Minesweeper
Classic minesweeper puzzle. Clear the board without going BOOM!
Game time:
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Game over!
You win!
Configure settings and click "New Game" to start.
How to Play Minesweeper
MineSweeper is a classic puzzle game where the player must clear a grid of hidden mines without detonating any. The game's purpose is to use logic and deduction to identify mine locations based on numerical clues that indicate the number of adjacent mines.
The player clicks on squares to reveal them—if a mine is revealed, the game ends. If a number appears, it indicates how many mines are in the surrounding squares. Right-clicking allows the player to flag suspected mine locations. The goal is to clear the entire grid without triggering a mine, testing both strategy and risk assessment.
Minesweeper Tips & Strategy
- If a numbered cell already has that many flags around it, every other unrevealed neighbor is safe to click.
- If a numbered cell's count equals its number of unrevealed neighbors, all of those neighbors must be mines — flag them.
- Start near the center or click a large open area first — an early flood-fill reveal often clears a big chunk of the board at once.
- Work outward from cells you've already solved rather than guessing in isolated corners of the board.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. Mines are only placed after your first click, so the very first cell you reveal will never be a mine.
It shows how many mines are hidden in the up to 8 neighboring cells around it — use that count to deduce where mines are and are not.
Right-click a hidden cell on desktop, or press and hold (long-press) on a touch device, to place or remove a flag.
Your chosen difficulty sets the mine density: roughly 15% of cells on Easy, 20% on Medium, 25% on Hard, and 40% on Extreme.
It's game over immediately, and all the mines on the board are revealed so you can see where they were.