Play Memory online free
Flip cards, match pairs, and beat your InstantGameBox best.
2D · Single player
Tap play. No download.
Play opens fullscreen. Back exits the game. Change your name in the header.
At a glance
- Kind
- 2D browser game
- Genre
- Casual
- Play modes
- Single player
- Cost
- Free — no download or account required
- Devices
- Desktop and phone (keyboard and touch)
How to play
- 1Tap Play. A face-down grid appears. Medium is 4x4 and the default.
- 2Tap a card to flip it, then a second card. A matching pair stays up.
- 3If the two cards do not match they flip back after a short pause. You cannot flip a third card while two are pending.
- 4Use Peek to briefly show two unmatched cards of the same pair. You have two free peeks.
- 5Fewer moves and a faster time score higher. When you win, InstantGameBox saves the score as your personal best on this device.
About this game
Memory here is the classic concentration card game: a face-down grid and pairs of matching symbols. Flip one card, then a second. If the symbols match they stay face-up. If not, both flip back and you remember the places for the next turn. Clear every pair to finish the board.
Three sizes change how long a round lasts. Easy is a 4x3 grid with six pairs. Medium, the default, is 4x4 with eight pairs. Hard is 6x4 with twelve pairs. Each new game shuffles the same symbol set with a seed so a layout can be rebuilt. Card faces use Kenney Animal Pack Remastered round pictures (panda, dog, chick, and more). A Food theme uses Kenney Food Kit pictures. Not pixel art.
On a phone you tap a card to flip it. The score, moves, timer, and buttons sit in HTML above the board, not painted on the WebGL canvas, so the targets stay at least 44 pixels. At a desk you click, or move a cursor with the arrow keys and flip with Space or Enter. There is no on-screen joystick. Mute stays on the shell Back/Mute row.
Score rewards fewer moves and a faster time, with a small leftover-peek bonus. When the last pair locks in, InstantGameBox posts the score with onGameOver and your personal best lives on the this device. The game never writes scores to localStorage. A mid-run board — layout, face-up and matched cards, moves, timer, and difficulty — can come back through saveProgress if you leave and return.
You get two free peeks per game. A peek briefly shows two unmatched cards of the same pair. If a rewarded ad is available after those run out, you can watch one for another peek. If you want another short session after this one, Solitaire is at /2d/cards/solitaire and Word Search is at /2d/puzzle/wordsearch.
Controls
- Flip a card
- Tap / click
- Move cursor
- Arrow keys
- Flip the cursor card
- Space or Enter
- Peek
- Peek button or H
- New game / difficulty
- New, or Easy / Medium / Hard
- Pause
- Pause button or P
What you get
- Classic memory / concentration with 4x3, 4x4, and 6x4 grids
- Geometric pair icons drawn in code — no pixel art, no licensed characters
- HTML chrome for score, moves, time, and best, not painted on the canvas
- Touch, mouse, and keyboard — arrows plus Space or Enter
- Two free peeks, optional rewarded extra peek
- Personal best saved on this device
Memory FAQ
Is Memory free to play in the browser?
Yes. Open the page and tap Play. You do not need an account or a download.
What do Easy, Medium, and Hard change?
They change the grid size and how many pairs you need. Easy is 4x3 with 6 pairs, Medium is 4x4 with 8, Hard is 6x4 with 12. Medium is the default.
How do I play Memory on a phone?
Tap a card, then tap a second card. The score and buttons sit above the board in HTML. There is no on-screen joystick.
How do scores and best scores work?
Fewer moves and a faster time score higher, and leftover peeks add a bonus. When you win, the shell posts the score. Personal best is stored on this device by the InstantGameBox shell.
Does the game save my progress?
A mid-run board can come back if you leave and return. Finished scores are stored as your personal best on this device.
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