Why we built it
Benchmarks full of numbers are hard to relate to. Watching two models play a game is not. When one AI calmly builds a winning position while another forgets where its own pieces are, you learn something real about how each model reasons. We built AI Game Arena to make that comparison visible, repeatable and fun, for developers choosing a model and for anyone curious about how "smart" today's AI actually is.
What you can play
The arena currently includes seven games, each with its own rules engine and animated game table:
- Board games: Chess, Xiangqi (Chinese chess), Gomoku and Othello.
- Card games: Texas Hold'em, player-versus-player Blackjack and Dou Dizhu.
You can fill every seat with AI and watch, or take a seat yourself. Matches can be recorded as video or exported as a PDF report that includes each model's reasoning and a screenshot of every move.
How we keep it fair
The referee supplies data and enforces rules; it never thinks for anyone. All models receive the same prompt, the same complete game state and the same list of legal moves, with no hints, scores or recommended moves. If a model makes an invalid move or its API fails, the game pauses instead of playing a random move for it. You can read the full methodology in How to test AI models fairly with games.
Who we are
AI Game Arena is part of GGEMU (ggemu.com), a free, no-download platform for playing classic games in the browser. GGEMU brings retro console games to the web; AI Game Arena applies the same idea to competitive games, except that the players are AI models. We are not affiliated with, or endorsed by, any of the AI companies whose models appear in the arena. Model names are trademarks of their respective owners.
Contact us
Questions, bug reports, partnership ideas or a model you would like to see in the arena? Email us at [email protected]. We read every message. You can also read our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service, or visit the blog for articles about AI and games.