King's Cup is a drinking game played with friends. A player pulls a card from the card circle and places it ontop of the cup in the center face side up. Based on the card that player or all players must take an action, usually leading to one or more people taking a drink. Detailed rules can be found on the Rules tab.

This game works best when all players are in a voice or video chat room. We can recommend Discord as an easy to use service that supports voice chat, but any voice/video chat service will work.

If joining a game created by a friend you can use the game code or link to the game to join. If you are starting a new game you can use the Share button on the top right to obtain your game code and/or game link. Share them with friends so they can join your game.

One player must host the game and invite other players to join. This player is the Host, and their game operates as the server for other players. If the host quits or closes the game other players will disconnect.

Once a game is created (by selecting Host Game in the main menu) you have a few options for inviting players:

Method 1: Steam

  • Join or Host a game
  • Press SHIFT+TAB to open the Steam overlay -or- minimize King's Cup and open Steam
  • Open your friends list
  • Right click a friend and select Invite to Game or Invite to Play

Method 2: Discord

  • Join or Host a game
  • Minimize King's Cup and open Discord
  • Right Click a friend's name
  • Select Invite to Join King's Cup (Note: Discord users can also Request to Join your game)

Method 3: Advanced Join

This method is not recommended. The host of a game will be given a server address in the game log. The server adress will look like steam://123456789 or tcp4://111.222.333.444:7777. Other players can enter this address manually at the main menu by first selecting Advanced Join. Advanced Join will bring up an input box for the server address.

  • Left click and hold to drag cards
  • Thumbmaster
    • Right click or Space once to change your cursor to a thumbs up
    • The player who pulls the card becomes the Thumbmaster
    • The current Thumbmaster can Right click or Space to thumbs up at any point
    • When the Thumbmaster's thumb is up, all other players must Right click or Space also
    • The last player to raise their thumb loses and must drink!
  • 7 is Heaven
    • Press Up () or W as fast as you can
    • You can press it multiple times for fun
    • The last player to press loses and has to drink!
Ace Waterfall: everyone chuggs until the person before them stops, starting with the player who pulled the card
2 You: the player who pulled the card chooses a player to drink
3 Me: the player who pulled the card drinks
4 Whores: all the ladies drink
5 Thumbaster: the player who pulled the card is now the Thumbmaster (see Controls tab for details)
6 Dicks: all the guys drink
7 Heaven: everyone has to point up and the last to do so drinks (see Controls tab for details)
8 Date (or Mate): the player who pulled the card chooses a date. Whenever the player or their date drinks both must drink. When a player chooses a new date they can void other dates or keep them in play
9 Rhyme: the player who pulled the card says a word. Going in order each player must rhyme with that word. The first player to say a duplicate or fail to rhyme must drink
10 Categories: the player who pulled the card chooses a category (e.g. car manufacturer). Going in order each player must say something that falls into that category. The first player to say a duplicate or who can't come up with something drinks
Jack Rule: the player who pulled the card makes a rule all players must follow. Anyone who breaks the rule must drink. The player who pulled the card can decide to keep previous rules in play (in addition to their rule) or remove them
Queen Question Master: anyone who answers a question asked by the Question Master must drink
King Kings 1-3: the player who pulled the card drinks
4th King: the player who pulled the card is now the King. They must do a shot! The game is over, but you can keep going for fun!
Indicates whose turn it is. This icon shows for all players.
Displays when the given player has recently "Pointed to Heaven". This icon shows for all players.
Displays when the given player has their thumb up. This icon shows for all players.
Clickable icon visible when a player is choosing a date. Clicking the icon next to a player enters a date with that player. This icon is only visible when you are selecting a date, other players can not see it.
Shows which players are currently dating. If it is not visible, no players are dating. It will display next to two player's names. This icon is visible to all players.
Indicates that you are the question master. It is not visible to other players.