How to Play

The rules

The board is a grid of numbers from 1 to 9.
Select any two numbers that are equal (e.g., 7 and 7) or sum to 10 (e.g., 3 and 7, or 5 and 5).
The two numbers must be connected — a pair can be matched if the path between them (horizontal, vertical, diagonal, or in reading order left-to-right top-to-bottom) contains only already-removed cells.
When an entire row is cleared, it collapses and the rows below shift up automatically.
The goal is to clear the entire board.

Controls

Click the first number to select it (highlighted in blue).
Click a matching connected number to remove the pair.
Click the selected number again to deselect it.
If you run out of valid moves, click Add Numbers to copy unmatched numbers as new rows at the bottom.
Click Shuffle to randomly rearrange all remaining numbers on the board. You earn one Shuffle for every 25 pairs matched — they accumulate, so save them for when you're truly stuck.

Difficulty

Easy — Add Numbers appends 1 row (9 numbers). Diagonal matches allowed.
Medium — Add Numbers appends 2 rows (18 numbers). Diagonal matches allowed.
Hard — Add Numbers appends 2 rows. Diagonal matches disabled — only horizontal, vertical and linear-wrap connections count.

History of Number Match

Number Match — also known as "Seeds" (Russian: Семена) or "Take Ten" — originated as a paper-and-pencil puzzle in Russia in the 1990s. Players would work through printed sheets of numbers, crossing out valid pairs by hand.

The puzzle gained huge popularity in the 2010s as a mobile app when it spread under names like "Seeds: Number puzzle game" and "Number Match." Its simple rules but deep strategy made it one of the most downloaded casual puzzle games in Russia and Eastern Europe.

The game's appeal lies in its satisfying chain reactions — removing one pair creates new connections, which in turn allows further matches. Like Sudoku, it rewards systematic thinking over random guessing.

Tips & Fun Facts

Solving strategies

The valid pairs are: (1,9) (2,8) (3,7) (4,6) (5,5) and any two equal numbers. Memorise these to spot matches instantly.
Prefer matches that open up new connections — removing a number in the middle of a row or diagonal links its neighbours together.
Don't forget diagonals: two matching numbers on the same diagonal with only empty cells between them are a valid pair.
Aim to clear full rows — a collapsed row shifts everything up and often creates new diagonal and wrap-around connections.
Before clicking Add Numbers, scan for wrap-around matches — the last number in a row and the first in the next can be paired if everything between them is gone.

Did you know?

A freshly started Easy board always has at least one valid pair immediately — the two rows of 1–9 share adjacent equals.
The maximum number of pairs on a 2-row board is 9 (one per digit), which clears it in a single pass without needing "Add Numbers".
A 5+5 match is the only pair where a number matches itself for a sum-to-10 reason — all others require two different values.