About

2048 was created by Gabriele Cirulli in 2014, based on 1024 by Veewo Studio, itself a variation on Threes by Asher Vollmer. This site runs an independent build of the open-source game engine, released under the MIT licence, with a solver added on top.

The variations

Beyond the classic 4×4 board, this site adds its own variations of the game. Each one keeps the core idea — slide, merge, reach the target tile — and changes one thing about it:

• 3×3 — The same 2048, played on a 3×3 board instead of 4×4. Fewer cells fill up fast, so every move counts and the game ends sooner.
• 5×5 — The same 2048, played on a 5×5 board instead of 4×4. More room to maneuver and longer games before the board fills up.
• 1024 — The same 2048, but the winning tile is 1024 instead of 2048 — a shorter run to a win, with the same board and the same solver.
• 8192 — The same 2048, but the winning tile is 8192 instead of 2048 — a longer run with two extra doublings, and the same board and solver.
• Fibonacci — A 2048 variant where tiles carry Fibonacci numbers and only consecutive terms merge — 3 and 5 combine into 8, but 3 and 8 do not.
• Hexagonal — The same 2048 rules on a hex-tiled board with six directions to move in instead of four.

All of them are also on the variations page.

Who runs this site

This site is built and maintained by Dainiel Lim, a software engineer.