Play Sequence Memory Online Free — Solo or With Friends

How to Play

1. Pick a game type. Pads gives you four big pads, each with its own colour and shape. Grid gives you nine plain squares where only the position matters. Fast uses the four pads but flashes them quicker right from the first round.
2. Press Start and wait for the three-two-one countdown.
3. The top line says "Watch…" while the pads light up one after another. Keep your hands still and follow the order.
4. When it changes to "Your turn", tap the same pads in the same order. Each pad glows briefly as you touch it.
5. Get the whole chain right and a chime plays. The next round repeats the chain with one new step at the end.
6. Keep going until you slip. Your score is the longest chain you copied without a mistake.

On a laptop you can use the number keys. Press 1 to 4 for the pads, or use the number-pad layout for the grid, with 7, 8 and 9 on the top row.

Rules

• Taps made while the pads are still flashing are ignored, so an early touch costs nothing.
• One wrong pad ends the run straight away. The game shakes the pad you pressed and lights up the one it wanted, so you can see where it went wrong.
• Playback starts at a steady pace and speeds up a little every round, but it never becomes impossibly quick.
• A single run can last at most four minutes and fifty steps, whichever comes first. If the clock runs out, every chain you finished still counts.
• When several people play, the longest chain wins. Equal chains are a draw.
• A good solo run is 8 steps on Pads, or 7 on Grid and Fast.

Tips & Strategy

• Group the steps. Break a long chain into small bunches of three or four, the way you would remember a phone number. "Green, red, green — pause — star, square" is easier than eleven separate flashes.
• Name what you see. On Pads, quietly say the shapes or colours in your head. Using words as well as pictures gives your memory two hooks instead of one.
• Trace with your eyes. On Grid there are no colours to lean on, so follow the path the light makes. Many chains turn into a zigzag or an L shape you can picture.
• Each round repeats the old chain. Only the last step is new, so spend your attention on that final flash once the start feels familiar.
• Don't rush your turn. Apart from the four-minute cap, there is no timer on your answer. A calm rhythm beats a hurried one.

Game Modes

Solo is a personal challenge. Your best chain for each game type is saved separately on your device, so a Grid record never hides a Pads record.

Two players on one phone splits the screen into two halves, with the top half turned round so you can sit across the table from each other. Both halves play the same sequence at the same moment; you both watch, then each of you repeats it on your own half. The longer chain wins.

Three to eight players take turns on one device. Everyone gets the very same sequence, so the comparison is completely fair. Hand the phone over when the screen asks, and the scoreboard fills in as each person finishes.

Play with Friends Online

Open an online room and send the code or link to up to seven friends. Once the host starts, every phone counts down together and plays the same sequence, so nobody gets an easier pattern. A live board shows the level each friend has reached. If someone's network drops, the host's phone closes the race for them after the four-minute limit, so the results still appear for everyone. Rooms have no chat, only quick emoji reactions.