Pile Pairs: Free Online Clutter Match Puzzle

Pile Pairs is our own clutter matching puzzle. Round tokens lie in a messy heap, piled over each other. Tap a token to pick it up, then tap its twin, the token with the same picture in the same colour and size, and both lift off the heap. Clear every token to win.

There is no tray to fill and no grid. Any token that shows can be tapped, even if only a thin edge peeks out from under the others, so the puzzle is in spotting twins in the clutter and in working out which tokens to lift to uncover the ones you need. The picked token gets a gold ring around its whole outline, even the part that is still covered. Two tokens that don't match add three seconds to your clock, and pairs found quickly one after another build a combo with a rising chime.

Every heap is built so that it can always be cleared. Each kind of token comes in exactly one pair, and the game deals the heap from a plan in which every pair shows at the moment it is needed, so whatever order you play in there is always a pair in sight. You never get stuck and there is no losing, only the clock.

There are 200 levels, from a 12-token warm-up to deep heaps of nearly 90 tokens. The 46 token faces, from stars and hearts to bells, keys and shells, are drawn in two colourways. Later levels mix both colourways of the same picture into one heap, so a star on yellow and a star on blue sit side by side and only one is the twin you want.

Each day also brings a daily heap of 68 to 80 tokens, the same for everyone. Clear it each day to build a streak. Only the daily heap posts a score to the leaderboard, the first time you clear it: a faster clear scores more, up to double. If you have gems, Hint rings a pair for you and Match lifts a pair for you. Neither lowers your score. Pile Pairs is free to play in your browser with no download or sign-up, and its art, music and sound effects are all made for the game.