Overview
What is Canasta?
Canasta is a fascinating Rummy type card game. Played with 2 packs of cards and 4 Jokers, you must make melds of 7 or more cards of the same value, or with Wild cards, and these are called Canastas. This is the original classic version of the game.
In depth
A closer look at Canasta
Canasta is a fascinating Rummy type card game in which you collect or meld 'baskets' of cards, Canasta being the Spanish word for basket. Played with two packs of cards and four Jokers, you must make melds of 7 or more cards and these are called Canastas. There is an American version of Canasta with slightly different rules to Classic Canasta. This is the Classic version and you play against the computer, George.
Verdict
Should you download Canasta?
Canasta runs on
9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/Windows 10/11
and is available under the
Shareware
license
— the installer is 2946 KB.
We’ve catalogued it under
Game Collections.
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At a glance
Canasta specifications
- Last updated
- Feb 8, 2025
- License
- Shareware
- Operating system
- 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/Windows 10/11
- File size
- 2946 KB
- Price
- $15
- Page views
- 450
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