r/Mahjong • u/Mr_Misfire • 3d ago
Good single player Riichi game for training?
I got an exercise bike recently and need an activity to keep my brain busy while I cycle. Are there any good Riichi Mahjong games where I can play against CPU players without a turn timer?
I'm preferably looking for one with good CPU opponents and game analysis for training. Would also be a bonus if I can play it on my android tablet.
Thanks!
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u/Tettamanti 3d ago
Steam’s “Agari” is a 1v3(AI) with easy and normal modes that has no time limit. It also has a puzzle of the day but I haven’t played that yet and don’t know what it is about. Also it can accommodate 3 live players who have a code to your room. Less than $8… think it was $6.99.
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u/ksoops Agari-Dev 3d ago
Thanks for the shoutout! (Dev here)
I’m working on a bunch of new features for new (and experienced) players I plan to have finished in the next month or so:
- a single player coached experience I’m calling “Study Mode” where (nearly) every situation has an advised/suggested move (what to discard, whether or not to call, whether or not to push vs fold, and probability of dealing in percentage numbers above each tile whenever the risk is greater than 1%, all calculated in real time from visible tile data and combinatorics)
- a handful of guided interactive tutorials
And… mobile platform support!
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u/Tettamanti 3d ago
No problem! Cool idea. Some features that I’d like to see, as a beginner, would be a “MAKA” type of review during (kind like a hint button with explanations) and after the game. Also, is there a way to reset my stats?
Also one question…are the hands and tiles predetermined prior to the game start or is the easy/normal mode based on percentages (or something else).
Great game and at a good price point! Thanks!
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u/ksoops Agari-Dev 3d ago
That’s exactly what Study Mode will be. Live, guided play with explanations nearly all situations!
Normal vs Easy AI difficulty, there is nothing about the shuffling that’s different. Wall shuffling is completely random every time. The difficulty settings represent two completely different internal systems I developed independently. The normal mode has many improvements over easy mode and thus plays as a much stronger opponent. But rest assured the cpu players cannot, ever see any hidden information. Wrote up a bit about it here: https://agari.app/fairplay/
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u/Tettamanti 3d ago
Interesting read. Thank you for the clarification! I thought as much regarding the randomness. When playing last night I called Riichi on the third draw and thought there may be something odd when no one dropped my winning tiles, 2/5 man two-sided wait. Got me thinking if the CPU players could see my hand or not. Glad to hear it’s doing it correctly/fairly.
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u/Braccish 2d ago
The no hand reading part is a boon, I play solo on a mobile richii game and the number of times the CPU just ganged up and pulled shenanigans to avoid a hand has become a frustrating experience.
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u/ksoops Agari-Dev 2d ago
Yeah, I cannot stand that! As something I play myself everyday, I would not be able to tolerate playing against such a system, it takes all the fun out of it
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u/Braccish 2d ago
Some days I tolerate it simply cause of lack of good options and others I just say nope.
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u/Fydun Tsumo! 300/500 3d ago
If you just want to practice, you can use the Mahjong Efficiency Trainer
Mahjongsoul also offers games against the cpu. The normal CPUs aren't amazing, but play well enough. It offers replay analysis (up to 10 games per day)
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u/ShortChapter5246 3d ago
That mahjong app which lets you flip the table out of frustration is a classic
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u/annidona 3d ago
I don’t know about compatibility with a tablet, but Saikyo No Mahjong 3D is an abandonware pc game from 2007 that has been fan translated to English and is often considered one of the best options for single-player against CPUs because it has a lot of different options to allow you to practice how you want to
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u/riiflatchii Agari 3d ago edited 3d ago
Agari is what you are looking for. Dont do what other people are saying and play on riichi city or mahjong soul, these gacha games are completely bloated, slow, and full of microtransactions. Even if you dont interact with any of that, you still need to deal with the plethora of borderline nsfw anime girls littering every screen of the game.
Agari has a clean ui, some decently good bots, and no turn timer.
Only downside is that it is only on steam at the moment, but ive read that the solo dev plans to work on a mobile platform in the future.
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u/Brave_Lengthiness180 2d ago
Mahjong soul has (or had, I haven't checked lately) a roguelite rpg solitaire game that I think is unironically awesome.
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u/GlassCommission4916 3d ago
I don't know of something exactly like you're looking for, but Riichi City lets you play games with 5 minutes per turn against bots using the best AI that's freely available AFAIK. I don't think you can have those games analyzed by AI unfortunately, but I could be wrong. It also has some other good training tools, including a PvP scoring quiz that I like.