Twenty Up

Drag a tile onto a matching one and they become the next number. Two 3s make a 4, not a 6. Close enough counts: let go near a match and it snaps on.
Aim at empty space instead and the tile falls to the top of that stack. Any column, any distance.
A tile is fair game when the cell above, left or right of it is empty. Only one hemmed in on all three sides is stuck.
A new row pushes up on the timer. Reach 20 before the stack hits the roof.

📱 Drag a tile onto a match or into a space, or tap the tile then tap where you want it

🎯 Objective

Combine matching tiles to climb the number ladder one step at a time, and build a tile that reads 20 before the stack reaches the top of the board.

📊 How you score

Every merge scores the new tile's value squared, so making a 12 is worth 144 and a 15 is worth 225. Merges that chain off a single drop multiply as they go: the second merge in a cascade counts double, the third triple, and so on. Completing a 20 clears that tile off the board and pays a 2,000 point bonus on top. Your highest tile is tracked separately, and that is the number the badges care about.

💡 Tips

Keep the stack low and flat. Height is what ends runs, not the clock.
Gaps are as useful as tiles. An empty cell beside a tall column is what keeps everything in it reachable, so resist the urge to fill every hole.
Look for cascades: drop into a column where the tile you are about to make will land on another copy of itself.
New tiles always arrive a couple of steps below your best tile, so pushing your best number higher also improves everything you get dealt.

Is Twenty Up the same as 2048?

No, and this is the thing almost everyone gets wrong on their first run. 2048 doubles, so two 4s make an 8. Twenty Up counts up by one, so two 4s make a 5. Tiles also move one at a time by dragging them, instead of the whole board sliding at once.

Why didn't my two matching tiles merge?

Tiles only combine up and down, never side by side. Two matching tiles sitting next to each other will happily sit there forever. Pick one up and drop it onto the other one, which works even when the column has no room left above it. You do not have to be precise about it: let go anywhere near a match and the drop snaps onto it, and a tile falling towards a stack with a match on top slides across and merges instead of landing beside it. Aim at the middle of an empty square and nothing snaps, so an exact placement is still an exact placement.

Why can't I pick up a tile?

Every tile needs a way in or out: at least one of the cells above it, to its left, or to its right has to be empty. Something sitting on a tile does not put it out of reach on its own, so long as one side is open. Only a tile hemmed in on all three sides is stuck, and then you have to move something else first. From tile 12 onward you will also meet linked tiles, joined by a black bar: those move as one piece and can only be lifted when every end is clear. Merging any part of the group snaps the link, and a linked group can hold a gap open underneath itself that you can drop straight into.

What happens when you reach the 20 tile?

It completes and clears itself off the board, which frees up a lot of space and pays a big bonus. The run keeps going, so a great player can build more than one.

Twenty Up

🎯 Objective

📊 How you score

💡 Tips

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