Numbers count touching squares
A number counts the eight squares around it: up, down, left, right, and diagonals. A 1 means exactly one touching square hides a mine.
Instructions
Win by revealing every square that is not a mine.
- Tap
- Reveal a hidden square. Tapping a mine ends the game. Your first tap is always safe.
- Hold
- Place or remove a flag on a square that you believe is a mine.
- Tap a number
- If the right number of neighboring flags is placed, reveal the other neighboring squares. (Chording)
- Smiley
- Start a new board at any time by clicking the smiley emoji button.
- Smart Hints
- Click the light bulb button to receive a hint for your next move.
- Smart Undo
- After a loss, you can continue playing the game by clicking Undo. Smart Undo shuffles the hidden mines so the game remains interesting.
Gameplay Basics
Flag forced mines
If a number still needs one mine and has only one hidden neighbor left, that hidden square must be a mine. Hold it to place a flag.
Reveal squares that cannot be mines
When a number already touches enough flags, every other hidden square touching that number is safe. Tap those squares to keep opening the board.
Chord to move faster
Chording is the classic Minesweeper shortcut. Once a revealed number has the correct number of neighboring flags, tap that number to open the remaining neighboring squares.
If a flag is wrong, chording can reveal a mine, so only chord when your flags are certain.
Compare nearby clues
When no single number gives the answer, compare neighboring numbers. Ask what each number still needs after counting nearby flags. If every possible mine placement puts a mine on the same square, flag it. If every placement leaves a square safe, reveal it.
Use question marks when you are unsure
Question marks are optional. With Question Marks enabled, tap a flagged square to mark it as uncertain, then tap the ? to turn it back into a flag.
They are useful for saving a thought without committing to a mine.
When You Are Stuck
Some boards have a forced guess. The app includes a few tools to keep those moments fair without changing the classic rules of the game.
Hints
Click the light bulb button to receive a hint for your next move. Hints prioritize simple deductions first, so they can help you learn the logic instead of guessing immediately.
- If a square is certainly a mine, the app bounces a flag over it.
- If a square is certainly not a mine, the app bounces it.
- If a number can safely chord nearby squares, the app bounces that number.
- If a flag is obviously incorrect, the hint turns it red.
- If a flag is uncertain, the hint turns it into a question mark.
Luck
When Luck is enabled, unavoidable 50:50 guesses and similar scenarios are protected when you choose one of the safest mathematically available squares.
Smart Undo
After a loss, Smart Undo rewinds the mine you hit and shuffles the remaining hidden mines to keep the game interesting. The game will also highlight incorrectly placed flags.
Game Options
Open the menu to change difficulty, create a custom board, review statistics, adjust sound and vibration, invert touch controls, or change advanced options like Empty First Tap, Question Marks, and Random Hints.
The standard difficulties are Beginner, Easy, Medium, and Hard. Statistics track games by difficulty, including win rate, streaks, best time, and median time.
Suggestions And Bug Reports
Feature ideas and bug reports are welcome. For bugs, include what happened and paste the game log if the issue involved a specific board.
- Open the menu, then open Statistics.
- Find the relevant row under Game Logs.
- Long press that game log until the app says "debug log copied".
- Paste the copied log into the message.