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Four in a Row

Drop a disc. Line up four. The center column is the one that matters.

Grid game Players 1 or 2 on one device Price Free Saves This browser Everyone
Four in a Row during play
In-game still from Four in a Row.

01 — Story

The brief

Four in a Row uses seven columns and six rows. Discs fall to the lowest open cell. Four in a line, across, down, or diagonal, wins. A full grid with no line is a draw. You play red and move first.

Tap a column or the arrow above it. Easy moves at random. Medium thinks three moves ahead. Hard looks five. Two players shares the device. The winning four glows, and a scoreboard lasts until you reload.

The center column sits in the most possible lines, so it is the usual first drop. The winning shape is two threats at once, because the other side can block only one. Watch squares stacked so that playing the lower one hands the upper one away.

How to drop

Tap a column. The disc falls. If you are building two threats, make sure both cannot be answered by one disc.

Play

Modes and missions

Mode

Computer

Easy, medium, or a five-move search.

Mode

Two players

Red starts each game.

Mode

Center first

The middle column joins the most lines.

Hands

Controls

InputAction
Tap a columnDrop a disc

Spec

System requirements

Minimum

Playable

A current phone, tablet, or computer browser with JavaScript on. No download and no account.

Recommended

Smoother

A recent Chrome, Edge, Firefox, or Safari window, and a stable connection the first time the page loads.

Questions

FAQ

Who starts?

You do, as red. In two-player mode red starts every game.

Can the hard computer lose?

Yes. It searches five moves, and two threats at once can beat that.

Where should the first disc go?

The center column.

Sources

Asset credits

  • Original browser game by HSP for ViralScope Hub.
  • This about page is original writing for the hub. It does not reprint the live how-to.

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