Up to 9 is a contract card game in the same family as Phase 10 — with a twist you won't find anywhere else: every 2 and 3 is a joker, yet can also be played as its own card. Spend your jokers or save them? That question follows you all the way to the top.
THE GOAL
Work your way through 9 levels. Each round you try to lay down the combination your level demands — from a simple straight of 4 all the way to the big straight of 9 that wins the game. Make it, and you move up. Miss, and you try again next round.
WHAT MAKES IT SPECIAL
🃏 Every 2 and 3 is a joker — but played as itself in the right suit, it costs you nothing. Managing this double identity is the heart of the game.
🎁 Donate cards to anything on the table — yours or your opponents' — to empty your hand and end the round while the others sit on penalty points.
🧠 Every discard is information. Watch what your opponents pick up, and never feed the player about to go out.
PLAY YOUR WAY
• Against bots in three difficulties — the hard ones remember your discards.
• With friends: create a game, they jump in, up to six at the table. Friend lists, chat and spectating included.
• Live mode with turn timers, or relaxed turn-based play.
• Your game lives on the server: switch devices mid-round, nothing is lost.
KEEP CLIMBING
🏆 A shared leaderboard with points for every finished game.
🎖 Dozens of achievements, from your first win to the truly obscure feats.
🎨 Card backs and name frames in rarity tiers from Common to animated Mythic — all cosmetic, never pay-to-win.
FAIR AND FREE
Up to 9 is free to play, with no paywalls and no purchases that affect the game. A built-in tutorial and a practice mode get you going in minutes, in English or Norwegian.
Shuffle up — level 9 is waiting. ♠♥♦♣
The level-by-level card game. Lay down, donate and race to level 9