About Kings Corner: Play Kings in the Corner Online Free vs the Computer
Only Kings can start a corner pile. Once a King is in a corner, you build down on it like any other pile: a red Queen on a black King, then a black Jack, and so on down to the Ace.
By the ToolFluency team · Updated October 2026
Kings Corner, also called Kings in the Corner, is a family card game for all ages: get rid of all your cards by building down on the piles around the stock. Here you play it against one, two or three computer players, at Easy or Normal. Tap a card and then the pile it goes on, or drag it; tap a pile to move the whole thing. Every move the computers make is shown one step at a time, and the score pad keeps the penalty points across hands. The same rules are on our printable Kings in the Corner rules.
How to play Kings Corner
- Pick how many computers to play (1, 2 or 3), the level (Easy or Normal) and the game: To 25 points or One hand.
- Everyone gets 7 cards. Four cards are turned up around the stock in a cross: North, East, South and West. The four corners start empty.
- On your turn, tap a card in your hand. The piles it can go on light up; tap one to play it. A card goes on a card one rank higher of the other colour: a black 8 on a red 9. You can also drag cards.
- Only a King can start a corner. Build down on a corner King like any other pile.
- Tap a North, East, South or West pile to move the whole pile onto another pile where its bottom card fits. The empty space takes any card from your hand.
- Make as many moves as you like, then press Draw and end turn. The computers play next, one move at a time, and the line under the table says what each one did.
- The first player to play every card wins the hand. The others score 10 for each King left and 1 for every other card. When someone reaches 25, the lowest total wins.
Examples
Strategy tips
- Play a King to an empty corner as soon as you can: it is 10 penalty points if you are caught with it.
- Look for pile moves every turn. Moving a pile opens a space, and an open space takes any card, so save it for your hardest card, usually a Queen or a Jack.
- Do not open a space at the end of your turn unless you fill it: the next player gets it.
- When an opponent is down to one or two cards, avoid leaving open spaces and easy targets.
- If both cards your card could go on are already buried in piles, that card can only leave your hand through an open space.
Example: a pile move
North shows a red 9, and West is a pile with a black 8 at the bottom and a red 6 on top. The black 8 fits on the red 9, so the whole West pile moves onto North. West is now empty: put the Queen you could not play anywhere else into it, then play a black 5 on the red 6.
Frequently asked questions
What goes in the corners in Kings Corner?
Only Kings can start a corner pile. Once a King is in a corner, you build down on it like any other pile: a red Queen on a black King, then a black Jack, and so on down to the Ace. A King that turns up in the cross can be moved to an empty corner.
How do you build on a pile?
A card goes on a pile when it is one rank lower and the other colour: a black 8 on a red 9, a red 4 on a black 5. Suits do not matter, only red or black. Ace is the lowest card, so nothing goes on an Ace.
Can you move a whole pile?
Yes. A pile in the North, East, South or West space can be moved onto another pile when its bottom card fits on the other pile's top card. The space it leaves can then take any card from your hand, which is the best place for a card that fits nowhere else.
When do you draw a card?
In the order on our printable rules (Pagat and most sources), you make all your moves and then draw one card, which ends your turn. Bicycle's rules draw at the start of the turn instead. Pick either one in the game settings. When the stock is empty, you simply pass.
How is Kings Corner scored?
The first player to play every card wins the hand. Everyone else takes penalty points for the cards they still hold: 10 for each King and 1 for every other card. When a player reaches 25, the lowest total wins. You can also play a single hand.
What if nobody can play?
Once the stock is empty, if a whole round goes by with no card played, the hand is stuck. It ends there and every player scores penalty points for the cards in hand.
Does the computer see my cards?
No. Each computer decides from what a player at the table can see: its own hand, the piles, the size of the stock and how many cards each player holds. On Normal it plans the order of its moves for the whole turn: Kings to the corners, pile moves to open a space, and the hardest card into the space.
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