Best Free Rock Paper Scissors Game

Best-of-five rock paper scissors against the computer, with an animated reveal and a running score.

You 0 0 Computer
First to 5
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Rock beats scissors, scissors beats paper, paper beats rock. First player to five round wins takes the match.

Level 1 press P to pause
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How to play

  1. Make your throw. Click rock, paper or scissors — both hands shake and reveal at the same time.
  2. Win the round. Rock beats scissors, scissors beats paper, paper beats rock; matching throws tie and replay.
  3. Take the match. The running score updates each round — the first to five round wins takes the match.

About Rock Paper Scissors

Rock Paper Scissors is the timeless hand game, here played best-of-five against the computer. Pick rock, paper or scissors; both hands shake and reveal at once. Rock crushes scissors, scissors cut paper, and paper covers rock — matching choices tie and replay. The running score updates each round, and the first player to reach five round wins takes the match. On the hardest difficulty the computer watches your recent picks and leans toward the move that beats your favourite, so you will need to mix up your throws. No signup, no download, nothing uploaded.

Frequently asked questions

Each round both players choose rock, paper or scissors at the same time. Rock beats scissors, scissors beats paper, and paper beats rock. If both pick the same, the round is a tie and replays.

This is a best-of-five match: the running score climbs as you win rounds, and the first player to reach five round wins takes the match.

On Easy and Normal the computer plays randomly. On Hard it tracks your recent throws and tends to play the move that beats your most-used choice, so varying your picks helps.

Yes. If you and the computer throw the same symbol the round is a draw and neither score changes — you simply play that round again.

Avoid patterns. People tend to repeat a winning throw or favour rock, so deliberately mixing your choices makes you harder to predict — especially against the adaptive Hard computer.

Completely free, with no signup, no download and no paywall — it loads and runs entirely in your browser.

Yes. It runs in your browser, so Rock Paper Scissors works on phones and tablets as well as desktop — there is no app to install.

No. Rock Paper Scissors 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 — Rock Paper Scissors 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.

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