Other Games
Three in a row is solved, which is exactly why the bigger boards are interesting. If you want a game that is genuinely unsolved, this page is a shortlist of 19 worth playing - all free, all instant in the browser, none of them asking you to download or sign up for anything.
They fall into five groups. Puzzle and arcade games reward reading a crowded board under time pressure. The card games swap that for a slower, information-driven kind of thinking. Board and tile games take the clock away entirely, dice games put the randomness in the foreground where you can see it, and there is one tool at the end that is genuinely useful away from a screen.
Puzzle & Arcade
Marathon, Sprint, Ultra, Master, Invisible, Cheese, Survival, Classic, Big, Cascade and Zen, plus a shared daily challenge and real-time multiplayer.
Play Tetris online →Logic grids, sliding tiles, matching boards and number puzzles - the natural next stop when you want a break from falling blocks but not from thinking.
Play free puzzle games →Match free tiles to clear Turtle, Pyramid, Fortress, Dragon, Butterfly, Cat, Spider, Tower, Gate, Crab and Cross layouts, with a daily challenge and leaderboards.
Play Mahjong online →Dots, power pellets, four ghosts with four different personalities and the same pattern-learning itch that keeps Tetris players coming back.
Play Pac-Man online →Card Games
The full patience cabinet - Klondike, Spider, Pyramid, TriPeaks, Golf, Yukon, Russian, Scorpion, Canfield and Forty Thieves - with a daily deal and leaderboards.
Play Solitaire online →Every card face up from the first move, four free cells and a solvable deal - the most chess-like member of the solitaire family.
Play FreeCell online →Dodge every heart and the queen of spades, or shoot the moon and hand the penalty points to everyone else.
Play Hearts online →Call your tricks, make your contract and punish the overbid - the partnership card game that rewards counting over luck.
Play Spades online →Build sets and runs and go out before your opponents, across the classic Rummy variants.
Play Rummy online →Ten cards, one draw, deadwood to manage and the constant question of whether to knock now or hold for gin.
Play Gin Rummy online →Melds of seven, wild cards, frozen discard piles and the deep partnership scoring that made Canasta a household game.
Play Canasta online →Classic, Vegas Strip, Atlantic City, Spanish 21, Double Exposure, Switch, Pontoon and more - free chips, no real gambling.
Play Blackjack online →Board & Tile
American, International, Russian, Brazilian, Pool, Italian, Spanish, Czech, Canadian, Turkish and Anti-Checkers, at Easy, Medium or Hard.
Play Checkers online →A minute to learn, a lifetime to master - corner control, mobility and the counter-intuitive value of owning fewer discs mid-game.
Play Reversi online →Tile matching with a scorekeeper's edge - the closest cousin Tetris has among traditional games, since both are really about what fits where.
Play Dominoes online →The race-home board game in eight regional flavours, with a daily challenge and real-time multiplayer.
Play Ludo online →Dice & Casino
The dice-and-scorecard classic, where the upper-section bonus quietly decides most games.
Play Yahtzee online →Craps, Crapless, New York, High Point, Simplified, Die Rich, Street Craps and Hazard - free chips, no real gambling.
Play Craps online →Tools
Fischer increment, Bronstein delay, sudden death and hourglass timing - useful for far more than chess.
Use a free online chess clock →Every game at a glance
The same 19 games as a single reference, if you would rather scan than scroll.
| Game | Category | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Tetris | Puzzle & Arcade | Eleven falling-block modes, a daily seed and live head-to-head races. |
| Puzzle | Puzzle & Arcade | A whole shelf of browser puzzles for when you want a change of shape. |
| Mahjong | Puzzle & Arcade | Eleven Mahjong Solitaire layouts, from the Turtle to the Dragon. |
| Pac-Man | Puzzle & Arcade | The maze-chase arcade classic, free and instant in your browser. |
| Solitaire | Card Games | Klondike, Spider, FreeCell and nine more patience games. |
| FreeCell | Card Games | Open-information patience where almost every deal is winnable. |
| Hearts | Card Games | The classic trick-avoidance game against three computer opponents. |
| Spades | Card Games | Partnership trick-taking built on the bid you have to make. |
| Rummy | Card Games | Draw, meld, discard - the set-and-run game in all its forms. |
| Gin Rummy | Card Games | The tight two-player Rummy where knocking early wins matches. |
| Canasta | Card Games | Eleven Canasta variants, from Classic to Hand and Foot. |
| Blackjack | Card Games | Seventeen play-money blackjack variants and a strategy chart. |
| Checkers | Board & Tile | Eleven real draughts variants against a tunable engine. |
| Reversi | Board & Tile | Othello-style disc flipping where the last move decides everything. |
| Dominoes | Board & Tile | Draw, Block, All Fives and the rest of the tile family. |
| Ludo | Board & Tile | Ludo, Parcheesi, Pachisi, Uckers and Mensch argere Dich nicht. |
| Yahtzee | Dice & Casino | Five dice, thirteen boxes and one very good decision per turn. |
| Craps | Dice & Casino | Eight craps variants with play money and a full table layout. |
| Chess Clock | Tools | A free browser chess clock for any two-player game. |
Or stay here
Nothing on this page has to replace Tic Tac Toe. If you would rather stay, the main game is one click away, the rules hub covers how everything works, and the FAQ answers the common questions.
Other games FAQ
What other free games can I play?
Nineteen are listed on this page, all free in the browser with no download and no signup. They cover puzzle and arcade games, a full card cabinet, board and tile games, dice games and a free chess clock. Every one of them plays instantly as a guest.
Do I need an account to play them?
No. Every game listed here plays instantly as a guest, exactly like TicTacToe.now. Where a free account exists it is optional, and it only ever saves your scores, times and streaks across devices - it is never a gate in front of the game.
Which of these is closest to Tic Tac Toe?
The first group on this page is ordered with the closest relatives first, so start at the top. Beyond that it depends what you like about Tic Tac Toe - the puzzle and tile games reward reading a board, the card games reward counting and memory, and the dice games put the randomness in the foreground where you can see it.
Are they free, or is there a catch?
They are free in the same way TicTacToe.now is free: every mode, every daily challenge and every leaderboard, with no paywall, no trial and no download. The card and casino titles use play money only - there is no real gambling in any of them.