Neon Link
🎮 Tap / click two matching tiles. Keyboard: arrows move, Enter select, H hint, S shuffle, M mute.Mahjong connect — also known as Onet or Mahjong Link — trades the stack for the path: two matching tiles clear only if a line with at most two turns can snake between them, even around the outside of the board. It is mahjong's calmer, more spatial cousin, hugely popular across browser game portals, and usually searched with the same expectations: free, in the browser, starting immediately. The genre's one chronic flaw is the dead board — the layout where no legal link remains.
Neon Link plays the classic connect-2 rules in full: tap two identical tiles and, if a connecting line of at most two turns exists through open space or around the board's outer edge, they clear with a neon flash. Clearing pairs within three seconds of each other builds a combo multiplier up to 2.5x, fast finishes earn up to a 300-point time bonus, and three hints per board highlight a linkable pair when your eyes cross. Boards auto-shuffle at a 100-point cost only when no link exists at all.
That flaw is engineered out here: every board is generated with a repair-guaranteed algorithm and verified fully clearable without any shuffle, across hundreds of tested seeds — a dead board never reaches you. The game is one clean web page: no download, no account, no ads inside the game, English and Chinese interfaces. The Daily board deals one seeded layout to the whole world each day, with clear-time ranks from Bronze to Legendary and a streak that forgives one missed day a month.
Frequently asked questions
What is mahjong connect and how do you play?
A path-based tile matcher: tap two identical tiles and they clear if a line with at most two turns connects them — through empty space or around the outside edge of the board. Unlike mahjong solitaire there are no layers; the puzzle is spatial, finding which pair has a free path.
Is this the same game as Onet or Mahjong Link?
Yes — Onet, Mahjong Link and mahjong connect are names for the same connect-2 rule set, and Neon Link implements it faithfully, including paths that travel around the board's outer boundary where most of the clever clears hide.
Can I play on mobile?
Yes — one finger taps everything, tiles have big targets, and the board scales to any screen. Desktop players get full keyboard navigation (arrows to move, Enter to select, H for hints).
Is it free, and can a board get stuck?
Free with no in-game ads and no account. And no — every board is verified clearable with zero shuffles before it is dealt; the shuffle exists only as a safety net costing 100 points, which strong players almost never need.