The Game Census
2048 cover art

2048

LA\VA · 2018-10-31

SteamMicrosoft Store

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 09, 2014 (Android), Mar 19, 2014 (iOS), Mar 09, 2014 (Web browser), Nov 01, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 01, 2018 (Linux)

THE ORIGINAL MADE BETTER | 2048 is a classic puzzle with the simple goal of reaching 2048. Move your tiles around the board – When two tiles with the same number touch, they merge into one!

2
playing now
87%
positive of 191 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
IGDB user rating (60 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$7.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 13:00 UTC (census sample)

2048 is a single-player sliding tile puzzle video game written by Italian web developer Gabriele Cirulli and published on GitHub. The objective of the game is to slide numbered tiles on a grid to combine them to create a tile with the number 2048; however, one can continue to play the game after reaching the goal, creating tiles with larger numbers. It was originally written in JavaScript and CSS over a weekend, and released on 9 March 2014 as free and open-source software subject to the MIT License. Versions for iOS and Android followed in May 2014.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 45% of 9,562 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.8k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 191 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.99
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2019-04-29) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 24 of 25 observed days · $9.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

302026-08-12 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 13:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$0.492018-11-012026-08-292018-11-01 — best price $4.492018-12-20 — best price $3.342019-02-22 — best price $0.742019-06-17 — best price $0.492019-08-12 — best price $0.992019-10-28 — best price $2.492019-12-03 — best price $2.492020-01-27 — best price $4.992020-07-09 — best price $4.992020-11-28 — best price $2.492021-02-13 — best price $0.992021-03-09 — best price $1.292021-03-21 — best price $1.292021-05-19 — best price $1.292021-06-17 — best price $1.092021-06-27 — best price $0.992021-11-01 — best price $4.992022-01-10 — best price $2.492022-05-06 — best price $1.242022-07-18 — best price $4.992022-10-31 — best price $2.492022-12-02 — best price $4.992023-02-06 — best price $4.992023-05-23 — best price $4.992023-09-25 — best price $4.992024-03-18 — best price $2.992024-07-29 — best price $2.992024-12-20 — best price $1.192025-05-12 — best price $7.992025-08-04 — best price $7.992025-11-03 — best price $7.992026-02-02 — best price $7.992026-04-09 — best price $1.992026-08-23 — best price $1.992026-08-29 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudStatsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

IndieCasualPuzzleStrategyAddictiveCompetitiveReplay Value

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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