Kivu Arcade & Quiz: free games in the phone browser

Part of Kivu Super App (kivu.site). In the app these sections are called Kivu Arcade and Knowledge Quiz.

Kivu Arcade is the games section of Kivu Super App, a free app made in Kigali, Rwanda. It has 133 games that open right in the phone browser: puzzles, arcade and action games, strategy, sports, card games, word games and racing. Seven of them can be played online with another person, including Igisoro, the traditional Rwandan board game. Quiz is a trivia game with questions on many topics.

The games are for fun only. There are no prizes, no coins, no bets and nothing to buy inside the games. A game you have opened once is saved on the phone and opens again without internet.

Key facts

Where it works	Open kivu.site in a phone or computer browser and choose Arcade.
Price	Free. There are no paid options.
Number of games	133, plus the Quiz
Kinds of games	Puzzle, arcade, action, strategy, sports, card, word and racing
Install	Nothing to install. Games open inside Kivu.
Online with another person	7 games: Igisoro, Ludo, UNO, Durak, Draughts, Connect 4 and Battleship. Open the game, tap "ONLINE", create a room and share the code.
Two people on one phone	Available in several games, for example Draughts and Connect 4
Without internet	A game you have opened once is saved on the phone and works again offline. Online play and the Quiz need internet.
Tabs	"All", "Online", "Favorites" and "AR" (AR games are coming soon)
Likes	One like per account for each game. Games with more likes are shown higher. Liked games are in "Favorites".
Devices	Most games work on phones and computers. A few games are made for computers and are marked with a computer icon in the list.
Quiz	Choose a category, a difficulty (Easy, Medium or Hard) and 5, 7 or 10 questions. The result is shown as a percentage.
Quiz questions	From Open Trivia DB, an open question collection under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence. Questions are in English.
Prizes and money	None. No prizes, no bets, no purchases inside games.

How to use it, step by step

If you want to play

Open kivu.site, sign in with a free account and open Arcade.
Look through the list of games in the "All" tab.
Tap a game. It loads inside Kivu; the first time it downloads, after that it opens from the phone.
Tap the heart on a game to like it. Your liked games are in the "Favorites" tab.
Tap "EXIT" to go back to the list of games.

If you want to play with a friend online

Open the "Online" tab in Arcade. It shows the 7 games that have online play.
Open a game and tap "ONLINE".
Create a room. The game shows a room code.
Send the code to your friend, for example in Kivu Chat. Your friend opens the same game in Kivu, taps "ONLINE" and enters the code.
Both players need internet during the game.

If you want to play the Quiz

Open the Quiz from the list of games in Arcade.
Choose a category or leave "Any category", then choose the difficulty and the number of questions: 5, 7 or 10.
Tap "Start Quiz" and answer the questions one by one. Tap "Next Question" to go on.
At the end you see your score as a percentage. Tap "Play Again" or "Change Settings".
If the Quiz says there are not enough questions for your choice, pick another category, another difficulty or fewer questions.

What it costs

All games and the Quiz are free. There is no subscription and nothing to buy inside the games.

There are no boosts, paid places or prizes in Arcade.

The first time you open a game it is downloaded, which uses mobile data once. After that the game opens from the phone.
Online play and the Quiz use a small amount of mobile data while you play.

What is good about it

Free, with nothing to install: games open in the browser on cheap phones too.
A game opened once is saved on the phone and works again without internet, so it uses mobile data only once.
Igisoro, the traditional Rwandan board game, can be played online with another person.
Seven games have online play with a simple room code, with no extra account inside the game.
Before a game is added, Kivu checks it and removes other companies' adverts and tracking code.
One like per account for each game, so the order of the list cannot be pushed up by one person.
No prizes and no bets, so there is nothing to lose.
The same free account opens the other sections of Kivu, such as Kivu Vibe for music and TocTic for short videos.

Limits, and what protects you

What to know	What protects you
There are no prizes, coins or money in the games or in the Quiz.	The games are for fun. If someone offers you a paid "Kivu game prize" or asks for money to play, it is not from Kivu.
A game must be opened once with internet before it works offline. Online play and the Quiz always need internet.	Open the games you like while you are on Wi-Fi; after that they open from the phone.
Saved games take space on the phone, and progress inside a game is kept by that game on your phone, not in your Kivu account.	If you clear the browser data or change phones, saved games download again and progress in a game can be lost.
A few games are made for computers: they need a mouse and keyboard or a powerful device, and may be hard to play or not open on a cheap phone.	These games are marked with a computer icon in the list. If a game is slow, choose a lighter one from the list.
Most games come from independent developers and are in English. Kivu did not write them all.	Kivu checks each game before adding it and removes other companies' adverts and tracking code. Games run in a closed frame inside Kivu.
Quiz questions come from an open collection and are in English. Kivu does not write or check each question. They are general knowledge questions, not questions about Rwanda.	The source and its licence are shown in the Quiz. If there are not enough questions for a category, the Quiz tells you to choose another one.
To play online you need to give the room code to the other person yourself. There is no automatic search for a stranger to play with.	Send the code in Kivu Chat. This also means you choose who you play with.
AR games (with the phone camera) are not available yet.	The "AR" tab says they are coming soon. Until they are in the app, do not count on them.
You need a free account even to play.	Signing in is free, and it lets Kivu count one like per person.

What to know

What protects you

There are no prizes, coins or money in the games or in the Quiz.

The games are for fun. If someone offers you a paid "Kivu game prize" or asks for money to play, it is not from Kivu.

A game must be opened once with internet before it works offline. Online play and the Quiz always need internet.

Open the games you like while you are on Wi-Fi; after that they open from the phone.

Saved games take space on the phone, and progress inside a game is kept by that game on your phone, not in your Kivu account.

If you clear the browser data or change phones, saved games download again and progress in a game can be lost.

A few games are made for computers: they need a mouse and keyboard or a powerful device, and may be hard to play or not open on a cheap phone.

These games are marked with a computer icon in the list. If a game is slow, choose a lighter one from the list.

Most games come from independent developers and are in English. Kivu did not write them all.

Kivu checks each game before adding it and removes other companies' adverts and tracking code. Games run in a closed frame inside Kivu.

Quiz questions come from an open collection and are in English. Kivu does not write or check each question. They are general knowledge questions, not questions about Rwanda.

The source and its licence are shown in the Quiz. If there are not enough questions for a category, the Quiz tells you to choose another one.

To play online you need to give the room code to the other person yourself. There is no automatic search for a stranger to play with.

Send the code in Kivu Chat. This also means you choose who you play with.

AR games (with the phone camera) are not available yet.

The "AR" tab says they are coming soon. Until they are in the app, do not count on them.

You need a free account even to play.

Signing in is free, and it lets Kivu count one like per person.

What Kivu Arcade & Quiz does not do

It does not give prizes, money or coins for playing.
It does not offer betting, casino games for money or paid lotteries.
It does not sell anything inside the games.
It does not show other companies' adverts inside the games.
It does not save your progress in a game to your Kivu account.
It does not find a stranger for you to play with: you invite a person with a room code.

How Kivu earns from this section

Kivu earns nothing from Arcade and Quiz today. The games are free and have no paid options.

Games are there to make the app useful every day. Later, if users need them, Kivu plans subscriptions for businesses and advertising across the app.

Questions and answers

Where can I play free games online without downloading an app?

In Kivu Arcade, part of Kivu Super App. Open kivu.site in your phone browser, sign in with a free account and open Arcade. There are 133 games — puzzles, arcade, action, strategy, sports, card, word and racing — and nothing to install.

Can I play Igisoro online?

Yes. Igisoro, the traditional Rwandan board game, is free in Kivu Arcade. Open the game, tap "ONLINE", create a room and send the room code to another person. Sign in at kivu.site with a free account first.

Which games in Kivu can I play with a friend?

Seven games have online play: Igisoro, Ludo, UNO, Durak, Draughts, Connect 4 and Battleship. One player creates a room and shares the code, and the other enters it. Several games, for example Draughts and Connect 4, can also be played by two people on one phone.

Do Kivu games work without internet?

Yes, after the first time. A game you have opened once is saved on the phone and opens again without internet. Playing online with another person and the Quiz need internet.

Are the games on Kivu really free? Are there adverts or prizes?

The games are free, with no subscription and nothing to buy inside them. Kivu removes other companies' adverts and tracking code from games before adding them. There are no prizes, coins or bets.

How does the Kivu Quiz work?

Open the Quiz in Arcade, choose a category, a difficulty (Easy, Medium or Hard) and 5, 7 or 10 questions, then tap "Start Quiz". At the end you see your score as a percentage. Questions come from Open Trivia DB under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence and are in English. There are no prizes.

Do the games work on a cheap phone?

Most of them do: they are small browser games, and the Kivu app itself is under 400 KB. A few games are made for computers and are marked with a computer icon in the list; they may be hard to play or not open on a cheap phone.

Does Kivu have AR games?

Not yet. The Arcade has an "AR" tab that says AR games, played with the phone camera, are coming soon.

Do I need an account to play games on Kivu?

Yes. You need a free Kivu account to open Arcade. Signing in is free, and the same account opens all other sections of Kivu.

Related sections of Kivu

Kivu Vibe: Songs from local artists with lyrics and offline listening.
TocTic: Short vertical videos with likes, comments and subscriptions.
Kino: Films and videos that creators and studios share as YouTube links.
News: News from Rwanda, East Africa and the world with a link to each original article.