Boxcars

Boxcars

Rocket 9 Labs · October 1, 2024 · Casual, Strategy, Board Game, 2D, Multiplayer

Boxcars is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.

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Boxcars price

Boxcars is free to play — there is no purchase price, on Steam or anywhere else we track. We keep watching it, so if it ever stops being free the price history on this page will show when that happened and what it changed to.

About Boxcars

✦ AI summary

Boxcars is a digital backgammon platform featuring three classic dice games—backgammon, acey-deucey, and tabula—that you can play online against others, with friends privately, or offline against AI. Its open-source nature means you can inspect, modify, and customize the code to suit your preferences.

Boxcars is a program for playing backgammon, acey-deucey and tabula online and offline.

Features

  • Play backgammon, acey-deucey and tabula.
  • Match randomly with other backgammon players or play privately with your friends.
  • Play offline vs AI when you don't have access to the internet.
This application and the server are available under free and open source software licenses.You may download the source code, build the game and even make custom changes.

Boxcars — game info

Platforms
Windows, Linux / SteamOS
Steam Deck
Verified
Player modes
Single-player, Online PvP, Cross-platform multiplayer
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Aug 30, 2026
Simple and functional, works wonderfully in coop, even without registration or anything, I really like it! (Tried only Backgammon, I don't even know the other two)
9 found this helpful
Recommended Jan 11, 2026
I love backgammon, and this free implementation is enjoyable and simple to use.
2 found this helpful
Recommended Aug 12, 2026
Boxcars is a streamlined digital interpretation of traditional tables games that places accessibility and straightforward competition ahead of elaborate presentation. Developed and published by Rocket 9 Labs, the game is built primarily around backgammon while expanding the package with Acey-Deucey and Tabula. Rather than attempting to modernize these games through complicated progression systems or unnecessary gimmicks, Boxcars concentrates on reproducing their fundamental rules in an approachable digital environment. This focused direction makes it especially suitable for players who appreciate classic board games and simply want a convenient way to play them on a computer. Backgammon forms the heart of the experience, retaining the familiar mixture of dice-driven uncertainty and strategic decision-making that has kept the game relevant for generations. Every roll forces players to evaluate movement possibilities, defensive positions, exposed pieces, blocking opportunities, and the potential consequences of taking risks. Randomness inevitably influences individual matches, but consistent success still depends heavily on understanding probability and positioning. Boxcars wisely a…
1 found this helpful
Recommended Aug 3, 2026
No frills backgammon. Does what it sets out to do.
1 found this helpful
Recommended Mar 31, 2026
Simple, no frils backgammon, no registration needed.
1 found this helpful
Not recommended Feb 22, 2026
I've used this on PC and my Android cell (using F-Droid to obtain the app). I really like the simplicity of the game. Not too many animations, etc., but still looks nice. The problem I have is the double rolls. It always seems like the AI is constantly getting double rolls, and myself as well but more likely when I can't use them. More importantly, I don't know the specific statistics, but the double rolls just seem to occur way too often. It's just not realistic, and I mean to say that I don't even want them that often for myself. Additionally, after previously thinking I was seeing some strange behavior, today I was really paying attention to the AI rolls. All in a row, without me having a turn, the AI rolled a 1 & 4, then double 6's, and then double 4's, and then a 4 & 6 after the second double roll. It's either intentional or a bug, but the rolls are often way too unrealistic, and I just uninstalled it from everything.

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