Merge Is the Easiest Hardest Game We Know

It takes about 7.7 seconds to explain how to play this Merge game, but boy is it tough to win. Sure, you can smash together tiles until you’re blue in the fingertips, but that doesn’t mean you’ll actually win – even if you get a super high score. How does the game work, then? There are sixteen spaces on the game board, and each numbered tile takes up a space. The game will keep giving you one tile at a time, always with an even number on it. Place one tile next to another with the same number to combine it into a larger multiple. Two twos become a four, two fours become an eight, and so on and so forth. The objective? To keep combining tiles until one of them reaches the number 2048. The kicker? Your space is limited. You only have sixteen squares to work with. If you fill the game board up with non-matching pieces, you lose!

Our Tips for Success

We love this online Merge game and all the other 2048 games in our 2048 category, and we want to make sure you enjoy it just as much. For that reason, we’re going to give you some tips to help you out. First, try to match four of the same tile at once. Arrange three tiles of the same number so that the fourth one, inserted in the middle, will match all four. Why does this help? Because you will earn a priceless undo! Another important rule to follow is that you should never corner your “2” tiles. Keep those small tiles in the middle, because they’re easier to match. Once they become big enough, they’ll eventually match with those bigger numbers you have set up around the edges. We’ll leave you with those two tips so that you can figure the rest of this Merge online game out for yourself – good luck hitting 2048!