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I occasionally get vaguely intrigued by the sight of a mahjong game in a movie. And occasionally embark on a not-too-thorough search for a computer-powered AI-endowed approximation of the experience to entertain myself without burdening other humans. Which search ends in encountering a number of solitaire applications, but not a four-player version.

Meanwhile, I could play hearts, bridge or even something local such as durak, since the 90s.

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Yakuza Kiwami 2 (an incredibly fun open-world RPG chock full of things to do) has a Mahjong minigame that you could just sit and play for hours against AI even if you don't care about anything else in the game.

The first Kiwami has it too and I was hooked for quite a while.

I think every modern iteration has Mahjong, but Kiwami 2 also has a pretty good Shogi minigame.

And limit Hold-'em, although I found it pretty easy to beat consistently.

A bit too expensive and hardware-hungry for a mahjong game.

> 42 GB available space

Well, as I said, it contains a lot of stuff other than Mahjong ;)

Mahjong Soul has recently been gaining popularity and has 4 player riichi mahjong with computers.

Been through that as well :)

http://www.unbalance.co.jp/honkaku/smahjong3d/ https://www.4windsmj.com/

If you're on Android, Kemono Mahjong, by CyberDog Software, is a fantastic way to learn Riichi Mahjong.

It's on iOS too :)

Note that there are multiple variations of the four-player version.

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