- Price$0.99
- CategoryGames
- Versions4 archived
- Installable4 of 4
- AvailabilityStill on the App Store
- SellerMidnight Martian
- Bundle IDcom.midnightmartian.moonlightmahjong
RequirementsCompatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 2.0 or later.
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Report an issueMoonlight Mahjong is Mahjong Solitaire in virtual reality 3D, designed specifically for the iPhone and iPad. Intuitive touch control allows you to tilt and turn, zoom in and out to match tiles in 3D. Play “arcade style” with progressively difficult levels and high scores, or relax with one of the non-competitive game modes. The gameplay is simple yet addictive.
Moonlight Mahjong features four main types of play:
• Scramble Mode: Match tiles faster than the automated opponent "Tilebot" through increasingly difficult levels. The board is automatically reshuffled when you run out of matches, making this game mode easy to start and fun, yet challenging on the higher levels.
• Challenge Mode: Compete against Tilebot in full puzzle mode, with no automatic reshuffling, only undo. Challenge requires more strategy than Scramble. This is the ‘pure’ form of the game, but it is difficult!
• Puzzle Mode: Solve puzzle boards with no time limit. Choose any layouts you like. This is the original game mode, what people usually think of as Mahjong Solitaire.
• Relaxation Mode: Clear boards with no time limit and automatic reshuffling when out of matches. Perfect for when you're just not in the mood to strategize or rush.
Feel free to download the free Lite version with ads, or purchase the paid version without ads. They are the same game; the paid version has a few additional features.
Moonlight Mahjong is the original 3D Mahjong Solitaire on iOS, having debuted with the launch of the App Store in 2008. It has been played millions of times and was honored as a "Best Board Game" on the App Store.
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Ratings Over Time
sampled from 5 archived captures| Date | Version | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2010 | 2.0.1 | — | 1,428 | $0.99 |
| January 25, 2011 | 2.1.3 | — | 2,391 | $0.99 |
| February 15, 2012 | — | — | 3,686 | $0.99 |
From archived App Store listing data, captured by the Wayback Machine.
Archived Reviews
8 of 25Would like my $1.79 or $1.99 back! When you still have moves it closes I think there is a timer. Deleting app!
There are different modes; I prefer the Relaxation mode. But what I love most about Moonlight Mahjong is the 3D aspect. It adds a whole new component to any standard game of mahjong. That’s always a good thing for stimulating your brain but Moonlight Mahjong takes a digital game a step farther, adding the eye-hand coordination needed to manipulate each puzzle in space.
I love Mahjong in general, but Moonlight Mahjong takes the cake. The three dimensionality of it is endlessly fascinating. Once I learned to navigate: easily shrink or enlarge (pinch in or out) rotate the puzzle in space to view it from any angle (hold and drag any tile) or move the puzzle up down or sideways (hold and drag any of the negative space around the puzzle) I was totally hooked. Fabulous.
The game is generally fun, but there are quirks that should be easy to fix, but have lingered for years. First, the game sometimes lags/stutters when you play. It’s random. It usually plays fine but sometimes it lags/stutters to the point where it’s unplayable. I have to just close the app and wait a couple hours, and then it works again. (Immediately reopening the app after closing it does not fix the lag/stutter). The other problem is the scrambles in scramble mode. Once you get to high levels, the scrambles become the determining factor as to whether or not you beat the tile bot. I know when the board is first presented whether or not I’m going to beat the tile bot with 90% accuracy. The games is not fun like this. What needs to happen is the game should keep track of your history for scrambles, and it should present you with puzzles that you historically have almost won but lost, or just barely won. This keeps it challenging. Instead what happens is you get an easy puzzle and you win easily. Then you get an impossible puzzle and barely get started before tile bot finishes. And it just becomes a frustrating exercise in waiting for a random string of easier puzzles.
But, noted just tonight that there's a glitch in the touch/move sensor. I can't touch and move while on the board itself, so impossible to play. Hope it's fixed soon. I've loved this game for years.
can be fun but play is inconsistent. robot player arbitrarily speeds up or slows down. the penalty for losing can be excessive with no consideration for the difficulty of the puzzle nor how close to winning you might have been. also, a large number of puzzles are completely impossible to win no matter how fast you play. there are simply too many tiles or the game must be continuously maneuvered to locate buried tiles. i’ve been playing this for years but have become so frustrated by its play, i gave up on it and deleted from my ipad
I have been having such a great time playing against the timer bot. I love a good challenge & it keeps my brain stimulated! This is the best Mahjong I have ever found! 😍
I’ve always liked Mahjong!! When this game was advertised as no ads, I thought I’d give it a try. It is NO ADS!!! It is fun being able to do different layouts every game if you want to OR play the same layout over and over. You’re choice 😊
Period reviews recovered from Apple's customer-review feeds via the Wayback Machine.