Five dice, fifteen rounds

Shake the leather cup, tip five ivory dice onto the oak table and decide what to keep. Three rolls a turn, fifteen boxes to fill and one pencil to write it all down.

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Genre: Dice game
Controls: Touch
Mouse
Keyboard
Devices: Desktop
Tablet
Mobile
Released: 2026

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Yatzy

Yatzy is the dice game your family plays at the kitchen table, laid out on warm oak in the late afternoon. Tip the cup, look at what landed, keep the dice you like and roll the rest — up to three times a turn. Then pick a box on the paper scoresheet and write the score there. Every box takes one entry and one entry only, so the hard part is never the rolling. It is deciding which box to spend.

The sheet is the Scandinavian one: ones through sixes up top, with fifty points waiting if you reach sixty-three, then one pair, two pairs, three and four of a kind, the two straights, a full house, chance, and Yatzy at the bottom for five alike. Prefer the American sheet? One tap on the table screen swaps it for the Yahtzee version, where three and four of a kind pay the whole throw, a full house is a flat twenty-five and the straights pay thirty and forty. Every open row shows what it would pay right now, so you can weigh a safe twenty against a box you may wish you had kept.

Play it alone against your own best score, or sit one, two or three opponents down opposite you — Elsa, Hugo and Nils weigh every hold the way a careful player does, and you can set them to Easy, Normal or Sharp. Pass and play hands the device around a table of up to four, with everyone's name across the top of the sheet and their column filling in as the rounds go by. Tap a die to slide it into the held tray, tap a row to write the score, or drive the whole thing from the keyboard: space rolls, one to five keep a die, enter writes the highlighted row.

Tips for Yatzy

In Yatzy the dice decide what you can score, but you decide where it goes, and that is where most points are won or lost. Every open row shows what it would pay right now, so look down the whole sheet before you write anything. Early on, give the top half your attention: fifty bonus points wait if the ones to sixes add up to sixty-three, which is exactly three of each, and the bonus bar shows how close you are. Three fives are worth far more in the fives box than spent on chance.

Use all three rolls when they help, but hold with a plan. With a pair, keep it and chase three or four of a kind; with four in a row, keep them and roll for the straight. When a turn goes badly, put the low score in a box you were unlikely to fill well, such as the ones, rather than wasting chance or a big row. Against the computer rivals, start on Easy while you learn the sheet, then move up to Normal and Sharp.

How to play Yatzy

A game of Yatzy lasts fifteen rounds, one for each box on the scoresheet. On your turn you roll five dice, then keep the ones you like and roll the rest, up to three rolls in all. When you are done, you write a score in one empty box, and each box can only be filled once. If your dice do not suit any open box, you still have to choose one, even if it pays little or nothing there.

The top half of the sheet holds the ones through sixes, and each of these boxes scores the dice showing that number. Reach sixty-three in the top half and you earn a bonus of fifty points; the bonus bar shows how close you are. The bottom half holds one pair, two pairs, three of a kind, four of a kind, the two straights, a full house, chance, which takes any throw, and Yatzy, five dice alike. Every open row shows what it would pay for the dice in front of you, so you can compare before you write. When every box is full, the scores are added up and the highest total wins. If you prefer the American rules, one tap on the table screen swaps to the thirteen-box Yahtzee sheet.

On a phone or tablet, tap dice to keep them and tap a row to write the score. On a computer, Space rolls, 1 to 5 keep a die and Enter writes the highlighted row. P pauses and M mutes.

About Yatzy

Yatzy is the Scandinavian form of a dice game played around the world, known in America as Yahtzee. In the Nordic countries it is a fixture of kitchen tables and family evenings, and its mix of luck and choice makes it easy to learn and hard to put down: the dice decide what you can score, but you decide where it goes.

Kiloo's Yatzy is set on a warm oak table with five chunky dice, a leather cup and a paper scoresheet. It plays the fifteen-box Scandinavian sheet with the fifty-point bonus and switches to the thirteen-box American sheet with one tap, so both traditions are covered. It suits families and anyone who likes a relaxed game with real decisions in it. Play alone against your own best score, sit down with one to three computer rivals, Elsa, Hugo and Nils, at Easy, Normal or Sharp, or pass the device round a table of up to four people, each with a column of their own. Because every open row previews what it would pay, it is also a friendly way to learn the scoring.

Frequently asked questions

Is Yatzy free to play?

Yes. Yatzy is free to play in your browser on Kiloo. There is nothing to download and no account to create; open the game, tip the cup and start rolling.

Can I play Yatzy on my phone?

Yes. On a phone or tablet you tap a die to keep it and tap a row to write the score. On a computer, Space rolls, 1 to 5 keep a die and Enter writes the highlighted row. P pauses and M mutes.

What is the difference between the Yatzy and Yahtzee sheets?

Yatzy uses the Scandinavian fifteen-box sheet, with one pair, two pairs and a fifty-point bonus for reaching sixty-three in the top half. One tap on the table screen swaps to the thirteen-box American Yahtzee sheet, where three and four of a kind pay the whole throw, a full house is twenty-five and the straights pay thirty and forty.

Can I play Yatzy with friends?

Yes. Pass and play lets up to four people share one device, with each name across the top of the sheet. You can also play alone against your own best score, or against one to three computer rivals, Elsa, Hugo and Nils, set to Easy, Normal or Sharp.

How do you get the bonus in Yatzy?

Add up the ones through sixes at the top of the Scandinavian sheet. If they reach sixty-three, you get a fifty-point bonus. Sixty-three is exactly three of each number, and the bonus bar in Yatzy shows how close you are as the game goes on.

How many rolls do you get in Yatzy?

You get up to three rolls each turn in Yatzy. After each roll you can keep any of the five dice and roll the rest again, or stop and write your score in one of the open boxes on the sheet.