Shisen-sho — Free Tile Matching Puzzle & Online 1v1

What is it?

Connect identical tiles through empty spaces with a line that turns at most twice. Plan which pairs to remove to unlock and clear the board.

Play free in your browser without installation. Sign in with your GameNow account for practice, matches, rankings and friends.

New? In the lobby's Solo play section pick Easy, Normal or Hard and press Start practice; an AI shares the board with you. To play a person, press Find opponent.
Press a tile to select it, then press a matching tile; if they connect, both are removed. Pressing a different tile just changes your selection.
The connecting line may pass only through empty cells (the outer border counts) and bend at most twice, so edge tiles open up first.
Tiles your opponent selects get an orange outline. Whoever connects a pair first takes it.
Energy drains over time and refills when you remove pairs. Misses and hints cost energy; at zero you stop.

A miss costs as much energy as five pairs earn. Take the sure pairs first.
If no pair can be removed, the remaining tiles shuffle automatically, with no penalty.
Today's Shisen-Sho gives everyone the same board to clear alone, ranked by pairs and energy left. You can watch live matches from the lobby.