STARLASSO

Games like Paper.io, with real players and no ads

You like the loop: leave your ground, draw a line through open space, close it, and everything inside is yours, unless someone crosses your line first. What people go looking for next is the same game with three things added: real people in the match, no ads between rounds, and a way to play with friends. Starlasso is built on exactly that.

Seventeen seconds of Starlasso: a loop closing, a rival's trail cut, and a result screen

What people want from a Paper.io alternative

  • Real players. The fun of a cut is that someone else made the mistake. Search for a Paper.io alternative and "with real players" is the first thing people add.
  • No ads. A two-minute game with a video break after every round stops being a two-minute game.
  • Friends in the same match. Not a shared leaderboard: the same arena, at the same time.

Starlasso: the same loop, played live

Starlasso is a live multiplayer territory capture game for iPhone, iPad and Android. Every arena runs online on a server with up to six pilots, and a match lasts two minutes and starts within seconds. The rules you know hold: claim ground by closing a loop, and cross a rival's trail to cut them. Two rules are its own: on your own ground you turn a ram from a rival out on a trail, and a party of up to four friends is dealt into the same arena together.

Each ranked match moves you on a monthly season ladder from Dust to Nova, every match pays Stardust that unlocks portraits and rings, and there are no ads. The rules take a page; the guided first match takes a minute.

How it compares

Starlasso. iPhone, iPad and Android, one shared set of arenas. Live online matches of two minutes, up to six pilots. Parties of up to four friends in the same arena. A monthly ranked season. No ads. Free, in beta now.

Paper.io 2 (Voodoo). iPhone and Android. The store listings say it contains ads, and the App Store sells a "No Ads" purchase.

splix.io. Played in a web browser, with an app on the App Store. Online against other people.

Questions people ask

Is Paper.io really online?

An easy test works for any game: switch on airplane mode and start a match. If the match still runs, the rivals are computer players, because nothing can reach other people. Starlasso will not start a match offline: every arena runs live on a server, with real people dealt into it.

Is there a game like Paper.io without ads?

Starlasso has no ads at all: no banners, no video breaks between matches, nothing to pay to remove them. It is free.

Can I play a game like Paper.io with friends?

Yes. In Starlasso you form a party of up to four friends from an invite link, and the party is dealt into the same arena together, so you play in one match rather than side by side.

Is there a Paper.io style game on iPhone and Android with real players?

Starlasso runs on iPhone, iPad and Android, and players on both share the same arenas. It is out on the App Store for iPhone and iPad in the US, Canada and Mexico, and in beta on Google Play for Android.

Download on the App StoreJoin the beta on Android
iPhone and iPad on the App Store in the US, Canada and Mexico (elsewhere, the TestFlight beta); Android in beta on Google Play. Free, no ads.

Paper.io is a trademark of Voodoo and splix.io belongs to its developer; Starlasso is an independent game and is not affiliated with either.