Up the Floors — the 120-floor brain elevator

Ride a glass elevator up a 120-floor tower over an imaginary Istanbul. Every floor asks one quick question — memory, attention or a fast check — and gives you 10 seconds to answer.

Answer right and the elevator climbs. Answer wrong, or run out of time, and the cable snaps: you drop all the way back to floor 1. How high can you get?

How to play

1. Press ▲ to call the elevator.
2. Read the question on the panel. Some show something first — a number, lit buttons, a list — then ask about it.
3. Answer within 10 seconds to go up one floor.
4. A wrong answer or timeout sends you back to floor 1. Questions never repeat within a ride.
5. Press the red Emergency button whenever you like to stop and put your highest floor on the Top 100.

Five zones on the way up

• Lobby1–10
  Street level: trams, simit carts and the evening crowd.
• Offices11–30
  Glass towers, late lights, the city getting smaller.
• Sky Lounge31–60
  Sunset over the water and the domes.
• Cloud Floors61–90
  Above the clouds, under a thin crescent moon.
• Rooftop91–120
  Night, stars and the last floor.

What kind of questions?

• Quick check — Is “34 − 18 + 6 = 22” right? Yes or no — fast.
• Number memory — A number flashes. Type it back.
• Colour words — The word BLUE printed in red: answer the ink, not the word (or the other way round).
• Lit buttons — Elevator buttons light up for a moment. How many were lit?
• Button order — Press the buttons in the order they lit up — or in reverse on higher floors.
• Where are you? — Which floor are you on right now? Which floor is 5 below you? Odd or even?

See every question type in the full guide →

Questions

Is Up the Floors free?

Yes. You play in the browser at upthefloors.com with no download and no account.

Do I need to sign up?

No. There are no accounts. Your best floor is remembered on your device; the Top 100 only needs a nickname you choose.

How long is a climb?

You have up to 10 seconds per floor, so a perfect climb to the roof takes under 20 minutes. Most climbs end much earlier.

What happens when I get one wrong?

The cable snaps and you fall back to floor 1. The question you missed won’t come back in the same ride.

Can I continue after a fall?

Once per climb, if you fell from floor 5 or higher, you can go back to the floor you fell from. On the web that takes a short break. The fall still counts for the Top 100.

How does the Top 100 work?

Press the red Emergency button to stop the ride and enter a nickname. Highest floor wins; reaching the roof beats everything; ties go to fewer falls, then to whoever got there first.

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