We built the physics from scratch. True spin, real swerve, and cushions that bank like the real thing, on a precise 2D table cut to WPA tournament spec. Then we put it on a ranked ladder where the better player wins.
Free to play · Cosmetics only
True Pool Physics
We wrote the table by hand.
No game engine did this for us. Every shot runs through a physics kernel we built on published billiard research, on a precise 2D table you can read in one glance.
We made the opposite bet.
Free-to-play pool tends to run on the same pattern: paid items that buy an edge, physics that look right until a bank betrays you, and a chat trimmed down to a few emotes. We went the other way on all three.
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Skill is the only currency that climbs
Real ranked play on a Glicko rating with a live leaderboard. You move up by getting better. That is the whole mechanic.
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You only ever pay for looks
Cues, felts, ball sets, trails, win animations. Buy the drip, never an edge. The shot is always yours to make or miss.
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A table you can actually talk at
Real chat with fair, visible moderation. We bet on community instead of boiling chat down to a few canned reactions.
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Open the browser and break
No store, no install, no launcher. Desktop only for the alpha.
Alpha founder rewards
Two golden items, founders only.
Join the alpha as a founding player and the Golden Cue and Golden Cue Ball land in your inventory.
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Golden Cue
Founder item · alpha only
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Golden Cue Ball
Founder item · alpha only
Chalk
Join during alpha and earn Chalk.
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Founder Chalk
A starting balance when the alpha opens — the earlier you join, the bigger it is.
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Referral Chalk
For every friend who joins and starts playing.
Chalk is RealPool's in-game currency. It cannot be bought with real money. You earn it in-game.
Some shop items are Chalk-exclusive, alongside items you buy with real money.
The plan
Alpha is the break, not the whole rack.
RealPool ships in the open. Here is what is already racked, and what breaks next.
In the alpha
- Ranked ladder & live leaderboard
- Online matches, friends & rooms
- Cosmetics shop
- Table chat
Breaking next
- Tournaments
- Clubs
- Spectating
- Achievements & deep shot stats
- Replays & replay viewer
- …and more on the way
A roadmap, not a calendar.
Questions, answered straight.
Yes. You play every mode without paying. Cosmetics are the only thing for sale, and they never touch how the game plays.
No. Nothing you buy changes a shot. The better player wins.
A precise 2D top down table. You see every angle and the whole table at once, which is how you actually plan a runout.
No. It runs in your browser on desktop and phone. No store, no launcher.
Yes. Aim guides show you the line so you can learn the angles. They point, they do not pot. Reading spin, speed and position is still on you.
It is built from scratch on published billiard models, the Mathavan cushion model and Marlow friction, instead of a generic game engine bolted onto sprites.
Soon. The list hears first, and founding players start with bonus Chalk and the founder items.
First break
Be there when the alpha opens.
Drop your email and we'll tell you the moment the alpha goes live. That's the only message we'll send. Founding players start with bonus Chalk, the Golden Cue and Golden Cue Ball. Every friend you refer earns you more Chalk.