Storm 2048

More 4s arrive in this woodland. Storm uses a 35% chance of a 4 and a 65% chance of a 2 on every spawn, compared with the Classic 10% and 90%.

Play

The playable board loads above these notes when JavaScript is enabled. Choose Start your trail, then use the arrow keys, a swipe or the direction buttons.

The rules of Storm 2048

• Board: sixteen cells in four rows and four columns.
• New tiles: 2s (65%) and 4s (35%).
• Merges: Double equal numbers, once per move.
• Goal: reach 2048.
• A blocked move does not add a tile or count as a move.

Read one move

A left move transforms this row as shown, before the next tile appears elsewhere on the board:

Before: 4 4 2 2
After:  8 4 . .

Each tile can merge once per move. A tile just created by a merge cannot immediately join another tile during the same swipe.

A useful first exercise

More high spawns change the mix you need to organise. They can help form a useful pair or interrupt an arrangement of 2s. The mode is a different rhythm, not a promise of an easier or harder win.

Before each swipe, check both 2 pairs and 4 pairs. Keep more than one usable empty space where possible, rather than planning around one particular incoming value.

Controls and saved rounds

Choose Start your trail, then use arrow keys, board swipes or the four direction buttons. Trail tip suggests a legal direction without changing the board. End round records an early stop; after an ending, New trail prepares another attempt. Your unfinished round and this mode's best score stay in this browser when storage is available. Changing a theme does not change a tile.

For the complete controls, read how to play. Compare all nine variants, choose another game, or work through the practice lab.