Safari Chess
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Safari Chess

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Prices are current as of 12 Sept 2026.

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Safari Chess reviews

4.2 out of 5, based on 4,516 reviews.

What people like

  • Graphics and animations look great.
  • Best version of this game.
  • Fun for kids and adults.
  • Good for thinking skills.

What they complain about

  • Ads interrupt you constantly.
  • Online servers keep disconnecting.
  • AI repeats moves endlessly.
  • Hard to find online matches.
★★★★★ Singapore · v1.16.3 · 18 Aug 2026

斗兽棋good game

好玩

— Shrekfarfaraway

★☆☆☆☆ United States · v1.13.6 · 2 Jul 2025

Stop posting New York Times games ads every starting games, it’s so annoying!

Anytime I start game with ai or online, then you cause New York Times game ads to pop, make the ads deleted forever or we will give you one star

— NicholasSaintClaus!

★★★★☆ Vietnam · v1.13.6 · 8 Nov 2025

Do not connection Server

Do not connection Server with Mutiplayer

— người sử dụng n

★★☆☆☆ China · v1.13.7 · 3 Jan 2026

生气

为什么网络对战匹配不到人

— 陈采彤

★★★☆☆ Vietnam · v1.13.7 · 23 Jan 2026

N

Tải quá lâu

— 1000000000000000000000000sao

★★★★★ United States · v1.16.2 · 24 Jun 2026

Please Add Dog Swimming & Cheetah/Leopard Jumping Options

Great adaptation! Please never shut this app down, I love it!! I have a request though: * There’s a version of the game where the Leopard/Cheetah can jump over water, but only horizontally—similar to a Lion and Tiger, just weaker. * There’s also a version where the Dog can swim into the water squares like a Mouse/Rat, with the same rules applying—“cannot capture outside of water while in water”, “can capture other animals in water”, “cannot be captured while in water”. Could you maybe make a toggle in local multiplayer games (just vs friends), where players can toggle On and Off these versions before starting? I’d love to be able to play with modified pieces. I understand this is hard to do for worldwide multiplayer and AI single player, but I’d love the option just with friends. That’s my only suggestion, thanks!

— s356y (shalom.12)

★☆☆☆☆ United States · v1.13.6 · 2 Dec 2024

Bad

Unable to play without WiFi. Too much ads

— UserHW234

★★★★☆ United States · v1.13.6 · 4 Oct 2025

Used to be good

I remember I played it a lot like 3 years ago, but now when I revisited the game, the online feature doesn’t work because the servers were shut down. It’s unfortunate that nobody plays the game anymore

— Djelendodmfk

★★☆☆☆ China · v1.13.6 · 30 Nov 2024

建议改修改匹配机制

每次都匹配很长的时间才能匹配到一个非常无聊,实在不行的话可以弄些电脑来替(应该没有跑路吧,创作者)

— Channel sure

★★★☆☆ China · v1.13.6 · 22 Sept 2024

我对斗兽棋的评价

还行,就一个地方可以改进,在斗兽棋的实际规则,我方的老鼠是不会影响我方的老鼠和狮子的,敌方也一样,请改进游戏规则。

— 易俊扬

★★★★★ United States · v1.13.6 · 24 Sept 2022

Best borad game

Instead of buying it I can play it right here! Great

— badgamedev

★☆☆☆☆ Singapore · v1.13.6 · 11 Aug 2024

Keep Disconnecting

The game keeps disconnecting while in game.

— VanBen10

★★★★☆ China · v1.13.6 · 20 Apr 2025

建议添加步时和局时

不错

— 我初1

★★☆☆☆ China · v1.13.6 · 16 Sept 2023

低俗的玩家用名字骂人

一些低俗的玩家的名字里有骂人的词汇

— xzfeef

★★★☆☆ China · v1.13.6 · 24 Feb 2024

问题

1.广告很多,不连网也有。 2.游戏非常好玩而且锻炼思维,但是希望人机pk里面的乌龟那个角色下棋能快一点,我感觉🐢他赢的方法就是耗费时间;机器不是很厉害,所以希望能升级一下机器对手! 3.偶尔会有卡顿,卡顿后就算我输😂希望改进一下。 谢谢你看完我的评论d(^_^o)

— C🐩

★★★★★ United States · v1.13.5 · 16 Jun 2022

Is there a pro version to remove ads

My son loves the game, but not ads. :-) is it possible to have pro version to remove ads?

— l-qiwa

★☆☆☆☆ Australia · v1.13.6 · 23 Nov 2023

🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬😡😡🤬😡😡🤬🤬

This game is rigged YOU CANT GO UPWARDS YOU CANT GO LEFT YOU CANT GO RIGHT YOU CANT DO FRIGGIN ANYTHING

— Slaymangoxo

★★★★☆ China · v1.13.6 · 4 Feb 2025

广告太多了

除了广告多以外其他都很好

— 壹仟万

★★☆☆☆ Vietnam · v1.13.6 · 8 Jan 2023

game không đúng

mình không biết nhà sản xuất game làm như thế nào,nhưng mà ở ngoài chơi là báo có thể nhảy qa sông,chó cũng có thể đi vào sông chứ không phải là không đi được giống như trong game,ảo hơn là sư tử và hổ có thể nhảy qua sông,làm như vậy rồi còn j đúng nguyên bản nữa mà bảo hay,chơi đã vậy rồi mà ghép toàn gặp gì đâu không,đánh cứ thủ thủ không lên rồi lấy gì đánh, ôm nhà vậy rồi sao mà thắng ? mong nhà sản xuất xem kĩ những tình hình này lại chứ như này là không được,mong là bớt đi mấy cái quảng cáo,chơi game để giải trí mà cứ cho quảng cáo vào,chơi được 1 ván là cho 1 cái quảng cáo,bởi vậy hỏi sao ít người chơi.

— with ever Zun scruff

★★★☆☆ China · v1.13.6 · 18 Feb 2023

广告问题

广告太多了

— 职gdttdddtghjjk

★★★★★ Singapore · v1.13.5 · 16 Sept 2021

Very good

:)

— 泊莱雅水库位于

★☆☆☆☆ United States · v1.13.6 · 3 Jan 2023

全是广告

玩完一局也要看广告,又臭又长,就不能加个收费去广告的选项吗?

— niodde778

★★★★☆ China · v1.13.6 · 1 Jan 2025

匹配不行

每次我到网络对战的时候都要等好久这点要注意一下

— 玩游戏第一名

★★☆☆☆ Singapore · v1.13.2 · 15 May 2020

Good

Smooth game, no bug . Able to play online

— Kuala88

★★★☆☆ Vietnam · v1.13.5 · 4 Oct 2021

Game hình hoạ và âm thanh tốt

Hay bị mất kết nối internet

— blssml

★★★★★ United States · v1.13.3 · 20 Jul 2020

Great work!

Game play/animation works perfectly and graphics are excellent! I’m now inspired and am getting a board game version of 鬥獸棋

— Deleting what is unplayable

★☆☆☆☆ Australia · v1.13.4 · 30 Oct 2020

Fuc@#* up game !!!

Keeps disconnecting during game play due to unstable server connection!! Get a life !

— Delta14-02

★★★★☆ China · v1.13.6 · 26 Aug 2024

还行

经典的斗兽棋。图标也比可爱。强烈推荐。只不每下一盘棋都要播广告。希望可改进

— X X玩家

★★★☆☆ United States · v1.13.5 · 12 Mar 2021

Hard

Pretty good simple game except it is hard and you’re unable to turn off ads event by paying $.99 or something.

— mryuk

★★★★★ Singapore · v1.13.2 · 10 May 2020

斗兽棋

很好👍,但是计时器太快了,我都没时间想😄!

— olpikug

★☆☆☆☆ Singapore · v1.13.3 · 4 Aug 2020

Unstable server

Frequent encounter of connection issue. Always got disconnected during the game and ended up losing. Very frustrating gaming experience. Need to resolve and improve the online server connectivity ASAP!!

— cskenji4

★★★★☆ United States · v1.13.6 · 5 Feb 2024

Good I guess

Impressive how much the game will make you want to commit warcrimes on a tortoise

— gamer1305

★★★☆☆ Singapore · v1.13.2 · 14 Jun 2020

Good Gameplay But Should set a new rule for defensive opponents

Very smooth to play but dislike the defense strategy opponents always keep their chess on their defense line and repeat the move. ANW good game play and interesting. hopefully there is a new rule against to over-defensive strategy

— DragonChess1314

★★★★★ Singapore · v1.13.2 · 9 Apr 2020

Try it out!

👍

— Katelyn Lai Wen

★☆☆☆☆ United States · v1.13.2 · 24 Aug 2019

Its Soooo Anoying

It won’t let me jump over the Animals And It’s Only Level One

— Thomas323!

★★★★☆ China · v1.13.6 · 29 Dec 2022

加油哇

人机乌龟老头还是不太难,没有棋逢对手的感觉,能不能再添一个难度?最好再加个求和和悔棋功能。还有广告少一点,打完一局就来一个广告,真的很烦。

— 好玩! !

★★★☆☆ United States · v1.13.2 · 14 Feb 2020

Not easy

When I started I played against the fox in single player and the fox was hard

— zypheer

★★★★★ United States · v1.10.1 · 20 Jan 2018

Love it!

Played the board game version when I was a child. Best version of Chinese Animal Chess in the App Store.

— Kpuuhau

★☆☆☆☆ United States · v1.12.3 · 12 Jan 2019

computer keeps spamming moves

every time there's more than 1 way to move to eat my piece, cpu keeps spamming the same 2 animal over and over no matter how many times i stop or block them

— mickchanning

★★★★☆ China · v1.13.5 · 9 Apr 2022

广告

内容好,但广告太多!

— 小骆一

★★★★★ United States · v1.7 · 30 Jul 2017

Great you should play it!

The more the merrier!

— Black Stallion 86

★☆☆☆☆ United States · v1.11.3 · 9 Jun 2018

bug

fix that disconnecting bug is so annoying

— pokvgfcc

★★★★☆ Canada · v1.13.2 · 17 Mar 2020

Great game!

The only thing I suggest is to add an algorithm where the AI doesn’t repeat the same move over and over. If I don’t move or move the other way, I loose, otherwise, the AI will keep following me and the cycle repeats.

— Oac24

Safari Chess FAQ

Is Safari Chess free?
Yes. The app is free, in all 175 countries it sells in, and it sells nothing inside it.
Does Safari Chess have a free trial?
No. None of its offers (US) come with a free trial.
What are the best alternatives to Safari Chess?
Chiness Chess Master (3.8 from 2,199 reviews), Ludo - Classic Aeroplane Chess (4.0 from 2,102 reviews) and Chinese Checkers HD (4.0 from 2,025 reviews).

Safari Chess download

Last updated 3 months ago.

Safari Chess sells in 175 countries. It was released 10 years and 8 months ago, on 26 Jan 2016. It holds a 4.2 rating from 4,516 reviews.

Supports 2 languages: English, Chinese.

How much does Safari Chess make?

Third-party estimates for the last 30 days, worldwide — not the store's own figures, which Apple publishes for nobody.

Revenue < $5,000
Downloads < 5,000
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