Tetris 2 is a puzzle game where you have to clear the field of blocks in a different way than the original Tetris . Each play field starts with different colored dots (in this case black, gray and white), with one of each color flashing. The blocks are made up of the same three colors, and by matching blocks of the same color over the top or to the side of the dot will clear the dot and those blocks from the screen. If you clear a flashing dot, all the corresponding dots of the same color will be cleared. To complete the round just clear the dots, not the blocks themselves.
The gameplay is quite different from the original Tetris , where the goal was to create lines without gaps by fitting the falling blocks together. In Tetris 2 , you have to match colors to clear the dots, adding a new layer of strategy to the game.