12 free games

Strategy games

Games won by thinking ahead. Plan a checkmate, set up a double jump in checkers, flip the board in reversi or hunt a hidden fleet. Each one plays against a friend on the same phone, online by link, or against the computer.

2 players

ChessOutplan your rival and checkmate the king

2–6 players

BluffClaim, lie, and catch your friends lying

2–4 players

LudoRoll, race and capture your way home

2 players

Four in a RowDrop discs and line up four before your rival does

2–4 players

Dots & BoxesDraw lines, close boxes, claim the most squares

2–6 players

Chain ReactionFill a cell, burst it, and steal the board

2 players

Tic Tac ToeNoughts and crosses, plus a nine-board Ultimate mode

2 players

ReversiTrap rival discs between yours and flip the board

2 players

CheckersJump, chain captures and crown your kings

2 players

MancalaSow seeds, capture pits and fill your store

2 players

Fleet StrikeHide your fleet, call your shots, sink theirs first

2–10 players

Fence RushRace to the finish and fence your friends in

About these strategy games

Gaming Lounge has 12 free strategy games, for 2 to 10 players. All of them can be played with friends: pass one phone around, or send a link so everyone plays from their own phone. In every one, the computer can take any empty seat. Every game runs in the browser on a phone, tablet or computer, with nothing to download and no account.

Most popular here: Chess, Bluff and Ludo.