Other Games for the Same Kind of Thinking
Reversi is a minute to learn and a long time to stop thinking about. If you want another board that behaves differently, this page is a shortlist of 19 games worth playing - all free, all instant in the browser, none of them asking you to download or sign up for anything.
Five groups. Board and tile games are the near neighbours, and the draughts family in particular rewards the same forced-sequence thinking. Puzzle and arcade games add time pressure. Card games add concealment. The dice games add chance, and one entry is a clock.
Questions worth asking
Which of these is closest to Reversi?
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 Reversi - 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 Reversi.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.
Do these open in the same browser tab?
They are ordinary websites, so they behave however your browser is set to behave - nothing here hijacks a tab or opens a pop-up. Each one loads its game directly on the page, with no launcher, no plugin and no install step.
How long does a game take?
It varies enormously. The dice and arcade games are usually done inside five minutes. Card games run ten to twenty. A board game against a thinking opponent can take half an hour, and the tile puzzles take as long as you let them - there is no clock on most of them.
| Game | Kind | Why it is on this list | Go |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tetris | Puzzle & Arcade | Eleven ways to play the falling-block game, from a calm endless mode to 20G instant gravity. | Play Tetris online → |
| Puzzle | Puzzle & Arcade | Sliding tiles, logic grids, nonograms and a dozen more - a different shape of problem each time. | Play free puzzle games → |
| Mahjong | Puzzle & Arcade | The tile-matching game built on scanning a crowded field for the pair that unlocks the rest. | Play Mahjong online → |
| Pac-Man | Puzzle & Arcade | Learn the maze, learn the four ghosts, and find out how far pattern beats reflex. | Play Pac-Man online → |
| Solitaire | 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 → |
| FreeCell | Card Games | Every card face up, four free cells, and a deal that is almost always winnable if you plan it. | Play FreeCell online → |
| Hearts | Card Games | Duck every heart and the queen of spades - or take the lot and hand the points to everyone else. | Play Hearts online → |
| Spades | Card Games | Call your tricks, make your contract and punish the overbid - the partnership card game that rewards counting over luck. | Play Spades online → |
| Rummy | Card Games | Build sets and runs and go out first, across the classic Rummy variants. | Play Rummy online → |
| Gin Rummy | Card Games | Ten cards, one draw, deadwood to manage and the constant question of whether to knock now or hold for gin. | Play Gin Rummy online → |
| Canasta | Card Games | Melds of seven, wild cards, frozen discard piles and the deep partnership scoring that made Canasta a household game. | Play Canasta online → |
| Blackjack | Card Games | Hit, stand, double or split against the dealer, with play chips and no real gambling. | Play Blackjack online → |
| Checkers | Board & Tile | American, International, Russian, Brazilian, Pool, Italian, Spanish, Czech, Canadian, Turkish and Anti-Checkers, at Easy, Medium or Hard. | Play Checkers online → |
| Dominoes | Board & Tile | 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 → |
| Ludo | Board & Tile | The race-and-capture board game in eight regional flavours, including the Navy's Uckers. | Play Ludo online → |
| Tic Tac Toe | Board & Tile | Three in a row, plus the larger grids and inverted rules where it stops being trivial. | Play Tic Tac Toe online → |
| Yahtzee | Dice & Casino | The dice-and-scorecard classic, where the upper-section bonus quietly decides most games. | Play Yahtzee online → |
| Craps | Dice & Casino | Eight variants and one bet on the table that carries no house edge at all. | Play Craps online → |
| Chess Clock | Tools | Fischer increment, Bronstein delay or plain sudden death, for any two-player game. | Use a free online chess clock → |
Another game first?
None of this is a reason to stop playing Reversi. 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.