Minesweeper
Open every space that is not a mine. Each number says how many mines touch that space, diagonals included, and that is the only information there is.
Mines left10
Size
- Status
- In play
- Opened
- 0 / 71
How to play
- Tap a space to open it. The first tap is always safe, and so are the eight spaces around it.
- A number counts the mines in the eight spaces touching it. An opened blank space opens its neighbours too.
- Turn on flag mode to mark a space you believe is a mine. Flags are notes: they never open or protect anything.
- You win when every space that is not a mine is open, whether or not you flagged the mines.
- Opening a mine ends the game and shows the rest of them.
Questions
Can I lose on the first tap?
No. Mines are laid after your first tap, and never under it or in the eight spaces around it, so the opening move always opens a region rather than ending the game.
Do I have to flag every mine to win?
No. The game is won when every safe space is open. Flags are there to keep your own count straight.
Is it ever a pure guess?
Sometimes, and that is honest to the original: the classic game does not promise every board can be finished by logic alone. Two spaces can be genuinely indistinguishable near the end.