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Minesweeper — rules and where to play

MINESWEEPER · Minesweeper Puzzle / Mosaic (variant) / No-Guess Minesweeper

A digit counts mines among the eight neighbours. The best-known logic game in the world, though only the no-guess version is a true puzzle.

Origin
1960 · United States
Difficulty
★★★★★ 2–4 / 5
Time
3–20 min
Grid
9×9 – 30×16
Sites
4

Rules

  1. A digit states how many mines sit in the eight surrounding cells.
  2. Flag every mine to finish.
  3. No-guess variants guarantee that logic alone is always enough.

How to start

Learn the 1-2-1 pattern

Along an edge, 1-2-1 means mines on both sides and safety in the middle.

Use simple subtraction

When a digit's flagged neighbours already match it, every other neighbour is safe.

Play a no-guess version if you want pure logic

Classic Minesweeper eventually forces a coin flip; dedicated puzzle sites handle this better.

Where players get stuck

  • Demanding pure logic from the classic version — some positions are mathematically a coin flip.
  • Reading the digit as a sum of neighbours rather than a mine count.

Play Minesweeper

4 sites
BrainBashersFree

Been free for years. A daily logic set, plus Sudoku variants, Kakuro and Nonograms.

Open → Puzzle MinesweeperFreemium

Puzzle Team Minesweeper (logic grid) specialty — clues without the timer panic.

Open → Minesweeper OnlineFree

Classic Minesweeper in the browser — solo, speed, and multiplayer.

Open → GridPuzzleFree

Dozens of grid logic types in the browser, with progress tracking and dailies.

Open →

Browse All-in-one portals →

Also on multi-type portals

Janko.atFree

Otto Janko's German/English archive: hundreds of playable types, all free.

Open → Simon Tatham's PuzzlesFree

Dozens of types in one open-source pack. Free, no ads, and it runs on almost anything.

Open →

Browse portals →

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About this page
  • Last updated 2026-09-22
  • Source Curated compilation of established puzzle rules and listed third-party play sites
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