4 players · 2 teams · 1 secret signal
In Kapes, collecting four matching cards is only the beginning. Your partner has to catch the signal before your opponents figure out the play.
3D online card game for four players in teams of two.
The game plays out in the glances
Pick your character and join a table. The match begins once all four players are present.
Whoever holds five cards passes one along. Keep trading until you gather four aces, kings, queens or jacks. The Joker does not replace any card.
Your partner sits across from you. Each team agrees on a secret signal: a thumbs-up, a wink or a raise of the eyebrows. Watch for it and keep your own hidden.
Use KAPES when your partner has four matching cards. Spotted an opponent's combination? Use CORTA and choose who to accuse.
You set the pressure
Whoever creates the table decides the mode, and it shows up in the table list and on the waiting screen. The mechanics are the same; what changes is how much a mistake costs.
Normal
Made for learning and for lighter matches. Each player may miss KAPES or CORTA up to two times. It is the third mistake that makes your team lose the match.
Hard
The original rule, for those who want maximum tension. The first wrong call of KAPES or CORTA ends the match for the team that missed.
Gather the crew
Jump in with Quick Play or pick a public table. To play with friends, create a private table and share the four-letter code.
Choose from eight characters, from samurai to corsair. At the table, the cards are yours; the gestures are there for everyone to see.
Inside the game
The cards stay in your hand. Your partner and the two opponents remain in view, so you can follow the signals while you play.
What's new
The game keeps growing. Here's what just landed — and what's still on the way.
Now you can play solo, offline: you and three bots. Set each one's strength across five levels, from easy to brutal, and practice at your own pace.
Online and short on players? Fill the empty seats with bots and start the match right away, without waiting for four people.
If your connection drops mid-match, you reconnect and take your seat back. Meanwhile, a bot holds the seat so the game keeps going.
Match over? Hit Rematch and play again with the same crew, without recreating the table.
Send a link for friends to join your table. Anyone who doesn't have Kapes yet lands on a page with the code and the store buttons.
Going live? Stream mode hides your hand so viewers can't see your cards. Hold to peek whenever you need to.
A discreet alert shows when players are online and tables are waiting — so you jump in at the right moment to complete a match.
Coming soon
We keep working on new features for upcoming updates. Stay tuned!
Gather your team
Kapes is an app that connects to the online server — the match does not run in the browser. Available for Windows (Microsoft Store), Android (Google Play), Linux (itch.io) and iPhone, iPad and Mac (App Store).
On Linux, download from itch.io, unzip and give the file execute permission before opening it: chmod +x Kapes.x86_64. On every platform, Kapes needs an internet connection and four players to start a match.
Before your first match
Exactly four players, split into two teams of two. The table waits until all four seats are filled.
Kapes is available for Windows on the Microsoft Store, for Android on Google Play, for Linux on itch.io and for iPhone, iPad and Mac on the App Store. On all of them, the match happens online, connected to the game server.
In Normal mode, each player may miss KAPES or CORTA up to two times; the third mistake makes your team lose. In Hard mode, the first wrong call already decides the match. Whoever creates the table chooses the mode, which appears in the table list and on the waiting screen.
The accused player shows two cards for a few seconds, proving they did not have the combination. The match pauses during that proof and then continues from where it stopped.
No. Matches are online. Each player needs an internet connection and the Kapes app.
Create a private table and send the four-letter code to the other three players. They join using the code, without searching the public list.
Kapes declares that your partner has four cards of the same value. Corta accuses an opponent of your choice. A correct call wins; an incorrect one counts as a mistake according to the table's mode.
Yes. In offline mode you play without internet: you and three bots. Set each bot's strength across five levels, from easy to brutal. Online, you can also fill the table with bots and start right away.
No. You need four cards of the same value. Three matching cards and a Joker do not form a winning combination.
This is the Kapes presentation and rules page. The match happens in the app, connected to the online server.
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