Yatzy

Yatzy Review: Classic Scoring Offline, Ads That Break Into the Game

13 Rounds, Three Rolls, and the Modes That Work Offline

Each game runs 13 rounds of five dice, with up to three rolls per turn and each scoring box used once. Despite the Scandinavian name, the scorecard in Bluetile's store screenshots is the American one: 25 for a full house, 30 and 40 for the straights, 50 for five of a kind and a 35-point bonus for reaching 63 in the upper section. Danish reviewers point out that One Pair and Two Pairs are missing. Tables seat up to three, and rivals can be a bot, a random online player or a friend sharing the phone in Pass & Play. Solo, bot and Pass & Play games work without Wi-Fi; online matches, tournaments and team events do not.

Bonus Rolls and Restart Turns: What the Dice Currency Buys

Dice, shown as a counter above the scorecard, is the currency spent on Bonus Rolls, which add a throw beyond the usual three, and on Restart Turns. A win in the store screenshots pays two Dice and 15 coins. More Dice come from watching ads, the daily Scratcher Card and Lucky Spin, or packs priced from $2.99 for a Handful of Dice to $22.99 for a Barrel on the US App Store. Coins mostly buy cosmetic dice faces, and reviewers since 2022 have complained that spins pay out mainly in coins. A Spanish reviewer argued that online matches lose their point when one side can throw more than three times. Bluetile answers rigged-dice complaints by saying rolls use a random, fair algorithm.

Mid-Game Ads, a $5.99 Remove Ads Pack and Items to $99.99

Both stores flag advertising, and Bluetile's published list of advertising partners names 27 companies, among them AppLovin, Google Ad Manager, Meta and Unity. Of the 150 newest English Google Play reviews (4 August to 1 October 2026), 28 gave one or two stars and 23 of those blamed ads: breaks in the middle of a game, a recurring boost pop-up, and ads that close the game and wipe the round. The US App Store sells Remove Ads for $5.99, yet two 2026 reviewers said ads continued after paying. Google Play lists items from $0.99 to $99.99, while Scopely's Yahtzee with Buddies reaches $189.99 and Ludo King $369.09 (US prices that vary by region and can change).

No Cloud Save, a New Owner, and What the Data Labels Say

Progress lives on the device. Reviewers who changed phones or reinstalled in 2025 and 2026 lost dice collections and paid items, and on 11 May 2026 Bluetile replied that a save-progress feature was still a priority. The studio began as Playvalve, a name kept in the package ID, and in March 2026 sold a 50% controlling stake to India's Nazara Technologies together with half of BestPlay, a Barcelona app that rewards time spent in mobile games. Bluetile's terms leave any real-world rewards to such third-party platforms and their own rules. Google Play's safety label says device IDs may be shared and data cannot be deleted, while the privacy policy lets players request deletion where the law allows.