Hokusai's Kamakura–Enoshima–Oyama Sugoroku: A sugoroku played on the real print Katsushika Hokusai drew: leave Nihonbashi, tour Kamakura, Enoshima and Mt. Oyama, and come home. 2–6 players, about 15 minutes, free in your browser, no sign-up.
Crazy Eights: Crazy Eights (also called Page One) is a card game for 2 to 6 players that takes about 10 minutes. Match the colour or the number on the table and empty your hand first. Free. In-browser. No account.
Pig's Tail: Pig's Tail is a card game for 2 to 8 players that takes about 5 minutes. Flip cards one by one — match the suit or rank and race for the pile. Free. In-browser. No account.
Relay Novel: Relay Novel is a story-writing game for 2–100 players that takes about 15 minutes. Everyone adds pages to the stories at once, then votes without knowing who wrote what. Free in your browser.
Rummy: Rummy is a card game for 2-6 players, about 20 minutes. Meld sets and runs, lay off on any meld, and empty your hand first to score the cards others hold. Free in your browser, no account.
Three-Player Mahjong: Three-Player Mahjong uses 108 tiles. Draw and discard to complete sets and win points. Set north tiles aside for extra value. Scoring is automatic.
Seven Bridge: Seven Bridge is a rummy-style card game for 2-5 players, about 4 minutes per round. Meld runs and sets, interrupt with pon and chi, and empty your hand first. Free in your browser, with no account.
Sevens: Sevens is a card game for 3 to 6 players that takes about 10 minutes. Build out from the sevens and empty your hand first. Free. In-browser. No account.
Shogi Kuzushi: Shogi Kuzushi is a 10-minute game for 2–4 players played with shogi pieces. Pull pieces off a pile one at a time; if another piece makes a sound, your turn ends. Free in your browser, no sign-up.
Shut the Box: Shut the Box is a 10-minute dice game for 2 to 4 players. Close tiles that match your roll; shutting them all wins at once, otherwise the lowest total wins. Free in your browser, no sign-up.
Skat: German Skat for three: win the bid to play alone against two without seeing the other hands, and aim for 61 card points. About 15 minutes, free in your browser.
Snakes and Ladders: Roll and race to 100 with 2–6 players. Climb ladders and slide down snakes. About 10 minutes. Free in your browser, with no registration.
Solitaire: Play Solitaire online for free in your browser: move cards by the rules and race to fill the foundations. 1–20 players, about 8 minutes, no sign-up.
Spider Solitaire: Play Spider Solitaire online for free. Build eight same-suit runs from king to ace with 1 or 2 suits. Everyone gets the same deal; finish faster to rank higher. 1–20 players, about 10 minutes.
Sugoroku: Sugoroku is a 2-to-6-player, roughly 10-minute Japanese picture-sugoroku race: roll a die, move along a single path, and be first to reach the goal. Free in your browser, no sign-up.
Yacht: Yacht is a dice game for 1–6 players, about 15 minutes. Roll five dice up to three times and fill in your scoresheet one category at a time. Free in your browser, no sign-up.
Yaniv: Yaniv is a card game from Israel for 2 to 5 players. Discard sets and runs to shrink your hand, then call “Yaniv!” at 5 points or less. Play free in your browser, with no account.

What changes with three

Three players add somebody else's interests to a two-player read. In Sevens you can see who is sitting on a card; in President the finishing order splits three ways, so there is a second place worth fighting for even in a hand you cannot win.

Mahjong switches to its three-handed form: the two through eight of characters come out of the wall, pon is available and chi is not. Hands come together differently from the four-handed game, so watch one round through before you commit to a long session with money on the line.

When only two of you turn up

A three-player game still starts if you drop a CPU into the spare chair. The host picks how strong it plays, and when a real third person arrives they take the seat from the next round.

If you would rather play something built for two while you wait, move over to the two-player shelf. A ten-minute game finishes before your third player is likely to arrive, and you can hand them the link the moment they do. Nothing is lost by starting early: parties cost nothing to create and you can open another one straight afterwards.

How to choose

If you want something quick, start with a shorter game.
For a slower, face-to-face game, try one of the board games.
For a game you have not played before, try the CPU once before inviting a friend. It goes faster that way.
Even in the same room, everyone should use their own device.

FAQ

How many three-player games are there?

There are 61 right now, covering card games, board games and mahjong.

What if only two of us are here?

Add one CPU and start. Whoever turns up later can take the seat from the next round.

Can we play three-handed mahjong?

Yes. It is the standard three-player game: the two through eight of characters are removed, pon works, chi does not.

Are any games designed for exactly three players?

Yes. There are 5 games for exactly three, including Simultaneous Four in a Row, Four in a Row for Three, and Skat. The shelf also includes games that support three as part of a wider player range.

What card games can three people play?

There are 23 card games for three on this shelf, including High-Low, Old Maid, and Pig's Tail. Each game page lists its rules and playing time.

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