Pemain diharuskan menggabungkan kotak-kotak bernomor tertentu supaya membentuk hasil akhir 2048. 2048 dimainkan di papan abu-abu 4×4. Di atasnya terdapat beberapa kotak dengan warna berbeda yang bergeser ketika pemain menekan empat tombol arah di keyboard Players are required to combine certain numbered boxes to form the final result of 2048. 2048 is played on a 4 × 4 gray board. On it are several boxes of different colors that shift when the player presses the four direction buttons on the keyboard