A tile game older
than all of us.
Mahjong has been played for over 150 years. Born in China during the Qing dynasty, it spread across Asia, then the world — carried in tile sets passed from parents to children, played on bamboo tables in Shanghai, in teahouses in Hong Kong, in living rooms everywhere. Few games have survived that long because they deserve to.
Mahjong solitaire — the single-player version most people know on their phones — takes those same 144 tiles and stacks them into a pyramid. The rules are simple: match two identical free tiles and remove them. A tile is free when nothing sits on top of it and at least one side is open. Clear the whole board and you win.
Whether you prefer the connect-style or the full Shanghai solitaire layout, the satisfying rhythm is the same — scan, spot, tap, repeat. Neon Mahjong is built around that feeling, just with a UI worthy of 2025.