Games for 4 players
Four is the best number for games: enough for teams, few enough that nobody waits long.
Card games
- Whist Two partnerships, thirteen tricks.
- Hearts Avoid the hearts and the queen of spades.
- Spades Bid, then make your tricks.
- Euchre Fast partnership tricks with a short pack.
- Cheat Better with four than with two.
Board games
- Ludo Made for four.
- Catan Trade, build, argue.
- Ticket to Ride Collect cards, claim railway routes.
- Carcassonne Build a landscape tile by tile.
- Cluedo (Clue) Deduction for three to six.
No equipment
- Charades in pairs
- Table football with a coin
- Doubles at anything Table tennis, badminton, a kickabout.
On one tablet
- Marble Rumble One corner each, or two against two in Team Play. Free in the browser. We make Marble Rumble, so of course it is on this list. Everything else here is someone else’s game, and we have no connection to any of them.
More game ideas
Common questions
What is a good game for 4 players?
Partnership card games like whist and spades, board games like Ludo, Catan and Ticket to Ride, and on a tablet, Marble Rumble.
What card games are best with four?
Whist, hearts, spades and euchre are all designed around four players.
Ready to flick?
Marble Rumble is free, runs in the browser and needs no account or download.