Created by Italian web developer Gabriele Cirulli, 2048 is a single-player sliding tile puzzle video game that challenges players to combine numbered tiles on a 4x4 grid to create a tile with the number 2048. Originally written in JavaScript and CSS over a weekend, it was released in March 2014 as free and open-source software.

Created by Italian web developer Gabriele Cirulli, 2048 is a single-player sliding tile puzzle video game that challenges players to combine numbered tiles on a 4x4 grid to create a tile with the number 2048. Originally written in JavaScript and CSS over a weekend, it was released in March 2014 as free and open-source software.