A puzzle game themed around football

Super Bowl 2048 is a free puzzle game. The app uses its setting of a futuristic Super Bowl tournament as the backdrop to a game of dropping and matching balls. It belongs to the puzzle game genre rather than sports.

Despite the theme, the game turns out to be less like NFL Mobile and more like Tetris. The player must use their wits to ensure that the balls fall in the right places to make the highest-scoring combinations and beat the level.

Not actually a football game

The first thing to mention about Super Bowl 2048 is that the gameplay is in no way derived from football. Instead, the game uses sports as a theme for what is ultimately a falling-block puzzle game. The twist is that instead of blocks, it uses balls that bounce and roll after landing.

Match the balls

Falling balls come in different colors and sizes. When two matching balls touch, they’ll combine (along with any adjacent balls) to form a single larger ball. Scoring a march will boost your points, and if you get enough points, you finish the level. Be warned — if too many balls land without touching, they’ll jam the field, and you’ll lose.

Bombs and wild balls

If you get stuck, then you have two tools that can help you. These are the bombs and the wild balls. The former causes an explosion to clear out the screen; the latter can match with a variety of different balls. Each tool is available only in limited numbers.

An easy puzzle game

It is hard to lose at Super Bowl 2048. Even in later levels, when the big balls start piling up, you are likely only to clog up the screen if you are trying to. But while it lacks challenge, the app works as a relaxation game.