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Number Merge
by Nebulark Studio · Puzzle · v1.1.0
Slide every tile at once and fuse equal numbers into their sum. Play the classic 4×4, the roomy 5×5 marathon, or a two-minute sprint.
How to play
- Slide every tile at once: two equal tiles that meet fuse into one tile of their sum.
- Press an arrow key (or WASD), drag with the mouse, or swipe to slide every tile in that direction.
- Each merge adds the new tile's value to your score. After every move a new 2 or 4 drops into an empty cell.
- The Next chip under the board shows whether that new tile will be a 2 or a 4.
- Press U, Z or Backspace, or tap Undo, to spend an undo charge and take back your last move. You earn a charge every 10 merges (max 3); the bar on the Undo button shows your progress.
- The run ends when no move is possible. In Timed mode it also ends when the 2-minute clock runs out.
- Leave mid-run and press Continue on the menu to pick up exactly where you were.
Controls
Keyboard
- Arrow keys / WASD — slide tiles
- Mouse drag on the board — slide tiles
- U, Z or Backspace — undo (uses a charge)
- Esc — pause
- ? — how to play
- M — mute
Touch
- Swipe on the board — slide tiles
- Undo button — take back the last move
- Pause button — pause
- ? button — how to play
About Number Merge
Number Merge is a warm, relaxing sliding-tile puzzle. Each swipe or arrow key pushes every tile on the grid to one side, and two equal tiles that collide fuse into a single tile of their sum, adding that value to your score. A new 2 or 4 appears after every move, and the run ends when the board locks up. Classic 4×4 is the standard challenge, Big 5×5 gives you room for a long marathon, and Timed packs as many merges as you can into two minutes. Good merging earns undo charges (one every 10 merges, up to three) so you can take back a mistake. Building the 2048-value tile is a milestone, not the finish line: keep going as far as the board allows.
Features
- ✓ Three modes: Classic 4×4, Big 5×5 and Timed 2-minute
- ✓ Earned undo charges that cannot re-roll new tiles
- ✓ Next-tile preview and a floating +score on every merge
- ✓ Milestone tiles at 512, 1024, 2048 and beyond: the run never stops at a target
- ✓ Server-validated leaderboard: every run is replayed from its seed
- ✓ Keyboard, mouse drag and touch swipe controls
- ✓ Saved personal best per mode
- ✓ Auto-save: continue a run after closing the tab
- Category
- Puzzle
- Devices
- desktop, tablet, mobile
- Developer
- Nebulark Studio
- Last updated
- Nov 10, 2026