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Microsoft Mahjong

Web browser, Windows Phone, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS • 2012

Should you play it?

Microsoft Mahjong (formerly Mahjong Titans and Taipei) is a computer game version of mahjong solitaire published by Microsoft. The version titled Mahjong Titans was developed by Oberon Games and included in Windows Vista and Windows 7 (except Starter and Home Basic editions). It takes advantage of the new graphical user interface (GUI) of Windows Vista, and includes features such as tile set and background choices. (In Windows Vista build 5219, the game was known as Shanghai Solitaire.) The game did not make it to Windows 8; however, a standalone version, developed by Arkadium and published by Microsoft Studios, can be downloaded from the Windows Store free of charge. An older version of the game was known as Taipei and was bundled in Microsoft Entertainment Pack 1 and Best of Microsoft Entertainment Pack. That version included 32767 possible configurations.

What works

  • Relaxing and accessible gameplay
  • Beautiful graphics and customizable themes
  • Daily challenges and achievement system encourage replay
  • Cross-platform progress synchronization
  • Free to play with optional premium subscription

Things to keep in mind

  • Intrusive and frequent advertisements
  • Technical issues and crashes reported
  • Limited social and multiplayer features
  • Some ui and accessibility limitations
  • Lack of narrative or meta-game elements

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Similarity map

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Microsoft Mahjong. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Microsoft Mahjong. These titles are not in What to play next.

Microsoft Mahjong: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Fantasy, Story, Violence, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Idle, Status. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Survival.

Last update: 02/09/2026