Threes! 2014

Is it still worth playing?

Sirvo's 2014 puzzle game, made by Asher Vollmer, Greg Wohlwend and Jimmy Hinson, in which you slide numbered tiles on a four by four grid to combine them. Ones and twos merge into a three, two threes make a six, and two sixes make a 12. A swipe moves every tile one square and adds a new tile from the same direction, with the color of the incoming tile shown on screen. You can preview a move by sliding without letting go. Each kind of tile has its own personality, and a new kind is introduced with a screen of confetti. A game ends when no moves remain and the final score depends on the rarity of the tiles, not on their numbers. Games of a few minutes with previewable swipes suit a short break today.