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Tile Pairs
by Nebulark Studio · Puzzle · v1.1.0
Lift matching twins off thick ivory-and-jade tiles stacked in lantern-lit layouts. Every deal can be cleared, so race your best time.
How to play
- Pick a layout and press Play.
- Pick two free tiles with the same picture to lift them off. Clear the whole table as fast as you can.
- A tile is free when no tile rests on it and its left or right side is open. Free tiles glow; blocked tiles are dimmed.
- Your time is the score (lower is better). Hint shows a free pair (+15 s). Shuffle re-deals the remaining tiles into a solvable order (+30 s, 3 per run). Undo returns the last pair.
- Finish under the star time shown below the table for three stars.
- If no free pairs remain and no shuffles are left, the run ends without a time.
- Your run is saved after every move: press Continue on the menu to pick it up again.
Controls
Keyboard
- Click a free tile — select, click its twin to match
- Arrows — move the cursor between free tiles
- Enter / Space — select at the cursor
- H — hint (+15 s)
- S — shuffle (+30 s)
- U, Backspace or Ctrl+Z — undo
- Esc — pause
- M — mute
- ? — how to play
Touch
- Tap a free tile, then tap its twin
- Hint / Shuffle / Undo buttons
- Pause button — pause
- ? button — how to play
About Tile Pairs
Tile Pairs is a calm, layered tile-matching solitaire on a dark walnut table under warm lantern light. Tiles are stacked in several tiers in four original layouts: Koi Pond, Lantern, Bridge and Lotus. A tile is free when nothing rests on it and its left or right side is open. Pick two free tiles with the same picture (koi, lotus, crescent moon, acorn, paper lantern and 31 more original icons) to lift them away. Every deal is built in reverse from an empty table, so every board can be cleared, and so can every shuffle. Your clear time is your score: hints add 15 seconds and shuffles add 30.
Features
- ✓ Four original layouts from 72 to 144 tiles, ranked separately
- ✓ Every deal and every shuffle is solvable by construction
- ✓ 36 original nature icons with colour families and shape badges for colour-blind play
- ✓ Time-attack scoring with hint and shuffle penalties and a validated leaderboard
- ✓ Mouse, keyboard and touch controls; fits phones without zooming
- ✓ Star goal per layout with a live star meter
- ✓ Save and Continue after every move
- ✓ Lit 3D tiles with jade thickness on a walnut tray
- ✓ Saved fastest time per layout
- Category
- Puzzle
- Devices
- desktop, tablet, mobile
- Developer
- Nebulark Studio
- Last updated
- Nov 10, 2026
