Play the AI
Pick one of five AI levels, from First steps to Expert. Hints show your winning chances, and you can review the games you lose.
About Gomoku Mate
Gomoku Mate is a free online Gomoku game for desktop and mobile browsers. Without installing anything or signing up, you can start a game against the AI, a friend or someone new.
What you can do
Play a friend
Invite a friend with a link or a 6-character code, or use Quick match to play someone new.
Daily Gomoku
One puzzle a day, with the same position for everyone.
Adventure mode
Clear 100 stages of AI Gomoku puzzles in order. Saving your progress needs a Google sign-in.
Rules and tactics
See how Freestyle, Exact five and Renju differ, then learn the basic tactics with 10 problems.
The 26 openings
See the names and shapes of the 26 openings set by the first three stones.
Who makes it
Gomoku Mate is made and run by pkanil. It opened in September 2026 and is still being improved and extended.
Contact
Send questions, bug reports and privacy requests by email.
You can also use Menu → Contact us on the game screen.