Minesweeper Online

Open every square that has no mine. The numbers tell you how many mines touch a square. Tap to dig, long-press to flag.

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How do you play Minesweeper?

Tap a square to open it. A number shows how many of the eight squares around it hide a mine, and an empty square opens its neighbours for you. Use the numbers to work out where the mines are, flag them, and open everything else. You win when every safe square is open.

Players1

Game time2-15 minutes

PriceFree

DownloadNot needed

Real moneyNever

ThemesClassic, Water, Forest

Minesweeper rules

The board hides a fixed number of mines: 10 on Easy, 24 on Medium, 40 on Hard and 99 on Expert.
Tap a square to open it. Your first square is always safe, and so are the squares around it.
An open square shows a number: how many of the up to eight squares touching it hold a mine. A square with no mines around it is blank and opens its neighbours by itself.
Long-press or right-click a closed square to put a flag on it. A flagged square cannot be opened by mistake. Do the same again to remove the flag.
Tap an open number that already has that many flags around it to open the rest of its neighbours in one go. This is called a chord.
The Mines counter shows the mines minus the flags you have placed.
You win when every square without a mine is open. You do not have to flag the mines.
Open a mine and the game is over: all mines are shown and wrong flags are crossed out.

Minesweeper tips

Start with the easy facts: a 1 that touches only one closed square means that square is a mine.
When a number already has all its mines flagged, every other square around it is safe. Tap the number to open them all.
Compare two numbers next to each other. If one number's closed squares are all inside the other's, the difference tells you about the squares left over.
On a phone, switch to Flag mode when you want to place many flags, then back to Dig.
If you are stuck, press Hint. It opens a square that is provably safe, or tells you honestly when only a guess is left.
On the big boards use the Zoom button and drag the board to move around.

Minesweeper questions

How do you play Minesweeper?

Tap squares to open them and read the numbers. Each number counts the mines in the squares touching it. Work out where the mines are, leave them closed, and open every other square to win.

What do the numbers mean in Minesweeper?

A number tells you how many mines are in the squares that touch it, counting sideways, up, down and diagonally: up to eight squares. A 1 means exactly one of its neighbours is a mine, a 3 means three are. A blank square has no mines around it.

Is the first click always safe?

Yes. The mines are placed only after your first tap, and never on that square or the squares around it, so the first tap always opens a clear area.

How do you flag a mine on a phone?

Press and hold a closed square for a moment until the flag appears. You can also tap the Flag button above the board: while it is on, every tap places or removes a flag. Tap Dig to go back to opening squares.

Is the daily board solvable without guessing?

Yes. Every daily board is checked by a solver before it is used, so it can be cleared by logic alone from the marked starting square. It is the same Medium board for everyone on a date. Clear it without hitting a mine to grow your streak.

What does the Hint button do?

It opens one square that can be proved safe from the numbers you see. If no square is provably safe it flags a certain mine, and if nothing can be proved it says you have to guess and points at the least risky square.

What are the board sizes?

Easy is 9 by 9 with 10 mines, Medium is 12 by 12 with 24 mines, Hard is 16 by 16 with 40 mines, and Expert has 99 mines on a tall board 16 squares wide and 30 high, so it fits a phone held upright.

Is Minesweeper free, and does it use real money?

It is free and never uses real money: no deposits, no cash prizes and no betting. The site is paid for by ads.