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RPS Ninja
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Rock. Paper. Strategy.

RPS Ninja turns Rock, Paper, Scissors into a tactical online board game. Hide your King, set your Trap, and find the enemy King before they find yours.

Play free in your browser

Free · No account needed · Nothing to install

How to play

Learn the whole game in one match.

Sensei walks you through setup, movement, combat, the Trap and the King capture - twenty steps on a live board. It plays itself, or you can step through at your own pace.

Sensei
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This is the same tutorial that ships inside the game - nothing here is a mock-up.

Play a real match
What a match is made of

Simple rules. Real tactics.

  • Live multiplayer

    Real opponents, matched in seconds. Play a stranger or send a code to a friend.

  • A hidden King

    Your King stands somewhere in your home zone. If an enemy fighter reaches its tile, the match is over.

  • A hidden Trap

    One tile your opponent cannot see. Step on it and the fighter is gone - and the Trap stays.

  • Rules you already know

    Every clash is Rock, Paper, Scissors. Rock beats Scissors, Scissors cut Paper, Paper beats Rock.

  • Tiebreaks

    Same weapon on both sides? Nobody wins. Both players secretly choose again, right there on the board.

  • Stats and ranks

    Every duel, win streak and rank is recorded. See exactly who you beat and how far you have climbed.

Setup

The first bluff happens before anyone moves.

Place your King anywhere in your home zone and hide a Trap beside it. Your opponent sees neither. Everything else is shuffled face-down.

RPS Ninja board with red and blue ninja fighters facing each other
Combat

Every clash is Rock, Paper, Scissors.

Step onto an enemy fighter and the weapons come out. Draw the same weapon and it goes to a tiebreak - both players choose again, in secret, with the whole board watching.

  • Rock beats Scissors
  • Scissors cut Paper
  • Paper beats Rock
Tiebreak screen in RPS Ninja asking the player to choose rock, paper or scissors
Strategy

Winning a fight also reveals your weapon.

A fighter that wins reveals what it was holding. Push too hard and you hand your opponent the map to your own King. Knowing when to retreat is half the game.

Combat result in RPS Ninja: the blue ninja wins the duel with scissors
Victory

Find their King before they find yours.

Reach the enemy King and the match ends instantly - it does not matter how many fighters you lost getting there. Take the XP, climb the ranks, run it back.

Victory screen in RPS Ninja showing "You win!" and the XP reward

Your first duel is one click away.

Free, no account needed, and it runs straight in your browser. Find an opponent in seconds.

Play free in your browser

Free either way. The app is the smoother experience - the browser version is there if you would rather not install.