Roguemerge

Slide the grid to merge matching tiles and reach each board's target value. Clear a board and you draft one of three relics that rewrite the rules, then carry that stacking ruleset into the next, harder board. Survive all eight to win the run.

• Slide to merge tiles toward the board's target number
• Targets climb from a few hundred into the tens of thousands
• Draft a rule-bending relic after each board
• Relics stack, reshaping merges, spawns, board size and scoring

• Desktop: arrow keys or WASD to slide; U to undo if a relic allows it
• Phone & tablet: swipe in any direction to slide

• Daily: one shared seeded run
• Endless: keep drafting and pushing as far as you can

• Draft relics that synergize with how you already play, not just the flashiest
• Keep your biggest tile anchored in a corner to build cleanly toward the target
• Save undo or vaporize charges for the board that's one bad slide from a dead end

The slide-and-merge grid is 2048's, from 2014.

Wrapped around it is the relic draft — clear a board, choose one of three rule-rewriting relics, carry the stack into the next — the structure Slay the Spire made standard for the run-based puzzle game.

2048 is the same every time you play it, which is its charm and its ceiling. Relics that rewrite the rules mean the eighth board is not merely harder but played under a system you assembled, so the run's difficulty is partly your own drafting.

Roguemerge is an original free browser puzzle roguelike that fuses sliding number-merge play with run-based relic drafting. Play instantly, no sign-up needed.

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