Merge Master - Puzzle

Why We Picked Merge Master - Puzzle

Merge Master - Puzzle gives you the board, the pieces and no clock, which sounds restful until half the space is gone. There is a fair kind of difficulty here: the board never hides what it asks, it just asks more of it. The rules fit in a sentence; the consequences take a good deal longer. We kept it because the rule is visible from the first screen and still holds at the last level. The page's own numbers: 734 plays, 4.8 out of 5 from 22 ratings, and 118 of 172 on the puzzle shelf.

How to Play

The page documents very little, so these are the things worth knowing before you spend time on it:

• Sound cues can carry instructions the interface never shows, so keep the volume audible.
• Finish the board in front of you; nothing in it is timed unless the game puts a clock on screen.
• Work from the edges inward and keep the middle open as long as you can.

Editor’s Note

A short session suits it best, since progress rarely saves and leaving usually means starting over. It is the sort of puzzle you close and then reopen an hour later, still thinking about it.

Written by the UGFJD editorial team for this page. The publisher’s own description follows below, unedited.