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Minesweeper

Open every safe square. One wrong move and — boom.

v1.1
010Mines
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Choose any square to begin.
Desktop: Left-click opens. Right-click cycles Flag → ? → Clear. Click an open number to clear its neighbours when you have flagged the correct number of adjacent mines.
Phone / tablet: Tap to open. Press and hold a closed square to mark it. Keep holding to cycle Flag → ? → Clear, then release on the mark you want.
THE GAME GUIDE

Minesweeper

Clear every safe square in Minesweeper with three difficulty levels, flags, question marks, and touch or keyboard controls.

How to Play

Choose Beginner, Intermediate, or Expert and open a square to begin. Your first opened square is always safe. Revealed numbers tell you how many adjacent squares contain mines, including diagonals.

Right-click a covered square to cycle through flag, question mark, and clear. On touch screens, press and hold to choose a mark. Release when the mark you want appears.

Use the arrow keys to move between squares, Enter or Space to open, and F to cycle a mark. Click an open number to clear its remaining neighbors when the number of adjacent flags matches its clue.

Rules

Beginner has a 9 × 9 grid and 10 mines. Intermediate has 16 × 16 squares and 40 mines. Expert has 30 × 16 squares and 99 mines; its board scrolls horizontally on narrow screens.

Open every non-mine square to win. Opening a mine loses the game. Flags are reminders, not proof: clearing around a number with wrongly placed flags can reveal a mine.

Empty squares automatically reveal connected safe areas. The mine counter subtracts your flags, and the timer starts with the first reveal. The first square is protected, but later moves can still require a guess.

Strategy & Tips

If a number equals its remaining covered neighbors, all of those neighbors are mines. Once a clue’s mines are flagged, its other neighbors are safe.

Compare overlapping clues before guessing. A square that belongs to one clue but not another can reveal where a remaining mine must be.

Use question marks for uncertainty and reserve flags for stronger deductions. Before clearing around a number, double-check that your flags are in the correct places.

About This Game

Minesweeper is a grid-based deduction puzzle built around local counting clues. This v1.1 edition keeps the familiar raised squares and mine counter while supporting touch marking and keyboard navigation.