all 15 games

Every game on crisskross arena is free, runs in the browser, and has a video and voice call built into the room — so two people in different cities or countries can play on the same board and see each other while they do.

• strategy race10-15 minuteshead-to-head

  Quoridor Strategy Maze

  Race your pawn to the far edge of a 9x9 board — each turn you either step one square or drop a two-square fence in your rival's way. A fence may slow the route, never seal it.

• classic speed5-10 minuteshead-to-head

  Checkbox Race & Cloud

  One player calls a number, the other hunts it inside a cloud of a hundred jumbled digits. Every catch checks a box — fill all hundred first and the round is yours.

• whiteboard classic5 minuteshead-to-head

  Leapfrog Hearts

  Three caps a side on a drawn grid of lines, red facing blue. Take turns sliding one cap a single step into an empty junction. Nothing jumps over anything — blocked, you go around. First to land all three on the far side wins.

• word duel10 minuteshead-to-head

  The Bridge Word Race

  Two unrelated words face each other across a chasm, and you both race to plank a bridge between them — every plank a real word one letter off the last. COLD, CORD, WORD, WORM, WARM. First to ten crossings takes the match.

• word hunt duel5 minuteshead-to-head

  Jinx

  The same nine letters for both of you and one minute to find every word hiding in them — longer words score more. Then your lists flip, and any word you both found is a JINX: it scores for nobody. The obvious ones cancel out; the match is won on the words only you thought of.

• co-op sync10 minutesco-op

  Steady Hands

  A ball balanced on a plank, and one end of the plank each. Lift together and it climbs the shaft; lift alone and you have only tilted the thing your partner is trying to balance. Steer around the gaps, get it to the top, don't drop it three times.

• co-op maze10 minutesco-op

  Meet Me Halfway

  Two mazes side by side, one each, and a heart where they touch. You can only see their maze — yours is dark past the tiles next to you, pits and all. Talk each other through, hold the door open for each other, dodge trapdoors nobody can see, and meet in the middle.

• codebreaker5 minuteshead-to-head

  Crack the Code

  A secret four-digit code each round. Every guess comes back marked — right digit, right place, or right digit wrong place. Fewest attempts takes the round.

• pattern recognition2 minuteshead-to-head

  Speed Spot-the-Emoji

  Two cards, six emoji each, exactly one shared between them. Find the twin and click it before your rival does.

• reaction challenge2 minuteshead-to-head

  Don't Press Purple

  Hit every prompt the moment it lights up teal to build your combo. But when it flashes violet instead, the only winning move is to keep your hands still.

• multiplayer arcade5 minuteshead-to-head

  Snake Arena Battle

  Real-time snakes in one arena. Fruit and golden stars grow you longer, shields and boosts let you cut rivals off — clip a wall or a body and you're out.

• reflex cards5 minuteshead-to-head

  Uno Slap! Speed Cards

  Lay cards down while counting one to ten out loud. The instant a card's value matches the number spoken, slap the pile — fastest hand takes it, a wrong slap costs you.

• the old gamean eveninghead-to-head

  Classic Chess

  Chess, whole and unabridged — castling, en passant, promotion, the fifty-move draw. Play it out over an evening on the call, or take the bot apart while they sleep.

• draw & guess5 minuteshead-to-head

  Scribble & Guess

  One of you gets a word and ninety seconds of blank paper; the other types guesses at whatever appears. No letters, no numbers, no pointing at it — just the drawing and the clock.

• celebrity guess who10 minuteshead-to-head

  Vibe Check

  Guess Who, except no question is about their face. A board of 24 celebrity photos — desi, global, or both — and one secret each. Would they have AI art in the hallway? Have they ever been on vocal rest? Would your mother approve? Flip down everyone it can't be; the last face still standing is your answer.