Every way to play
Spades needs four players in two teams, but not all four have to be people. Play Spades online against real people in public 2v2 matchmaking, open a private room for friends, team up against AI or take on a table of bots. Or press Play now below and be dealt in right here, no account needed.
Choose a table
Join the players already waiting for a four-seat partnership game. If not enough people turn up, bots take the empty seats, so you never sit staring at an empty lobby. The queue does not promise opponents of a similar rank; once the table is full, a short countdown starts the deal.
Play onlineThree bots, no queue, and nobody sighing at a reckless nil: the place to practise bids, bags and nil. As a guest nothing is saved and no profile rewards are earned; signed in, the match uses the entry cost and progression shown for the selected mode.
Play the botsBring one person and let AI take the other two seats. The same partnership spades as the online queue — sit opposite, combine bids, cover each other's nil — without needing four people free at once.
Team up vs AIOpen a private room, share it, and fill the seats you cannot fill yourself from the queue or with bots. Nothing is dealt until you start it.
Open a friends roomSee the game board, controls and moves on a mobile screen.
Side by side
| Mode | Seats at the table | Real people | Wait to start | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Play Online | 4 | Players, with bots filling empty seats | Until the table fills | Finding an online table |
| Play vs AI | 4 | 1 — you | None | Learning, or a quick hand |
| 2v2 Team vs AI | 4 | 2 — you and your partner | None | Practising with a partner |
| Play with Friends | 2-4 | Whoever you invite | You decide | A table you control |
Completed matches played with an account can award XP, coins and LP: +20 LP for a win and −16 for a loss, with LP floored at zero. Guest practice saves no results and awards no profile rewards. Check the selected mode’s entry cost before joining.
Questions
Yes, when you finish a supported match while signed in. A win adds 20 LP and a loss subtracts 16, with a minimum of zero LP. Guest practice and solo practice do not award profile XP or LP and do not save match results.
Four, in two partnerships sitting opposite each other. The modes differ only in how many of those four seats are people: four in the online queue, two in a team match against AI, one when you play the bots.
Yes. 2v2 Team vs AI puts the two of you on the same side and gives the opposing pair to the bots. A private friends room works too if you would rather set the table up yourself.
Not to practise. Press Play now at the top of this page and you sit down as a guest at a table with three bots right away; nothing from that game is saved. Playing people online, coins and rank need a free account, which takes a minute with email, Google or Facebook.
Yes, as a game of its own. Spades Duel takes the partnership out and puts you head to head, with its own rules and its own queue.
No. Every mode is free, there is no real-money play, and a new account starts with 100,000 virtual coins.
Before you sit down
New to the game, or want the scoring straight? These are the pages worth ten minutes before your first ranked table.
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Four modes, one rule set. The lobby opens on Spades and every mode is one click away.
