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HexMerge

How to play HexMerge

HexMerge is an endless merge puzzle on a 4×4 grid. Slide tiles in any of four directions; tiles with the same value merge into the next power of 2. The game ends when the board is full and no merges are possible. Beat your best score.

The board

A 4×4 grid of hex-shaped tiles. The game starts with two tiles already placed. After every move, one new tile spawns at a random empty cell (90% chance of value 2; 10% chance of value 4).

Making a move

When you slide, every tile in the grid slides as far as it can in that direction. If two tiles of the same value collide, they merge into a tile with the sum value (2+2=4, 4+4=8, 8+8=16, etc.). A tile that just merged cannot merge again on the same move.

Scoring

Every merge adds the new tile’s value to your score. Merging two 16s into a 32 adds 32 points. Merging two 256s into a 512 adds 512 points. Bigger merges are worth exponentially more.

Your best score is saved to your browser’s local storage and shown above the board.

When does the game end?

The game ends when:

  1. The board is full (no empty cells), AND
  2. No adjacent tiles have the same value (so no merges are possible).

When the game ends, a result screen appears with your final score, your best tile, and a share string. Tap New game to start over.

Sharing your result

Tap Share on the result screen — HexMerge copies an emoji-grid representation of your final board plus your score to your clipboard. Paste anywhere.

Tile color legend

Tiles are colored by value on a warm-to-cool gradient: yellow (2-4), orange (8-64), red (128-256), purple (512-1024), indigo (2048+). The color gradient helps you visually scan the board for high-value tiles at a glance — useful when you’re managing endgame corners.

Why endless?

Classic 2048 framed the game around “reach the 2048 tile to win.” HexMerge drops the win condition — there’s no finish line, just a score to beat. The mechanical ceiling is high; experienced players regularly reach the 2048 tile and push toward 4096, 8192, and beyond.

Ready? Open the game →

Want to push your score higher? Read the HexMerge strategy guide.