Play the AI.
Or play your friends.
Classic board games, card games, and puzzles - all free, right in your browser. Face AI opponents that actually put up a fight, learn from them with Coach Mode, or open a room and challenge a friend in real time.
🟩 Today's Word Guess
One five-letter word per day, six guesses, same word for everyone. Solve it and keep your streak alive - a new puzzle drops at midnight.
🎯 Today's Challenges
Three new challenges every day. Complete them for bonus XP, keep your streak going and unlock badges.
Choose Your Game
Strategy, cards, puzzles, and arcade classics. Every game is free and runs right in your browser.
Four in a Row
PopularDrop discs, connect four in a row.
Checkers
ClassicJump, capture, and crown your kings.
Reversi
TacticalFlip discs and control the board.
Mancala
AncientSow seeds, steal captures, earn extra turns.
Chess
TimelessThe royal game. Full rules, real engine.
Gomoku
StrategicFive in a row wins. Simple rules, deep tactics.
Ultimate Tic-Tac-Toe
Mind-BendingNine boards. Your move decides where they play.
Dots and Boxes
DeceptiveClaim boxes, control the chains.
Nine Men's Morris
MedievalForm mills, remove pieces, corner your foe.
Backgammon
LegendaryRace, hit, and bear off. Dice with brains.
Sea Battle
NavalHunt the fleet before yours goes down.
Hex
AbstractConnect your two sides. No draws, ever.
Pente
NewFive in a row or capture ten stones.
Go
NewControl territory on the ancient board.
Chinese Checkers
NewJump across the star to the other side.
Crazy Eights
FastMatch suit or rank. Eights are wild.
Blackjack
StrategyBeat the dealer to 21. Hints included.
Solitaire
RelaxingKlondike. The one and only.
Gin Rummy
NewForm melds, reduce deadwood, go gin!
Hearts
NewDodge hearts and the dreaded Queen.
Spades
NewBid, take tricks, reach 500.
Cribbage
NewPeg your way to 121.
2048
AddictiveSlide, merge, and chase the 2048 tile.
Minesweeper
IconicClear the field. Don't click the bomb.
Sudoku
LogicEvery row, column, and box: 1 through 9.
Word Guess
DailyOne daily word. Six guesses. Keep the streak.
Memory
NewFlip, match, and remember.
Sliding Puzzle
NewSlide tiles into numerical order.
Nonogram
NewFill cells to reveal the picture.
Kakuro
NewCross-sums with digits 1 to 9.
Mahjong Solitaire
NewMatch free tiles to clear the board.
Snake
RetroEat, grow, and don't bite yourself.
Typing Speed
NewType falling words before they drop.
Don't just lose to the AI. Learn from it.
Turn on Coach Mode and the engine you're playing against starts working for you. It's the fastest way we know to actually get better at a game.
- Live move analysis - the coach suggests the strongest move as you play and tells you how your last move stacked up.
- Post-game review - step back through the finished game with every move rated from Great to Blunder, and see the line of best play from any position.
Available in these four games today, with more on the way. Curious how it works? Read How Our AI Works.
Real-Time Multiplayer
Thirteen of our games support live player-vs-player matches. Create a public game anyone can join, or send a friend an invite link. Moves sync instantly, and a refresh or dropped connection won't end your game.
Go to Multiplayer Lobby🏆 Top Players
The players with the most wins across every game on the site
👑 Hall of Fame
View All →Rankings count every win across all 33 games, against the AI and against other players alike. Solo games such as 2048, Minesweeper and Sudoku keep separate high-score and fastest-time tables. See the full leaderboards.
Live Activity
Finished games appear here as they happen. Every recorded match can be replayed move by move, so you can watch how a game was won — or where it slipped away. Browse the full archive on the replays page.
Why Play Here?
More than a game site - a place to actually get better at the games you love
AI That Fights Back
Every opponent uses a real game engine - minimax search, alpha-beta pruning, and per-game tuning. Easy mode teaches; AI Training mode punishes.
Instant Multiplayer
Create a match, send an invite link, and play a friend live. Public lobby matches let you take on strangers, with optional move timers.
Free Means Free
No coins, no energy bars, no "premium" difficulty levels. Play instantly as a guest - the site is supported by unobtrusive ads on desktop, and that's it.
Stats & Leaderboards
Every game is recorded. Track your win rate, climb per-game leaderboards, and post high scores in the solo games.
Replays
Watch any recorded game move by move - your own, or anyone's on the recent-games feed. Learning from losses beats repeating them.
Daily Puzzles
The daily Word Guess gives everyone the same puzzle each day. Six guesses, one word, and a streak worth protecting.
How It Works
From zero to playing in about five seconds
Pick a Game
Thirty-three games across strategy, cards, puzzle, and arcade. Everything runs in your browser - nothing to install, nothing to pay.
Choose Your Opponent
Play the AI at four difficulty levels, or head to the multiplayer lobby and challenge a friend with an invite link.
Play and Learn
Use the how-to-play tutorials and strategy guides for every game. Flagship games include a live AI coach that explains the best moves.
Track Your Progress
Sign up (free, optional) to save your stats, appear on leaderboards, and review replays of your games. Daily puzzle streaks are kept on your device, no account needed.
About PlayVersusAI
An independent project built by people who love board games
What Is This Place?
PlayVersusAI started with a simple idea: browser games are usually either pretty but brainless, or smart but ugly. We wanted both - classic games with genuinely strong AI opponents, wrapped in an interface that's actually pleasant to use.
The strategy games run real engines: bitboard search for Four in a Row, full move-generation and evaluation for Chess and Checkers, probability mapping for Sea Battle. Puzzle games like Sudoku generate fresh, human-solvable puzzles on demand.
Your Account Is Optional
You don't need an account to play - signing up just adds saved stats, leaderboard rankings and multiplayer matchmaking. We collect the minimum data needed for those features, as covered in our privacy policy.
Found a bug, or want a game added? Tell us on the contact page - most of the games here were built because someone asked. More about the project on our about page.
Learn the Games
Every game has a full how-to-play and strategy guide