The classic sliding-tile puzzle, right in your browser. Slide, merge, and chase the 2048 tile.
You can play 2048 online free right now, no download and no sign-up: slide the tiles, merge equal numbers, and reach 2048. Classic 4×4 plus a relaxed 5×5 mode, undo, and your best score saved in your browser.
Arrow keys / WASD to slide · U to undo · swipe on touch screens
One board, one rule: equal tiles merge. Everything else follows from that.
Press an arrow key, WASD, swipe, or tap an on-screen arrow. Every tile slides as far as it can in that direction at once.
When two tiles with the same number touch, they merge into a tile worth double — 2 + 2 becomes 4, 128 + 128 becomes 256. Each tile merges at most once per move.
After each move that changes the board, a new tile appears in a random empty cell — a 2 most of the time, a 4 about one time in ten. A move that changes nothing spawns nothing.
Build a 2048 tile and you win. You can keep playing the same board afterwards and chase 4096 or 8192.
If the board is full and no two neighbouring tiles match, the game ends. Press Undo to take a move back, or start a new game.
Random sliding fills the board and loses. A corner strategy wins far more often.
Pick a corner, say bottom-left, and build your largest tile there. Every move should keep it pinned in that corner; the moment it drifts, your board falls apart.
Arrange the row beside your big tile in descending order — for example 512, 256, 128, 64 along the bottom. The snake gives every tile a clear merge partner in the right order.
If your big tile sits in the bottom-left corner, play left, right, and down — and avoid up, the move that pulls the big tile out of its corner. Only press up when you have no other useful move.
Build two equal tiles side by side before merging, so each merge creates the next step of the chain instead of a single orphan tile. Chasing one merge at a time scatters the board.
When the board gets crowded, stop building new high tiles and clear space with small merges first. A full board with no plan is how most games end — use Undo when a move goes wrong.
The short answers, up front.
Yes, it is completely free. There is no payment, no account, and no limit on how many games you play. Your best score is saved in your own browser.
No. There is nothing to download and no sign-up. Just open the page and start sliding tiles in your browser on phone or desktop.
Use the arrow keys or WASD on a keyboard, swipe on a touch screen, or tap the on-screen arrow buttons. Every move slides all tiles in that direction at once.
You win. A banner appears and you can press Keep playing to continue the same board and chase bigger tiles like 4096 or 8192, or start a new game.
Yes. Press Undo (or the U key) to step back one move, as many times as you like. Undo restores the board and the score exactly as they were before that move.
2048 is the winning tile, but the game does not stop there. If you keep playing you can build 4096, 8192, and beyond; the practical limit on a 4×4 board is far above 2048.
Keep your biggest tile in one corner and never move it away, build a snake row of descending tiles next to it, and merge in pairs. The full corner strategy is explained in the Strategy Tips section above.
Yes. Switch to 5×5 with the mode button above the board. The extra row and column give you more room, so merges are easier, and the goal is still to reach 2048. Best scores are tracked separately for 4×4 and 5×5.