Play classic Hearts online free
Hearts is the classic trick-avoidance card game: four players, no teams and no trumps, and the object is to NOT win. Every heart in a trick you take scores a point against you and the queen of spades scores thirteen, so the skill is in ducking under the dangerous tricks — until someone starts quietly collecting everything to shoot the moon. Generations learned it on the family computer, and the rhythm is unchanged here: pass three cards, keep your head down, and count who is void in what.
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Why play Hearts here
No ads, no account and no clock. One hand is thirteen tricks and takes a few minutes, so you can finish a game in a coffee break — or play the traditional game to 100, with the score carried between hands and the passing direction rotating the way it should. Your game is saved if you close the tab.
The table teaches as you play. Cards you may not play cannot be picked up, and the line above your hand says why — breaking hearts and the first-trick rule are the parts newcomers do not arrive knowing. Every trick names who took it and what it cost, and the full rules are one click away without leaving the game.
Frequently asked questions
Is it free to play?
Yes. Hearts here is free, with no ads, no download and no account. Nothing is locked and there is nothing to buy.
How do you play Hearts?
All 52 cards are dealt to four players, each playing alone. After passing three cards, whoever holds the 2 of clubs leads it, and play goes round: follow the suit that was led if you can, and the highest card of that suit takes the trick. Every heart in the tricks you take costs a point and the queen of spades costs thirteen — the winner is whoever has the fewest points when the game ends.
What does shooting the moon mean?
Taking every heart and the queen of spades in a single hand. Instead of scoring 26 points, the shooter scores nothing and each opponent gets 26. It flips a disastrous-looking hand into the best result in the game — which is why an opponent sweeping up point after point late in a hand is a warning sign, and taking a single heart off them stops it.
When can hearts be led?
Not until they are “broken” — a heart has been discarded on some other suit by a player who could not follow. Until then hearts sit locked in every hand. The one exception: a player whose remaining cards are all hearts may lead one.
Can I play Hearts full screen?
Yes. The full-screen button takes the table over the whole screen, with big, easy-to-read cards — it works on desktop and on phones, and you can leave full screen with the button or the Escape key.
Does it work on Windows 11, Mac and phones?
Yes. Hearts here runs in the browser, so there is nothing to install on any of them — it plays the same on a Windows 11 or Mac desktop and on a phone held upright. If you are missing the Hearts that used to come with Windows, this is the same classic game, free and full screen.
Do I play against people or the computer?
Against the computer. All three opponents are computer players, so you can stop mid-hand, think as long as you like over a pass, and come back later without keeping anyone waiting. There are no leaderboards and nothing is compared against other players.
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