Swoop Card Party Game

Swoop is a fast, sneaky card game for friends or bots, with two classic shedding games at one table.

SWOOP Play equal or lower, not higher. Everyone gets 19 cards: eleven in hand, four face up and four face down. Want to go higher? Pick up the whole pile first, then lead with it. A ten or a joker swoops the pile out of the game, and so does making four of a kind on top. Flip a face-down card and play it, whatever it is. First out wins the deal, everyone else scores what they're left holding, and the lowest total across the deals wins.

SHTHEAD The pub classic Swoop grew out of. Three down, three up, three in hand. Swap your best cards onto the table before play starts, then play equal or higher. Twos reset the pile, tens and four of a kind burn it. Players drop out as they empty, and the last one holding cards is the Shthead.

PLAY WITH FRIENDS • Host a table and share the four-character room code; friends join from any device • Open your table to everyone, or join a public one in progress • Bots fill empty seats, so you can play solo or round out a table of 2 to 8 • Leave mid-game? Reopen the app and you're back in your seat

THE LOUNGE See who's around waiting for a game and chat with them before you sit down. Chat at the table too, with swear words masked and links removed.

ONE PLAYER, EVERY DEVICE Play on iPhone, iPad and Mac, on Windows, or in any browser at flexgames.com/swoop. Everyone plays together, whatever they're on. Link your devices with a code and your history and leaderboard place follow you.

HOUSE RULES Jokers in or out, the points limit, whether the worst score leads the next deal, and more, set per table.

NO STRINGS Free. No ads, no in-app purchases, no accounts, no tracking. Just pick a name and play.