Game modes
41 darts game modes, 36 variants
From 501 on league night to Killer at a party, each of these darts game modes has its own page with the rules and options. On top come 36 well-known variants such as Fox Hunt or Big Six, all listed in the darts games A–Z. The classics also work online, board against board, and any mode can be played in a tournament.
Classics 5
The games you play in leagues and tournaments.
X01
Play down to exactly zero. 101 to 1001, double, master or single out, double in and checkout suggestions.
301501701Cricket
Close the numbers and score
Shanghai
Only one number counts per round
High Score
The highest total wins
Halve-It
Miss and you lose half
Set up your match
Legs and sets, up to six players or four teams, bots from 15 to 110 average and a handicap per player.
Party & duels 23
For a fun night against friends or a bot.
Tic-Tac-Toe
Three in a row, X against O
Connect Four
Four in a row on a board that keeps changing
Battleship
Hide your ships on the board and sink the other fleet
Dart Bingo
Cross off the fields on your card. The first full row wins
Darts Football
Win the ball on the bull, score on the numbers
Tennis
Points, games and sets, played on the dartboard
Snooker
Pot the reds and colours on the numbers and build breaks
Bowling
Ten frames with strikes and spares, bowled on the dartboard
Golf
9 or 18 holes, as few strokes as possible
Bowls
The closest dart to the jack takes the end
English Cricket
One side bats for runs, the other bowls at the bull
Scram
One closes the numbers, the other scores on the open ones
Killer
Hit your double, then take the others’ lives
Hare & Hounds
A chase round the board: catch the hare or get home
Follow the Leader
Hit the field the player before you set, then set the next
Beat It
Beat the visit before yours
Higher or Lower
Over the high bar or under the low one
Last One Standing
Hit the target or lose a life
21 Blackjack
Get to 21 with your darts without going over
Nine-Dart Century
Nine darts to get as close to 100 as you can
All Fives
A visit only scores if it divides by five
Elimination
Land on their score and send them back
Rapid Fire
Three targets, little time
Training 14
Drills for one player or several, and missions you build yourself. Every drill keeps your personal record.
Missions
Build your own challenge from over 50 tasks, then play it alone, together, in teams or head to head.
Bob’s 27
Doubles practice
Checkout King
Random checkouts. How long is your streak?
121
Check out, then go one number higher
Catch 40
Checkouts from 61 to 100, points for checking out fast
JDC Challenge
The junior academy’s test: Shanghai and every double
Around the Clock
Hit the numbers in order
Around the World
A new number every round
Powerscoring
Most points in a set time or number of darts
Bull Shooting
As many bulls as you can
Darts at a Number
One number, many darts
Zones
A new spot every round, the closer the better
Radar
Hit the contacts before they fade
Blackout
Switch off all 20 numbers
Game search
Find any game by name
Know a darts game from the pub? Type its name into the search field above the games in the app, or press ⌘K or Ctrl+K: Fox Hunt, Big Six, Grand National or Bermuda Triangle. Each game shows its board, a few short steps, a Play button and a link to its rules. Pick it, and Sridu opens the right mode with the rules already set.
- Fox HuntVariantHare & Hounds · Doubles only · Head start 22+
- Big SixVariantFollow the Leader · Big Six2+
- Grand NationalVariantAround the Clock · Anticlockwise · Sudden death1+
- Bermuda TriangleVariantHalve-It · Bermuda1+
- All FivesA visit only scores if it divides by five2+
- Blind KillerVariantKiller · Blind Killer3+
The same names work as links. Fox Hunt, Big Six and Grand National open straight in the app, ready to start.
New to Sridu?
All darts game modes start the same way
It takes four steps from the start page to your first dart. The guide explains the rest: bots, teams and handicaps, what you can do mid-game and every setting in the app.
- Pick a modeTap it on the start page. For X01, the 301, 501 and 701 chips take you straight to the setup with that score. Not sure what to play? The guide to darts games suggests one for every group.
- Set the rulesEach mode has its own, and its page explains them. Then choose legs and sets: a single leg, first to 2, first to 3 or anything up to 99.
- Add playersUp to six players, a bot with an average between 15 and 110, or an online opponent from the lobby. Once you have three players, you can play in teams. The switch is always on screen but only works from the third player on.
- StartChoose who throws first: whoever is top of the list, the winner of a bull-off, or a random pick. After each leg, the next player throws first, and a rematch starts with the next one too, without another bull-off.
Ready to throw?
Open the app in your browser, start with a game of 501 and then try the other darts game modes. You need no account and nothing to install. Practising alone? The drills that help most are on the darts practice app page.