How to play Tic Tac Toe

On a computer: Click an empty square to place your X.

On a phone or tablet: Tap an empty square to place your X.

About Tic Tac Toe

Tic Tac Toe is the classic game of noughts and crosses, free in your browser, made by KepoGames. You are Kepo with the orange X, and Puff plays the blue O. Take turns placing your mark on the 3 by 3 board: the first to get three in a row, across, down or diagonally, wins the round. If the board fills up with no line, it's a draw.

Play Puff at Easy, Medium or Hard, or choose 2 players and pass the device to a friend. Easy makes mistakes and misses your lines, Medium blocks most of them, and Hard never loses: the best you can do is a draw. Who goes first takes turns every round, the score is kept for each opponent, and a round in progress is saved so you can come back to it.

Tips

Going first? Take the center or a corner. They are part of more lines than the edge squares.
Always check two things before you play: can you win right now, and does Puff have two in a row you need to block?
The winning trick is a fork: a move that makes two lines of two at once, so Puff can only block one of them.
Against Hard, play the right moves and every game ends in a draw. Try Medium to practice your forks first.

Questions

Is Tic Tac Toe free to play?

Yes. Tic Tac Toe is free and runs in your browser. There are no ads: no video before you play, no breaks between levels. There’s nothing to download and you don’t need an account.

Can I play Tic Tac Toe on my phone?

Yes. It works on phones, tablets, laptops and Chromebooks. Tap an empty square to place your X on touch screens.

Who made Tic Tac Toe?

Tic Tac Toe was made by the KepoGames studio. Every game on KepoGames is made in-house.

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