Cards Against Humanity is a simple but hilarious adult card game with a profane twist. One player, the Card Czar, begins by placing a black question card down. The other players — you need at least two, but there’s no upper limit — then fill in the blank by choosing the funniest, darkest white answer card or cards from their decks.
The player with the best answer gets an “awesome point”, and it’s up to you to decide who that is. Cards Against Humanity is surprisingly friendly when you consider this (in)famous game’s name. There are no winners or losers, so long as everyone has a blast.
Cards Against Humanity is a party game that might be best played under the influence, but even games as “taboo” as this one get boring after a while. Do you want to broaden your horizons and wow your guests with equally profane or twisted party games? Try these.
1. Joking Hazard
Joking Hazard is a hilarious card game brought to you by the creators of the web comic Cyanide & Happiness, Rob DenBleyker, Kris Wilson, Dave McElfatrick, and Matt Melvin. Originally funded on Kickstarter, the creators developed Joking Hazard after online haters told them that anyone could make stick figure comics.
Joking Hazard proves that that’s quite true — this game invites players to compete to make the most hilariously awful comic from a series of cards.
You’ll need between three and five players to enjoy Joking Hazard, but somewhere around five to six players yields the best result. Here’s how it works. You draw the first comic panel from the deck. Players pick a judge who will add the second panel. Next up, everyone picks a card from their hand to finish the comic off and create a three-panel jumble of fun. The judge picks the best card.
Joking Hazard is a simple game, but with 350 different comic panels to pick from, the results have a very low risk of getting monotonous. Joking Hazard is what Cards Against Humanity would be like if it had a visual aspect.
Just like Cards Against Humanity, Joking Hazard is best played with an adult crowd — but there’s no question some teens would have a blast playing it, too. On the off chance you get bored of the original set, there’s an expansion pack, too.
- Number of players: 3 to 10
- Age range: 18+ (maybe 16+)
- Playing time: 30 minutes or more
- Creator: Cyanide & Happiness
- Release date: 2016
2. Drawing Without Dignity: A Game of Uncensored Sketches
Consider Drawing Without Dignity: A Game of Uncensored Sketches an adult, and very non-PC, version of Pictionary. You can play this game with four to 12 people, but only if you’re in impolite company (among friends who won’t get offended no matter what happens).
The premise is simple. The beauty lies in the execution. Players take turns taking an instruction card from the deck. They then have to draw the thing described on the card within a minute.
Other players on your own team try their best to guess what it is, and if they get it right, they get to keep the card (and a point). If they fail, other teams will have a chance to guess.
If that sounds tame so far, wait until you see what the prompts are. The creators describe them as things you wish you’d never put into a search engine and the fact that there are “Cockblock” cards should give you some idea.
- Number of players: 4 to 12 or more
- Age range: 18+
- Playing time: 30 to 60 minutes
- Creator: Drawing Without Dignity
3. Relative Insanity
What could you possibly expect from a game with the tagline “You can pick your nose, but you can’t pick your family”? “It’s literally just a worse apples to apples,” of course!
Relative Insanity is played with four to 12 players. One person reads a setup card aloud, and then everyone else picks the card they think would make for the best (or most appalling) punchline.
For example, “When my brother brought out his new baby to show to the family, grandma blurted out…” could yield “I just vomited a little bit in my mouth”. You’ll have 500 different punchlines to choose from!
Everyone votes for their favorite punchline, and the player who delivered it gets a point. The supreme end goal? To have fun, of course. Relative Insanity will fly really well in an adult crowd, but if you’ve got teens, this is a game you can definitely play with kids over 14, as well. Relative Insanity is naughty enough to be interesting, but not so disgusting you’d be embarrassed to admit you own it. Think of it as a family-friendly Cards Against Humanity, if you like.
- Number of players: 4 to 12
- Age range: 14+
- Playing time: 30 + minutes
- Creator: Relative Insanity
- Publisher: PlayMonster
4. What Do You Meme?
What Do You Meme?, “a millennial card game for millennials and their millennial friends”, takes the memes you’ve probably been staring at on your screen far too long offline. This card game invites players to create memes by captioning the photo cards the game provides with a selection of hilarious texts.
A new player draws a photo card each round, and the others compete to find the best caption. The winner is, of course, up to the crowd.
The best part? You’re good to go if you’ve got just three friends around, but if you’re hosting an actual party, What Do You Meme? can be played with up to 20 players!
The game is billed as being suitable for players aged 17 and up, but hey, it might be best if you stick to the millennials.
- Number of players: 3 to 20
- Age range: 17+
- Playing time: 30 to 90 minutes
- Creator: What Do You Meme?
- Release date: 2016
5. New Phone, Who Dis?
Cards Against Humanity lovers looking for a whole new way to have fun might also enjoy New Phone, Who Dis? — a game that might induce some nostalgia for folks who still remember a time when you were able to pick a random number out of the phone book and have some fun.
Players take turns drawing an inbox card with a message, and everyone else picks the funniest reply card from their decks. There’s a judge, and that person gets to decide which reply was the best. Examples include, “It’s your uber driver. I’m outside but I was wondering if I could come in for a while. Kinda having a bad day”. (“Go bother your therapist with that.”)
When you order New Phone, Who Dis?, you’ll be rewarded with 240 inbox cards and 300 reply cards. This game is sure to be a favorite if you like harmless but slightly inappropriate fun.
- Number of players: 3 to 20
- Age range: 17+
- Playing time: 30 to 90 minutes
- Creator: Elie Ballas, Ben Kaplan, Elliot Tebele
- Release date: 2019
6. Exploding Kittens
Do you love playing Cards Against Humanity with an adult crowd, but do you wish there was an equally fun game you could enjoy with the younger members of your family, too? Exploding Kittens is just what you’re looking for.
Exploding Kittens is really simple to play — it’s just “Russian roulette with kittens”, and that means you keep drawing cards until you get an exploding kitten. Then you lose. Don’t feel too smug about yourself if you’re still around when others have already perished, because the stakes get higher and higher as fewer non-lethal cards remain in the game.
If Exploding Kittens is too tame for you, there’s now a “NSFW” version as well.
- Number of players: 2 to 5
- Age range: 7+
- Playing time: 15 minutes
- Creator: Matthew Innman, Elan Lee, Shane Small
- Publisher: Ad Magic, Inc.
- Release date: 2015
7. F**k. The Game
F**k. The Game is “the original Aussie party game” that comes with a warning — “contains colorful language”. The creators of this hilarious game, which was Kickstarter-funded, invite players to laugh at their friends, swear without insulting them, and adds that adult party games can “train your brain to be smarter”.
OK, so here’s what you do. Players flip over cards and yell out what they see, which might be a color or swear word. It’s surprisingly tough, because the colors and words don’t match (try shouting out “yellow” when the word says “red”; harder than you think!). If you take too long, your fellow players slap the deck, and you lose.
You win by being the first to get rid of all your cards, but that’s going to be tough! F**k. The Game is a simple game that’s hard to play. Plus, it has a bunch of swear words you might never have heard before. What could possibly go wrong?
Our suggestion? Play Cards Against Humanity First, and save F**k. The Game for later in the evening, when everyone is drunk enough for it to shine.
- Number of players: 2 to 8
- Age range: 18+
- Playing time: 20 minutes or so
- Publisher: F**k. The Game
- Release date: 2015
8. Personally Incorrect
Cards Against Humanity is fun, and it has shock value, but it doesn’t exactly get up close and personal. Try Personally Incorrect out if you think that’s a shame.
Personally Incorrect is a terribly inappropriate game played with five to 10 players, who all get deeply involved in the story line because each one of your fellow players (and you, of course) will become a target of abuse and shenanigans through the game’s question cards.
“(John, or whoever you’re playing with) has spent all day on the toilet and ended up shitting out…” is just one of the least offensive example questions in Personally Incorrect. Next up, everyone chooses the most dreadful answers from their decks, and of course you can customize them with your fellow players in mind.
Players vote to decide which answer is the best, and that process takes place through secret ballot with tokens. You’re not in it to win it, necessarily, but you do need a thick skin. Think of three random offensive things, and Personally Incorrect will probably touch on them all in its many cards.
This one’s not family friendly, and it’s not designed for anyone who gets offended easily, either. If you’re down for a night of highly-inappropriate fun, though, Personally Incorrect is a wonderful Cards Against Humanity Alternative.
- Number of players: 5 to 10
- Age range: 18+
- Playing time: 20 to 30 minutes
- Publisher: Lion Rampant Imports
- Release date: 2013
9. Buzzed – The Hilarious Party Game That Will Get You & Your Friends Tipsy
Looking for a drinking game, as opposed to a game that’s fun when you’re drinking? Look no further than Buzzed, which you can use to lubricate your social skills at the start of a party, or to spell your doom towards its end.
You and up to 19 other players take turns reading out cards from the top of the deck. Whoever recognizes themselves in the statement takes a shot, with examples including “cheers if you like cottage cheese” and “cheers if you’re in love”.
Depending on your perspective, everyone loses or everyone wins by the time the game’s over — there’s no way that none of the cards apply to you, so no matter what kind of person you are, you’ll get tipsy by the end. There are 250 cards in total, and each fresh round gives you a shot at taking a shot.
This game might be fun during a random night, but Buzzed – The Hilarious Party Game That Will Get You & Your Friends Tipsy could also be perfect for a bachelor party.
- Number of players: 5 to 10
- Age range: 21+
- Playing time: 30+ minutes
- Publisher: What The Meme?
10. Drunk Stoned Or Stupid: A Party Game
Drunk Stoned Or Stupid: A Party Game is a Cards Against Humanity alternative that should only be played in intimate friend groups, because it assumes the players know a shameful amount of things about each other.
You’ll need four players. One player acts as the judge and reads one of the game’s cards aloud. Questions you might come across include “always tells the same damn story”, “Facebook stalks”, and “always wants to play stupid card games”.
Once the statement is read out, you can all accuse one of your mates of fitting the bill. To win, you better explain why you want to tag the person in question, because the judge decides on the answer. If you get tagged, you’re stuck with the card until the game ends. The first player to collect seven cards is eternally shamed and will lose the round.
Drunk Stoned Or Stupid: A Party Game might sound really offensive at first glance, but it’s among the tamer games on the list. Playing it with a close-knit group of colleagues isn’t totally unimaginable.
- Number of players: 4
- Age range: 17+
- Playing time: 15 to 20 minutes
- Publisher: Asmodee Italia, Cojones, DSS Games
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11. Deck Around
Deck Around is a fun party game for word lovers. The deck offers a collection of fun and outrageous slang words and terms, most of which are really obscure. You and your fellow players (three to 10) then get to work on writing a totally made-up definition of the slang term (yes, even if you know what it means).
One player reads all the players’ definitions out, and mixes in the real definition. Players have to guess which of the definitions point to the real meaning of the slang term or word. You get points if you guess right, but if you’re playing with other clever wordsmiths, you’ll probably end up picking one of their fabricated meanings instead.
Deck Around is, in short, a more “intellectual” version of Cards Against Humanity — it takes smarts to win, but you’ll have a great time even if you end up losing.
- Number of players: 3 to 10
- Age range: 17+
- Playing time: 10 to 60 minutes — depending on how long you all take to come up with your definitions
- Publisher: Les Lesinski
- Publishing date: 2013
12. Go Bleep Yourself
Go Bleep Yourself is another hilarious fill-in-the-blank party game that comes with a big red bleep button. You’ll need at least four players, but there’s no upper limit. One player reads out the prompt, bleeping out the answer with the button, and everyone else has a turn at guessing what the player would answer.
Go Bleep Yourself is a great way to test how much you really know about your friends, but if you don’t know what they’d answer, just come up with the most outrageous possible answer, because that will earn you points as well.
It’s billed as being suitable for players aged “216 months to 1188 months” (216 months being 18 years old, in case you were wondering), but Go Bleep Yourself could actually be a really great game to play with the teens in your family if they’re ready for more adult games.
- Number of players: 4 to (according to the publisher) 99
- Age range: 18+
- Playing time: 30 + minutes
- Designer: Bob Driscoll
- Publisher: PlayMonster
- Publishing date: 2017
13. WTF Did You Say?!?
WTF Did You Say?!? is a great alternative to Cards Against Humanity, as it’s unabashedly inappropriate, starting with the way the game select which of the four to 17 players take the first turn. You start with 10 white cards, and assemble shameful statements in much the same way you know and love from Cards Against Humanity when someone reads a red card.
Want a teaser? Here goes — one red card says “when I was in school, all the cool kids were into…”, and one of the possible answers is “taking the dog for a walk during a military coup”. The reader of the (red) card chooses the funniest answer from all the options.
Just get the game. You won’t regret it.
- Number of players: 4 10 17
- Age range: 18+
- Playing time: Undetermined
- Publisher: WTF Did You Say?!?
- Publishing date: 2016
14. Never Have I Ever: The Game of Poor Life Decisions
You can never go wrong with an adult twist on a classic game when you’re in the right company. Never Have I Ever: The Game of Poor Life Decisions offers just that.
This game invites every player to take turns reading a rule card. Everyone else who’s done the thing in question can either coop to it and get a point, or deny their wrongdoing. “Sins” include paying for Instagram followers, missing classes because of naps, and getting arrested for urinating in public.
The first player to gather a grand total of 10 guilty cards wins the game… and every single one of the four to 12 players wins by finding out dreadful things about their friends’ dark pasts.
- Number of players: 4 to 12
- Age range: 17+
- Playing time: 30 minutes
- Publisher: INI, LLC.
- Publishing date: 2014
15. Cards Against Humanity: Family Edition
Have you had a blast playing Cards Against Humanity with your mates, your creepy coworkers, and the old ladies from your knitting circle? Do you wish you could share the fun with your children or your nieces and nephews, but are you not completely insane?
Enter Cards Against Humanity: Family Edition — still fun, but totally OK for kids aged eight and up (still vet the cards first, though!). It’s the same game you know and love, and Cards Against Humanity: Family Edition hasn’t totally been stripped of its questionable content, but you can go ahead and enjoy it with a younger crowd.
“Moms love…” “teeny tiny turds” is just one possible combo, and you get the drift from there.
- Number of players: 4 to 30
- Age range: 8+
- Playing time: 30 minutes
- Publisher: Cards Against Humanity LLC
- Publishing date: 2020
Games Like Cards Against Humanity: The Verdict
Every single one of the games that made it into this list of Games like Cards Against Humanity has a similar hilarious but slightly dodgy vibe. Just choose how crazy you want to get, and run with it.
Want a few quick recommendations? Go for Cards Against Humanity: Family Edition, Exploding Kittens, or Relative Insanity if you’re hoping to have family fun with a slightly younger crowd. If you want the worst of the worst, pick Without Dignity: A Game of Uncensored Sketches or Buzzed.
All the other games fall into the golden middle road. All contribute to the idea that card and tabletop games definitely don’t have to be stuffy and boring.
Have fun, and play at your own risk!
