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Play Japanese Riichi mahjong online: build scoring hands, read opponents, and compete in ranked matches or private rooms.
Released 23 Jul 2024
Play Riichi Mahjong
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Mahjong Soul is an online game that adopted the classic Japanese Mahjong gameplay. Here, you can hone your mahjong skills with players from worldwide or spend leisure time with friends, bond with various charismatic characters, and experience an abundance of unique stories.
Developed by Catfood Studio · Published by YOSTAR HONG KONG LIMITED
Themes from a helpfulness-selected sample of Steam reviews, not the aggregate Steam score.
Mahjong Soul is an online game centered on Japanese Riichi mahjong. Play against people around the world, invite friends to private rooms, or practice against AI opponents.
Draw and discard tiles to shape a scoring hand, decide when to call tiles from other players, and weigh your own chances against the risk of giving opponents a win. Matches combine tile strategy with uncertainty about what others are building.
Beginner tutorials introduce the rules and scenarios, while ranked play matches players by skill and tracks results. Special modes offer variations on mahjong, and optional character stories, emotes, and match decorations let players customize the experience.
Players often praise Mahjong Soul as a convenient, smooth way to play Riichi mahjong, with tutorials that help newcomers get started and strategic depth that keeps matches engaging. Reviews also value playing with friends and the availability of opponents. Some describe the game’s swings between winning and losing as intensely frustrating, while complaints about the costly or slow-to-earn cosmetic gacha recur; reviewers note that these items do not affect match mechanics.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Controller required | No |
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