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2048 game info

Goal

The goal in 2048 is to combine numbered tiles to create a tile with the number 2048.

Gameplay

2048 is played on a 4x4 grid. Players slide tiles in one of four directions (up, down, left, or right) to merge adjacent tiles of the same value. When two tiles with the same number collide during a move, they merge into a tile with the sum of their values.

The game is won when a tile with the value of 2048 is created. The game is lost when there are no more possible moves left.

After winning the game, it is possible to continue playing to further increase your score.

Scoring

Each time two tiles merge, the value of the resulting tile is added to the player's score. For example, merging two tiles with the value of 2 will result in a tile with the value of 4, hence 4 points will be added to the score.

Tips and tricks

We’ve collected some tips and tricks to help you win at 2048:

• Try to keep the largest tile (which will become the 2048 tile) in a specific corner (e.g. left bottom). Try to ensure that other large tiles end up next to it on the same row. This allows to move in three directions (down, left, right) without moving the largest tile.
• Avoid putting a large tile between small tiles. This won’t allow to do a sequence of merging multiple tiles consecutively.
• Try to merge multiple pairs of tiles in a single move. Each move adds a new tile to the grid, so merging only one pair of tiles keeps the total number of tiles unchanged. However, if you merge two pairs of tiles in one move, you'll reduce the overall number of tiles on the grid by one.
• Try to set up the grid so you can make multiple consecutive merges, leading to a tile with a large number.

Developer

2048 is developed by Gabriele Cirulli. He released it on March 9th, 2014 as an open source game on Github.

In May 2014, versions for iOS and Android were also released.

Gabriele was inspired by the 1024 game, developed by Veewo Studio. He also based himself on Saming’s 2048 game, also a clone of the original 1024 game.

These were in turn based on the gameplay of the game Threes developed by Sirvo.

System requirements

2048 can be played in all modern browsers, on all device types (desktop, tablet, mobile), and on all operating systems (Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, ...).