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KSquares, a casual strategy game developed by KDE e.V., digitizes the classic pen-and-paper pastime Dots and Boxes for Windows, Linux, and other platforms. Presented as an open-source title within the KDE Games collection, the application offers a grid of dots where participants click to draw horizontal or vertical segments; completing the fourth side of any square scores a point and awards another turn. Support for two to four human or computer-controlled players makes it suitable for quick competitive sessions, educational geometry exercises, or relaxed family entertainment, while adjustable board sizes ranging from 5×5 to 60×40 let users tailor difficulty and session length. The current master branch, tracked as version 1 in the catalog, incorporates KDE Frameworks integration, themable SVG graphics, on-the-fly language switching, and a statistical overview that records wins, average points, and total matches across sessions. Because the codebase is maintained in KDE’s Git repository, nightly builds occasionally expose experimental refinements—such as smoother animations and enhanced AI heuristics—before they are folded into stable releases, yet the core rule set remains unchanged to preserve the familiar tactical balance of blocking opponents while racing to complete squares. The software is available for free on get.nero.com, with downloads provided via trusted Windows package sources (e.g. winget), always delivering the latest version, and supporting batch installation of multiple applications.
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