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Droptide. Drop. Merge.
Panic.

Drop one in, merge it into something bigger, drop the next. There's only so much room, and merging is the only way to make more.

How it works

One thumb

Drop

Pick a spot along the top and let go. A guide line shows you where it lands, which helps right up until it doesn't.
Merge

Two of the same meet and become one bigger thing. That is the entire rule, and it will take you a while to get bored of it.
Make room

Merging is the only thing that gives space back. Anything you drop that doesn't merge is room you've spent.
Don't overflow

Stack it past the top and the run is over. It fills up faster than it feels like it's filling up.

Both halves of it

The squeeze

Every drop costs space and only a merge returns any. So a run isn't really a score going up, it's a debt you're either clearing or not.

The pull

You start out placing things deliberately. Then you're tidying up after yourself, and at some point you stopped noticing you were.

Two ways in

In a browser tab: Droptide runs at droptide.unhero.com. Nothing to install, no account, no screen asking you to rate it first.
On the phone: Free on iPhone and iPad, which is where a one-thumb puzzle was always going to make the most sense.

Browser iPhone iPad

Droptide is free, and about as far from a commitment as a game gets.

Open the tab, drop a few, close the tab. Or don't close the tab. It'll be in the same state either way.