MCTS Game AI ML Frameworks

Game-playing AI agents and frameworks using Monte Carlo Tree Search algorithms. Includes implementations for board games, card games, and turn-based games with MCTS-based decision making. Does NOT include general reinforcement learning, non-game applications of MCTS, or game AI using other algorithmic approaches.

There are 31 mcts game ai frameworks tracked. 1 score above 70 (verified tier). The highest-rated is bcollazo/catanatron at 71/100 with 388 stars and 318 monthly downloads.

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#	Framework	Score	Tier	Stars	Language
1	bcollazo/catanatron Settlers of Catan Bot Simulator and Strong AI Player	71	Verified	388	Python
2	jbradberry/mcts Board game AI implementations using Monte Carlo Tree Search	46	Emerging	184	Python
3	yunzhu-li/blupig-gomoku A serious Gomoku board game AI written in C++	44	Emerging	76	C++
4	wind23/SlowRenju SlowRenju is a Gomoku/Renju engine, which supports the new protocol of Gomocup.	42	Emerging	56	C++
5	Alfo5123/Connect4 Monte Carlo Tree Search Based AI Connect 4 Bot	42	Emerging	41	Python
6	maxyurk/settlers_of_catan Full game implemented + AI/ML/OtherBuzzwords players (expectimax,...	31	Emerging	18	Python
7	OMerkel/Alquerque Alquerque - a 2 player abstract strategic perfect information traditional...	28	Experimental	7	JavaScript
8	OMerkel/FourInARow3D 3 dimensional Four in a Row game with computer AI using Monte Carlo Tree...	25	Experimental	5	JavaScript
9	NikhilGupta1997/Yinsh-AI An implementation of the game Yinsh. Support for clients to play on a central server.	25	Experimental	13	Python
10	maxjiang216/corintho-ai AI for Corintho board game based on AlphaZero	24	Experimental	3	C++
11	morinim/pocket_mcts A minimal implementation of Monte Carlo Tree Search (MCTS) in C++17	24	Experimental	4	C++
12	NagaChiang/MCTSGladiator A StarCraft bot applied Monte-Carlo tree search for tactical decision-making.	23	Experimental	6	C++
13	hesic73/gomoku_rl train AI agents to master Free-style Gomoku(五子棋)	23	Experimental	25	Python
14	ai-boson/mcts MCTS algorithm tutorial and it's explanation with code. Application of MCTS...	23	Experimental	32	Ruby
15	rlglab/strength-estimator [ICLR 2025] A strength system that can estimate the strength from games and...	22	Experimental	7	C++
16	Gualor/connect4-montecarlo Connect 4 AI using Monte Carlo Tree Search algorithm.	21	Experimental	11	Python
17	OMerkel/Oware Oware and Ouril - traditional African Mancala games with computer AI using...	20	Experimental	12	HTML
18	fifteenmania/monte-conti monte-carlo acyclic graph search algorithm for turn-based multiplayer games.	17	Experimental	3	TypeScript
19	geekn0rd/monopoly-ai-agent Simplified Monopoly board game, that is played by 2 expectiminimax agents.	16	Experimental	2	Python
20	CyCTW/Surakarta-AI Build a Surakarta board game engine and implemented different strategy such...	16	Experimental	4	C++
21	HaresMahmood/gomoku-sensei A Monte Carlo Tree Search-based AI which dynamically adjusts its difficulty...	15	Experimental	6	TypeScript
22	Aenteas/MCTS A fast C++ implementation of fully customizable Monte Carlo tree search	14	Experimental	7	C++
23	tsonglew/Gomoku :black_circle: TUI Gomoku Game with Programmed AI	14	Experimental	13	Python
24	joansalasoler/engines Reference implementations for zero-sum game engines. Example engines for...	14	Experimental	3	—
25	asilva1704/ai-connect4 Artificial Intelligence project on Connect Four: Monte Carlo Tree Search...	13	Experimental	—	Jupyter Notebook
26	Rreyth/42-Gomoku Intelligence artificielle compétitive pour Gomoku avec algorithme MinMax...	13	Experimental	—	C++
27	MahanBaneshi/Fighter-agent A simple game for which we define an agent in Python and C++.	12	Experimental	1	Python
28	StavrosOrf/PowerTacAgent AI-Agent winner of PowerTAC 2020 developed to compete in the annual PowerTAC...	12	Experimental	1	Java
29	filevich/truco-mccfr-ai 🇺🇾 Uruguyan Truco External Sampling Monte Carlo CFR AI	11	Experimental	—	Go
30	YaochenS/Gomoku-AI-Agent Used Python to construct the AI Agent for Gomoku based on the Gomocup rules.	10	Experimental	1	Python
31	xboard/mcts_zuniq My submission to CodeCup 2021. A C++17 Monte Carlo Tree Search AI engine for...	10	Experimental	1	C++

Comparisons in this category

catanatron and settlers_of_catan (71 vs 31) Connect4 and connect4-montecarlo (42 vs 21)