Shut the Box is the classic pub dice game, offline on your phone: play solo, against one to three computer opponents, or pass the phone around the table, with no internet, no account and no limit on games. Roll the dice, shut tiles that add up to the roll, and leave as little as you can.
The pub box on your phone
A polished mahogany box with brass hinges and ivory tiles from 1 to 9. Tap tiles that add up to the dice and they flip down the moment they match, while the dice tumble on green baize. Changed your mind? Undo puts the last tiles back up before your next roll.
Exact odds for every move
Ask for a hint and every legal move is listed with your exact chance to shut the box, worked out by solving the game, with the best one marked. When there is a score to beat, it shows your chance of beating it instead. Perfect play shuts the classic box 9.8% of the time. How close can you get?
Shut the box!
Shut every tile and you win on the spot. Otherwise the tiles left open are your score, and the lowest score wins. Your best and average score are kept for every set of rules.
A daily challenge, three ways to play
Every day brings the same dice for everyone and one try, so keep your streak going. Play solo, against the computer at Easy, Normal, Hard or Expert, or pass and play for two to six people with their own names. Normal plays the pub rule of thumb, Hard plays perfectly for the lowest score, and Expert plays perfectly to win, knowing the score it has to beat.
Your house rules
Pick Classic, 10 tiles, Full house (12 tiles), Golf or Digital, then change any rule: 9, 10 or 12 tiles, when you roll one die, scoring by the sum or the digital way, one to nine rounds, and whether shutting the box wins. The exact odds for your house rules are shown as you change them.
Fair dice, see for yourself
Statistics count every die you roll and test them for fairness. Next to them: your shut rate, best and average scores, the daily streak, and wins against each computer level. Outside the daily challenge, every die, yours and the computer's, comes from the same secure random generator, and no bot sees a roll before it lands.
Pass the phone, play golf
Golf adds up the scores over several rounds, with a score sheet for every turn. Play in a light or dark room, with large print if you want it, vibration as each tile drops, and no time limit. It all works offline, and every move is saved, so you can close Shut the Box at any moment and carry on later.
Also known as Canoga, Batten Down the Hatches, Trick-Track and Klappenspiel. Available in English, German, French, Spanish, Dutch and Brazilian Portuguese.
The game is free with ads: a banner on the menus, never over the box, and a full-screen ad only when you leave a finished game, never during one. A one-time purchase removes all ads, with no subscription, or watch one short video for two hours without ads. Every mode, rule, hint and the daily challenge are free for everyone.
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First release: the classic pub dice game Shut the Box, fully offline. Play solo, against the computer at four levels or pass the phone for up to six players. Hints show the exact chance of every move, a daily challenge brings the same dice for everyone, and house rules cover 9, 10 or 12 tiles, the one-die rule, golf and digital scoring. Fair-dice statistics, light and dark themes, large print. In 6 languages.