How to play Up the Floors

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.

The rules

• The tower has 120 floors. Each floor is one question with a 10-second limit — the bar on the panel shows the time left and the last three seconds tick.
• Right answer: the elevator climbs one floor. Wrong answer or no answer: the cable snaps and you fall to floor 1. That is a “fall”.
• Inside one ride a question is never asked twice, the same type never comes twice in a row, and quick-math floors are never back to back.
• Above floor 30 the elevator starts asking about answers from earlier floors of the same climb. A fall clears that memory.
• Continue: once per climb, after a fall from floor 5 or higher, you can return to the floor you fell from. The fall still counts.

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?
• Odd one out — Nine symbols, one is different. Tap it.
• Dot count — Coloured dots appear. How many were red?
• Word list — A short list of words. Which one was NOT on it?
• Arrows — A row of arrows. Which way did the fourth one point?
• Chains and patterns — Start with 7, double it, subtract 3… What comes next in 3, 6, 12…?
• Spot the change — A grid flashes twice. Did anything change, and where?
• Who got off? — Three passengers, three floors, two clues. Who got off on floor 14?
• Callbacks — On high floors the elevator asks about earlier answers: “Floor 15’s answer × 2?”
• Look back — Symbols appear one by one. Was the last one the same as the one shown a step or two earlier?

Tips for climbing higher

• Read the whole question before you look at the options — colour words and “NOT on the list” are traps on purpose.
• Keep a running note in your head of the floor you are on; the elevator will ask.
• On callback floors, the answer you need is from the same climb. Saying it to yourself once helps it stick.
• Ten seconds is long. A calm answer at second 7 beats a fast wrong one at second 2.

The Top 100

Stop with the Emergency button and enter any nickname (3–20 characters). The board ranks by highest floor; reaching the roof beats everything; ties go to fewer falls, then to whoever got there first. Offensive nicknames are filtered and removed.

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.

Can I cheat with a script?

Questions, answers and the 10-second clock are checked on our server, and the score is built there. Automated runs are removed.

Is there an app?

iPhone and Android apps are on the way. The web version works on any phone or computer today.

Which languages?

English and Turkish. The game follows your device language and you can switch with the EN/TR button.

Is it suitable for children?

Up the Floors is made for players aged 13 and up.