How does my progress save in the Memory Game?

Your fewest-flips record per (grid size, mode, category) combination is stored locally in your browser, so beating your 4×4 animals record is independent of your 6×10 flags record. Sign in to sync the same records across phone, tablet, and desktop.

What categories of emojis are available?

Nine categories sourced from Unicode CLDR: smileys & emotion, people & body, animals & nature, food & drink, travel & places, activities, objects, symbols, and flags. Each category has dozens to hundreds of unique emoji pairs and all of them are translated into the 25 PlayMemorize languages.

Can I adjust the difficulty?

Yes. Choose grid sizes from 2×2 (4 cards) up to 6×10 (60 cards), and switch between matching emoji-to-emoji or emoji-to-name for an extra challenge. The name-match mode doubles as a vocabulary drill in your chosen category.

Can I play with friends?

Yes. Pick 2, 3, or 4 players from the setup screen for hot-seat multiplayer. Players take turns flipping pairs · a successful match earns another turn, a miss passes play to the next person. The player who collects the most pairs wins.

Where do the emoji images come from?

Every card renders as a Twemoji SVG · the same vector emoji set Twitter open-sourced. That means a smiley looks identical on iOS, Android, Windows, and the web, so two players flipping the "grinning face" card never disagree on what they saw.

Does it work on mobile?

Yes. PlayMemorize is fully responsive and works on phones, tablets, and desktops. It also works offline as a Progressive Web App · install once and the cards play without an internet connection.

Can MemPi help me study and practice this game?

Yes! Click MemPi in the header or on the game board to summon him. He observes the board, thinks out loud, and can demonstrate moves or guide you through tricky steps.

Memory Game

Match emoji cards with their word labels across 10 categories

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About PlayMemorize Memory

PlayMemorize Memory is the classic Concentration / Pelmanism card-matching game, rebuilt for the browser with Twemoji art and 25 localised emoji-name lists. Flip cards two at a time to find matching pairs · matching all of them ends the round, and the fewest-flips streak per setup is saved locally.

Nine emoji categories. Smileys & emotion, people & body, animals & nature, food & drink, travel & places, activities, objects, symbols, and flags · the full Unicode CLDR taxonomy. Each category ships dozens to hundreds of pairs in every site language, so a Polish player sees Polish names ("kot", "pies") and a Japanese player sees Japanese ones ("ねこ", "いぬ"). One game, 25 vocabularies.

Grid sizes from 2×2 to 6×10. Four cards is a 5-second warm-up; 60 cards is a multi-minute working-memory workout. The grid scales to phone, tablet, and desktop · cells stay roughly square in every aspect ratio so a portrait phone gets a taller, narrower grid and a landscape monitor gets a wider one.

Two game modes. Emoji-to-emoji matches identical cards · pure visual memory, the way the classic table-top game plays. Emoji-to-word matches a picture card to its localised name card · doubles as a vocabulary drill in the chosen category. Both modes support 1 to 4 players for hot-seat multiplayer · take turns flipping cards and the player who clears the most pairs wins.

Part of the PlayMemorize family of brain-training games. Runs entirely in your browser, works offline as a Progressive Web App.

How to master

New game videos on YouTube

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FAQ

How does my progress save in the Memory Game?

Your fewest-flips record per (grid size, mode, category) combination is stored locally in your browser, so beating your 4×4 animals record is independent of your 6×10 flags record. Sign in to sync the same records across phone, tablet, and desktop.
What categories of emojis are available?

Nine categories sourced from Unicode CLDR: smileys & emotion, people & body, animals & nature, food & drink, travel & places, activities, objects, symbols, and flags. Each category has dozens to hundreds of unique emoji pairs and all of them are translated into the 25 PlayMemorize languages.
Can I adjust the difficulty?

Yes. Choose grid sizes from 2×2 (4 cards) up to 6×10 (60 cards), and switch between matching emoji-to-emoji or emoji-to-name for an extra challenge. The name-match mode doubles as a vocabulary drill in your chosen category.
Can I play with friends?

Yes. Pick 2, 3, or 4 players from the setup screen for hot-seat multiplayer. Players take turns flipping pairs · a successful match earns another turn, a miss passes play to the next person. The player who collects the most pairs wins.
Where do the emoji images come from?

Every card renders as a Twemoji SVG · the same vector emoji set Twitter open-sourced. That means a smiley looks identical on iOS, Android, Windows, and the web, so two players flipping the "grinning face" card never disagree on what they saw.
Does it work on mobile?

Yes. PlayMemorize is fully responsive and works on phones, tablets, and desktops. It also works offline as a Progressive Web App · install once and the cards play without an internet connection.
Can MemPi help me study and practice this game?

Yes! Click MemPi in the header or on the game board to summon him. He observes the board, thinks out loud, and can demonstrate moves or guide you through tricky steps.