3D Spades Deluxe offers players more than two dozen photo-realistic and cartoon opponents with variable skill levels and playing styles, as well as an import capability to drag-and-drop their own likenesses into the game. Chat bubbles allow on-line conversations between four Spades players in either casual or ranked gameplay, and a tutorial provides instructions for novices or refresher rules for veterans. A wide array of backgrounds and rooms offers differing perspectives from a 3D first-person viewpoint.
Freeverse Software provides a manual written by card expert Tim Beck with rules of play for more than a dozen popular card games, with four pages devoted to Spades and a specific install section for the 3D version. The manual explains gameplay, including bidding and partnering, and offers strategies and several rules variations (passing, blind nil, and sandbags). As an added bonus, the card game Euchre Deluxe is included, also featuring Internet gameplay options.