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2048 cover art

2048

LA\VA · 2018-10-31

SteamMicrosoft Store

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

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's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
IGDB user rating (60 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$7.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 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

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 22% of 29,066 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 4.8k–11k copies

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

Current store prices

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 20 of 27 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820182026Week of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 5 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 5 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
30Nov 2018Jan 2026Nov 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Mar 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3May 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Sep 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Nov 2019 — avg 1 · peak 3Jan 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Mar 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3May 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Aug 2020 — avg 0 · peak 4Oct 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Dec 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Feb 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Jun 2021 — avg 1 · peak 6Aug 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2021 — avg 2 · peak 5Dec 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Feb 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Jun 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Aug 2022 — avg 2 · peak 5Oct 2022 — avg 1 · peak 6Dec 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Feb 2023 — avg 1 · peak 7Apr 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2023 — avg 2 · peak 9Sep 2023 — avg 1 · peak 5Nov 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Jan 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Nov 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Mar 2025 — avg 2 · peak 5Jun 2025 — avg 2 · peak 5Jan 2026 — avg 1 · peak 4
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$0.492018-11-012026-10-102018-11-01 — 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 $1.992026-10-03 — best price $9.992026-10-10 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4171572026-06-02 — 417 pageviews2026-06-06 — 281 pageviews2026-06-10 — 256 pageviews2026-06-14 — 217 pageviews2026-06-18 — 293 pageviews2026-06-22 — 282 pageviews2026-06-26 — 340 pageviews2026-06-30 — 246 pageviews2026-07-04 — 210 pageviews2026-07-08 — 307 pageviews2026-07-12 — 272 pageviews2026-07-16 — 258 pageviews2026-07-20 — 284 pageviews2026-07-24 — 252 pageviews2026-07-28 — 247 pageviews2026-08-01 — 204 pageviews2026-08-05 — 246 pageviews2026-08-09 — 225 pageviews2026-08-13 — 305 pageviews2026-08-17 — 305 pageviews2026-08-21 — 290 pageviews2026-08-25 — 353 pageviews2026-08-29 — 175 pageviews2026-09-02 — 344 pageviews2026-09-06 — 258 pageviews2026-09-10 — 371 pageviews2026-09-14 — 336 pageviews2026-09-18 — 369 pageviews2026-09-22 — 396 pageviews2026-09-26 — 210 pageviews2026-09-30 — 365 pageviews2026-10-04 — 157 pageviews2026-10-08 — 273 pageviews2026-10-11 — 184 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
78.5%
earned "Just Getting Started"
37.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

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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Similarity via IGDB.

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