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Fact sheet
| Name | Mahjong Balbal |
| Genre | Mahjong solitaire / puzzle |
| Platforms | iOS, Android |
| Price | Free (ads + optional subscription) |
| Languages | Turkish, English |
| Developer | Barış Dede |
| Released | 2026 |
| Bundle | com.barisdede.balbal |
| App Store | apps.apple.com/app/id6807112821 |
| Google Play | play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.barisdede.balbal |
| Contact | baris@barisdede.com |
One line
A mahjong puzzle drawn from Turkic myth: a four-slot tray, hand-built levels and every board proven solvable.
Short description
Balbal rebuilds mahjong solitaire around a single change: the tile you take does not burst straight away, it goes into a tray with four slots. When its twin arrives the pair bursts; if it does not, the tile takes up room. Fill the tray and the level ends.
The tiles come from Turkic myth — sky, birch and tamga suits, four elements, three spirits. A journey of thirty floors starts on the steppe, descends through the seven layers of the Underworld and climbs out through the nine layers of the Sky. No timers, no forced moves, plays offline, and every level is proven solvable before it is dealt.
Artwork
- App icon: ikon-512.png
- Feature graphic (EN): seri-en.webp
- Feature graphic (TR): seri-tr.webp
- Trailer (vertical, 1080×1920): balbal-tanitim.mp4
Screenshots live on the floor pages — home screen, board and victory screen for each of the thirty floors.
Required credit
The music in the trailer and in the game is by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) under CC BY 4.0. If you share the trailer, that credit has to travel with it.