A different dimension of play
Think in four.
fourfold is four in a row, in three dimensions. Sixteen pegs, four beads on each, and 76 ways to line them up. Play the computer or a friend, right in your browser.
How to play
Easy to learn. Hard to put down.
Choose a peg
The board is a 4×4 grid of pegs. On your turn, pick any peg that still has room.
Let the bead drop
Beads fall with gravity to the lowest free spot, so each peg fills from the bottom up, four beads high.
Make a line of four
Get four of your colour in a straight line, in any direction, before your opponent does.
Ways to win
76 lines. Find yours.
A flat board has a handful of lines to watch. A cube has four kinds.
- 40Across a levelRows, columns and diagonals on any of the four heights.
- 16Straight up a pegFill one peg with all four of your beads.
- 16Up a wallA diagonal climbing across one upright slice of the cube.
- 4Through the cubeCorner to corner, bottom to top. The hardest to spot.
40 + 16 + 16 + 4 = 76 winning lines
Modes & features
Play it your way.
Solo, against the computer
Pick an opponent that suits your mood. It waits patiently while you think.
- Gentle
- Thoughtful
- Challenging
Two players, one device
Sit side by side and take turns on the same screen. No accounts, no waiting for a match.
Everything else
- Play solo against a computer opponent: Gentle, Thoughtful or Challenging
- Or pass the device to a friend for two players
- 76 ways to win, across, up and through the cube
- Six visual finishes, from bright Porcelain to dark Nocturne
- Ambient music, undo, and unfinished games saved for later
- Plays in your browser, on desktop and mobile
Controls
Click, tap or type.
fourfold runs in any modern browser on desktop, tablet and phone, and you can play it entirely from the keyboard.
| Left-click or tap a peg | Drop a bead on that peg |
|---|---|
| Drag | Rotate and tilt the board |
| Rotate buttons | Turn the board a quarter turn |
| Top view button | Look straight down at all 16 pegs |
| Tab / Enter | Choose a peg and drop a bead with the keyboard |
| Undo button | Take back your last turn |
| Esc | Pause |
Screenshots
A closer look.
The fourfold cover: the logo beside a board full of teal and coral beads 
A crowded board late in a match 
The first beads land on an empty board 
Towers start to rise in the middle of the board 
The fourfold title card
Press kit
For writers and streamers.
Use anything here to write about or show fourfold. If you need something else, just ask.
- Game
- fourfold
- Developer
- Owlet Games
- Genre
- Abstract strategy, 3D four in a row
- Players
- 1 against the computer, or 2 on one device
- Platform
- Web browser, desktop and mobile
- Price
- Free to play
- Released
- Play
- CrazyGames · itch.io
- Contact
- hoot@owletgames.com
Short description
fourfold is four in a row in three dimensions. Drop teal and coral beads onto a 4×4 board of pegs and be the first to line up four, across a level, up a peg or diagonally through the cube. Play free in your browser, solo or with a friend.
About the game
fourfold takes a classic you already know and gives it one more dimension. The board has sixteen pegs, each holding four beads, and every bead drops with gravity to the lowest free spot. That makes 76 possible winning lines: across any level, straight up a peg, diagonally up a wall, or corner to corner through the whole cube.
Play against a computer opponent at three levels (Gentle, Thoughtful and Challenging), or share one device with a friend. Choose from six visual finishes, settle in with ambient music, undo a hasty move, and come back later to a saved game. fourfold runs in the browser on desktop and mobile.
