Each player starts the game with a hand of cards. With the top card turned face-up to begin the discard pile, the remaining cards form a face-down draw pile in the middle of the table. Once a card is drawn, each player discards one cardapk games from their hand before drawing another card from the draw or discard pile. When a player arranges all of their cards into sets and declares victory by running, they have won the round of rummy. Players in Rummy Mate need to be skilled and strategic in order to properly manage their hand and decide which cards to keep or discard. Players rely on the draw pile to produce the cards they need to form sets and runs, so there is also a chance of luck involved in this game.