How to play & controls Mahjong Tower
Mahjong Tower is a solo puzzle: remove matching tiles in pairs from a stacked layout. A tile is free only when nothing rests on it and its left or right neighbour on the same layer is gone. Free tiles are bright; blocked ones are slightly dimmed.
The tower has four wings — Gate (floors 1–6), Hall (7–12), Library (13–18) and Summit (19–24). Gate uses dots, bamboo and dragons on 32–72 tiles; winds join in the Hall, characters in the Library, and flowers and seasons at the Summit, where floors hold 142–144 tiles. Any flower matches any flower, and any season any season.
Every deal is built backwards from an empty board, one free pair at a time, so each fresh board has at least one way to clear it. Shuffles are dealt the same way, so a shuffled board can always be finished too.
Modes
Climb the tower
Floors open one by one from floor 1. Replay any cleared floor from the map; each replay is a fresh deal.
Painting gallery
Each floor hides an old painting under the tiles. The veil lifts wherever tiles are cleared, and a finished floor shows the whole painting and its story in the gallery.
Controls
| Action | Mouse & keyboard | Touch | Gamepad |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pick tiles · remove a pair | Click, or move between free tiles with the arrow keys and press Enter or Space | Tap two tiles in turn | — |
| Drop the selection | Esc, or click an empty spot | Tap the selected tile or an empty spot | — |
| Hint | H or the Hint button | Tap Hint | — |
| Undo | Z, Backspace or the Undo button | Tap Undo | — |
| Shuffle | S or the Shuffle button | Tap Shuffle | — |
Strategy tips
Tall stacks and row ends first
Clearing the tops of tall stacks and the ends of long rows frees the most tiles beneath and beside them.
Three free? Think about the fourth
When three tiles of a kind are free, take the pair that unblocks the fourth. If the last two end up stacked on each other they can never be removed.
Hints point along a route
A hint is the first move of a route that clears the board, not just any available pair, and it tells you when the board can no longer be cleared.
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