Pixel Pairs

Find the matching sprites before the clock runs out.

PuzzleCategory

EasyDifficulty

FreePrice

NoneInstall

Pixel Pairs is a memory match game on a running clock. Cards are dealt face down; turn over two showing the same sprite and they stay up, turn over two that differ and they flip back. A match adds three seconds and a miss costs two, so the clock is something you spend and earn rather than something you race. Clearing a board adds fifteen seconds and deals a bigger one, which is why a run ends when your memory stops keeping up rather than after a set number of boards.

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Controls

Keyboard
`← ↑ ↓ →`	Move the selection
`W A S D`	The same four directions
`Space or Enter`	Turn the selected card
`R`	Restart

Touch: Tap a card to turn it over. The cards are large enough to hit without aiming.

Tips

The clock is a resource, not a deadline. Two seconds for a miss is cheap early on, so turning over an unknown card to learn where it is often pays for itself.
A streak is worth more than speed: every consecutive match adds ten points on top of the fifty, up to ten in a row.
Clearing a board is worth 250 points times the level, which is more than every pair on that board put together. Finishing a board always beats hoarding time.
Boards grow from six pairs to twelve and then stop, so from level four onward it is the same board and only your recall has to keep improving.
There is a badge for clearing a board without a single miss, and it is easiest on level one. The first six pairs are the only board small enough to hold in your head from the first turn.