2048

About 2048

2048 is a sliding number puzzle where a few simple rules unlock hours of "just one more move" tension. Every tile on the board carries a number, and when two matching tiles collide they fuse into a single tile worth double. The whole game is a chase for bigger and bigger tiles as the small ones keep multiplying into the giants you're after. It's easy to pick up in seconds yet genuinely hard to master, because every slide shifts the entire board at once and quietly nudges you toward either a satisfying merge or a locked-up grid.

You play entirely with the arrow keys on desktop, or by swiping on a phone or tablet. Each input slides every tile as far as it can go in that direction, and any two identical numbers that meet along the way merge into one. Your goal on each stage is to build up to the target tile shown for that level before the board fills or the move limit runs out. Across 15 levels the pressure ramps steadily: early boards give you room to breathe, while later ones demand higher targets and tighter, more deliberate play under a shrinking margin for error.

The winning habit is to anchor your biggest tile in one corner and never break that pattern, feeding smaller merges toward it so your board stays orderly instead of scattered. Favor two directions and avoid the stray swipe that jams a big tile out of place. Because progress saves automatically, you can chase a tricky target in short bursts and pick up right where you left off. Sign in free to sync across devices and land your best run on the all-time top-15 leaderboard. There's no download and no plugin — 2048 plays instantly in any modern browser, free.