diff --git a/pkgs/games/2048-cli/default.nix b/pkgs/games/2048-cli/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 78710ceb53b7..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/games/2048-cli/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  gettext,
-  installShellFiles,
-  ncurses,
-  ui ? "terminal",
-}:
-
-assert lib.elem ui [
-  "terminal"
-  "curses"
-];
-stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
-  pname = "2048-cli";
-  version = "unstable-2019-12-10";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "tiehuis";
-    repo = "2048-cli";
-    rev = "67439255df7d4f70209ca628d65128cd41d33e8d";
-    hash = "sha256-U7g2wCZgR7Lp/69ktQIZZ1cScll2baCequemTl3Mc3I=";
-  };
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace Makefile \
-      --replace "-lcurses" "-lncurses"
-  '';
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    installShellFiles
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    gettext
-  ] ++ (lib.optional (ui == "curses") ncurses);
-
-  dontConfigure = true;
-
-  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-I${lib.getDev gettext}/share/gettext/";
-
-  makeFlags = [
-    "CC=${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}cc"
-    ui
-  ];
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    runHook preInstall
-
-    install -Dm755 -t $out/bin 2048
-    installManPage man/2048.6
-
-    runHook postInstall
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/tiehuis/2048-cli";
-    description = "Game 2048 for your Linux terminal";
-    license = lib.licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = [ ];
-    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
-    mainProgram = "2048";
-  };
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index e6767dd00258..1329d5685578 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -224,6 +224,9 @@ mapAliases {
 
   ### _ ###
   _1password = lib.warnOnInstantiate "_1password has been renamed to _1password-cli to better follow upstream name usage" _1password-cli; # Added 2024-10-24
+  _2048-cli = throw "'_2048-cli' has been removed due to archived upstream. Consider using '_2048-in-terminal' instead."; # Added 2025-06-07
+  _2048-cli-curses = throw "'_2048-cli-curses' has been removed due to archived upstream. Consider using '_2048-in-terminal' instead."; # Added 2025-06-07
+  _2048-cli-terminal = throw "'_2048-cli-curses' has been removed due to archived upstream. Consider using '_2048-in-terminal' instead."; # Added 2025-06-07
   _5etools = throw "'_5etools' has been removed, as upstream is in a questionable legal position and the build was broken.";
   "7z2hashcat" =
     throw "'7z2hashcat' has been renamed to '_7z2hashcat' as the former isn't a valid variable name."; # Added 2024-11-27
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1dba152b606f..2fbd95146370 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -14789,10 +14789,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   ### GAMES
 
-  _2048-cli = _2048-cli-terminal;
-  _2048-cli-curses = callPackage ../games/2048-cli { ui = "curses"; };
-  _2048-cli-terminal = callPackage ../games/2048-cli { ui = "terminal"; };
-
   _90secondportraits = callPackage ../games/90secondportraits { love = love_0_10; };
 
   inherit (callPackages ../games/fteqw { })