Best Cup Drinking Games: Pong, Flip Cup, Stack Cup & More

Cup drinking games are the backbone of college parties because they are easy to set up, easy to teach, and usually loud enough to announce themselves. Some use ping pong balls, some use flipping, and a few are mostly about not being the person who sinks the center cup.

This hub pulls together the cup-based drinking games in the CollegeWares library so you can pick the right one without pretending every cup game is just Beer Pong in a fake mustache.

Beer Pong

Beer Pong is the classic two-team cup game: throw ping pong balls into the other team’s rack, remove made cups, and clear their side first.

Flip Cup

Flip Cup turns cups into a team relay. Drink, flip your cup upside down from the table edge, then send the race to the next teammate.

Stack Cup

Stack Cup has two active cups moving around the table while players race to bounce ping pong balls and avoid getting stacked.

Civil War

Civil War is Beer Pong with fewer turns and more panic. Multiple players shoot at once, and losing your last cup knocks you out.

Pong Shot

Pong Shot is a smaller pong-style game built around three throws, rotating roles, and faster scoring.

Chandeliers

Chandeliers uses player cups around a dangerous center cup. Hit the wrong cup and the whole table can get dragged into a race.

Titanic

Titanic uses a shot glass floating inside a larger glass. Players pour into the floating glass until someone sinks it and takes the penalty.

Which Cup Drinking Game Should You Play?

For a classic party, play Beer Pong. For teams, pick Flip Cup or Civil War. For a crowded table, Stack Cup or Chandeliers keeps more people involved.

For more ways to sort the library, browse party drinking games, group drinking games, Beer Olympics games, or the full drinking games library.