Rummy Online: Free Card Game for 2 to 4 Players

About Rummy

Rummy is a family of card games built on one idea: draw a card, improve your hand, throw one away. The goal is to arrange your cards into melds. A set is three or four cards of the same rank, and a run is three or more cards in sequence in a single suit. Any card that fits neither is deadwood and counts against you.

The table here plays a knock-style rummy with one standard 52-card deck and no jokers. Two players get ten cards each, and with three or four players everyone gets seven. Aces are always low, so ace-two-three is a run but queen-king-ace is not. Number cards are worth their face value, picture cards ten and aces one.

You may end a hand by knocking as soon as your deadwood is 10 points or less after your discard. Going out with no deadwood at all is gin and pays a 25-point bonus. Hands are dealt one after another until somebody reaches 100. There is a 40-second limit on each turn, so games keep moving. It is a good fit for players who enjoy memory and card counting, and nothing is staked beyond the score.

How to play Rummy

1. Be the first player to reach 100 points across several hands.
2. Each hand deals 10 cards each for two players or 7 each for three or four. One card is turned face up to start the discard pile.
3. On your turn draw one card, either the top of the face-down stock or the top discard, then discard one card.
4. Group your cards into sets of three or four of a rank and runs of three or more consecutive cards of one suit. Aces are low only.
5. If your unmatched cards total 10 or less after your discard, you may knock to end the hand. Zero deadwood is gin.
6. The knocker scores the other players' deadwood minus their own. Gin scores all opposing deadwood plus 25.
7. In a two-player game, if the opponent's deadwood is equal to or lower than the knocker's, the opponent scores the difference plus a 25-point undercut bonus instead.
8. If the stock runs out before anyone knocks, the hand is a washout with no score, and a new hand is dealt. First to 100 wins.

Rules checked against the game on 2026-09-01.

Rummy tips and strategy

• Shed kings, queens and jacks early unless they are already paired. Unmatched picture cards cost ten points each, and three of them alone keep you from knocking.
• Hold middle cards like fives, sixes and sevens. They can extend a run in both directions, while an ace or king only connects one way.
• Only pick up the discard when it completes or nearly completes a meld. Every card you take from the pile tells the table what you are collecting.
• Remember what the next player picked up and avoid feeding them neighbouring ranks or the same suit sequence.
• In a two-player game, knock early with 8 to 10 deadwood in the first few turns, but late in a hand hold out for less, because a patient opponent may undercut you for 25.
• With three or four players, knocking pays against every opponent at once, so an early knock is worth more than waiting for gin.