Free online games to play with friends

Want a quick game with a friend who isn’t in the room? These games run in your browser: start one, send the link, and you’re playing together in seconds. No downloads, no accounts, and they work on phones, tablets and computers.

How it works

1. Open a game from the list below.
2. Tap “Create a game link” in the panel beside the board.
3. Send the link by text, chat or email. When your friend opens it, the game starts on both screens.

When the game ends, tap Rematch to go again. Guests can play without signing up.

Quick games (under 5 minutes)

• Tic Tac Toe: the fastest game there is, and still fun to win. Perfect for a quick break.
• Four in a Row: drop discs and line up four before your friend does. Easy to learn, surprisingly tricky.
• Hangman: type a secret word and send it as a link. Your friend guesses it on their own phone, then sends one back.

Card games

• Crazy Eights: the classic card game that inspired Uno. Match the suit or number, play eights to change the suit, and be first to empty your hand. Each of you sees only your own cards.

Strategy games

• Chess: the great game of strategy, with every rule included.
• Checkers: jump, crown kings and clear the board.
• Reversi: trap your friend’s discs to flip them. The lead can change on the very last move.
• Five in a Row: also called Gomoku. Get five stones in a line on a big board.
• Go: the ancient game of territory, played on a beginner-friendly 9×9 board.
• Hex: connect your two sides of the board. There are never any draws.

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Tic Tac Toe

The classic three-in-a-row game. Play the computer at three levels, a friend on one device, or online by sending a link.

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Play How to play Tic Tac Toe

Crazy Eights

The classic that inspired Uno. Match suit or number, play eights to change the suit, and play a friend online by link.

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Play How to play Crazy Eights

Hangman

Guess the hidden word one letter at a time before the drawing is done. Themed words, or a friend picks.

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Play How to play Hangman

Four in a Row

Drop your discs and line up four before your opponent: across, down or diagonally. Plus a daily puzzle.

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Play How to play Four in a Row

Chess

The world’s great strategy game, with every rule. Play the computer at three levels or a friend.

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Play How to play Chess

Checkers

Jump your opponent’s pieces, crown kings and clear the board. Captures are compulsory.

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Play How to play Checkers

Reversi

Trap your opponent’s discs between yours to flip them. Most discs when the board fills wins.

Strategyvs Computer2 players

Play How to play Reversi

Five in a Row

Gomoku on a 15×15 board. Place stones and get five in a row before your opponent does.

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Play How to play Five in a Row

Go

The ancient game of territory on a 9×9 board. Surround areas and capture stones against the computer or a friend.

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Play How to play Go

Hex

The connection game invented by Piet Hein and John Nash. Join your two edges before your opponent joins theirs.

Strategyvs Computer2 players

Play How to play Hex

Playing in the same room?

Many more games have a 2 players mode for one phone or computer: just take turns. Try Mancala, Backgammon, Dots and Boxes, Ludo or Snakes and Ladders. See all two-player games.