2048 Cards

2048 Cards turns the 2048 idea into a solitaire-style card game. You place numbered cards into columns, and when the values in a column add up to 2048, those cards are removed. Clearing every card by adding them up correctly is the aim.

Two rules make it tighter than it first sounds. A card cannot be moved again once it is placed, so each placement is final. And each game gives you a fixed number of discards. The developer warns that spending discards too freely can leave you stuck with no moves. Everything is played with the mouse, and the frame is narrow and upright, 400 by 600. The developer pitches it as a game that asks for quick thinking and planning ahead, which fits the permanent placements.

Use the mouse to place each card into one of the columns. Aim for columns whose values total exactly 2048, at which point those cards disappear. Remember that a placed card stays where it is. If a card has nowhere useful to go, use one of your limited discards. Keep going until every card has been cleared.

Because placed cards cannot be taken back, work out what a column still needs to reach 2048 before adding to it. Discards are limited per game, and the developer's warning is that using them too early can leave you with no moves later, so save them for cards that fit nowhere.

A 2048-based card puzzle in a portrait frame, played with the mouse. Cards go into columns and clear when a column adds up to 2048. Placements are permanent, and each game has a set number of discards.

Merge Monsters also uses numbered cards in stacks, merging equal values, and 2048 Classic edition is the tile version of the number game with a grid size you can change.