Embassy of Lost Socks: a free matching game about lost things

What is Embassy of Lost Socks?

The worlds where socks, keys and chargers vanish want peace, and they're handing things back. Match every stray to the right missing notice. Look-alikes everywhere: a wrong match tests the realm's patience.

Embassy of Lost Socks is a free, cosy satire game. The parallel worlds where socks, keys and chargers disappear want peace, and they're handing things back through your embassy.

Match every lost item to the right missing notice. Look-alikes are everywhere: two red socks, one striped and one with tiny ducks. A wrong match costs the realm's patience.

At a glance

Category

Absurd Bureaucracy

Difficulty

Easy

Play time

5 min

Price

Free, in your browser, sign-up optional

How to play

Match

Tap a lost item, then its owner's notice: +100 per item returned.

Patience

A wrong match costs patience. At zero, the summit ends.

Three levels

Beginner, Intermediate or Expert, picked before you play: the content and the clock change, and each level keeps its own best score.

Satire

Absurd and warm: every country, office, planet and form is made up, and every run ends on a real admin skill.

Scoring

+100 per item returned to its owner, +10 per attempt.

Win by getting through every summit before the realm's patience runs out.

What it trains

Attention to detail

Telling look-alikes apart by colour and detail.

Describing things

Seeing which details make a description useful.

Strategy and tips

Read both details

Colour and one detail decide each match. Check both before tapping.

Start with the unique ones

An item with no look-alike is a free match. Clear those first.

Slow is fast

On Expert, a wrong match costs more time than a careful read.

Why play Embassy of Lost Socks?

Lost-and-found desks return things described precisely. A clear description, and a label on what you own, is what gets it back.

Frequently asked questions