Reversi
Turn the board in your favour. Capture your opponent’s discs and claim the corners.
How to play Reversi
Place a disc so an unbroken line of your opponent’s discs sits between two of yours. Those discs flip to your colour. A player with no legal move passes automatically. Play the computer or a friend.
- You play the light discs in this theme. Dots show your available moves.
- Place a disc to surround and flip a line of the other colour.
- Finish with more discs when neither player can move.
Keyboard & mouse controls
Hover moves the cursor, LEFT does what SPACE does
- Arrow keys
- Move or select a square
- Space / Enter
- Play the selected move, or resume
- N / P
- New game / pause
- H / Tab
- Help and settings / choose a game
- U
- Undo (where available)
Click the board before using keyboard controls. On a phone, you can also use the buttons beneath it.
Common questions
Is Reversi free?
Yes. Play in your browser without an account or a download.
Can I pause and come back?
Press P to pause. Your current game is kept in this browser tab’s session; your best score is stored on this device. Clearing browser data removes saved progress.
Where is this game from?
The game engine and board drawings come from Nickelbar by Cob Muddybug, adapted to run in a browser. MIT licence and credit.