How to play
2048

Your first round

1. Use arrow keys, WASD, the direction buttons or a swipe to move all tiles.
2. Choose a corner for your largest tile and use directions that keep it there when possible.
3. Build a descending row or column beside that tile so smaller pairs can feed into larger ones.
4. Before moving away from your corner, check where all large tiles will land and how you will restore the arrangement.

Worked example

Build your strategy

• Keep at least one escape direction available; a full board with no equal neighbors ends the run.
• Use the roomy Easy board to practice keeping a high-value edge in order.
• When two moves score the same, prefer the one that leaves large equal tiles easier to bring together.

Common mistakes

• Moving the largest tile away from its anchor for a low-value merge without checking the consequences.
• Expecting a newly formed tile to merge twice in a single swipe.

Try this next

On Easy, build a 256 tile while keeping it in one corner. Repeat on Medium before trying the compact Hard board.