Pick your rivalry.
Countries. Football clubs. The debates that divide your group chat. Every war has exactly two sides.
Big opinions. Small dots.
YOUR SIDENEEDS YOU.
The rivalries you care about. Two sides. One board. Pick your side, place your dots and bring your people. Take more than half to win.
Free to play. 5 dots to start. No download.
Coming soonApp Store
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Settle this one.Interactive demo / 5 × 5
Dogs vs Cats
CLASSICSCats 32%16% Dogs
Cats need 5 more squares to win50% marker
Now win one for real
Choose a side. Then make your move.
Practice board. Nothing saved. The real game is multiplayer.
Opinions are cheap. Show up.Pick a sidePlace your dotsBring your people
01 / Learn it in secondsA tiny move.
A tiny move.
A very public rivalry.
Every dot is a move for your side. Everyone plays on the same board, in real time.
Choose your side.
Who are you backing? Choose once. Your side is locked for that war.
Drop a dot.
Tap an empty square. Your colour lands live. Bring friends to put more dots on your side.
Cross 50%. Win.
Hold more than half of all squares to win instantly. At the deadline, the side ahead wins. Equal is a draw.
The twist? Capture.Surround a single enemy dot on all neighbouring squares, including diagonals, and it flips. Groups of two or more are safe. One move can change the result.
02 / Find your sideYou already have an opinion.
You already have an opinion.
Put a dot on it.
Featured matchups restart when decided. Win this board. Come back for the next.
ClassicsFeatured
Dogs vs Cats
Your camera roll has a side.
Does the board?
ClassicsFeatured
Coffee vs Tea
Strong opinions.
Stronger brew.
ClassicsFeatured
Beer vs Whiskey
The debate can go all night.
The board has a deadline.
Your club. Your colours. Your people.
Find your club in the appAbout 40 football clubs. Names you know. Rivalries you feel.
Countries & global rivalries. Have your say.
Back the side you choose, wherever you're from. These boards measure participation in a game. Their results are not a public opinion poll or a judgment on real-world conflicts.
🇮🇷 Iran vs 🇺🇸 USAHave your say🇨🇦 Canada vs 🇺🇸 USAHave your say🇺🇦 Ukraine vs 🇷🇺 RussiaHave your say🇮🇱 Israel vs 🇵🇸 PalestineHave your say
100+ countries to choose from. Country choice never limits which side you can join.
03 / This is a team sportYour group chat
Your group chat
talks a big game.
Bring them.
Send your invite from the game. Friends can land straight in your war, on your side. Give them something to back. Then give the other side a reason to worry.
Play with your peopleAn invitation worth sending
“Team Cats. You in?
The Dogs aren't going
to beat themselves.”
Start with a rivalry. Send your invite from the game.
+3
Dots for your friend
at sign-up with your invite
+5
Dots for you
after they get playing
Invite rewards follow the current in-game eligibility rules.
Keep showing up
Small dots. Real comebacks.
5dots at sign-up
3free daily dots
+3for a winning side
Play on consecutive days for streak bonuses. Place the deciding dot for another +2. Your daily free balance tops up to 9.
Victory rewards go to winning-side players who placed at least one dot. Optional dot packs are planned, but aren't live yet.
Settle your own score
Start something.
Choose two sides from a curated category, a board size and your side. 2 dots gets it started: one creation fee, one first dot.
Skirmish24 hours
5 × 5Battle3 days
10 × 10Front5 days
10 × 20War7 days
20 × 20Up to 3 active wars of your own. Matchup already running at that size? Join it or create another battlefield.
A few ground rulesBefore you
Before you
pick a side.
Is DotWars free to play?
Yes. Start with 5 free dots. Each day you play, your free balance tops up by 3, to a maximum of 9. Earn more through streaks, eligible invites and victories. Optional dot packs are planned but aren't available yet.
How does a side win?
Hold more than 50% of all squares, including unfilled squares in the total, to win immediately. On a 5 × 5 board, that's 13 squares. If nobody gets there, the side with more squares at the deadline wins. Equal scores mean a draw.
How do captures work?
Completely surround one enemy dot with your dots, including diagonals. It flips to your colour. Only neighbours inside the board count: 8 in the middle, 5 on an edge, 3 in a corner. An empty neighbour or a same-side neighbour of that enemy blocks capture, so groups of two or more cannot be captured. Captures do not chain. Try the highlighted square in the demo above.
Can I switch sides or create any matchup?
Your side is locked for each war, but you can choose differently in another. Create matchups from curated lists of countries, football clubs and Classics. There is no free-text side creation. Starting a war costs 2 dots, and you can have up to 3 of your own active at once.
Do I need to download an app?
No. Play now in your web browser. iOS and Android apps are coming soon.
What does winning actually prove?
That your side took this board. DotWars is a competition built around rivalries, not a representative vote or a verdict on whose beliefs are right. Rally your people. Respect the people on the other side.
Where are the live scores and rankings?
Inside the game. Each board shows the score, progress toward a majority, dots needed to win, time left and players online. Find My wars, Featured wars, Hot wars and the most-played Rivalries. Rankings track dots and wins per side, players by home country and top players.
Don't let the other side
have the last dot.
Your rivalry. Your people. Your move.