Shogi Wars Android
Shogi Wars gets 100+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, September 2026, rounded down to a band).
Shogi Wars is #2 in Games › Board Grossing on Google Play in Japan and charting in 4 of 15 countries we track.
Updated 27 Sep 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
Games › Board GrossingShogi Wars at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-09-27. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
A free-to-play online shogi game with official Japan Shogi Association approval, designed for players of all skill levels to compete in fast-paced matches. The app holds a strong #2 position on the Japanese Board Grossing chart and maintains top-30 grossing rankings across several other international markets.
Similar apps: Chess.com, Lichess, Go Quest
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Shogi Wars on Google Play
App details
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v7.1.0, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
Shogi Wars downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Shogi Wars's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Shogi Wars before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Business model: In-app purchase-led
How Shogi Wars makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Kishin×1 | |
| 2 | Premium (Subscription) subscription | |
| 3 | Premium (Subscription) subscription | |
| 4 | Kishin×13 | |
| 5 | Super Premium (Subscription) subscription | |
| 6 | Super Premium (Subscription) subscription | |
| 7 | Premium (30 days) subscription | |
| 8 | Kishin Learning (Subscription) subscription | |
| 9 | Kishin×166 | |
| 10 | Kishin analysis ticket x 26 |
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 15 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | Games › BoardGrossing | #2 |
| Japan | Games › BoardFree | #28 |
 Saudi Arabia | Games › BoardGrossing | #28 |
 Indonesia | Games › BoardGrossing | #35 |
 United Arab Emirates | Games › BoardGrossing | #29 |
Apps near Shogi Wars on the chart
Games › Board Grossing, around #2.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
What users say about Shogi Wars
From the 60 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Users praise the app as the best international Shogi platform with strong learning tools and a large player base. However, significant complaints focus on frequent connection losses leading to unfair bans, restrictive free-tier limits, and intrusive registration requirements.
Mixed but leaning positive (63% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its design, and good value. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and login and account problems. Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.
What people like
- Design: “I like design of pieces, boards and avatars !”
- Price & subscription: “Expensive for a mobile game but I like it so much I pay for the monthly plan”
- Fun: “Really enjoying this shogi app!”
- Features & content: “a great game and it doesn't like any features”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “AI pay to win moves to boot”
- Login & account: “Massively intrusive registration requirements with email verification codes!?”
- Connection & sync: “I spend more time fighting the game's connectivity issues than actually playing it”
About Shogi Wars
Shogi Wars, officially approved by Japan Shogi Association, is a completely new type of Shogi app with fancy performance, fantastic graphics and the world-class AI.
This app defies the common wisdom that Shogi is only meant for certain experts, allowing everyone from a novice to an expert to enjoy speedy match-ups online with different time controls: 10MIN, 3MIN, and 10SEC.
The app also provides offline match-ups with computers. And with the rank (dan/kyu) of Shogi Wars, players can apply for Menjo (dan diploma: from 6 dan to 5 kyu) that is also officially approved by Japan Shogi Association.
So come and experience a high realistic sensation of Shogi.
■Charge
free to 3 battle a day
free to play for 30 days/¥500
■Language
Japanese
English
■Shogi Wars official twitter account
@warsminamin
https://twitter.com/warsminamin
■Inquiry
https://support.heroz.jp/shogi_wars/Contact/
What's new in 11.1.1
- Fixed an issue where Premium graph analysis results were not displayed on the analysis screen right after a game
- Fixed an issue where the byoyomi voice might not play
- Various bug fixes for the analysis screen