Ember: Matchstick Math Puzzle

Ember is a matchstick puzzle game about numbers. You get an equation built from matches, and the equation is wrong. Move one match and make it right. 8 + 3 = 5 is false. Move a single stick and it becomes 9 + 3 = 12. That is the whole game — you will understand it in ten seconds and still be solving an hour later. 🔥 THREE DIFFICULTIES, THREE SEPARATE CAMPAIGNS NOOB moves one match. PRO moves two. ELITE moves three. Each campaign keeps its own progress, so if a puzzle beats you, drop a level and keep playing — the harder one waits exactly where you left it. ✅ EVERY PUZZLE IS CHECKED BEFORE YOU SEE IT Each brain teaser is verified by the generator: a solution always exists, the equation is never already true, and it can never be solved with fewer sticks than the game asks for. No impossible boards. No trick answers. 🧠 EVERY CORRECT ANSWER IS ACCEPTED Many matchstick riddles have more than one solution. Ember accepts all of them, not just the one the designer had in mind. If your math works, the level is solved. 🔢 THE DIGITS ARE SHOWN UP FRONT Matchstick games disagree about how 7, 6 and 9 are drawn with sticks. Ember shows you its alphabet before your first puzzle, so you never lose a move to a misunderstanding. ➕ PLUS, MINUS AND TIMES Take the upright out of a plus and you are left with a minus, holding a spare stick. Trade two and a plus becomes a times sign. The operators are made of matches too — and that is half the math puzzle. ♾ ENDLESS PUZZLES The equations never run out. Hundreds of thousands of distinct number puzzles are generated as you play, and they get harder: longer math, more digits, more ways to be wrong. 📅 DAILY PUZZLE One free challenge a day, the same one for every player. Come back tomorrow and keep your streak alive. 🖐 MOVE MATCHES ANY WAY YOU LIKE Drag a match to its new spot, or tap the match and then tap the empty slot. Tap the empty slot first if you prefer. Empty slots glow, so you always see where a stick can go. 🛠 HELPFUL TOOLS • Undo — take back any move, as many times as you want • Hint — shows which match to move, three free every day • Restart — put the equation back the way it started ☕ NO PRESSURE No timer. No lives. No energy bar. Think as long as you like. A calm logic puzzle for a bus ride or a coffee break. 🔌 PLAYS OFFLINE No internet needed. Solve number puzzles on a plane, in the subway, anywhere. 💯 NO IN-APP PURCHASES Not one. This math puzzle game is free, and there is nothing to buy. WHY MATCHSTICK PUZZLES WORK A matchstick equation is a riddle you can see all at once. Every stick is a small decision, every wrong equation is a problem asking to be fixed, and the answer is always one move away — which is exactly why it is so hard to put down. If you like brain teasers, math riddles, IQ puzzles, number games or logic puzzles, Ember will feel familiar in the first minute and get properly challenging by the tenth. Move a match. Fix the math.