Strategy games
Games where planning ahead and reading your opponent decide the result. Take your time and think it through.
Strategy games (53)
Serving RobotLine up commands so a robot waiter serves every table – loops, if and whileViews—Ratings—Comments—
Balance StackPlace numbered weights and keep a pivoting beam below its tilt limitViews—Ratings—Comments—
Ball DropTurn adjustable ramps to guide a falling ball through pins and into the targetViews—Ratings—Comments—
CanastaClassic four-player partnership Canasta with two decks and single drawsViews—Ratings—Comments—
EuchreCall trump and take three of five tricks in a 24-card partnership game against three computersViews—Ratings—Comments—
Flower PuzzleGroup three side-connected flowers, one of each type, to clear a fixed gardenViews—Ratings—Comments—
Four Leaf Clovers SolitairePlay a same-suit 15-sum solitaire or the separate thirteen-pile foundation gameViews—Ratings—Comments—
Maze CollectCollect every dot, plan cycling gate crossings, and reach the exitViews—Ratings—Comments—
Poker SquaresPlace 25 cards on a 5x5 grid and score ten poker hands with American or English scoringViews—Ratings—Comments—
Price Learning LabExplore changing prices and gain/loss in six rounds of calculationsViews—Ratings—Comments—
Scorpion SolitaireBuild four suit columns using flexible face-up card groupsViews—Ratings—Comments—
Spite and MaliceBuild shared ascending stacks and empty your pay-off pile before your opponentViews—Ratings—Comments—
Three-Flower Garden (Idle Clicker)Collect drops, improve tools and grow three flowers to complete a small gardenViews—Ratings—Comments—
Tower DefensePlan garden devices and upgrades to collect leaves through eight wavesViews—Ratings—Comments—
Twisty CubeMatch six numbered faces in 72 original 2×2 puzzlesViews—Ratings—Comments—
Yukon SolitaireMove unordered packets with no stock; standard Yukon and Russian variantViews—Ratings—Comments—
DartsAim and count down to exactly zero in 301 or 501 dartsViews—Ratings—Comments—
Five Minute Survival (Shape Dodge Game)A survivors-like game: dodge enemy robots, attack automatically, collect batteries and choose upgrades to survive five minutesViews—Ratings—Comments—
Hnefatafl (Viking Board Game)Escape with the king or surround him in Tablut, Copenhagen and FetlarViews—Ratings—Comments—
SameGameRemove connected groups, plan gravity and clear the tile boardViews—Ratings—Comments—
WhistPlay Classic Whist with a computer partner: follow suit, use trump and take tricks togetherViews—Ratings—Comments—
CribbagePeg to 31 with fifteens, pairs and runs, count your hand and race to 121 on the boardViews—Ratings—Comments—
Daifugo (President)Beat the pile with higher cards and empty your hand first. Revolution, 8-cut and more house rulesViews—Ratings—Comments—
Fox and GeeseOne fox against a flock of geese in the classic European hunt gameViews—Ratings—Comments—
Gin RummyDraw, discard and build melds; knock with 10 or less deadwood, or go gin with zeroViews—Ratings—Comments—
Gunjin Shogi (Military Shogi)Move hidden pieces, let the referee judge each battle and take the enemy HQViews—Ratings—Comments—
Hachi-Hachi (Hanafuda)Three-player hanafuda with hand yaku, capture yaku and an 88-point parViews—Ratings—Comments—
Juroku MusashiOne General against sixteen soldiers in a classic Japanese hunt gameViews—Ratings—Comments—
Mahjong (Two-Player Riichi)Japanese riichi mahjong one-on-one vs the CPU, with hints, a yaku list and scoring practiceViews—Ratings—Comments—
Mini ShogiShogi on a tiny 4×5 board, plus 5x5 minishogi, with a move guide and hintsViews—Ratings—Comments—
Napoleon (Japanese Card Game)Bid to become Napoleon, call a secret adjutant and win the honor cards in this Japanese trick-taking gameViews—Ratings—Comments—
Seven Bridge (Japanese Rummy)Meld sets and runs, lay off on any meld and claim discards with pon and chiViews—Ratings—Comments—
SpadesTeam up with a partner, bid your tricks and use spades as trumps to make your contractViews—Ratings—Comments—
Territory GameClaim squares next to your land, wall off areas to take them all, and own more of the gridViews—Ratings—Comments—
Xiangqi (Chinese Chess)The chess of China on a 9×10 board, with 3 CPU levels and reasons for blocked movesViews—Ratings—Comments—
BackgammonRoll two dice, race 15 checkers home and bear them off first, with the doubling cubeViews—Ratings—Comments—
Checkers (Draughts)Move diagonally and jump your opponent’s pieces to capture them allViews—Ratings—Comments—
ChessTrap the enemy king with six kinds of pieces, with hints for beginnersViews—Ratings—Comments—
Dots and BoxesJoin the dots one line at a time. Complete a box to claim it and draw againViews—Ratings—Comments—
Five Card Draw PokerMake the best poker hand with one draw. Solo hand practice or play the computerViews—Ratings—Comments—
Forty Thieves SolitaireBuild down by suit and move all 104 cards of two decks to the foundationsViews—Ratings—Comments—
Four in a RowDrop discs into the columns and be the first to line up four across, down or diagonallyViews—Ratings—Comments—
FreeCellUse four free cells to move all 52 cards, suit by suit from ace to king, onto the foundationsViews—Ratings—Comments—
Go (Baduk / Weiqi)Surround more of the board than your opponent, with atari marks and hintsViews—Ratings—Comments—
GomokuTake turns placing stones. The first to get five in a row in any direction winsViews—Ratings—Comments—
HeartsDodge the hearts and the queen of spades in this trick-taking game. Lowest score winsViews—Ratings—Comments—
HexPlace stones on hexagons and be first to connect your two sides – no drawsViews—Ratings—Comments—
Koi-Koi (Hanafuda)Match cards by month, build yaku, then choose: koi-koi or stop?Views—Ratings—Comments—
Nine Men’s MorrisPlace and move your pieces, make mills of three and capture your opponent’s piecesViews—Ratings—Comments—
ReversiOutflank stones to flip them to your color. Most stones at the end winsViews—Ratings—Comments—
Shogi (Japanese Chess)Japanese chess where captured pieces come back. 3 CPU levels and a move guideViews—Ratings—Comments—
Spider SolitaireRearrange two decks in ten columns and complete eight runs of one suit from king to aceViews—Ratings—Comments—
Yacht (Dice Game)Roll five dice up to three times, make combinations and fill in the score sheetViews—Ratings—Comments—