Let R be a commutative ring, Γ a finite group acting on R, and let k∈ℕ be invertible in R. Generalizing a definition of Kervaire, we construct an Adams operation ψk on the Grothendieck group and on the higher K-theory of projective modules over the twisted group ring R#Γ. For this, we generalize Atiyah's cyclic power operations and use shuffle products in higher K-theory. For the Grothendieck group, we show that ψk is multiplicative and that it commutes with base change, with the Cartan homomorphism, and with ψl for any other l which is invertible in R.