King of Mahjong — Play Free Online

King of Mahjong is a tile-matching puzzle in the mahjong solitaire tradition. A stack of patterned tiles sits on the board, and your job is to clear it by removing matching tiles in pairs. There is no opponent and no clock you have to fight, so it is a calm change of pace from the one-more-jump rhythm that Doodle Jump fans usually come here for.

A session is quiet and thoughtful. You scan the layout, spot a pair that is free to take, and watch the pile slowly open up. Some boards clear in a few minutes, and others make you stop and plan several moves ahead. It runs in the browser with nothing to install, which makes it easy to open for a short break.

It is listed under Puzzle & Brain on this site and comes from Poki. What it shares with Doodle Jump is the pull of a short attempt that you want to improve on. What it swaps is reflexes for patience and planning.

How to play

The game's controls are listed as the arrow keys or WASD to move and the mouse to aim and select, and as tap and swipe on a phone. In a tile-matching game like this one, the mouse or your finger does nearly all the work: you pick a tile, then pick its matching partner.

• Only tiles that are not covered by another tile can be picked.
• In classic mahjong solitaire, a tile also needs a free side, meaning its left or right edge is open.
• Two identical free tiles disappear together.
• The board is cleared when every tile is gone. You are stuck when no free pairs remain.

Tips

• Before you click anything, look for tiles that sit on top of large stacks. Freeing those early opens up the most pairs.
• When a tile has several identical copies on the board, think about which two to remove. Taking the wrong pair can leave the last copy buried.
• Work from the outside edges inward, and keep the tiles in the middle for later.
• Take a moment to scan the whole board before each move instead of grabbing the first pair you see.

Similar games on Doodle Jump

If you want another game that rewards thinking over speed, Fireboy and Watergirl is a cooperative puzzle where you guide two characters through a temple. Bloons Tower Defense 2 is a strategy game about placing towers carefully. If you would rather go back to fast play, Doodle Jump and Helix Jump are the arcade climbers and fallers on this site.

King of Mahjong suits short breaks, one player on a laptop, or a phone where tapping tiles is simple.