Tetris

About Tetris

Tetris is the timeless falling-block puzzle where seven differently shaped pieces drop from the top of the well and it is your job to fit them together. Rotate and slide each piece into place, pack the rows tightly, and complete a full horizontal line to make it vanish and buy yourself breathing room. It is often called the greatest game ever made, and the reason is simple: the rules take ten seconds to learn but the tension never lets up. Every piece you place is both a solution to the last shape and a setup for the next one falling toward you.

Controls are quick to pick up. Use the left and right arrow keys to move a piece across the well, the up arrow to rotate it, the down arrow for a soft drop when you want a little more control, and the spacebar for a hard drop that slams the piece straight down. Your goal on each stage is to clear the level's line target before the growing stack reaches the very top. Clearing several rows at once scores far more than clearing them one at a time. Across all 15 levels the pieces fall faster and the target climbs, so the calm early boards give way to split-second decisions.

The winning habit is to keep your stack low and flat, leaving one column open so you can drop a long piece for a big multi-line clear worth far more points. Plan two pieces ahead, use the hard drop to save time once you are sure, and never let a single awkward gap snowball into a tower. Progress saves automatically, so you can stop after a rough level and pick the run back up later. Sign in free to carry your progress across devices and put your name on the all-time top-15 leaderboard. It plays instantly in any modern browser on desktop or mobile, with no download and no account required to start.