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All 21 games on GRYND are free, 1v1 duels against another player, and every result moves that game's own rating and trophy ladder. The difference between them is the skill they test — so start there if you are not sure what to play.
Decided by ability
The outcome turns primarily on what the player does — nothing is drawn during play to decide it.
Won by planning
The match turns on reading the position and the opponent, not on execution alone.
Short, fast rounds
Rounds resolve quickly, so decisions happen under a clock rather than in comfort.
Built around the ladder
Positioned around ranked play: results move a per-game rating and trophy ladder that people climb.
Randomness to manage
A random input does most of the work, and the skill is in managing a good or bad roll.
Quick to learn
Nothing to study before your first match — the rules are readable in a minute.
Every game, by category
The same catalogue grouped the way the game pages group it, with each game's own description. Nothing below is a placeholder: every entry is a game you can play right now.
Card Games
Hand-management duels — what you hold, what you keep and when you spend your best card.
- Neon FlushNeon Flush is GRYND's neon-skinned colour-and-number card duel: match the colour in force or the top card's value, and empty your hand before your opponent.
- UNOClassic UNO against a live opponent or the bot. Match the colour in force or the top card's value, spend your wilds wisely, and be first to empty your hand.
Classic Strategy
Turn-based games with a long history: build a position, plan ahead and punish a plan that over-extends.
- BarricadeA free, rated 1v1 strategy race on a 9×9 board. Every turn is one action — step your pawn or drop a two-square barricade that blocks you both — and the first pawn to the far baseline wins.
- ChessPlay full-rules chess against a real opponent or the built-in bot. Every move is validated server-side, and ranked games feed a dedicated chess Elo rating.
- Dots & BoxesTake turns drawing lines between dots and claim the boxes you close. Complete a box and you keep your turn — the whole game is about who has to open the next chain.
- Four-In-A-RowThe classic drop-the-disc duel on a 7-column, 6-row board. Take the centre, build two threats at once, and get four in a row before your opponent.
- Hex DuelHex-grid territory conquest. Capture tiles, grow troops and push your army across the board to take your opponent's capital — owning the most tiles is not enough.
- Tic-Tac-ToeRated 1v1 Tic-Tac-Toe where a draw does not end the match — it expands it. One board becomes four, then nine, until someone takes three in a row on the Mega grid.
Deduction
Games where you work out what is safe, or what your opponent is holding, from incomplete information.
Mind Games
Games decided by prediction and pattern reading rather than execution.
Physics
Games with a simulated world — aim, power and timing are the whole control scheme.
- Mini GolfBest of five holes against a live opponent. Each seat plays its own ball, and the hole goes to whoever takes fewer strokes — aim, power and rail bounces are the whole game.
- Pool MastersEight-ball pool against a live opponent on a physics-driven table. Six pockets, full foul rules, and an aim guide that shares its verdict with the referee.
Puzzles
Games built on a puzzle both players solve at the same time, with no opponent to interfere.
Racing
Head-to-head races where a lead is worth protecting and a mistake is paid for immediately.
- Solitaire DuelA rated 1v1 Klondike race. Both players get the exact same server-dealt puzzle and solve it simultaneously — first to put all 52 cards on the foundations wins.
- Speed TypingA rated 1v1 typing race. Both players get the exact same passage on the same server clock, and the first to type it completely and correctly wins.
Reflex & Recall
Games where a pattern or a stimulus is shown once and what you do with it in the next few seconds decides the round.
- KenoNot a lottery — a survival duel. Three lives each, one tile lit at a time, and a window that tightens with every claim until it is pure reaction time.
- Memory GridFive rounds of pattern recall on a rising difficulty ramp. Both players memorise the same server-generated lit tiles, then rebuild the pattern from memory.
- PrecisionA hidden target time is rolled for every round. Stop your rocket as close to it as you can — best of five rounds, first to three wins.
Risk & Memory
Games where the board changes as you play and keeping track of it is part of the skill.
Stacking
Physics and placement games where structure, balance and risk decide who survives.
Not sure how ranked play works yet? The FAQ covers matches, ratings and trophies, and the guides cover how to get better at the skills above.