Mini Games
2048
Merge tiles to reach 2048.
How to Play
- Slide every tile at once with the arrow keys, WASD, or a swipe on your phone.
- Two tiles with the same number that collide merge into one tile of double the value, and that value is added to your score. A tile can merge only once per move.
- After each move that shifts the board, a new tile appears in a random empty cell — usually a 2, occasionally a 4.
- Reaching 2048 doesn't end the game — keep going for 4096 and beyond. It's over when the board is full and no two neighboring tiles match.
Your Best Score
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Beat it to climb the leaderboard.
Ranking
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2048 is a sliding number puzzle played on a 4 × 4 grid. Each game starts with two tiles on the board. Press the arrow keys or WASD on a computer, or swipe on a phone, and every tile slides as far as it can in that direction. When two tiles with the same number collide they merge into one tile of double the value — 2 and 2 make 4, 4 and 4 make 8 — and the new tile's value is added to your score. A tile can merge only once per move. After every move that shifts the board, a new tile appears in a random empty cell: a 2 nine times out of ten, otherwise a 4. Making the 2048 tile doesn't end the game here, so you can keep going toward 4096. The run is over only when the board is full and no two neighboring tiles match, and there is no undo.
The original 2048 was released in March 2014 by Italian developer Gabriele Cirulli as an open-source web game under the MIT license; he credited the earlier game 1024 and described it as conceptually similar to Threes!. The habit most players swear by is parking the biggest tile in one corner and keeping the row beside it in descending order so smaller tiles feed into it — it helps, but random spawns mean no strategy guarantees a 2048. Your best score goes onto the leaderboard, and a challenge link lets a friend try to top it under the same rules.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. How do you play 2048?
A. Slide all tiles with the arrow keys, WASD or a swipe. Two tiles with the same number merge into one with double the value, and the goal is to build a 2048 tile.
Q. Does the game end when you reach 2048?
A. No. On Giggleus the game keeps going after the 2048 tile, so you can aim for 4096 and higher. It ends only when the board is full and no adjacent tiles match.
Q. How is the score calculated in 2048?
A. Each merge adds the value of the new tile to your score, so merging two 512 tiles adds 1,024 points. New tiles are a 2 about 90% of the time and a 4 about 10% of the time.
Q. What is the best strategy for 2048?
A. Keep your largest tile in one corner and line up the row beside it in descending order. It's the most common approach, but because new tiles appear at random, no strategy guarantees reaching 2048.