Rivallum Download

Tactical duels for two

Every wall
changes the race.

A fast 1v1 strategy game. Race your pawn to the far side—or spend a turn sending your rival the long way round.

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1–3 minute duels7×7 or 9×9No sign-up for local play

An actual Rivallum match on a 9 by 9 board, with blue and magenta pawns navigating orange walls

Actual gameplay · 9×9 versus AI

Scroll to reroute

The whole tension

You can move.
Or change what moving means.

Every wall costs the turn you could have spent advancing. Place it too early and you lose ground. Place it well and one square becomes five.

One turn. Two choices.

Simple enough to start.
Sharp enough to stay.

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Rivallum tutorial showing the legal moves for a pawn

See the finish line.

The goal is immediately legible: move your pawn to the opposite edge before your rival reaches yours.

No tutorial fog. You understand the race at a glance.

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Rivallum tutorial showing how a wall reroutes a rival pawn

Spend a turn to steal three.

Instead of moving, place a two-cell wall. Your opponent still gets through—they just have to earn the longer route.

Every interruption creates a new decision for both players.

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A Rivallum match showing an open route through a cluster of walls

Reroute. Never trap.

A wall may complicate the path, but it can never seal every route. The board rejects a cage, keeping every duel fair and live.

The game creates pressure without creating stalemates.

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A dense late-game Rivallum board with several possible routes

Find the route they missed.

As the board tightens, tempo matters more. Advance, counter, or detour—the far edge decides who read the position better.

A complete tactical arc in the time of a coffee break.

Try the decision

Make the next move.

Watch the route change, then take over Blue. Legal moves light up; the full app adds wall placement, jumps, diagonals, clocks, and an opponent who will absolutely notice your mistake.

Opening position
Sample match7 × 7

One-move web sampler · full rules in the app

Choose the stakes

Same board.
Different pressure.

01 · Solo

Practice without permission.

Four AI difficulties, from a forgiving first match to an Expert that punishes wasted tempo. It all works offline.

  • Easy
  • Medium
  • Hard
  • Expert
Rivallum setup screen with four AI difficulty levels and two board sizes
Rivallum start screen for Player One and Player Two

02 · Together

Pass the phone. Keep the rivalry.

Hot-seat turns one screen into a board between two people. No account and no network session required.

“Your turn” is the only notification you need.

03 · Online

Play for nothing.
Or climb for real.

Queue for a casual duel, or let every ranked result move a Glicko-2 rating through seven tiers.

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Bronze Silver Gold Platinum Diamond Master Grandmaster

Small rules. Real depth.

Less waiting.
More deciding.

3min

Built for duels that fit between everything else.

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Offline AI levels, so practice can meet you where you are.

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Ranked tiers, from Bronze through Grandmaster.

Player stories

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Why Rivallum

Strategy that respects your attention.

No third-party analytics SDK. Local hot-seat and offline AI need no account or network session. The rules stay small; the decisions do not.

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Your move

Take the shorter route.
If they leave you one.

Rivallum: Tactical Duels is available now on Android. iPhone release details are still to come.

Get it onGoogle Play Coming soon to theApp Store
An actual Rivallum match with blue and magenta pieces navigating orange walls