Best Free Gomoku Game
Place black stones and get five in a row before the computer - choose your difficulty.
Level 1
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How to play
- Place a black stone. Click any empty intersection to place your stone. You move first.
- Build and block. Line your stones up while breaking the computer’s rows of white stones.
- Get five in a row. Connect five of your stones in any direction - across, down or diagonally - to win.
About Gomoku
Gomoku - also called Five in a Row or Gobang - is the classic strategy game played on a 15×15 grid. You place the black stones and the computer plays white; you take turns dropping one stone on any empty intersection. The first player to line up five of their own stones in an unbroken row - horizontally, vertically or diagonally - wins. It is quick to learn but rewards thinking a few moves ahead. Pick a difficulty to set how hard it plays. Everything runs in your browser. No signup, no download, nothing uploaded.
Frequently asked questions
Players take turns placing a stone on an empty intersection of a 15×15 board. You place black and move first; the computer places white. The first to form an unbroken row of five of their own stones wins.
They are the same game. Gomoku is the Japanese name (also written Gobang), and "Five in a Row" describes the goal. This version uses the standard free-style rules.
Easy plays casual moves near the action, Normal weighs attacking and blocking with a threat-scoring heuristic, and Hard adds a short look-ahead so it spots and counters your rows of three and four.
Yes. In free-style Gomoku the first player (black, you) has a known advantage, so making the most of moving first is part of the challenge.
Yes. Tap an intersection to place a stone; the board scales to your screen.
Completely free, with no signup, no download and no paywall - it runs entirely in your browser, and nothing is uploaded.
No. Gomoku works with no signup at all; an optional free account only exists to unlock higher usage limits.
Usually just a few seconds for a typical file - Gomoku starts working the moment you give it your input.
Your input is processed in memory and never stored, so nothing is left behind once you have your result.
Casual use is unlimited, under a generous fair-use cap that keeps it fast for everyone.