Family games online

Games to play with your parents, with your grandparents, or with the family who live a plane ride away — from a phone browser, on the same board.

What you need: A browser on a phone or a tablet. There is no app to install.
For the people you invite: They open the link and they are in. No account, no sign-up.
How long a game runs: Gomoku, Reversi, Sevens and Mancala take 10 minutes; Hanafuda Koi-Koi takes 15; Hearts takes 20.
How much to remember: The screen shows whose turn it is and keeps the last move marked. Every game here has a tutorial, and the rules stay one tap away while you play.
If you are a player short: Add a CPU and start with the people you have.

Each one in a sentence

Bozu Mekuri: Bozu Mekuri is a 10-minute card game for 2–6 players, played with Hyakunin Isshu poet cards. Keep nobles, lose your cards to monks, take the pile with ladies. Free in your browser, no sign-up.
Checkers: Checkers is a board game for 2 players that takes about 10 minutes. Pieces step diagonally forward and capture by jumping; take all of your opponent's pieces to win. Free. In-browser. No account.
Chinchirorin: Chinchirorin is a 10-minute dice game for 2–8 players. One dealer faces the rest of the table, and hands rolled with three dice decide who takes points from whom. Free in your browser, no sign-up.
Chinese Checkers: Chinese checkers is a game for 2–6 players, about 20 minutes. By default, finish when the opposite goal is full and at least one peg is yours. Free. In-browser. No account.
Concentration: Concentration is a picture matching game for 1 to 6 players that takes about 10 minutes. Flip two face-down cards — match two cards with the same picture, to keep going. Free. In-browser. No account.
Cribbage: Cribbage is a two-player card game of about 30 minutes. Score fifteens, pairs and runs as you play, count your hand, and race your pegs to 121. Play free in your browser with no account.
Dominoes: Dominoes is a tile classic for 2. Match open ends, empty your hand first and collect the pips your opponent is left with. Free in your browser, no sign-up.
Dots and Boxes: Dots and Boxes is a 10-minute pencil-and-paper classic for 2. Join dots with lines and claim more squares than your opponent. Free in your browser, no sign-up.
Kuniyasu's Four Seasons of Edo Sugoroku: A sugoroku on the real print by Utagawa Kuniyasu: from New Year at Nihonbashi, tour Edo's sights through the four seasons to the year-end market in Asakusa. 2–6 players, about 15 min, free.
Farkle: Farkle is a 20-minute dice game for 2–4 players. Roll six dice, set aside the ones that score, and bank your points before you push your luck too far. Free in your browser, no sign-up.
Four in a Row: Four in a Row is a two-player board game that takes about 5 minutes. Drop discs into an upright grid; the first to line up four across, up or diagonally wins. Free in your browser, no sign-up.
3D Four in a Row: 3D Four in a Row is a two-player board game that takes about 10 minutes. Drop beads on 16 pegs in a 4×4 grid. The first to line up four up, across or diagonally, including through levels, wins.
Simultaneous Four in a Row: Three players secretly pick columns, then reveal together. Discs drop in a rotating order on a nine-by-nine board. Make four across, up or diagonally to win. Play solo against two computers.
Four in a Row for Three: Play Four in a Row for Three online free in your browser. Drop discs into a 9×9 grid and line up four to win. Play with friends or against two computers.
FreeCell: Play FreeCell Solitaire online for free in your browser. Race the same deal with four free cells, or aim for your best time. All cards are visible. 1–20 players, about 8 minutes; no account needed.
Gin Rummy: Gin Rummy is a two-player card game taking about 15 minutes. Build sets and runs while reducing unmatched cards. Play free in your browser, with no account.
Go-Stop: Go-Stop is a hanafuda game for 2–3 players, about 3 minutes per round. Match cards by month and choose Go or Stop once you score enough. Free in your browser, no account needed.
Gomoku: Gomoku is a board game for 2 players that takes about 10 minutes. The first player to line up five stones wins. Free. In-browser. No account.
Hachi-hachi: A three-player hanafuda game: capture matching months, build combinations and aim for 88 card points, competing for the highest overall total. About 20 minutes. Free, no sign-up.
Hana-awase: Hana-awase is a three-player hanafuda game that takes about 20 minutes. Match cards by month to capture them, and score with card points and yaku combinations. Play free in your browser, no sign-up.
Hasami Shogi: Hasami Shogi is a board game for 2 players that takes about 10 minutes. Every piece is a pawn; trap enemy pieces between two of yours, and the first to capture five wins. Free. In-browser. No account.
Hearts: Hearts is a card game for 3 to 5 players that takes about 20 minutes. Avoid taking hearts and the queen of spades — the lowest score wins. Free. In-browser. No account.
Hearts Dice: Hearts Dice is a letter-dice game for 1–6 players, about 10 minutes (a different game from the card game Hearts). Roll six dice and score for a streak from H. Free in your browser, no sign-up.
High-Low: High-Low is a card game for 1 to 8 players, about 5 minutes. Guess higher or lower than the card on the table, and bank your streak. Free, in-browser, no account, no real money.
Hit & Blow: Hit & Blow is a colour-guessing deduction game for 2 players that takes about 5 minutes. Take turns guessing four hidden colours in order; first to crack it wins. Free in your browser, no sign-up.
Yoshikazu's Samurai Armour Sugoroku: A sugoroku on the real 1858 print by Isshusai Yoshikazu: put on samurai armour piece by piece, loincloth to helmet, and return to camp in victory. 2–6 players, about 15 min, free.
Hanafuda Koi-Koi: Hanafuda Koi-Koi is a traditional Japanese card game for two players that takes about 15 minutes. Match cards by month and collect sets to score. Free. In-browser. No account.
Leifeng Pagoda Sugoroku: A race game on a real Qing-dynasty Chinese print: spiral through the Legend of the White Snake, hop between twin pictures and reach the Leifeng Pagoda. 2–6 players, about 15 min, free.
Ludo: Ludo is a 20-minute dice race for 2 to 4: bring your four pieces out of base, round the board and home before anyone else. Land on a rival to send it back. Free in your browser, no sign-up.
Mahjong Solitaire: A mahjong-tile solitaire race: everyone gets the same stacked layout, starts on 3-2-1 and races to clear it by taking matching tiles. 1–20 players, about 5 minutes. Free, no sign-up.
Mancala: Mancala (Kalah) is a board game for 2 to 4 players, about 10 minutes. Collect the most stones in your store and you win. Free. In-browser. No account.
Japanese Mancala: Japanese Mancala is a board game for 2 to 4 players, about 10 minutes. Empty your own side first and you win. Free. In-browser. No account.
Master Number: Master Number is a number-guessing deduction game for 2–5 players that takes about 10 minutes. Everyone races to crack the same secret number with hits and blows. Free in your browser, no sign-up.
Minesweeper: Play Minesweeper free online in your browser, alone or in a 1–8 player race. Read the numbers and open every safe square on identical boards. About 5 minutes; no sign-up.
Sudoku: Play Sudoku online for free in your browser. Race to solve the same puzzle, starting together on 3–2–1 and following everyone’s progress. 1–20 players, about 6 minutes, no sign-up.
Two-Corner Mahjong: A mahjong-tile connect race: join matching tiles with a line of at most two bends. Everyone gets the same layout and starts on 3-2-1. 1–20 players, about 5 minutes. Free, no sign-up.
Nine Men's Morris: Nine Men's Morris is a 10-minute game for 2 from ancient Rome: line up three to take an opponent's stone. Place nine each, then move. Free in your browser, no sign-up.
Capture Five: Capture Five is a board game for 2 to 4 players that takes about 15 minutes. Line up five stones, or capture five pairs (10 stones) of your opponent's, to win. Free. In-browser. No account.
Oh Hell: You are a player predicting tricks from your hand. Matching your bid brings a large bonus, and you aim for first place on total points. Play free with 3–7 people, about 20 minutes, no signup.
Oicho-Kabu: Oicho-Kabu is a 10-minute hanafuda card game for 2–6 players. A dealer faces the rest of the table, and hands closest to 9 in the last digit win. Free in your browser, no sign-up.
Old Maid: Old Maid is a card game for 2 to 8 players, about 5 minutes. Draw and pair up matching ranks; whoever holds the joker last loses. Free. In-browser. No account.
Hokusai's Kamakura–Enoshima–Oyama Sugoroku: A sugoroku played on the real print Katsushika Hokusai drew: leave Nihonbashi, tour Kamakura, Enoshima and Mt. Oyama, and come home. 2–6 players, about 15 minutes, free in your browser, no sign-up.
Crazy Eights: Crazy Eights (also called Page One) is a card game for 2 to 6 players that takes about 10 minutes. Match the colour or the number on the table and empty your hand first. Free. In-browser. No account.
Pig's Tail: Pig's Tail is a card game for 2 to 8 players that takes about 5 minutes. Flip cards one by one — match the suit or rank and race for the pile. Free. In-browser. No account.
Reversi: Reversi is a board game for 2 players that takes about 10 minutes. Sandwich your opponent's discs to flip them; the most discs at the end wins. Free. In-browser. No account.
Royal Game of Ur: The Royal Game of Ur is a 15-minute race game for 2 from ancient Mesopotamia. Throw four tetrahedral dice, move your seven pieces and bring them all home first. Free in your browser, no sign-up.
Rummy: Rummy is a card game for 2-6 players, about 20 minutes. Meld sets and runs, lay off on any meld, and empty your hand first to score the cards others hold. Free in your browser, no account.
Sea Battle: Sea Battle is a 15-minute game for 2: hide your fleet on a 10×10 grid and take turns firing at squares to sink your opponent's ships. Sink them all first to win. Free in your browser, no sign-up.
Seven Bridge: Seven Bridge is a rummy-style card game for 2-5 players, about 4 minutes per round. Meld runs and sets, interrupt with pon and chi, and empty your hand first. Free in your browser, with no account.
Sevens: Sevens is a card game for 3 to 6 players that takes about 10 minutes. Build out from the sevens and empty your hand first. Free. In-browser. No account.
Shogi Kuzushi: Shogi Kuzushi is a 10-minute game for 2–4 players played with shogi pieces. Pull pieces off a pile one at a time; if another piece makes a sound, your turn ends. Free in your browser, no sign-up.
Shut the Box: Shut the Box is a 10-minute dice game for 2 to 4 players. Close tiles that match your roll; shutting them all wins at once, otherwise the lowest total wins. Free in your browser, no sign-up.
Snakes and Ladders: Roll and race to 100 with 2–6 players. Climb ladders and slide down snakes. About 10 minutes. Free in your browser, with no registration.
Solitaire: Play Solitaire online for free in your browser: move cards by the rules and race to fill the foundations. 1–20 players, about 8 minutes, no sign-up.
Spider Solitaire: Play Spider Solitaire online for free. Build eight same-suit runs from king to ace with 1 or 2 suits. Everyone gets the same deal; finish faster to rank higher. 1–20 players, about 10 minutes.
Sugoroku: Sugoroku is a 2-to-6-player, roughly 10-minute Japanese picture-sugoroku race: roll a die, move along a single path, and be first to reach the goal. Free in your browser, no sign-up.
Tic-Tac-Toe: Play Tic-Tac-Toe online free in your browser, with no sign-up. This 2-player game takes about 2 minutes: place X and O on a 3×3 grid and line up three to win.
Twelve Men's Morris: Twelve Men's Morris is a 15-minute game for 2: three nested squares with corner diagonals, 24 points and twelve stones each. Line up three to take a stone. Free in your browser, no sign-up.
Ultimate Tic-Tac-Toe: Win small boards, then claim three in a row on the big board. Each move sends your opponent to a matching small board. For 2 players. Free, no sign-up.
Yacht: Yacht is a dice game for 1–6 players, about 15 minutes. Roll five dice up to three times and fill in your scoresheet one category at a time. Free in your browser, no sign-up.
Yaniv: Yaniv is a card game from Israel for 2 to 5 players. Discard sets and runs to shrink your hand, then call “Yaniv!” at 5 points or less. Play free in your browser, with no account.

Family who live far away

You do not have to be in the same house to look at the same board. Start a party, send the link or the QR code, and the other person opens it in a browser. One of you can be on a laptop and the other on a phone.

Keep a call running while you play. A 10-minute game leaves room to catch up between rounds, which is usually the point of the evening.

Playing with grandparents

Gomoku is one stone on one crossing point. Mancala and Japanese Mancala are picking stones up and sowing them around the board. There is almost nothing to memorize before the first move, and the screen says whose turn it is, so nobody has to ask twice.

Hanafuda Koi-Koi is the longer one here at 15 minutes, because you are collecting scoring sets. What each set is worth can be checked on screen, so there is no paper table to keep beside you.

Parents and children, in a short sitting

For a game nobody has played before, play a round against the CPU before you invite anyone. Then you are not explaining the rules while everyone waits, and a 10-minute game still fits before dinner. If someone has to step away mid-game, the CPU takes their seat until they come back.

How to choose

Starting from scratch: Gomoku or Reversi — place a stone, 10 minutes a game. Checkers and Hasami Shogi run 10 minutes too.
For cards, Sevens or Crazy Eights — play in turn and the game carries itself.
Three or more of you: Sevens (3–6 players), Crazy Eights (2–6), Hearts (3–5).
For something slower, Hanafuda Koi-Koi: 15 minutes, with points for the sets you collect.

FAQ

Can two people play on the same device?

Use one device per person. Even under the same roof, each person enters the party code on their own screen to reach the same Party.

Can we play with family in another country?

Yes. Send the party link or the QR code, and they join by opening it in a browser.

Is it free?

Every game on this shelf is free, and the people you invite do not need an account.

Will my grandparents be able to play on their phone?

If the phone has a browser, yes. There is no app to install, so all they do is open the link you sent.

What if three or four of us are around?

Sevens takes 3 to 6 players, Crazy Eights 2 to 6, and Hearts 3 to 5. A CPU can fill any empty seat.

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Last updated 2026-09-13 · Run by Qdan, Inc.