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Backgammon Offline is a single player casual strategy game. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

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77%
Audience ScoreBased on 4,646 reviews
graphics27 positive mentions
monetization237 negative mentions

  • The app has a smooth interface and runs well offline, making it convenient for practice and casual play without needing an internet connection.
  • It offers different difficulty levels providing challenge options suitable for beginners to more experienced players.
  • The game features good graphics, animations, and soundtracks that enhance the playing experience and make gameplay enjoyable.
  • Dice rolls appear to be heavily biased or rigged in favor of the computer, making it very difficult for players to win and ruining the fairness of the game.
  • Frequent and often unskippable advertisements, including long video ads mid-game and after each game, interrupt the gameplay and annoy users.
  • Certain game controls are unintuitive or restrictive, such as forced moves, inability to choose dice order, glitches, and problematic doubling cube implementation, negatively affecting user experience.
  • monetization
    244 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's monetization heavily relies on frequent and often long video ads that play between or even during games, which many users find intrusive and disruptive to gameplay. While some appreciate the option to watch ads for in-game benefits, complaints include ads that cannot be muted or skipped, ads continuing despite paid removal, and a perception that mechanics encourage watching ads excessively. Overall, excessive and poorly implemented advertising significantly detracts from the user experience.

    • “Best one I found for Backgammon free play, no ads either”
    • “No ads.”
    • “It is good and no ads”
    • “There is a ridiculous frequency and length of advertisements, after a few games increasing to multiple per single game, and always one before you can even view the game result.”
    • “Also, even if you've paid to remove ads, you still get highly intrusive midgame video ads that last 30 seconds.”
    • “Too many ads, some of which are way too long, diminish the experience.”
  • graphics
    42 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The graphics are generally praised as good, smooth, and visually appealing, with many users appreciating the design and clarity. While some find the graphics simple or slightly outdated, overall they enhance the gameplay experience and are considered a strong aspect of the game.

    • “Excellent game and graphics very smooth.”
    • “Great game and graphics 5*”
    • “Smooth play and nice graphics”
    • “Need better graphics.”
    • “I don't care for the graphics and the controls are terribly clunky.”
    • “Bad graphics.”
  • music
    26 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The music in the game generally receives praise for its relaxing, jazzy, and smooth background tunes that enhance the playing experience. However, some users find the music annoying or cheesy, particularly when ads play at full volume despite muted settings, and there are complaints about limited control over music and sound volume. Overall, the soundtrack is appreciated but could benefit from better audio management and customization options.

    • “I feel relaxed while playing - maybe a hypnotic effect of the background music ☺”
    • “I been playing, and it's so cool the jazz music set it off so well, I just started, and I really like it, it's one of the best backgammon game, so far.”
    • “Smooth and nice background music to help chill out too.”
    • “If I have game sounds and music turned off, it's because I want to play in silence, and then the ads start playing at full volume.”
    • “Installed this game, opened it up to annoying loud music.”
    • “Music selection is poor unless you like elevator music, but the game in general is good.”
  • gameplay
    25 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Gameplay is generally praised for being smooth, realistic, and fast, with some users highlighting strong AI at expert levels. However, several reviewers express frustration over perceived unfair dice rolls and occasional opponent advantage, leading to concerns about randomness and cheating. Despite minor issues such as intrusive ads and slow opponent moves, the gameplay experience is mostly considered enjoyable and improved with strategy.

    • “The expert level has the best AI backgammon gameplay I've seen so far on Android.”
    • “Good gameplay and fair dice.”
    • “Gameplay is fast and unlike some other backgammon apps it doesn't cheat.”
    • “It is random if the opponent has good dice, but when the opponent gets good dice and you get bad dice 6-7 times in a row, that is not random. The gameplay is terrible.”
    • “Does not represent realistic gameplay.”
    • “The opponent gets far too many doubles just when it needs it. Backgammon should be a game of chance as well as gameplay, but this feels like fixed odds.”
  • stability
    19 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's stability is inconsistent, with many users reporting frequent crashes, freezes, and glitches that disrupt gameplay and cause loss of progress. However, some users experience smooth, glitch-free operation, indicating the issues may not affect everyone. Overall, stability needs improvement to ensure a reliable gaming experience.

    • “No glitches.”
    • “Smooth operation, no glitches.”
    • “Sometimes it pays something shocking, completely freezes or shuts down, and I lose all current game progress. When I reopen, it still takes my game wager.”
    • “Crashes and freezes too often.”
    • “Many times it freezes.”
  • humor
    12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Users find the game's humor largely stems from the exaggerated and seemingly rigged dice rolls, which many find amusingly obvious and ironic. While some enjoy this aspect as funny and exciting, others feel the lack of randomness detracts from enjoyment. Overall, the humor is tied to the game's playful yet unfair dice mechanics.

    • “If you want to be amused by how the computer gets doubles and exactly what it needs while you constantly get 2's and 1's and get sent to the bar, it's hilarious!”
    • “As usual, the dice are rigged and are absolutely not random as they should be. I thought that rigging the game was exclusive to online play to make you spend money, but it's also the same in the offline game. So unfair there isn't one honest backgammon game on the entire web; all are corrupt unfortunately. Greed is an awful thing. You make enough from adverts. I'd pay for an honest game app download. No need to rob people. It's so blatantly rigged it's actually hilarious.”
    • “It is a very funny and exciting game!”
  • optimization
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The optimization of the game is mixed, with some users appreciating its low-pressure environment for improving skills, while others criticize its performance management as unfair and poorly programmed.

    • “This is a good no-pressure game that allows you to practice and improve your performance for online gaming”
    • “This game balances the performance of the computer by the cube and not by the moves... very unfair... just bad programming”
  • emotional
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Users report that the game induces strong negative emotions, such as nervousness, often due to frequent cheating issues, leading some to uninstall it.

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Backgammon Offline is a casual strategy game.

Backgammon Offline is available on Phone, Tablet, Android and Mobile Platform.

On average players spend around 2 hours playing Backgammon Offline.

Backgammon Offline was developed by SNG Games.

Backgammon Offline has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked this game for its graphics but disliked it for its monetization.

Backgammon Offline is a single player game.

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