Memory Match: flip the cards, find the pairs, mind your misses
Do you remember where the panda was? Find out in Memory Match, our new game of sharp eyes and a good memory, with no clock to rush you.
How it works
- Flip two cards at a time by tapping or clicking them. A matching pair stays face up. A wrong pair turns back over and uses up one of the level's misses.
- On a keyboard, press Tab to move between cards and Enter or Space to turn one over.
- The dots above the board show how many misses are left. Use the last one and the run is over, so every wrong guess counts.
- Find every pair to clear the level and move on to a bigger board.
Pick your pictures
Choose what is on the cards on the start screen: animals, fruit and veg, space, under the sea or vehicles. Each set has twelve different pictures, so you are never matching on colour alone, and the game remembers your choice for next time.
Scoring
A pair scores 20 points times your level, plus a bonus for every match in a row. Clear a level and you bank 50 points times the level, plus 10 times the level for every miss you did not use, so a tidy board is worth more than a lucky one.
Bigger boards, fewer spare misses
Level 1 is a small board of three pairs. Each level adds more cards, up to a full board of twelve pairs, and once the board is full size the spare misses shrink every other level. Your run is saved whenever you clear a level, so you can pick it up again on the same level, with your score so far.
A few tips
- Turn cards in a tidy order, such as left to right, so you remember where you have already looked.
- Say it out loud. "Panda, top left" really does help it stick.
- If the first card you turn is one you have seen before, go straight to its partner. That pair cannot miss.
- Early mistakes are cheap, because every card you reveal is one you will not have to guess later.
Have a go
Memory Match is in beta while we gather feedback, so tell us what you think on the Contact page. Happy matching!