76 answers · 51 browser games
The short answer: Magic: The Gathering is the best-known M card game, while Mau Mau, Mao, Makao and Memory are the usual regular-deck answers. This guide gives players, deck and difficulty for 76 titles; 51 play in your browser with no download or sign-up.
Edited shortlist · 10 different play loops
We picked one game from each play loop instead of repeating near-identical solitaire and Memory reskins. Mau Mau and Memory are our ad-free versions with a real deck; the publisher-hosted picks may show their own ads.
Match the suit or rank, dodge the 7s and shout “Mau” before your last card.
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Flip two cards, remember where they were and clear the board in as few moves as you can.
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Slide cards into the gaps until every row runs from 2 to King in one suit.
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A TriPeaks game: clear the mountain with cards one higher or lower than the open card.
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Pair cards and coins that add up to 11 to take apart a Maya pyramid.
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Mahjong solitaire rules with playing cards: match two identical free cards.
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Use four playing cards and arithmetic signs to make an expression equal to 24.
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Drag matching cards together to merge them into higher values, 2048-style.
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Choose a monster deck and deploy cards to defend your side and attack the opponent.
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Match animal picture cards as the board grows through successive levels.
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Most of the Memory titles in the catalog use the same flip-two-cards loop with new artwork. These four change the rules: hidden bombs, cards that move, matching triples and a second player.
Study the cards, remember the bombs and uncover the safe pictures.
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Match picture cards while they switch positions between attempts.
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Find picture pairs on a six-by-six board that periodically rotates.
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Match pairs or triples against the clock, or challenge a friend on the same device.
Play freeHands-on check · browser play
Game thumbnails show the promise; the first minute shows the real loop. These notes come from actual browser play, alongside a direct comparison of what the shortlisted games ask you to do.
My Cute Pet · checked 18 October 2026
A pair scored 100 points and moved the target counter to 1/3. The clock was already at 00:08, so this plays as a timed level game rather than a relaxed game of Memory.
Table tip: Look over the whole board before the first flip. The round is short, and the visible timer changes which pair is worth chasing.
Monster Card Battle · checked 18 October 2026
Dragging a monster card into a dotted lane summoned it immediately. Its attack hit the opposing tower and the opening energy meter dropped from 4 to 0.
Table tip: Read the energy cost before you drag. A card can take your whole opening turn, so the first summon should answer the lane you expect to face.
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Use this when the name on a thumbnail is not enough to tell whether you are getting a real card game, a patience puzzle or a game wearing a deck as a costume.
| What you want | Pick | What you actually do | Choose it if |
|---|---|---|---|
| A familiar shedding game | Mau Mau | Match suit or rank, react to 7s and call “Mau” on your last card. | You want a fast family session and no ads. |
| A pure matching baseline | Memory | Turn two cards, keep a pair face up and remember the misses. | You want the classic game without a timer. |
| A visible spatial puzzle | Montana Solitaire | Slide the next suit card into one of four gaps until each row runs 2–King. | You prefer planning over hidden-card luck. |
| A quick rank-chain game | Mountain Solitaire | Clear exposed cards one rank higher or lower than the open card. | You like streak-building TriPeaks layouts. |
| Arithmetic with a deck | Make 24 | Combine four card values with +, −, × and ÷ to make exactly 24. | You want a maths puzzle rather than a duel. |
| A lane-combat card game | Monster Card Battle | Drag monsters into lanes, spend energy and attack the opposing tower. | You want deck combat and can tolerate publisher ads. |
17 regular-deck games, 14 solitaire titles, national favourites, modern boxed games and trading card games. Every entry lists the players, deck and difficulty, and links to a playable version where one exists.
Showing all 76 card games that start with M
No special cards needed. Grab a standard deck and you are ready to play.
The German shedding game that inspired Crazy Eights–style games around the world. Match the suit or rank of the top card; 7s make the next player draw two, 8s skip them and Jacks are wild. Say “Mau” on your last card or take a penalty.
Play Mau Mau onlineA shedding game where the rules are a secret. New players learn only by getting penalised, and each winner adds a new hidden rule. Chaotic, hilarious and a staple of college dorms.
Poland’s cousin of Mau Mau with more action cards: 2s and 3s force the next player to draw, 4s skip a turn, Jacks demand a rank and Aces change the suit. Announce “Makao” when you are down to one card.
Also called Concentration, Pelmanism or Matching Pairs
Lay every card face down, then flip two at a time looking for matching pairs. Keep the pair and go again if they match. A perfect first card game for young kids, and a sneaky brain workout for everyone else.
Play Memory onlineAlso called Boodle or Newmarket
A betting game of the Stops family. Players place chips on four boodle cards, then play cards in ascending runs of one suit. Whoever plays the card matching a boodle collects the chips on it. Don’t confuse it with Michigan Rummy, a pot-based mix of rummy and poker.
Everyone gets seven cards and passes one face down to the left each round, trying to collect seven cards of a single suit. The first to do it shouts “My ship sails!” Fast, simple and great with kids.
Also known as Werewolf
A social deduction party game created in 1986 at Moscow State University. Deal playing cards to assign secret roles, then the town debates and votes to find the mafia hiding among them before it is too late.
Also called Flip Stud
A five-card stud poker variant where every card arrives face down and you choose which one to flip up, so you control what the table sees. A favourite of home poker nights.
Patience games for when you are on your own.
Also called Gaps, Spaces or Blue Moon
Deal all 52 cards in four rows of 13, then take out the Aces to leave four gaps. Fill each gap with the next card up in the same suit as the card on its left, aiming to line up every suit from 2 to King. Most versions allow a couple of reshuffles when you get stuck.
Play Montana onlineDeal a 5×5 grid and remove pairs of the same rank that touch, including diagonally. Close up the gaps, fill from the stock and keep going until every card is paired off.
Play Monte Carlo onlineA two-deck patience game. Build eight foundations from Ace to King by suit and stack tableau cards in alternating colours. Once the stock is exhausted, a reserve can hold one card or an ordered group while you free a column.
Play Miss Milligan onlineUncover the hidden cards in twelve columns and build four foundations from Ace to King.
Play Martha Solitaire onlineManage sixteen piles and eight unusual foundations in this two-deck patience game.
Play Matrimony Solitaire onlineSlide cards through six gaps to arrange four continuous sequences from Ace to Queen.
Play Maze Solitaire onlineBuild odd and even suit sequences on sixteen foundations using two decks.
Play Mount Olympus Solitaire onlineSort two fully dealt decks into eight complete same-suit runs from King to Ace.
Play Mrs. Mop Solitaire onlineNational favourites, mostly trick-taking games, often played with regional decks.
The national card game of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. A rich trick-taking game where a King and Queen of the same suit form a “marriage” worth bonus points.
A partnership trick-taking game popular in Belgium and France. The ten (the “manille”) is the highest card in each suit, followed by the Ace.
Finland’s classic trick-taking game. Partners ask each other for King–Queen pairs, and declaring a pair sets the trump suit for the rest of the hand.
A Korean bidding and trick-taking game. The winning bidder secretly picks a partner by naming a card, and the Ace of Spades (the “Mighty”) beats everything.
A Basque bluffing game played across Spain. Teams bet over four rounds (Grande, Chica, Pares and Juego) and partners are allowed to pass secret facial signals.
A Florentine tarot game dating back to the 16th century, played with an expanded deck of trumps that includes the signs of the zodiac and the four elements.
Games sold with their own custom deck. Look for them in game shops.
A French road-race game from 1954. Play distance cards to drive 1,000 kilometres while hitting rivals with flat tyres, accidents and speed limits, and save safety cards for a dramatic coup fourré.
The 15-minute card version of Monopoly. Collect three complete property sets first, while charging rent and using action cards like Deal Breaker and Sly Deal to steal from friends.
Steve Jackson Games’ tongue-in-cheek parody of fantasy role-playing, first published in 2001. Kick down doors, fight monsters, grab loot and backstab your friends on the way to level 10.
A Japanese city-building game where you buy establishment cards that pay out when the dice roll their number. Build all your landmarks first to win.
Uwe Rosenberg’s 1999 pizza-making memory game. Players toss ingredients onto a shared pile and must remember what is in it to complete their secret pizza orders.
A deck-building game with a twist: you slide transparent advancements into card sleeves, upgrading the cards you already own instead of only adding new ones.
A party game in the style of Celebrity. Teams guess the same famous names over three rounds: first with any clues, then with one word, then with charades only.
Published as Mü & More
A cult-favourite trick-taking game from 1995 with an unusual open bidding phase that decides the chief, a partner and two separate trump types for each hand.
Mike Fitzgerald’s series of murder-mystery rummy games, starting with Jack the Ripper. Classic melding gets themed special cards for suspects, alibis and evidence.
A cooperative game from Fantasy Flight Games (2019). Each player builds a deck around a Marvel hero and teams up to stop villains such as Rhino and Ultron.
Collectible games where you build your own deck from a huge pool of cards.
The original trading card game, designed by Richard Garfield and released by Wizards of the Coast in 1993. Players are rival planeswalkers casting spells and summoning creatures. Still the biggest card game that starts with M.
A fast digital collectible card game released in 2022. Build a 12-card deck of Marvel characters and win two of three locations in a match that lasts just a few minutes.
Middle-earth: The Wizards
Iron Crown Enterprises’ 1995 Tolkien card game, now out of print but still played by a dedicated fan community. Each player takes the role of a Wizard racing to defeat Sauron.
Digital solitaire, memory, number puzzles and card battles. Each title has a free game page.
A TriPeaks game: clear the mountain with cards one higher or lower than the open card.
Play Mountain Solitaire onlineColourful TriPeaks with bonus cards. Clear the layout and build your magic castle.
Play Magic Castle Solitaire onlinePair cards and coins that add up to 11 to take apart a Maya pyramid.
Play Maya Pyramid Solitaire onlineMahjong solitaire rules with playing cards: match two identical free cards.
Play Mahjong Card Solitaire onlineDrag matching cards together to merge them into higher values, 2048-style.
Play Merge Cards onlineTurn over the cards and find every matching pair of pictures.
Play Memory Puzzle onlineClear one-higher-or-lower card layouts in a fantasy setting.
Play Magic Story of Solitaire onlinePlay long runs of neighbouring ranks through changing TriPeaks layouts.
Play Magic Tri Peaks Solitaire onlineMatch cards showing a magician’s props through fifteen levels.
Play Magic Show Memory onlineFind matching makeup pictures in a colourful memory card game.
Play Makeup Match Memory Beauty onlinePlay matching challenges in level mode or the game’s duel mode.
Play Match Memory Online onlineExplore themed matching levels with power-ups and computer-controlled boss challenges.
Play Match Pairs Memory Card onlineMatch related cards in picture-and-name, opposite-word and picture-and-sound modes.
Play Matching Pair Game onlineMatch related cards in picture-and-name, opposite-word and picture-and-sound modes.
Play Matching Pair Puzzle onlineMatch cards showing sports equipment across three difficulty levels.
Play MemoPlay onlineMatch picture cards while they switch positions between attempts.
Play Memory (Tricky) onlinePractice fruit vocabulary while playing a memory matching game.
Play Memory and Vocabulary of Fruits onlineTurn over emoji cards and find every matching pair.
Play Memory Emoji onlineRace the timer on 4×4, 4×6 or 6×6 card grids.
Play Memory Master onlineA straightforward matching game focused on clearing the board in fewer moves.
Play Memory Match Lite onlineFind picture pairs in a colourful fantasy-themed memory game.
Play Memory Match Magic onlineStudy the cards, remember the bombs and uncover the safe pictures.
Play Memory V onlineChoose a setting and uncover picture pairs while watching the timer.
Play Memorya onlineMatch hidden emoji cards with selectable themes, categories and board sizes.
Play MindMatch onlineMatch pairs or triples against the clock, or challenge a friend on the same device.
Play Mischievous Pairs onlineFind picture pairs on a six-by-six board that periodically rotates.
Play Moving Memory onlineMatch animal picture cards as the board grows through successive levels.
Play My Cute Pet onlineRemember number cards and match their pairs before the timer expires.
Play My Memory Boost onlineRemember mushrooms and find three of the same species before time runs out.
Play MycoThreeMemo onlineMatch illustrated cards of mythical creatures across increasingly difficult levels.
Play Mythiq onlineUse four playing cards and arithmetic signs to make an expression equal to 24.
Play Make 24 onlineMatch arithmetic expressions with their answers in a car-themed card game.
Play Math Memory Match onlinePair numbers with expressions built around multiplication by two.
Play Math Multiply Two onlineMatch number cards with equivalent subtraction-and-addition expressions.
Play Math Pair Pop onlineMatch a number card with the card showing its square.
Play Math Squares onlineChoose a meme card that fits the situation and try to win the round.
Play Meme Challenge Dank Memes onlineCombine matching number cards and work towards increasingly large values.
Play Merge Card 2048 onlineMove numbered monster cards between four stacks and combine matching values.
Play Merge Monsters onlineCombine equal-value cards to earn points and reach each level target.
Play Merge Royal 2048 onlineBuild a robot deck and spend energy to deploy units against enemy towers.
Play Mech Battle Arena onlineChoose a monster deck and deploy cards to defend your side and attack the opponent.
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One click picks a random game from the 76-game list, using the filter above. Use it for a Scattergories prompt or tonight’s game.
Six shortcuts through the 76 games, from solo play to parties of 8+.
17 games use standard playing cards.
8 kid-friendly games; Memory needs no reading or maths.
Easy to teach; 2–6 players.
5 party games; Mafia and Monikers scale to 8+.
Magic, Mariáš and Mü reward repeat play.
49 solo-friendly games, including 14 solitaire titles.
Magic: The Gathering is the best-known card game starting with M. Other common answers are Monopoly Deal, Munchkin, Mille Bornes, Mau Mau, Mao and Memory (also called Concentration).
This guide lists 76 card games that start with M, and 51 of them play free in a browser. The count covers classic, solitaire, traditional, modern boxed and digital card games.
17 games on this list use standard playing cards, including Mau Mau, Mao, Makao, Memory, Michigan, My Ship Sails, Mexican Stud, Mafia and solitaire titles such as Montana, Monte Carlo and Martha. Miss Milligan uses two standard decks.
8 games on this list work well for children. Memory is the easiest: it needs no reading or maths. Other family-friendly picks are My Ship Sails, Makao, Mille Bornes, Monopoly Deal, Machi Koro and Mamma Mia!.
Mau Mau and Memory are the safest answers: most players recognise them, and both are easy to spell. Munchkin, Monopoly Deal and Mao are also widely accepted; Mille Bornes and Mus are better picks if you want a less common answer.
For deep strategy, start with Magic: The Gathering; Mus, Mariáš, Mighty and Mü are strong traditional alternatives. For a party, choose Mafia, Mao or Monikers.
Yes. 51 of the 76 games on this page play free in your browser with no download and no sign-up. Mau Mau and Memory are our own ad-free versions; the other titles are embedded from their publishers.
No. All 51 playable games run in a browser, with no app install, account or payment required. Third-party games may show their own ads or offer optional purchases.
No. Rules and names vary by region and edition. Each entry describes the common version; for house rules or tournament play, check the linked game or its publisher.
