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dirtbag MAHJONG

Riichi mahjong with a twist! Play mahjong with party game elements, for both beginners and experienced players.

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November 26, 2025
249 days ago
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About the Game

Lie, cheat, and steal your way to victory in Dirtbag Mahjong!

Choose your character and join five other dirtbags for a night of riichi mahjong and misdemeanor assault. Nobody here plays fair, and they've all got some dirty tricks up their sleeves.

Dirtbag Mahjong is a complete and beginner-friendly mahjong experience that also offers some party game surprises to keep experienced players guessing.

Features:

  • A story mode featuring an interesting night and unique conditions under which to try playing mahjong, with six different routes

  • A full riichi mahjong text guide and first steps interactive tutorial, to help ease beginners into the game or the more difficult story chapters

  • Six playable characters with unique abilities

  • Free play mode with both "standard" or "dirtbag" rules, for a complete single-player mahjong experience

  • Difficulty options ranging from beginner-friendly free play to harder story challenges

  • Skins for tiles and characters

  • Hand drawn pixel art

  • Full gamepad support

Demo features:

  • The full riichi mahjong text guide, and the first steps interactive tutorial to get beginners started

  • The prologue and the first chapter of 3 of the story routes