Guide

Two-player and play-with-friends game sites

Updated 14 November 2026 · 25 sites, each checked the same way

Some games are better with someone else. These sites are made for playing together: two-player classics, games built for one other person, and party games for a group.

All of them run in the browser, so the person you’re playing with doesn’t need to install anything either.

Made for two

  1. Board Game Arena

    A large online platform for playing adaptations of modern and classic board games.

    Advertising: light · account needed · works on phones

  2. BuddyBoardGames

    Browser versions of classic board, card and party games for playing with friends in rooms.

    Advertising: moderate · no account needed · works on phones

  3. Coolmath Games

    Large catalogue of logic, maths, skill and strategy games playable in the browser.

    Advertising: moderate · works on phones

  4. Kongregate

    Long-running portal of free browser games from many developers, with badges and chat.

    Advertising: heavy · works on phones

  5. lichess.org

    Open-source, charity-run chess server with live games, puzzles, lessons and tournaments.

    Advertising: no ads detected · works on phones

  6. lidraughts.org

    Open-source draughts server for live, correspondence and tournament play online.

    Advertising: no ads detected · works on phones

  7. Math Playground

    Maths games, logic puzzles and problem-solving activities for primary pupils, grades K–6.

    Advertising: moderate · works on phones

  8. Merriam-Webster Games

    Daily word puzzles, crosswords and vocabulary quizzes from the dictionary publisher.

    Advertising: heavy · works on phones

  9. netgames.io

    Browser versions of social deduction board games, played together on your phones.

    Advertising: light · no account needed · works on phones

  10. papergames.io

    Classic two-player board and paper games played in the browser with friends or strangers.

    Advertising: heavy · works on phones

  11. PlayStrategy

    Open-source site for playing two-player abstract games like chess, Go and draughts.

    Advertising: no ads detected · works on phones

  12. Poki

    Large browser games portal with around 1,500 titles across many genres.

    Advertising: heavy · works on phones

  13. Toy Theater

    Free maths, reading, art and music activities for early primary pupils and their teachers.

    Advertising: moderate · no account needed · works on phones

  14. Trickster Cards

    Classic trick-taking card games played online with matched opponents or friends.

    Advertising: no ads detected · works on phones

  15. TwogevaMade by the directory owner

    A small set of classic board and word games made for two people to play together.

    Advertising: no ads detected · no account needed · works on phones

For a group

  1. Armor Games

    Long-running browser game portal with action, strategy, idle, puzzle and MMO titles.

    Advertising: moderate · works on phones

  2. Bridge Base Online

    A large online bridge club with free play, tournaments, robot games and live broadcasts.

    Advertising: moderate · works on phones

  3. Chrome Music Lab

    Hands-on browser music experiments for learning about sound, rhythm and composition.

    Advertising: no ads detected · no account needed · works on phones

  4. Drawasaurus

    Pictionary-style sketch and guess game with public and private rooms.

    Advertising: moderate · no account needed · works on phones

  5. Globle

    A daily geography puzzle where you find a hidden country on a colour-coded globe.

    Advertising: moderate · no account needed · works on phones

  6. itch.io

    Indie game marketplace with a huge filterable catalogue of games playable in the browser.

    Advertising: no ads detected · works on phones

  7. JKLM.FUN

    Browser party games such as BombParty and PopSauce, played in public or private rooms.

    Advertising: no ads detected · works on phones

  8. Pogo

    Long-running Electronic Arts site of word, card, solitaire, puzzle and board games.

    Advertising: no ads detected · works on phones

  9. Puzzmo

    A daily line-up of crosswords, word games, logic puzzles and card games.

    Advertising: moderate · works on phones

  10. Semantle

    A daily word puzzle where guesses are scored by closeness in meaning, not spelling.

    Advertising: moderate · works on phones

How to choose

  • Decide whether you'll be in the same room or apart: some sites work by sharing a link, others on one shared screen.
  • Check whether both players need an account. Many sites let you start a game and send a link without signing up.
  • For a group, party games that run in the browser are easiest, since nobody has to install anything.

Questions

Can we play from different places?
Many of these sites let you share a link or a room code so you can play from different places. Each site's own page explains how it works.
Do these sites match you with strangers?
Some do, some don't. If you only want to play with people you know, look for sites with private rooms or invite links.