The 30×16 expert board with 99 mines, also on a phone.
Hard Minesweeper, also called expert, is the 30×16 field with 99 mines — the board for long, careful games. On a computer it lies wide; on a phone the field is turned upright and opens in an overview, and the zoom button or a pinch makes the cells big enough to tap while you scroll with one finger. The first click is still safe, and a hint helps when the numbers run out.
The goal is to open every cell without a mine. Pick a level: easy is a 9×9 field with 10 mines, medium is 16×16 with 40 mines, hard is 30×16 with 99 mines. Your first click is always safe: the cell you open and its neighbours never hold a mine, so the game starts with an open area. A number on an opened cell tells how many mines lie among its 8 neighbours — the cells around it, diagonals included. A cell with no mines around opens all its neighbours at once, and the opening spreads further in a cascade until it meets numbers.
Yes. Hard is the classic expert board: 30 by 16 cells with 99 mines.
Yes. On a phone the field is turned upright, 16 cells wide and 30 tall, and opens in an overview. Press the zoom button or pinch to make the cells big enough for a finger, and drag with one finger to scroll.
Sometimes, yes: this is the classic game, and now and then the numbers leave two cells that are equally likely to hide a mine. That is part of the classic. If you do not want to guess, a hint opens a cell for you, and in a deadlock it takes the guess safely.
Minesweeper is the classic logic puzzle: open every cell of the field that hides no mine. Each opened cell shows how many mines touch it, and the numbers lead you to the safe cells. Your first click is always safe. Mark proven mines with flags, chord around them to open many cells at once, and use one of three free hints when the numbers run out. Play easy 9×9, medium 16×16 or hard 30×16, the Daily field or the Expedition of 12 platforms. On a phone the board zooms to big cells and holding a finger sets a flag. Minesweeper runs in your browser on a phone, tablet or computer — no download needed.
Minesweeper is about reading the numbers, not about luck: almost every move is proven by the cells you have already opened.
New to Minesweeper? Start on Easy, the 9×9 board with 10 mines. Your first click is always safe and opens an area with numbers. The counter at the top shows how many mines are left, and the Hint button shows how many free hints you still have.
Play in your browser. No app download is needed.
A number on an opened cell is how many mines lie among its 8 neighbours, diagonals included. A 1 means exactly one of the closed cells around it is a mine; a 3 means three. A cell with no number has no mines around, and the game opens its neighbours for you.
No. The mines are laid only after your first click, and the cell you open and all its neighbours are kept free of mines. So the first click always opens a small area with numbers, and the game starts from something you can read.
Chording opens all the remaining neighbours of a number at once. Tap a number that already has as many flags around it as its value, and every other closed cell next to it opens. It saves many clicks, but if one of the flags is wrong, a mine will open.
Original ManyPlay game. Controls and examples were checked against the browser edition; cover illustrations are labelled separately from gameplay captures. Report a changed rule or control.
